Based on the coupling between near-field thermal radiation and MEMS thermal actuation, we presented the design and modeling of NanoThermoMechanical AND, OR, and NOT logic gates as an alternative, and showed their ability to be combined into a full thermal adder to perform complex operations. In this work, we introduce the fabrication and ...
By depositing two layers of platinum (SEM followed by FIB), the surface of the copper sample was protected from ion beam damage during FIB micromachining. The TEM foil was cut in the middle of the wear track, perpendicular to the sliding surface and parallel to the sliding direction. TEM foil preparation followed the procedure described by ...
After finding a new type of MEMS (microelectromechanical system) that allows better control, the researchers have used that knowledge to build an air-pressure sensor that could improve many everyday devices. "This is the same mechanism as devices we've designed in the past, but it's a different application," said principal investigator Shahrzad ...
Parametric 3D piezoelectric structural and acoustic cloud simulation of a MEMS PMUT for ultrasonic fingerprint sensor applications. This time-explicit 134 million degrees of freedom OnScale simulation ran in 29 minutes on 40 cores. Image courtesy of OnScale. “Revolutions in Industry and Technology are driven by revolutions in engineering.
Some devices cited by John Burke, of DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office, would help PC-toting warfighters of the future, like technology from AMBIIENT (Atomic Magnetometer for Biological Imaging in Earth’s Native Terrain). As an example, Burke cited the intrinsic magnetic gradiometer. He was a keynote speaker at Photonics West’s ...
