SoftMEMS Upgrades Tool

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- SoftMEMS is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its flagship product MEMS Pro. This is a very special event for SoftMEMS, as it is the first new release since the company acquired a worldwide and exclusive license to develop and market MEMS Pro.

“Since micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based products usually include a combination of MEMS and interface circuits, we have from the very beginning created tools enabling MEMS, packaging and electronics co-design. The industry is saying we were right,” said Dr. Mary Ann Maher, SoftMEMS CEO. “Our early positioning of combining MEMS and IC design tools allowed us to benefit from the work invested into an efficient design for manufacturing approach by the IC industry and to concentrate on adding MEMS-design specific features. Our tools have always been about improving MEMS designer’s productivity in creating manufacturable MEMS products.”

As a result, MEMS Pro is a flexible, powerful, easy-to-use CAD tool suite for the design and analysis of MEMS including their associated electronics and packaging. It offers an integrated solution for the design process that shortens development time while providing designer’s reliable analysis before manufacture. SoftMEMS tools are integrated within state of the art IC and CAM design environments. Functionalities include mixed MEMS/IC schematic capture and simulation, full custom mask layout capabilities, MEMS specific layout productivity tools and design verification, 3D model generation and visualization, behavioral model creation and links to 3D analysis packages.

Josep Montanyà i Silvestre, CTO at Baolab Microsystems, Terrassa, Spain, says ‘MEMS Pro has been a support for our developments from the very beginning when we started the proof of concept, and it has accelerated our designs allowing us to use a standard IC layout design tool with its DRC capability together with a 3D visualization and a quick connection to standard FEM programs like ANSYS and HFSS.” He added: “MEMS Pro as a tool supporting both IC and MEMS development was a solution natural and easy to implement for us.’

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