Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

SSG 433 — Introduction to Micro-electromechanical Systems

2 units · SSG department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• design electronics controls for mechanical systems
• model and simulate systems that combines mechanical, electrical and electronics aspects;
• analyse, design and simulate multiphysical systems.

Course contents

Overview of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Use of MEMS with radio frequency, optical and biomedical devices. Basic MEMS building blocks; cantilever and clamped-clamped beams. Actuation mechanisms of mechanical, thermal and electrostatic microdevices. The thin film fabrication process, deposition, lithography, etching and release. MEMS in circuits, switches, capacitors, and resonators. Prerequisites: SSG 350, SSG 321. Corequisite SSG 438

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study SSG 433.

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