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Technical Challenges Slowing 3D TSV Adoption
AUSTIN, TX – Use of 3D thin silicon vias is slowing, despite a strong desire to use the technology, a new study finds. While the drivers for 3D ICs remain constant, the timeline for adoption keeps shifting into the future, says TechSearch International.
today Circuits Assembly - MEMS technology
thumbnailSpirent Announces GNSS/MEMS Simulation Software
Spirent Communications has launched of its SimSENSOR MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) sensor simulation software. SimSENSOR is targeted at the R&D environment and enables performance testing of sensor fusion algorithms in navigation ...
yesterday Inside GNSS - MEMS technology
thumbnailPhotovoltaics that fit
To fabricate these cells, Sandia's MEPV team have combined microfabrication techniques from several microsystem technologies. The process flow uses standard equipment and standard wafer thicknesses and allows all high-temperature processing to be ...
today R & D Magazine - MEMS technology
MEMS sensors target ever smaller mobile devices
Looking to meet demand for compact acceleration sensors in ever smaller mobile devices, Freescale has released two new three axis MEMS based accelerometers in 2 x 2mm packages. With a 56% reduction in volume from the previous generation, the pin ...
today New Electronics - MEMS technology
The Benefits of Polyalkylene Carbonate Binders (QPAC) in Low Temperature ...
Thick Film technology is used in the manufacture of plasma displays, ceramic packaging, optical sensors, ceramic circuitry, electronic chip components, solar cells, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and hermetic packaging, amongst others. Thick ...
today Azom.com - MEMS technology

MEMS business

thumbnailApple and Samsung remain top consumer and mobile MEMS buyers, IHS finds
Apple and Samsung Electronics remained the two largest buyers of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices for consumer and mobile applications in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli. Apple and Samsung last year accounted for a combined 37% of the ...
today Digitimes - MEMS business
Groundbreaking Application for InvenSense® Gyro in World's First Motion ...
InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of MotionTracking devices, announced that its MEMS Gyroscope product is being used in the world's first motion-activated screwdriver, that controls variable speed and direction, and was announced ...
today Virtual-Strategy Magazine - MEMS business
DARPA seeks new frontiers in ultrafast sources
DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has announced the creation of its Program in Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE). The program is intended to develop novel ultrafast sources of radiation that can offer ...
today Optics.org - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

thumbnailNano breakthrough boosts data security
Traditional electronic data storage methods use three physical dimensions. Two additional methods for recording information use polarisation and the colour spectrum. Both methods use nanotechnology in which Swinburne is a world leader. "If you look at ...
today Phys.Org - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanostructures to realize hydrogen's energy potential
Researchers from the Materials Energy Research Laboratory in nanoscale (MERLin) at UNSW have synthesized nanoparticles of a commonly overlooked chemical compound called sodium borohydride and encased these inside nickel shells.
today R & D Magazine - Nanotechnology
thumbnailHow Nanotechnology Is Changing How You Eat And Taste
You might think of the tiny tech as purely industrial, but scientists are incorporating nanotechnology into food at a rapid pace, for everything from making food taste saltier without using more salt to making it harder for your body to absorb cholesterol.
today Co.Exist - Nanotechnology
thumbnailNanomaterial to store 'future fuel'
Nanomaterial to store 'future fuel'. The University of New South Wales. Thursday, 16 August 2012. davidf_-_hydrogen. Hydrogen, considered a major fuel of the future, could be used to power buildings, portable electronics and vehicles. Image: davidf/ ...
today ScienceAlert - Nanotechnology
thumbnailBruker Introduce Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy Module
"Nanoscale structure and properties are at the core of key OLED and OPV performance parameters," added David V. Rossi, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Bruker's AFM Business. "Our new pcAFM module builds on our exclusive ...
yesterday AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology

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Event Calendar

MIG Workshop at BSAC Fall 2012 Conference
2012-09-19 - 2012-09-21
UC Berkeley, CA
MEMS Product Development Challenges - Sweet Dreams and Nightmares
Microfluidics 2012
2012-10-17
Santa Clara, CA
1st Annual Conference on Microfluidic Technologies and Applications
MEMS Testing and Reliability 2012
2012-10-18
Santa Clara, CA
4th Annual Conference on MEMS Testing and Reliability
3rd Annual American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2012
2012-10-22 - 2012-10-24
Chicago, IL
The stage is set for the 3rd American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2012 in Chicago
AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition
2012-10-28 - 2012-11-02
Tampa Florida
MEMS Executive Congress US 2012
2012-11-07 - 2012-11-08
Scottsdale AZ
PowerMEMS 2012
2012-12-02 - 2012-12-05
Atlanta, Georgia
The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
SPIE Photonics West 2013
2013-02-02 - 2013-02-07
San Francisco CA
The Conference and Marketplace for the Photonics, Biophotonics, and Laser Industry
SPIE Advanced Lithography 2013
2013-02-24 - 2013-02-28
San Jose, CA
The world's premier semiconductor lithography conference and exhibition

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