NOE PATENT PROJECTS


Being an FP6 Network of Excellence, PATENT-DfMM has a very flexible approach to distributing budgets within the project. In an annual (internal) review, which is supported by the Industry Advisory Board (IAB), priorities for the next period will be set. Internal calls for project proposals will then be launched throughout the year. Selected projects and key results are highlighted here:

WP1: MEMS Testing through Bias Superposition
WP2: Fault Modelling and System Simulation of FlowFET MEF Arrays
Principle of the superposition scheme
CDF-ACE+ FlowFET crossing
   
WP3 Project: Reliability of MOEMS in harsh conditions
WP4: Investigation of Laser Based Processes for MEMS Assembly and Packaging
Investigation of appropriate material for die bonding and glob top (samples under test after 100 and 300 thermal cycles)
(source: IMS)
Laser Based Assembly and Packaging
   
RUNNING PROJECTS AND RESULTS

MEMS Testing through Bias Superposition
WP1, Pascal Nouet, nouet@lirmm.fr
DfT for Biosensor and for Biosensor Interface
WP1, Andrew Richardson, richardson@lancaster.ac.uk
Quality Factor Measurement and Reliability for MEMS Resonatorse
WP1, Herve Mathias, herve.mathias@ief.u-psud.fr
Methodology for the assessment of the impact of packaging on the performance and reliability of MEMS devices
WP1-WP4, Alan Brown , agbrown@QinetiQ.com
Modelling Effects of Packaging on MEMS, WP2 & WP4, Round Robin Modelling Study, WP2 Activities
WP2-WP4, Orla Slattery- Alan Brown,
orla.slattery@tyndall.ie - agbrown@QinetiQ.com
To investigate and model the key trade-offs, relevant to die attach adhesives for packaging/ CoB assembly of stress sensitive devices linked to the WP2 round-robin modelling activity
WP2-WP4, Orla Slattery- Alan Brown, orla.slattery@tyndall.ie - agbrown@QinetiQ.com
Simulation of the stiction effect in the metal-to-metal resistive contact occurring in MEMS switches
WP2, Catalin Tibeica, catalint@imt.ro
Investigation of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with micro and nanostructures using the finite difference time domain method and rigorous coupled wave theory
WP2, Cristian Kusko, cristiank@imt.ro
Fault modelling and System Simulation of FlowFET MEF Arrays
WP2, H.G. Kerkhoff, h.g.kerkhoff@utwente.nl
Measurement, Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Properties of MEMS
WP2-WP7, Conor O‘Mahony, conor.omahony@tyndall.ie
Mechanism of Formation of Preferential Flow Paths in Microcirculation Vessels (Microfluidic mixer)
WP2, Krzysztof Cieslicki, k.cieslicki@mchtr.pw.edu.pl
Simulation of damping in MEMS over the whole working-pressure range
WP2, Attilio Frangi, attilio.frangi@polimi.it
Methodology and high level design of failures: specific application to thermal actuator
WP2-WP3, Marc Desmulliez, m.desmulliez@hw.ac.uk
Properties of materials used in microsystems
WP3, Alain Bosseboeuf, alain.bosseboeuf@ief.u-psud.fr
Reliability of MOEMS in harsh conditions
WP3, Hoc Khiem Trieu, trieu@ims.fhg.de
Methodology and high level design of failure modes of MEMS
WP3, Marc Desmulliez, desmulliez@hw.ac.uk
MEMS test structures for material, process and reliability characterization
WP3, Marius Bazu, mbazu@imt.ro
Reliability of MEMS basic moveable structures
WP3, Marius Bazu, mbazu@imt.ro
MEMS failure modes database
WP3, Marc Desmulliez, desmulliez@hw.ac.uk
Packaging Databases
WP4, Alan Brown, agbrown@QinetiQ.com
Identification of Assembly Solutions for Low Cost Packaging of MEMS Components by Assembly of Bare Microsystem Dies Directly on Substrates
WP4, Changhai Wang, wang@hw.ac.uk
MOEMS packaging in harsh environment
WP4, Serge Habraken, s.habraken@ulg.ac.be
Investigation of Laser Based Processes for MEMS Assembly and Packaging
WP4, Changhai Wang, wang@hw.ac.uk
MOEMS packaging solutions - data collection
WP4, Serge Habraken, s.habraken@ulg.ac.be
Identification of missing simulation parameters in MEMS design
WP4, Veronika Timar Horvath, timarne@eet.bme.hu
Data collection/ collation on the “state of the art” in Inertial Microsystems Packaging
WP4, Alan Brown, agbrown@QinetiQ.com
Data collection/ collation on the “state of the art” in Microfluidic Systems Packaging
WP4, A. Wilkinson, aswilkinson@QinetiQ.com
Biocompatible packaging of implanted sensor systems
WP4, Robert Puers, puers@esat.kuleuven.be
Technology Roadmapping: Packaging of MEMS
WP4, Fabien Holler, f.holler@hw.ac.uk
Missing packaging material parameters - Data collection
WP4, Marta Rencz, rencz@eet.bme.hu
Modeling and Simulation of the stress generation involved in producing multi-layer assemblies from Controlled Expansion (CE) alloy materials
WP4-WP7, S. Taylor, s.m.taylor@lancaster.ac.uk
Dissemination and Communication in "Design for Micro Nano Manufacture (DfMM)"
WP6, Patric Salomon, info@4m2c.com
Internet-based System for On Line Access to characterization Results - SOLAR
WP7, Marius Bazu, mbazu@imt.ro
Scoping study for future programme to “Demonstrate a methodology for reliable, packaged of Micro and Nanosystems”
WP7, Alan Brown, agbrown@QinetiQ.com


 

NEWS
 
   
PATENT-DfMM Tutorial at DTIP 2008, 8 April 2008, Nice, France
Call For Papers
Workshop on Reliability & DfX Engineering for System-in-Package Technologies In Conjunction with European Test Symposium 2008
Hermeticity Testing of Microsystems - Questionnaire
DfMM and Systems Engineering, 11 Dec 2007, Loughborough, UK
Presentations from DfMM - Micro & Nano Systems event, 1-4 Oct 2007, Lancaster, UK
EC FP7 Call 2 Micro/Nanosystems and MINOS Partners Matching
PATENT-DfMM Activity Report 2006 - Publishable Summary
Presentations now available from Workshop on Design for Reliability and Manufacturability in MNT, 24 April 2007, Stresa, Italy
PATENT-DfMM at UK CEMMNT Project Launch Event, 2 May 2007, Loughborough, UK
Presentations now available from PATENT-DfMM and NEXUS MWG Design Modelling Simulation Workshop, 25 Jan 07, Berlin, Germany
Presentations now available from PATENT-DfMM, NEXUS and MEMUNITY workshop, 27-29 Nov 2006, Milan, Italy
PATENT-DfMM invited to be a Partner in the EUROPRACTICE Family
NEXUS Association Re-launched in Switzerland with key participation from PATENT-DfMM
Presentations now available from DfMM Workshop at DTIP April 2006
PATENT-DfMM Activity Report 2005 - Publishable Summary
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