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MEMS technology

Laser-diode module reaches new heights of power in the deep violet

Such applications include fluorescence-lifetime studies, materials research, direct-diode laser pumping of dye liquid lasers, laser-ablation spectroscopy, laser marking and engraving, micromachining (especially of organic materials), forensic studies, ...

yesterday Laser Focus world - MEMS technology

MEMS business

MEMS-based oscillators replacing quartz ones, says SiTime

MEMS-based oscillators are on trend to replace conventional quartz crystal oscillators with expected global shipments of over one million units in 2012, according to analog-IC firm SiTime. SiTime revealed it has introduced a new family of Stratum 3 ...

today Digitimes - MEMS business

DARPA looks to Aurrion for E-PHI program to mix electronic, photonic, and MEMS ...

... photonics, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)—with complex architectures on a common silicon substrate. Technologies that Aurrion will develop in the E-PHI program should provide considerable performance improvements and size reductions ...

today Laser Focus world - MEMS business

MEMS Executive Congress Emphasizes Role of MEMS in Various Markets

By Cameron Chai At the MEMS Industry Group's annual executive conference, MEMS Executive Congress, conducted on 2 to 3 November 2011 in Monterey, California, participants have explored MEMS technologies used in various electronic devices during the ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS business

I-Micronews - ADVANCED PACKAGING: 3D IC, WLP & TSV ...

Based on MEMSIC's patented MEMS thermal technology, it is manufactured using a standard 0.18um CMOS process and advanced wafer- level packaging (WLP). The resulting device demonstrates MEMSIC's leadership in ...

yesterday - MEMS business

Industrial Factory Automation: SiTime's Stratum 3 Compliant MEMS ...

MSC now offers the ultra-compact, high-precision SiT5301 and SiT5302 Stratum 3 compliant silicon MEMS oscillators from SiTime. These oscillators are ideally suited for use in demanding telecommunications and network ...

Don today - MEMS business

VTI Technologies: SCC1300 Combined Sensor Improves Positioning Accuracy in Map ...

The silicon-based capacitive sensors are based on the company's proprietary 3D MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System) technology. For more information, please visit www.vtitechnologies.com . Tampere University of Technology (TUT) is an active ...

today MarketWatch (press release) - MEMS business

Precision Mechatronics acquires plasma technology for MEMS and ...

Sydney-based Precision Mechatronics has acquired Surfx Technologies, a US company offering high-speed atmospheric plasma technology for treating microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics,

today - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Improving Quantum Dots with Egg Cartons

Quantum dots are nanoscale crystals that will emit and absorb light at a specific frequency, like LEDs, but much, much smaller. When making quantum dots, organic ligands are attached, as they are needed to achieve the precision needed during production ...

today Overclockers Club - Nanotechnology

Can Nanomaterials Bring Down the Costs of Polymer Solar Cells ...

Finding a replacement for ITO in transparent electrodes could solve a technological and economic obstacle for wider adoption of solar power.

yesterday - Nanotechnology

Stanford engineers develop fastest computer device

Tests show that the "nanoscale single-mode LED" device can transmit information in computers from chip to chip at least 10 times the speed of any current computer while consuming a thousand times less energy. The tiny device is a highly advanced ...

yesterday San Francisco Chronicle - Nanotechnology

Researchers develop super absorbent solar sponge

Using nanoscale technologies, researchers at Caltech have developed a nano-structured material that can absorb light using optical resonance, which could drastically increase the amount of sun that thin-film-based photovoltaics can absorb. ...

today Clean Energy Authority - Nanotechnology

New lightning-fast, efficient nanoscale data transmission

15, 2011) — A team at Stanford's School of Engineering has demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light-emitting diode (LED) that is orders of magnitude lower in power consumption than today's laser-based systems and is ...

Editor yesterday - Nanotechnology

'Micro': Crichton's Larger Than Life Nanotech Novel

Crichton set Micro on the island of Oahu, where a money- and power-mad science entrepreneur named Vin Drake has established a nanotechnology firm (nanotechnology being that branch of technology that manipulates microscopic molecules to construct tiny ...

today NPR - Nanotechnology

Nanoscale data transmission hits warp 9

Researchers at California's Stanford University have built and demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light-emitting diode (LED) that consumes significantly less power than current laser-based systems. Nevertheless, the Stanford LED is capable of ...

today TG Daily - Nanotechnology

Hair growth research with nanoemulsions receives award in Korea

Dr. Apiradee went on to inform that the highlight of her research paper is to demonstrate the ability to use nanotechnology to add value to waste product such rice bran by improving the efficacy and penetration of the active ingredient to produce rice ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology

Spray Coating Makes iPhone Waterproof

By Nestor Bailly on November 16, 2011 Ross Nanotechnology has developed a silicon spray, NeverWet, that can make electronics, clothing and nearly any other surface extremely waterproof. The product is superhydrophobic, which means it repels liquids at ...

today PSFK - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

A realistic look at the promises and perils of nanomedicine

Ruth Duncan and Rogerio Gaspar explain that nanomedicine - the application of nanotechnology to health care -often is overhyped as cure-alls or a potential danger. The concept debuted with the visionary notion that robots and electronic devices so tiny ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotech business

Featured Event

3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging

Today's Manufacturing Advances, Tomorrow's Impact and Opportunity

This conference continues to give a broad, yet thorough perspective on the techno-market opportunity and challenge offered by building devices and systems in the vertical dimension. Industry leaders from around the world are invited to speak at this conference, on a range of topics important to the emerging and on-going 3-D integration and packaging efforts.

Event Calendar

3-D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging 2011-12-12 - 2011-12-14 Burlingame, California Today's Manufacturing Advances, Tomorrow's Impact and Opportunity
2012 Consumer Electronics Association - MEMS TechZone 2012-01-10 - 2012-01-13 Las Vegas NV MEMS has an official home at CES
SPIE Photonics West 2012 2012-01-21 - 2012-01-26 San Francisco CA The world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics conference
IEEE MEMS 2012 2012-01-29 - 2012-02-02 Paris, France Focus on Strategies for Reducing Time and Cost of MEMS Testing
MM / MEMS / NANO Live USA 2012-03-07 - 2012-03-08 Rosemont (Chicago) IL
MEMS Executive Congress 2012 2012-03-20 Zurich, Switzerland MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing 2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29 Boston, MA The Power of Connecting. Your Next Customer is Here!
Hilton Head Workshop 2012 2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop
Sensors Expo & Conference 2012 2012-06-06 - 2012-06-07 Rosemont (Chicago) IL Providing over 25 Years of Technical Innovation & Thought Leadership
ACTUATOR 2012 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20 Bremen, Germany International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuators and Drive Systems
TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-21 Santa Clara CA Increase your Innovation Pipeline!
SEMICON West 2012 2012-07-10 - 2012-07-12 San Francisco CA Connect to Buyers, Grow your Business!