MEMS technology

Akoustis Announces Its First 5.8GHz Single-Crystal Resonators For BAW RF Filters

Ft. Wafer Manufacturing Facility,and STC-MEMS, a semiconductor wafer manufacturing operation with associated 150-mm wafer production tools and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) business, as well as 57-acres of real estate associated with the ...

NASDAQ: 2017-05-16 - MEMS technology

Single Axis MEMS VC Accelerometers for Measurement Versatility

Silicon Designs, a 100% veteran owned small business and industry expert in the design, development and manufacture of highly rugged industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules, has announced the added versatility of its Model 2210 ...

eedesignit.com: 2017-05-17 - MEMS technology

NextInput Introduces World’s Best Mobile Side Button Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextInput, Inc., the leading provider of ForceTouch™ solutions, introduces the first MEMS-based mobile side button module to expedite market adoption. Handset OEMs are differentiating their products with new seamless ...

Business Wire: 2017-05-17 - MEMS technology

Characterizing and Mapping Polymers and Thin Films Using Nano-IR Spectroscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a widely-used nanoscale imaging method, which provides a topographic map of a surface sample high spatial resolution. Until recently, the inability to chemically characterize the material beneath the tip has been the major ...

AZOM: 2017-05-17 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

Sensor and actuator sales take off as price erosion eases

Sales growth also strengthened in pressure sensors, including MEMS microphone chips (10% growth) and actuators (19% growth) in 2016. IC Insights forecast sales of acceleration/yaw sensors will grow 9% in 2017 to about US$3.0 billion in 2017, while sales of ...

Digi Times: 2017-05-17 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Miniaturised 'heat engines' could power nanoscale machines of the future

Research from The University of Manchester has thrown new light on the use of miniaturised 'heat engines' that could one day help power nanoscale machines like quantum computers. Heat engines are devices that turn thermal energy into a useful form known as ...

Phys: 2017-05-15 - Nanotechnology

How a nanotechnology based microchip can help you identify real Pashmina

Until a few years ago, if you were buying a coveted Kashmiri Pashmina, chances were you’d be worried about being sold a fake. Despite having a geographical indications (GI) tag, fakes and machine-made shawls abound in the market. But a couple of years ...

FactorDaily: 2017-05-16 - Nanotechnology

Scientists Invent Nanoscale Refrigerator For Quantum Computers

Centimetre-sized chip with nanoscale refrigeration. Credit: Kuan Yen Tan Quantum computers have been hailed as the computers of the future because of their potential to solve the most complex of problems within a reasonable time frame. What differentiates ...

Wall Street Pit: 2017-05-12 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Fiber Feels Femtonewton Forces

Conventional optical fibers make great sensors in the macroscopic world, but they're much too big to detect forces created by swimming bacteria. Now, researchers at a U.S. university have fabricated nanoscale fibers that can feel moving microorganisms and ...

osa-opn.org: 2017-05-17 - Nanotechnology

Atomic Nanoscale: Fabricating at One Billionth of a Meter

Physicists say “everything gets funny” at the atomic level. Light interacts with matter in strange but interesting ways, energy transport and conversion affect electrons, molecules, and photons in new ways, and friction and wear are different on the ...

industrytap.com: 2017-05-16 - Nanotechnology

Scientists print nanoscale imaging probe onto tip of optical fiber

A new process called fiber nanoimprinting is accelerating the fabrication of nano-optical devices, such as this pyramid-shaped Campanile probe imprinted on an optical fiber (captured in a scanning electron microscope image). The gold layer is added after ...

opli.net: 2017-05-17 - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

ADAS Sensors 2017 2017-05-17 - 2017-05-18 Detroit, Michigan Annual Conference & Exhibition
2017FLEX Korea 2017-05-31 - 2017-06-01 Seoul, Korea A Practical Path to Flexible Hybrid Electronics
IMS 2017 2017-06-04 - 2017-06-09 Honolulu, Hawaii International Microwave Symposium
MEPTEC 2017 2017-06-06 San Jose, CA 15th Annual MEPTEC MEMS & Sensors Technology Symposium
ASE 2017 2017-06-14 - 2017-06-15 Detroit, Michigan Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo
Transducers 2017 2017-06-18 - 2017-06-22 Kaohsiung, Taiwan The 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
2017FLEX Monterey 2017-06-19 - 2017-06-22 Monterey, California Flexible Electronics - Accelerating to Manufacturing
Sensors Expo and Conference 2017 2017-06-27 - 2017-06-29 San Jose CA
MEMS Testing & Reliability 2017 2017-08-01 Santa Clara, CA Workshop and Exhibition
MEMS Manufacturing 2017 2017-08-02 - 2017-08-03 Santa Clara, CA Annual Conference and Exhibition
Napa Microsystems Workshop 2017 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-23 Napa, California The fourth workshop in the Transducers Research Foundation's Napa Institute Series
European MEMS Summit 2017-09-20 - 2017-09-22 Grenoble, France MEMS with all Senses
uTAS 2017 2017-10-22 - 2017-10-26 Savannah, Georgia The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
IEEE Sensors 2017 2017-10-29 - 2017-11-01 Glasgow, Scotland, UK Sensor and sensor systems practitioners come together to interact and network with colleagues.
MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-02 Napa Valley, California Exchange ideas, engage with competitors, network and relax with colleagues
MEMS 2018 2018-01-21 - 2018-01-25 Belfast, Northern Ireland The 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems