The document discusses challenges and methodologies in MEMS product engineering, emphasizing the need for customer involvement and collaboration among multi-disciplinary teams. It outlines the importance of methodologies such as stage-gate and PRINCE2 for effective project management and highlights the benefits of shortened time-to-market through improved knowledge transfer. The document concludes that combining tailored methodologies can help navigate the complexities of MEMS product development.

1. MEMS Product Engineering
Product Development vs. Technology Development
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2. Difficulties in collaborative MEMS development
 Wealth of information / technologies / data / …
 Diverse Variances, Options and Variability
 Multi-disciplinary teams required
 Collaboration along the value chain
Fabless Houses
MEMS Process
Development
Specialists
Design Houses
Design Centres
Assembly & Test
Houses
Distributors,
Fabless Houses,
Wholesalers,
Trading
Companies
(Wafer) Foundry Services, Semiconductor
Contract Munufacturer (SCM)
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Integrated Semiconductor(Device Manufacturer (ISM/IDM)

3. Market pull vs. Technology push
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_push
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497208000898
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4. … with Customer Involvement
 The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge
 Methodology must reflect customer interaction
Customer:
Define requirements and
constraints, initiate,
supervise and control
product realization
Customer-Driven
Product
Engineering
Development
Turns idea into technically
feasible product description
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Manufacturing
Implementation,
Verification
Produce device from
product description to meet
customer needs
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5. … with Customer Involvement
 The customer is the one who has detailed product knowledge
 Methodology must reflect customer interaction
Customer:
Define requirements and
constraints, initiate,
supervise and control
product realization
Customer-Driven
Product
Engineering
Task Definition
Product description
guided by customer control
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“to do
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Result Validation
Implementation,
Verification
Produce or result
assessment
“to do things right”
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6. Product Engineering …
Specifying „what to do“ and
roughly „how to do it“
Product Development
Stage
Gate
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Specifying „how to do it“
on a detailed level
Making sure
„to do it well“
PRINCE2
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7. Product Engineering – Overview
Project Management
PRINCE2
Product Development
Stage Gate™
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8. CORONA Methodology
 Methodology for fine granular control during stage
execution
 Multi-disciplinary teams including finance, marketing,
sales, legal, etc.
 Product / Deliverable driven approach on product
engineering
 Deliverables are generated by Tasks within Stages
 Tasks are separated (and connected) by Transitions
 Transitions
 Check the deliverables of the preceding Task
 Are controlled by persons in charge for the subsequent
Tasks
 Hierarchical model
 Customer involvement can occur in Transitions only
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9. Documentation of this approach
http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-7091-0705-8
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10. Benefits from MEMS PE
 Shorter time-to-market:
 Reduced cycle time 100 %
level
 Fewer learning cycles
3rd
2nd
1st cycle
product
 Access to knowledgeMEMS PE enables reduced
bases on design and
development times, shorter
fabrication
cycles  reduced time to market
time
 ICT based structure
and tools
 Improved transfer of knowledge from design to production
 Customer-lead multi-site product development
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11. MEMS Product Engineering challenges can be
overcome by
 Combining methodologies suiting it to multi-partner
collaboration along the MEMS value chain
 Stage-Gate + Prince2 + T²M can effectively drive
MEMS product engineering
 Customer centric, multi-disciplinary and business
case driven development essential
 Right collaboration infrastructure needs to be in
place
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12. References:
MEMS product engineering: methodology and tools by Dirk Ortloff et. al.
Micro and nano product engineering using data management for siliconbased fabrication process development by K. Hahn, et. al.
Distributed product engineering for microsystems devices by K. Hahn, et.
al.
MEMS Product Engineering: Handling the Diversity of an Emerging
Technology. Best Practices for Cooperative Development by Dirk Ortloff et.
al.
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Applied discussion:
Product Development_ Solid State Blog by David DiPaola
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( series example)
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