Fabrication Techniques for MEMs- based sensors: clinical Perspective

By Prof.Hardik J. Pandya & Prof Chandramani Kishore Singh | IISc Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 1701

This course is designed with an aim of educating students in the area of microtechnology and its use to fabricate sensors and systems. The students will have an exposure to sensors and its importance in the real world. The students will also able to understand how to fabricate some of those sensors. Several examples of engineering devices used in clinical research will be also covered. Class 10000 non-conventional clean room and some equipment within it will also be shown. Below are some of the course outcomes. Ability to understand microfabrication process Understand sensors used in electronics and biomedical areas Understand Clean Room (Class 1 to Class 10000) Understand Microengineering Technology Design the process flow for fabricating microheater required in gas sensors. Design the process flow for fabricating forces sensors for biomedical application. Design microheater for gas sensors as per specifications. Design force sensors as per specifications. Understand fabrication of microfluidic platforms, micro-cantilevers, flexible force sensors, inter-digitated electrodes, polymer-glass bonding etc. for clinical research

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Engineering Students, Faculty from Engineering Colleges

PREREQUISITES: Basic Electronics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Companies working in semiconductors and integrated circuits: Intel, AMD,
Samsung, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	29 Jul 2019
End Date :	18 Oct 2019
Exam Date :	16 Nov 2019 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to microengineering devices and its applications
Week 2: Clean room, contaminants, wafer cleaning processes (DI water, RCA, metallic impurities, etc.).
Week 3: Introduction to the microheater, force sensors, microfluidic devices, its specifications, and applications.
Week 4: Masks: Types of masks, Types of Photoresists, Spin Coaters Lithography process: optical lithography,
x-ray, and e-beam lithography, lift-off techniques, soft lithography, Use of resists (spin coating, positive and negative
photoresists), photoresist pre-baking, exposure, and development.
Week 5: Etching: Isotropic/anisotropic, selectivity, wet and plasma assisted etching.
Week 6: Types of wafers and orientations. Techniques of metallization: PVD [(Sputtering – DC, RF, and Magnetron), thermal
evaporation, e-beam evaporation].
Week 7: Chemical Vapor Deposition: Dielectric films (Plasma Enhance Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)), Atomic Layer Deposition
Week 8: Understanding and designing the process flow for fabricating microengineering devices. Process flow for microheater, force
sensors, and microfluidic devices.
Week 9: Wafer dicing and bonding techniques. Microfluidic Chips
Week 10: Process Flow for Fabricating Flexible Force Sensors and Force Sensors on Silicon, Process Flow for Fabricating VOC sensors, Biochips
Week 11: Clinical Research: Problems and Solutions using Microengineering Device
Week 12: Visit to non-conventional Class 10000 Clean Room and discussing few equipment within

Books and references

1.J.D. Plummer, M.D. Deal, P.G. Griffin, Silicon VLSI Technology, Pearson Education, 2001. S.A. Campbell,
2.The Science and Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication, Oxford University Press, 2001. S.M. Sze (Ed), VLSI Technology, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1988 Senturia
3.S. D., Microsystem Design, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2001 Madou, M Fundamentals of Microfabrication, CRC Press, 1997. Gad-el-Hak, M., Ed.;
4.The MEMS Handbook; CRC Press: New York, NY, 2002.

Instructor bio

Dr. Hardik J. Pandya is a core faculty member in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Division of Electrical Sciences, IISc Bangalore where he is developing Advanced Microsystems and Biomedical Devices Facility for Clinical Research and Biomedical and Electronic (10-6-10-9) Engineering Systems Laboratory to carry out cutting-edge research on novel devices to solve unmet problems in biology and medicine. He is recipient of prestigious Early Career Research Award from Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India as well as a start-up grant of 228 Lacs from IISc. He has taught Design for Analog Circuits, Analog Integrated Circuits, VLSI technology, and Semiconductor Devices to undergraduate and graduate students from Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, and Applied Physics. He seek to understand and exploit novel ways of fabricating microengineering devices using glass, silicon, polymers and integrate with unusual classes of micro/nanomaterials.

Prof Chandramani Kishore Singh, Ph.D., May 2012,Dept. of Electrical communication Engineering,,Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,M.E., June 2005,Dept. of Electrical communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore,B.E., July 2003,Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering,,Kumaon University Nainital,Employment,Postdoctoral Research Associate, March 2013 – July 2014,Coordinated Science Lab,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Research Engineer, Feb. 2013 – Feb. 2014,TREC (a joint research team between INRIA Rocquencourt and ENS de Paris) Paris,Wireless Communication Engineer, Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2006,Esqube Communications Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Bangalor

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 16 November 2019, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.
Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IISc Bangalore. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies are being discontinued from July 2019 semester and will not be dispatched

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