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Joshua Buck SURF 2006. 2. Talk Outline. MEMS and SoC DescriptionMEMS CMOS Gas sensorMicrohotplate CharacterizationTCRThermal Time ConstantThermal EfficiencyPower automationQ
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1. Joshua Buck SURF 2006 1 Microhotplate Characterization and SoC Development Joshua Buck
Advisors: Dr. M. Yaqub Afridi and Ankush Varma
NIST, EEEL, SED, SoC Metrology
SURF 2006
2. Joshua Buck SURF 2006 2 Talk Outline MEMS and SoC Description
MEMS CMOS Gas sensor
Microhotplate Characterization
TCR
Thermal Time Constant
Thermal Efficiency
Power automation
Q & A
3. Joshua Buck SURF 2006 3 Why MEMS and SoC MEMS: Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Microfabrication processes enable creation of micro scale devices
ES-SoC: Embedded Sensor – System-on-a-Chip
SoC design methodology is used for complex digital circuits
Current project integrates CMOS MEMS within the SoC design methodology
Advantages of ES- SoC:
Lowered power dissipation
Reduced footprint
Reduced cost
Increased reliability
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