Papers Published

1. Zhang, T. and Cao, F. and Dewey, A.M. and Fair, R.B. and Chakrabarty, K., Performance analysis of microelectrofluidic systems using hierarchical modeling and simulation, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 48 no. 5 (2001), pp. 482 - 491 [82.938358] .
   (last updated on 2007/04/17)

   Abstract:
   With the development of increasingly complex microelectrofluidic devices and systems, system-level performance analysis is becoming an important aspect of design. System-level performance analysis is challenging because coupled-energy dynamics link system-level performance with component-level operation, thus necessitating a hierarchical approach to modeling and simulation. This paper presents a hierarchical modeling and simulation method for microelectrofluidic systems, in particular, and composite microsystems, in general. High-level stochastic queueing modeling is combined with low-level nodal modeling to support simulation accuracy with low simulation times. Results are reported for a microchemical handling system. System-level performance analysis is carried out and applied to architectural design optimization.

   Keywords:
   Fluidic devices;Performance;Computer simulation;Biomedical engineering;Chemical analysis;Computer hardware description languages;