MEMS technology

TSMC Predicts Next Big Thing

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The framework for "the next big thing" is being cast at advanced foundries that offer one-stop shopping for fabless innovators who want to integrate micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) sensors and actuators alongside complementary ...

yesterday EE Times - MEMS technology

STMicroelectronics Bridges the Gap Between Bulk and Surface Micromachining ...

Surface micromachining has been viewed as more cost-effective whereas bulk micromachining was often chosen for higher sensitivity and precision. The ST innovation combines the advantages of both approaches, opening up the possibility to drive ...

2014-11-05 GlobeNewswire (press release) - MEMS technology

Silicon Nitride Microtubes Direct Neuron Growth

Justin C. Williams of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, had tried mimicking this 3-D environment by growing nerve cells inside the narrow channels of microfluidic devices. But microfluidics are typically made out of rubbery materials that aren't ...

2014-11-06 The Biological SCENE - MEMS technology

Parallel-Processing Technique Improves Performance of Femtosecond Lasers ...

This technology has provided a greater precision and quality, says Mínguez-Vega: "These lasers are being used, for example, in some surgical operations for less invasive, more localized and precise cuts, or in the development of micromachining in all ...

2014-11-06 AZoOptics.com (press release) - MEMS technology

Princeton team prints quantum dot LEDs

This was to demonstrate that 3D printing can make novel architectures not easily achieved using standard microfabrication techniques. Overall, the team says that the results suggest that 3D printing is more versatile than has been demonstrated to date ...

2014-11-05 Compound Semiconductor - MEMS technology

MEMS Sensor Hub Goes All-in-One

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are becoming so ubiquitous that new sensor hub chips -- like Apple's M8 -- are needed to fuse their data into application-specific information. PNI Sensor Corp., of Santa Rosa, Calif., already ...

today EE Times - MEMS technology

Robotic Micro-Scallops Can Swim Through Your Eyeballs

And there are plenty of kinds of micro-scale reciprocal actuators that could be used, like piezoelectrics, bimetal strips, shape memory alloys, or heat or light-actuated polymers. There's lots of design optimizations that can be made as well, like ...

2014-11-04 IEEE Spectrum - MEMS technology

Glass seals MEMS for harsh environments

“Through-glass via substrates enable fully gastight and therefore long-term robust enclosures for MEMS devices,” said Schott. “The fine pitched vias allow the reliable conduction of electrical signals and power into and out of the MEMS device. Since ...

today ElectronicsWeekly.com - MEMS technology

ST's Small 6-Axis IMU a Big Move Into Automotive

PORTLAND, Ore. — Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are just getting smaller and smaller as well as higher and higher performance. Take STMicroelectronics' new 6-axis IMU designed specifically to be qualified for the Automotive Electronics ...

2014-11-04 EE Times - MEMS technology

No Moore for MEMS

While 300-400 MEMS devices for every human being in existence may sound like a lot, to paraphrase Douglas Adams, that's just peanuts to transistors. With transistor counts in the latest process nodes running into the billions of transistors per device ...

today EE Journal - MEMS technology

A Running Shoe May Soon Be Available to Help Prevent Injury

The RUNSAFER System is a device that consists of a microelectronic system that gathers biomechanical parameters of a runner's technique. The information is then transmitted to a mobile device which can provide real-time feedback, including level of ...

2014-11-04 eMaxHealth - MEMS technology

MEMS business

MEMS Industry Group's MEMS Executive Congress Held November 5-7 in ...

MEMS Industry Group (MIG)'s MEMS Executive Congress -- held November 5-7 in Scottsdale, AZ -- showed why the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)/sensors industry is spearheading new user experiences in consumer, environmental, ...

yesterday AZoNano.com - MEMS business

STMicroelectronics Slashes Time-to-Development with Open.MEMS Licensing

Geneva, November 11, 2014 - STMicroelectronics STM, +0.58% a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the leading ...

today MarketWatch - MEMS business

Photonic Integration May Enable Light Management in Photovoltaic Cells

“We have developed low-temperature — typically below 250 degrees Celsius — epitaxy-free deposition and processing protocols of these materials, based on both traditional semiconductor microfabrication as well as soft lithography, Hu says.” With the ...

yesterday Solar Novus Today - MEMS business

Sand 9 granted core patent for piezoelectric MEMS microphones

Sand 9, Inc., a developer of piezoelectric micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) timing products for wireless and wired applications, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a core patent based on the ...

yesterday ElectroIQ (blog) - MEMS business

First Open-Source Algorithm Cooperative Announced at MEMS Executive ...

MEMS Executive Congress -- Karen Lightman, executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG), today announced the first open-source algorithm cooperative, Accelerated Innovation Community (AIC), during her opening remarks at MEMS Executive ...

2014-11-07 AZoNano.com - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

Can Nanotechnology Bring The 'Cool Factor' To Hearing Aids?

Nanoplug is a brand new, high-tech hearing aid which its makers believe could be about to turn the industry on its head. This tiny device is somewhere between the size of a coffee bean and a grain of rice, making it half the size of even the smallest ...

today RedOrbit - Nanotechnology

New industrial research technique for analyzing nanoscale gallium nitride

(Nanowerk News) Gallium nitride is difficult to produce and difficult to handle – and the key to the development of blue LEDs, which won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. The award went to three Japanese researchers who were the first to produce ...

2014-11-07 Nanowerk - Nanotechnology

A billion holes can make a battery

Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a single tiny structure that includes all the components of a battery that they say could bring about the ultimate miniaturization of energy storage components.

yesterday Nanotechnology News (press release) - Nanotechnology

Google developing nanotechnology to detect cancer

Last week, U.S. tech giants Google made a splash in the media, announcing plans to develop new 'disease-detecting magnetic nanoparticles'. This was almost universally welcomed – after all, trying to detect diseases earlier is something that's a focus ...

2014-11-07 Genetic Literacy Project - Nanotechnology

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AVS 61st International Symposium and Exhibition 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14 Baltimore, MD Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
TSensors Summit 2014 - US 2014-11-12 - 2014-11-13 San Diego, CA
Wearable Sensors and Electronics 2014 2014-11-12 - 2014-11-13 Santa Clara, California Inaugural Conference and Exhibition
3D ASIP 2014 2014-12-10 - 2014-12-12 Burlingame, CA 3D Architectures for Semiconductor Integration and Packaging
ICMEMSS 2014 2014-12-18 - 2014-12-20 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA International Conference on MEMS and Sensors
The 28th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems 2015-01-18 - 2015-01-22 Estoril, Portugal
SPIE Photonics West 2015 2015-02-07 - 2015-02-12 Moscone Center San Francisco Photonics West, the #1 laser, photonics, biomedical optics conference
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2015 2015-02-22 - 2015-02-26 San Jose, CA The #1 Event for Lithographic Technologies, Materials, Processing, and more.
NANOSMAT-Asia 2015 Conference 2015-03-24 - 2015-03-27 Kayseri, Turkey The 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials
DTIP of MEMS/MOEMS 2015 2015-04-27 - 2015-04-30 Montpelier, France Design, Test, Integration & Packaging
Automotive Sensors and Electronics Expo 2015 2015-05-20 Detroit, MIchigan Annual Conference and Exhibition
TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2015-06-14 - 2015-06-17 Washington, DC Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech
Transducers 2015 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25 Anchorage, Alaska