MEMS

Photo-electro-chemical Deep Trench Etching in Gallium Nitride

August 25, 2018

SCIOCS Co Ltd and Hosei University, both of Japan, have reported progress in using photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etching for deep high-aspect-ratio trenches in gallium nitride (GaN) [Fumimasa Horikiri et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol11, [more...]

Driving Innovation With Glass Wafers in MEMS and Consumer Electronics

August 25, 2018

Microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS) are systems that use both mechanical and electrical components, or small integrated devices. MEMS are critical components in nearly every industry. With the global consumer electronics market [more...]

Creating Precision Optical Components with Inkjet Printing

June 24, 2018

Researchers at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have developed an inkjet printing technique that can be used to print optical components, such as waveguides. The printing approach can also fabricate electronics [more...]

Precision Waveguides with Inkjet Printing

May 6, 2018

Scientists at a Swiss laboratory have demonstrated an inkjet method for precise printing of tiny optical components such as waveguides (Opt. Express, doi:10.1364/OE.26.011934). The new technique leverages capillary forces—instead of [more...]

Microsensor Could Help Individualize Dialysis Treatment

April 15, 2018

Microscope picture of the microfluidic device developed by researcher Manoj Sharma. The horizontal stripe is the microchannel, which measures 0.2 mm across. The six other stripes are optic fibers that capture the fluorescent light and lead [more...]

NevadaNano Raises $18 Million in Series B Funding

November 12, 2017

NevadaNano, developer of Molecular Property SpectrometerTM (MPSTM) gas sensing solutions, today announced it has closed $18 million in Series B funding led by Ray Stata, Chairman of Analog Devices with participation from several existing [more...]

NevadaNano and University of Utah Robotics Center Successfully Complete First Demonstration of Autonomous Aerial Chemical Detection System

September 4, 2017

NevadaNano today announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company and the University of Utah’s DARC Lab the next round of funding for the “Autonomous Broad Spectrum Environmental Sentinels” Small Business Technology [more...]

Miniaturized Mass Spectrometer for Mars Exploration Has Massive Potential

September 4, 2017

BYU researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars’ atmosphere—and that’s just one of its myriad possible uses. For decades mass spectrometers have offered a relatively fast [more...]

Ultraviolet Light Sensor for Wearable Devices

June 10, 2017

The new UV light sensor technology uses only silicon semiconductors to selectively detect and measure the light intensity of UV-A and UV-B light wavebands. (Credit: Tohoku University) Mass production technology for silicon based [more...]

HICOMP MicroTech

February 26, 2017

About the Company: Manufacturer and provider of customized microfluidic chips. The materials include polycarbonate (PC), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polystyrene (PS) and cyclic olefin polymers (COP, COC). HICOMP offers [more...]

Engineers Shrink Atomic Force Microscope to Dime-sized Device

February 18, 2017

A MEMS-based atomic force microscope developed by engineers at UT Dallas is about 1 square centimeter in size (top center). Here it is attached to a small printed circuit board that contains circuitry, sensors and other miniaturized [more...]

Two-Dimensional MEMS Arrays Pave Way for Mobile Spectrometers

October 9, 2016

Figure 1. A micromirror structure with a 17° tilt angle. Courtesy of Texas Instruments. In the field of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, a system that combines portability with the accuracy and functionality of high-performance [more...]

A Device to Control ‘Color’ of Electrons in Graphene Provides Path to Future Electronics

September 11, 2016

This is a scanned electron micrograph of a device used in this experiment. Thin sheets of graphene and hexagonal Boron Nitride are stacked and shaped by electron beam lithography to create this device. The purple layer is the bilayer [more...]

A Miniaturized Sensor That Can Measure Chemistry On-Chip

August 26, 2016

Light traveling through a nanoscale waveguide on a hip spreads beyond the waveguide and can interact with molecules above the surface of the chip. (Image Credit: Cornell University) By combining expertise in photonics – [more...]

Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2016 (APCOT2016)

June 26, 2016

Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology 2016 (APCOT2016) will be held in Kanazawa, Japan from 26-29 June, 2016. The conference provides an interactive forum for presentation and discussion on transducers and [more...]

Design Contest Aims to Advance MEMS

April 17, 2016

EDA software and foundry services companies are collaborating with a German university to organize a two-year design contest to explore the integration of MEMS and CMOS. Cadence, X-Fab, Coventor and Reutlingen University are sponsoring the [more...]

Micronit and iX-factory Have Merged

March 25, 2016

Micronit Microfluidics B.V. (Micronit) and iX-factory GmbH announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Micronit has acquired iX-factory. Both companies are experts in the development and manufacturing [more...]

International Micro Nano Conference 2015

December 8, 2015

Celebrating its 10th edition, the international MicroNanoConference ’15 takes place in the heart of vibrant Amsterdam. Microfluidics, Nano-Instrumentation and Surface Modification are the main topics of this industry and application [more...]

Implantable Insulin Pump Now Possible With MEMs Technology

November 15, 2015

MEMS TECHNOLOGY Would you use an implantable insulin Pump? Debiotech is a medical device company, based in Switzerland. The development of innovative medical tech is their main business and, since its inception, the company designed many [more...]

MEMS Sensors for Biomedical Device Applications

October 22, 2015

Shown are different pressure sensor designs—each tailored to customers’ neeeds—on a single RocketMEMS semicustom wafer. The smallest pressure sensors in the lower left corner are approximately 300 µm wide (Image credit: [more...]