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Fabrication Techniques for MEMs-Based Sensors : Clinical Perspective

By Prof. Hardik Jeetendra Pandya   |   IISc Bangalore
Learners enrolled: 1793   |  Exam registration: 436
ABOUT THE COURSE:
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 : Ongoing
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 22 Jul 2024
End Date : 11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends : 16 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 27 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected 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

Prof. Hardik Jeetendra Pandya

IISc Bangalore
Prof. Hardik J. Pandya joined the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in January 2017. Prof. Pandya is leading three laboratories in DESE focused on developing a new class of biomedical devices and technologies. Before joining IISc, he worked as a postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maryland Robotics Center, University of Maryland, College Park (2012-2016) and in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital–Harvard Medical School (2016-2017). He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2013). His current research focuses on minimally invasive and non-invasive technologies with an emphasis on but not limited to cancer diagnosis (brain, breast, head and neck), e-nose (diabetes, breast cancer screening), and Neuroprotective Therapies for Acute Stroke and Epilepsy. His work has resulted in twelve patents (nine filed and three awarded), three book chapters, and around fifty publications in peer-reviewed journals (IEEE TBME, IEEE TBioCAS, Sensors and Actuators B, Lab on a Chip, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, PLOS One, Clinical Biomechanics, Journal of Breath Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Microscopy and Microanalysis) and conferences. His work has been highlighted as “Breaking Research News” by The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The work on portable cancer diagnosis tool was featured on Science Translational Medicine as an Editorial Choice, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, March 2016 and has been highlighted on CapeRay blog as “Biochips and Diagnostic tools” in April 2016. His group consisting of twenty-four research scholars (two postdoctoral fellow, ten Ph.D. students, four M.Tech. students, and eight project assistants) is actively working with 20 clinicians on several projects in the medical domain. He is a recipient of the prestigious Early Career Research Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, in 2017. Prof. Pandya is also serving as a non-executive Director (Technical advisor) to two Indian Medical Technology companies.

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: 
27 October 2024 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 will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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