Carnegie Mellon Matisse Project
     
    The Matisse Project is a collaboration of several universities and government agencies working together to develop a proof-of concept deployment and demonstration of MEMS test platforms and SuperNet connections. Massive amounts of data can be gathered on MEMS devices using specialized test platforms. A high-performance network and computer facilities exhibit great advantages for processing, storing, visualizing, and analyzing this data.

The Carnegie Mellon MEMS Laboratory leverages its large design and characterization effort to serves as a user in this project. Our facilities include a MIT Microvision system with SuperNet routing tuned to > 150 Mbps. Additionally, the system has been upgraded to include an integrated Mirau interferometer. The interferometer used with phase unwrapping code allows for dynamic shape measurements of structures. Carnegie Mellon's NODAS and UC Berkeley's SUGAR will be used for comparison of simulatation and experimental results allowing for verification of the CAD models.

Animated picture of fringes
Interferometer fringes shown, 6 steps in z-axis plane

Picture of structure curl
Curl of structure shown by phase unwrapping

Planned future work for this project includes linking the Microvision system with MEMS circuit-level and device-level CAD tools. First, a MEMS metrology system is planned for visualizing the exact structure (size and defects), generating solid models and mesh, and back annotating to the MEMS schematic. Second, a MEMS automated testbed is planned to download testbed configurations to the Microvision system and then compare the simulated and measured results.

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Microvision system and Testbed Instruments

Contributors to the project at Carnegie Mellon include



Other Information:
Slide Presentation (PDF file)

Main Matisse Project Webpage

MIT Microvsion and Testbed Procedures Webpage


This work is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).