MultiChip Module; the interconnection of two or more semiconductor
chips in a semiconductor-type package.
Mean
Numerical average of data values.
Measurand
A physical quantity, condition, or property that is to be
measured.
Mechatronics
The synergistic combination of precision mechanical engineering
with electronic control.
Megabyte (MB)
220 (= 1,048,576, or about one million) bytes of
information.
Megahertz (Mhz)
One million cycles per second (see also"frequency").
MEMS
Stood originally for Micro-ElectroMechanical System -- microscopic
mechanical elements, fabricated on silicon chips by techniques
similar to those used in integrated circuit manufacture, for use
as sensors, actuators, and other devices. Today almost any
miniaturized device (based on Si technology or traditional
precision engineering, chemical or mechanical) is referred to as a
MEMS device.
Microphone
Device that produces voltage or current in response to a sound
wave.
Microprocessor
Chip containing the logical elements for performing calculations
and carrying out stored instructions.
Microstructure
In material engineering the structural features of a material such
as grain boundaries, grain size and structure, subject to
observation under a microscope, selective etching etc. In MEMS
microstructure unfortunately is also used to designate a
micromachined feature.
