Short Course on MEMS Design using Coventor Tools
August 21, 2003 
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

Organized by the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation  
in collaboration with Carleton University and Coventor Inc.  
and offered in conjunction with the Third Canadian Workshop on MEMS

Registration for this course is now closed

Goal: To increase participants' working knowledge of CoventorWareTM 2003 tools for MEMS design and analysis.

Objectives: 
To introduce the CoventorWareTM integrated design environment for the purpose of creating, simulating, and virtually manufacturing MEMS devices. 
To help attendees use the ARCHITECTTM schematic-driven environment to:
Design a MEMS device.
Simulate the device performance.
Use the tool's analysis capabilities for virtual manufacturing analyses. The inherent speed of design in this environment allows engineers to perform most of their system optimization at this level. 
Export the design to DESIGNERTM and then to ANALYZERTM where more conventional FEM/BEM analysis techniques are employed for detailed analysis, useful for validating the performance of the device.
 
Prerequisites: 
Participants should possess basic working knowledge of the following:
MEMS and microfluidics technologies.
Fabrication methods (surface and bulk micromachining).
Finite element methods (FEM).
Boundary element methods (BEM).
Other numerical approaches such as finite differences, newton methods, etc. (at a more general level).
   
The following is useful, but not necessary:
A basic working knowledge of IC design tools (e.g. Saber, Cadence, Mentor) 
 
Registration: 
Registration for this course is now closed.

Course Fee:  There is no charge to attend this course (open to CWMEMS attendees only). 

Venue: 
Room 4124, Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
On the Carleton Campus Map, the Mackenzie Building is labeled as 10. 
Visitor parking is available in Lot 2 for $10/day and in Lot 6 for $7/day
City transportation information is available from http://www.octranspo.com/ Bus routes 4 and 7 travel from downtown to Carleton University.

Contact:  Lindsay Geoffrey, CMC Microsystems, Phone: 613.530.4672, E-mail: geoffrey@cmc.ca

AGENDA

TIME

Item

8:30 - 8:45am

Welcome

8:45 - 9:45am

Overview & CoventorWareTM 2003 Product Introduction

9:45 - 10:30am

MEMS Applications in CoventorWareTM

10:30 - 10:45am

Short Break, Sponsored by

10:45am - 12:30pm
Getting Started with:
  • ArchitectTM  
  • DesignerTM
  • AnalyzerTM
  • IntegratorTM 
Product Overview: Features and Capabilities of Architect, Designer, Analyzer, and Integrator

12:30 - 1:30pm

Lunch, Sponsored by

1:30 - 3:00pm

Tutorial: Inertial Sensor
Architect – Creating Conceptual Designs and Virtual Manufacturing

3:00 - 3:30pm

Tutorial: Inertial Sensor
Designer – Solid Model & Meshing

3:30 - 3:45pm

Short Break, Sponsored by

3:45 - 5:30pm

Tutorial: Inertial Sensor
Analyzer & Integrator

5:30 - 5:45pm

Discussion and Q&A

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