Application Note : Trends in Micro and Nano software
Summary
An analysis of similarities and differences between MST and IC technologies and their impact on design software
Keywords: CoreDB , FlowDB , FlowDesigner
Micro Systems Technology (MST or MEMS) and Nano technologies are compared with Integrated Circuit electronics (IC) over a broad range of topics. A lot of similarities but also crucial differences exist between these fields, involving the applied machines and the basic technologies. The ultimate difference between them lies in the flexibility required in the MST. When IC builds the products based on the standard libraries that are applied numerous times, a typical MST product is unique.
This major difference eliminates the effective used of the IC's sophisticated and mature software tools in the MST field. This paper lists the current situation on the software tools and the trends that can be observed in the development of the software for MST. The requirements for the next generation software tools in the micro and nano systems technology area are given.
Paper: COMS2003 proceedings, pag. 343-346.
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