Spring 2014 Lecture Notes:
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Date
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Lecture
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Module
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PDF
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Reading
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Video
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Jan. 21
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Administrative Information, MEMS Roadmaps, Benefits of Miniaturization
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[C. Info]
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S: §1.1-1.4
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Video
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| 2
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Jan. 23
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Benefits of Scaling I: faster speed (transistors, micromechanical resonators)
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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none
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Video
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| 3
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Jan. 28*
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Benefits of Scaling II: lower power consumption (micro-ovens)
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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none
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Video
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| 4
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Jan. 30
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Benefits of Scaling III: higher sensitivity (gas sensors)
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[PDF]
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none
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Video
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| 5
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Feb. 4
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Fabrication Process Modules I: oxidation, film deposition, lithography
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §3.1-3.2.3, §3.2.6, §3.3.1
J: §2.1, §2.3-2.5, §3.1-3.3, §3.6, §6.1-6.3
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Video
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| 6
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Feb. 6
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Fabrication Process Modules II: etching, ion implantation, diffusion
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §3.2.5, §3.3.4.1, §3.3.5-3.3.6
J: §2.2, §4.1-4.5, §5.1-5.5
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Video
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| 7
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Feb. 11
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Surface Micromachining I: basic polysilicon process flow, release, sacrificial & structural material choices
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §4.1-4.4
J: §11.4.1-11.4.2
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Video
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| 8
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Feb. 13
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Surface Micromachining II: 2nd order issues, stiction, residual stress, electroplating, 3D out-of-plane MEMS
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
Handout
Handout
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S: §8.3, §13.2.3
J: §11.4.3-11.4.4
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Video
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| 9
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Feb. 18
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Surface Micromachining III: MUMPS, design rules, Summit
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[PDF]
[PDF]
Handout
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Handout
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Video
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| 10
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Feb. 20
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Bulk Micromachining: wet etch-based, dissolved wafer process, SOI MEMS, Scream, Hexsil MEMS, sealed cavity deep RIE
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §3.3.4.2-3.3.4.3
J: §11.2-11.3, §11.6
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Video
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| 11
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Feb. 25
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Mechanics of Materials for MEMS I: stress, strain, material properties, measurement & characterization of mechanical parameters.
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §8.1-8.2, §8.4
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Video
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| 12
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Feb. 27
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Mechanics of Materials for MEMS II: quality factor, beam bending
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §7.2.2, §9.1-9.3
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Video
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| 13
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Mar. 4
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Machanics of Materials for MEMS III: practical stress, beam combos, stressed folded flexures
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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Video
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| 14
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Mar. 6
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Energy Methods I: virtual work, energy formulations, tapered beam example
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
| S: §10.1-10.3
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Video
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| 15
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Mar. 11
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Energy Methods II: clampled-clamped beam example, large deflection analysis, estimating resonance frequency
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §10.5
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Video
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| 16
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Mar. 13
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Equivalent Circuits I: dynamic mass, stiffness, and damping, example: free-free beam, lumped mass-spring-damper circuit
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[PDF]
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S: §10.5.2, Handout
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Video
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| 17
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Mar. 18
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Equivalent Circuits II: electromechanical analogies, lossless transducers
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §5.1-5.6, Handout
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Video
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Mar. 20
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Midterm Exam
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Mar. 25
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Spring Break
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Mar. 27
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Spring Break
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| 18
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Apr. 1
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Lossless Transducers I: capacitive transducers, charge control, voltage control, spring suspended C, parallel-plate capacitive transducer, pull-in, linearization
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §6.1-6.4
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Video
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| 19
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Apr. 3
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Lossless Transducers II: electrical stiffness, comb drive, levitation
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
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Handouts
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Video
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| 20
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Apr. 8
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Equivalent Circuits III: input modeling, force-to-velocity relationship & circuit, intro. to gyroscopes
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[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §6.6, §19.1-19.2, §21.1-21.2
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Video
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| 21
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Apr. 10
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Equivalent Circuits IV: output modeling, input-to-output transconductance, complete equivalent circuit
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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Handout
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| 22
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Apr. 15
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Sensing Circuits I: ideal op amps, velocity sensing, position sensing
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[PDF]
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S: §14.9, §14.11.2
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Video
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| 23
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Apr. 17
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Sensing Circuits II: differential position sensing, MEMS/transistor integration
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §19.1-19.4,
J: §7.7, §9.3, §11.7
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Video
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| 24
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Apr. 22
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Sensing Circuits III: non-ideal op amps, begin noise
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[PDF]
[PDF] |
S: §14.10-14.11, S: Chpt 15
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Video
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| 25
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Apr. 24
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Sensor Resolution I: noise sources, noise calculation, min. detectable signal
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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S: §16.1, §16.3-16.6
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Video
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| 26
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Apr. 29
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Sensor Resolution II: noise calculation examples, gyro example
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[PDF]
[PDF]
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Handouts
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Video
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| 27
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May 1
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Sensor Sustaining Oscillator Circuits
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[PDF]
[PDF]
[PDF]
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Handouts
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Video
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May 6
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Reading/Recitation/Review Day - No Lecture
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May 8
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Reading/Recitation/Review Day - No Lecture
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May 16
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Final Exam: Friday, May 16, 7-10 p.m. (Exam Group 20)
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NOTE: * The asterisks indicate days that I will not be in town. On these dates, I will make appropriate arrangements for the lecture, which will probably entail doing and recording
(for website posting) a make-up lecture at a specified time and location.
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