WIT Press

Design Optimization Of Microsystems Based On Adaptive Search Techniques

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

31

Pages

10

Published

1997

Size

1,223 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/OP970121

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

W. Sufi, W. Jakob, M. Gorges-Schleuter, S. Meinzer, A. Quinte, H. Eggert, H. Guth & I. Sieber

Abstract

The concept of a partial automated design optimization and its first application on the improvement of a micropump is described. Starting with an analog simu- lation model, described in the HDL-A language, parameters of this model are modified using evolutionary algorithms until an improved behaviour of the sys- tem is reached. As the quality of the optimization depends highly on the quality of the simulation model, we describe a concept for improving the analog simu- lation model by using FEM-simulation results and evolutionary algorithms. The described methode is applicable to optimize the design of various (micro)- systems. Our first application was the optimization of a thermo-pneum

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