MEMS: A Practical Guide to Design, Analysis, and Applications - Hardcover

Korvink, Jan; Paul, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815514972 ISBN 13: 9780815514978

Publisher: William Andrew, 2005

Synopsis

Does MEMS technology offer advantages to your company's products? Will miniature machines on a chip solve your application objectives for ôsmaller, better, cheaper, and faster'ö If you are a product development engineer or manager, the decision to design a MEMS device implies having an application and market. This book offers you a practical guide to making this important business decision. Here, both veterans and newcomers to MEMS device design will get advice on evaluating MEMS for their business, followed by guidance on selecting solutions, technologies and design support tools. You will see how experts from around the world have explored MEMS possibilities and achieved new breakthrough devices such as RF-MEMS for mobile telecommunications, micro-optics for internet hardware, catheter-based minimal-invasive operating theatre tools, and in vivo monitoring of exact dosage of medication in ailing patients. This handbook offers a wealth of analytical techniques treating problematic areas such as alternative designs reliability, packaging, and cost effectiveness.

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About the Author

Jan G. Korvink holds the Chair for Microsystem Technology, specializing in MEMS modeling and low cost MEMS fabrication, at IMTEK–The Institute for Microsystem Technology – University of Freiburg, Germany. Dr. Korvink has authored and co-authored more than 120 technical publications including 6 book chapters in the MEMS area and one book. He was a founder of the Swiss company NM Numerical Modeling. He serves on the technical program committees of the following international conferences: Nanotech, DTIP, ESSDERC, EUROSIME, Eurosensors.

Oliver Paul holds the Chair for Microsystem Materials at IMTEK – The Institute for Microsystem Technology – University of Freiburg, Germany. His group focusses on MEMS materials, technologies, and devices. He is a co-author of more than 120 technical publications, two patents, and two books. He is a member of the editorial board of Sensors and Actuators A, has co-founded the Swiss MEMS company Sensirion, has served on the technical program committees of numerous European and international conferences, and is member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE MEMS conference.

Review

"The editors have done an excellent job in providing a handbook that will help companies maintain their competitive advantage now and into the future. û Wolfgang Menz, The Albert Ludwig University

Edition details

• Publisher: William Andrew
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0815514972
• ISBN 13: 9780815514978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 990