ISSYS’s FC6 embedded density & chemical concentration sensor (Photo: ISSYS)

Jan. 31, 2007 — Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. an Ypsilanti, Mich. MEMS design and fabrication company, announced the launch of its embedded density and chemical concentration sensor based on resonating tube technology.

Dr. Nader Najafi, CEO of ISSYS, in a prepared statement commented, “We developed the FC6 sensor in response to the urgent market need for a small embedded density and concentration sensor. In particular, the main driving application for this unique sensor was methanol concentration measurement for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) portable batteries. ISSYS is collaborating with Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing (KEM, Japan) to market this sensor to the DMFC market in Japan.

Dr. Douglas Sparks, ISSYS Executive Vice President, stated, “Over the last 3 years, we spent a great deal of effort developing the FC6 which is much smaller than ISSYS’ previous fluidic products. FC6 is the first of its kind and will open up many applications that were not possible in the past, including sugar mixtures for sodas, alcohol mixtures for beverages, biodiesel blending, water in ethanol, ethylene glycol-water fuel cells, butanol for biofuel refinery, and any other application where accurate fluid analysis is required.”

ISSYS stated that its embedded sensors are made with microchips that can be produced at low-cost in high volume in order to make the emerging alternative energy products practical.