Re: Electric for MEMS and Microfluidics

Steven Rubin <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:28:13 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cad.electric.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At 08:21 AM 11/5/2007, you wrote:

>Hi, I am new to Electric Binary. I am interested in creating 
>lithography masks for MEMS devices. I wonder if anybody else uses 
>the software for this purpose.
>
>Electric has great import and export capabilities in a variety of 
>formats. I have imported a GDSII mask and for the most part it seems 
>to have imported correctly. How do I change the technology to make 
>it MEMS friendly?
>
>I have some problems with the available technologies. At first 
>glance, there doesn't seem to be any that are truly made for MEMS. 
>In the preferences, I've tried changing the units to micrometers, 
>but it keeps reverting to nanometers. In general I tried changing 
>the nodes and arc to generic, but they keep reverting to mocmos.
>
>Thanks a lot for the help.

I have been interested in MEMS work for some time now, but have never 
received any guidance on how to make it work.  If you are interested 
in this project, I would be willing to work with you on it.  Does 
Electric need a new technology, or just some changes to existing ones?

    -Steven Rubin