MEMS technology

Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor may take smartphone security to new level

"Our work was so successful that we spun off Chirp Microsystems, in 2013, to commercialize it." Shortly before then, in 2011, while exploring other uses for their PMUT technology, they quickly realized that fingerprint sensing was an ideal fit ...

2015-06-29 Phys.Org - MEMS technology

3D-Micromac Unveils microPREP Laser System for High-Throughput ...

3D-Micromac AG is the industry leader in laser micromachining. We develop processes, machines and turnkey solutions at the highest technical and technological level. Our aim is to provide superb customer satisfaction even for the most complex projects.

2015-06-29 Azom.com - MEMS technology

Biodegradable, flexible silicon transistors

Compared to other polymers like plastics, the wood nanomaterial is biocompatible and has relatively low thermal expansion coefficient, which means the material won't change shape as the temperature changes. All these superior properties make cellulose ...

yesterday Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Robust new process forms 3D shapes from flat sheets of graphene

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new approach for forming 3D shapes from flat, 2D sheets of graphene, paving the way for future integrated systems of graphene-MEMS hybrid devices and flexible electronics ...

2015-06-29 Printed Electronics World - MEMS technology

Talking Sheets, Thinking Shorts

Instead of wearable devices typically housed in an external electronics package that can be inserted into (or removed from) a slot in clothing, Primo1D developed a microelectronic package that allows an RFID chip to be directly connected to a set of ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS technology

RS Components - Compact low-power top-port omnidirectional digital MEMS ...

The sensing element, capable of detecting acoustic waves, is manufactured using a specialized silicon micromachining process to produce audio sensors. The IC interface is manufactured using a CMOS process that allows designing a dedicated circuit able ...

today Electropages (blog) - MEMS technology

Ultrasonic MEMS predicts electric vehicle battery failure

Leti electric vehicle ultrasonic MEMS French research lab CEA Leti is using ultrasonic sensing to detect imminent battery failure in electric vehicles, and has proposed a way to extend running life. It has identified three causes of electric vehicle ...

yesterday ElectronicsWeekly.com - MEMS technology

Flexible FeRAM fabricated with CMOS-compatible approach

"We capitalize on the existing standard CMOS fabrication processes and the well-established infrastructures to transfer the perks associated into the flexible arena through novel pragmatic microfabrication techniques to reduce the thickness of ...

today Nanowerk - MEMS technology

Organs-on-Chip, the Future of Drug Testing, is Design of the Year

By the application of microfabrication techniques with modern tissue engineering, the exact functioning of human lungs gets mimicked, allowing the passage of air on one side and blood on the other. The translucent nature also lets these activities to ...

yesterday DeviceMAG - MEMS technology

The hottest wearable designs from London's Central Saint Martins' Show Two

Instead, pop the fashion conscious E-reflexo in your ear, with its system of microelectromechanical balance sensors, and it'll buzz your mobile when you're getting things all wrong. Oh, and while it's there, it may as well act as a health monitor and a ...

yesterday Wareable - MEMS technology

MEMS business

US Secretary of Defense Wants to Move Past GPS to MEMS-Based Navigation ...

Ashton Carter, the new U.S. Secretary of Defense has been making clear he supports moving past GPS to a disbursed network based on microelectromechanical systems or MEMS for position, navigation, and timing (PNT) information. Carter, who was tapped ...

today Inside GNSS - MEMS business

MEMS Foundry X-FAB Selects ClassOne Solstice for Electroplating

KALISPELL, Mont., June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ClassOne Technology announced that X-FAB — recently named "MEMS Foundry of the Year" — has just purchased a new Solstice^® S8 Electroplating System.

yesterday PR Newswire (press release) - MEMS business

Knowles Completes Acquisition of Audience, Inc.

Knowles has a leading position in micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones, speakers and receivers which are used in smartphones, tablets and mobile handsets. Knowles is also a leading manufacturer of transducers used in hearing aids and other ...

today MarketWatch - MEMS business

Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group

A few of DARPA's innovations include the internet, global positioning satellites (GPS), drones and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). DARPA isn't a monolithic government agency. It doesn't have its own labs or a large R&D staff. Instead, the ...

yesterday CIO - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Crosstalk eliminated in nanoscale optical waveguides, says US team

A team from the US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and UC Berkeley says it has developed a technique that overcomes crosstalk in closely packed nanoscale waveguides. The work is expected to support the development of high density ...

2015-06-29 New Electronics - Nanotechnology

Wafer-scale atomically precise thin layers for nanotechnology

The path of progress in nanotechnology stretches from approximate control of the structure of matter—a precision of 1 to 100 nm in at least one dimension in which unique phenomena enable novel applications—to atomic ...

Jim Lewis yesterday - Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: Colourful particles for spectrometry

Bao and Bawendi have overcome many of these limitations through an elegant integration of nanotechnology with the image sensors used in digital cameras. Their spectrometer is based on a design involving broadband absorptive filters, which are similar ...

today Nature.com - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

MEMS, Sensor and Semiconductor Workshop 2015-07-15 Room C2 (Golden Gate level), San Francisco Marriott Marquis Creating solutions to address common challenges facing the MEMS, Sensor and Semiconductor Industries in the next decade
MEMS Manufacturing 2015 2015-08-05 - 2015-08-06 Santa Clara, California Annual Conference and Exhibition
Workshop on Enabling Future Health Care 2015-08-23 - 2015-08-26 Napa, California the Role of Micro and Nano Technologies
MIG Conference Asia 2015 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-10 Shanghai, China Stay tuned for more details!
NMDC 2015 2015-09-13 - 2015-09-16 Anchorage, Alaska 10th IEEE- Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference
European MEMS Summit 2015 2015-09-17 - 2015-09-18 Milan, Italy European MEMS Summit will focus on MEMS technologies, manufacturing and business challenges
Swiss ePrint 2015, 3rd edition 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-02 Neuchatel, Switzerland The Swiss Conference on Printed Electronics and Functional Materials
MicroTAS 2015 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-29 HICO, Gyeongju, Korea The 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
MEMS Executive Congress US 2015 2015-11-04 - 2015-11-06 Napa, CA Stay tuned for more details!
PowerMEMS 2015 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-04 Boston, MA The 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
SPIE Photonics West 2016 2016-02-13 - 2016-02-18 Moscone Center San Francisco, California, USA Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference