CAD challenges in BioMEMS design

  • Authors:
  • Jacob White

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 41st annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The ability of micromachining, or MEMS, technology to directly manipulate micron- and nanometer-sized objects makes it an idea technology for a wide range of biological and biomedical applications, and has led to a sub field in bioMEMs design. Although BioMEMS is attracting substantial attention and research, development has been hampered by the lack of computer-aided design tools. The available tools are far behind those for integrated circuit design, and therefore successful bioMEMS designers require very sophisticated processing expertise. It is the purpose of this paper to encourage research in this rapidly evolving computer-aided design field, by providing the briefest of summaries and an extensive set of pointers to literature.