MEMS technology

Samsung paves the way for 24 gigabyte High Bandwidth Memory

Samsung has improved on the current 8-layer High Bandwidth Memory-2 (HBM2) products by squeezing an extra four layers into the same thickness sandwich. Called 12-layer 3D-TSV (Through Silicon Via) technology, this relies on the pinpoint alignment of more than 60,000 TSV holes, each of which is one-twentieth the thickness of a single strand of ...

ZDNet: 2019-10-07 - MEMS technology

A high-sensitivity MEMS gravimeter with a large dynamic range

Common issues of the present gravimetry technologies include their high cost, high mass, and large volume, which can potentially be solved by micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) technology. However, the reported MEMS gravimeter does not have a high sensitivity and a large dynamic range comparable with those of the present commercial ...

Nature: 2019-10-06 - MEMS technology

Structural color printing of 3-D microscale objects by shrinking photonic crystals

In a report recently published in Nature Communications, a research group led by Associate Professor Joel Yang from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) printed probably the smallest colorful 3-D model of the Eiffel Tower. Impressively, no pigments or inks were used. Instead, the 3-D-printed model of the Eiffel Tower ...

Phys.org: 2019-10-02 - MEMS technology

Concept and proof for an all-silicon MEMS micro speaker utilizing air chambers

MEMS-based micro speakers are attractive candidates as sound transducers for smart devices, particularly wearables and hearables. For such devices, high sound pressure levels, low harmonic distortion and low power consumption are required for industrial, consumer and medical applications. The ability to integrate with microelectronic circuitry ...

Nature: 2019-10-06 - MEMS technology

MEMS business

FormFactor Acquires FRT GMBH

It’s one of FormFactor’s strategic priorities to expand our leadership in advanced packaging and MEMS applications, and we are excited to welcome Dr. Thomas Fries and the FRT team to the FormFactor family,” said Dr. Mike Slessor, CEO of FormFactor. The acquisition of FRT: Expands FormFactor’s addressable market by $150 million ...

YAHOO!: 2019-10-10 - MEMS business

X-FAB strengthens foundry service cooperation with EUROPRACTICE

Initiated by the European Commission almost 25 years ago, EUROPRACTICE looks to provide industry and research establishments with a platform for advanced, highly-integrated microelectronic systems that can be developed with much smaller entry barriers. The leading-edge engineering institutes that make up this consortium span across the European ...

New Electronics: 2019-10-03 - MEMS business

New MEMS thermopile vacuum sensors lowering costs for HVAC and industrial applications

Posifa Technologies offers its new PVC3000 series of MEMS thermopile vacuum sensors. Created on the company's Pirani devices, the next-generation sensors give a wider effective range from 1 millitorr (0.13Pa) to 1atm (760torr, or 101kPa) to remove the necessity for further sensing technology and to reduce overall solution costs. With their ...

Electropages: 2019-10-04 - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

The Periodic Table of Elements in the age of nanotechnology

Goodilin, a professor at M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, tells Nanowerk. "However, the nanotechnology age has brought different elements into the limelight and transformed their roles in science and technology." In a Perspective article in ACS Nano ("Nanotechnology Facets of the Periodic Table of Elements"), Goodilin together with ...

Nanowerk: 2019-10-09 - Nanotechnology

Microscope prints patterns at the nanoscale

Researchers from AMOLF's 3-D-Photovoltaics group have used an atomic force microscope to electrochemically print at the nanoscale. This technique can print structures for a new generation of solar cells on chips. The researchers published their results today in the online journal Nanoscale. The copper clusters on the surface of the gold plate ...

Phys.org: 2019-10-08 - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale manipulation of light leads to exciting new advancement

With the boom of nanotechnology in recent years, the nanoscale manipulation of light has become both, a promising pathway to continue this advancement, as well as a unique challenge due to new behaviors that appear when the dimensions of structures become comparable to the wavelength of light. Scientists in the Theoretical Nanophotonics Group ...

Phys.org: 2019-10-09 - Nanotechnology

3D printing technique accelerates nanoscale fabrication a thousandfold

(Nanowerk News) Using a new time-based method to control light from an ultrafast laser, researchers have developed a nanoscale 3D printing technique that can fabricate tiny structures a thousand times faster than conventional two-photon lithography (TPL) techniques, without sacrificing resolution. Despite the high throughput, the new ...

Nanowerk: 2019-10-03 - Nanotechnology

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