Transient analysis of MEMS cantilever based binary inverter and design of a ring oscillator

Author

Chakraborty, Subha ; Chaudhuri, Ashesh Ray ; Bhattacharyya, T.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents analysis of transient response of a MEMS cantilever based binary logic inverter. The design of the cantilever structures have been optimized with finite element method based simulation in Coventorware platform and system level simulation in Saber Architect platform. Analysis of the turn-on and turn-off time for the inverter has been attempted with analytical and numerical techniques. A ring oscillator has been designed with the inverter to estimate the propagation delay through the device.

Keywords

CAD; cantilevers; circuit simulation; finite element analysis; logic gates; micromechanical devices; oscillators; MEMS cantilever based binary inverter transient analysis; MEMS cantilever based binary logic inverter; Saber Architect platform; cantilever The structures; coventorware platform; finite element method based simulation; propagation delay; ring oscillator; system level simulation; turn-off time; turn-on time; CMOS logic circuits; Design optimization; Electrodes; Micromechanical devices; Propagation delay; Pulse inverters; Ring oscillators; Structural beams; Transient analysis; Transient response; MEMS; cantilever; inverter; propagation delay; ring oscillator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Devices for Communication, 2009. CODEC 2009. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kolkata

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5073-2

Type

conf

Filename

5407085