05/14/2012 

MEMS Industry Group (MIG) inducted 3 members into its MIG Hall of Fame, from EV Group (EVG), Acuity Inc. and Analog Devices Inc. (ADI).

05/10/2012 

MEPTEC will host its 10th Annual MEMS Technology Symposium in San Jose, CA. Keynotes cover “sensory swarms” and motion interfaces, and sessions will cover MEMS roadmaps; design, manufacturing, and test of MEMS; MEMS architectures and uses, and more.

05/09/2012 

The top 3 MEMS manufacturers by revenue -- Texas Instruments, Hewlett Packard, and Bosch -- fought for market share in 2011, but #4, STMicroelectronics, experienced the biggest revenue jump year-to-year.

05/08/2012 

Baolab Microsystems will modify the structures of its 3D NanoCompass to build a range of other motion sensors, with the end-goal of low-cost, smart, reconfigurable inertial measurement units (IMUs).

05/08/2012 

memsstar Limited, deposition and etch equipment supplier to the MEMS and semiconductor industries, named Mike Thompson as CEO.

05/07/2012 

Western Michigan University developed a device combining a laser and diamond cutting system, enabling users to process hard, brittle materials that are difficult to machine. Initial applications include MEMS manufacturing, and other fabrication on semiconductor materials.

05/04/2012 

Hanking Industrial Group Co., Ltd., broke ground on a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) manufacturing campus in Fushun City, China, outside of Shenyang.

05/02/2012 

Dolomite and LioniX BV formed a partnership covering the design, development, fabrication, and distribution of microfluidic devices and systems.

04/30/2012 

Contributing editor Steve Groothuis reviews a book titled “Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems).” The book highlights the progression from the basic principles behind energy harvesting to the comprehensive systems that control the sensing, actuation, and transmission of those devices. 

04/27/2012 

MEI uses Vycom Flametec PVC-C for chemical rinse tanks and other wafer-contacting elements of its process tools, reducing tool-based contamination and protecting fab workers. Bill McGinty, MEI operations manager, discusses the benefits the new-generation plastic for semiconductor fab tools.

04/26/2012 

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center of Excellence (STC), Canandaigua, NY, was designated as a Trusted Foundry by the US Department of Defense's Defense Microelectronics Agency.

04/25/2012 

Silex Microsystems, a pure-play MEMS foundry, will develop ferromagnetic materials for next-generation MEMS devices, under a new VINNOVA research grant worth nearly 3 million Swedish Kronor.

04/19/2012 

Silex Microsystems named Fredrik Jönsson, CEO of Beijer Electronics, to its Board of Directors.  Beijer Electronics provides industrial automation and data communications solutions.

04/19/2012 

Texas Instruments awarded 15 of its 12,000 suppliers with Supplier Excellence Awards for delivering outstanding service and support, based on cost, environmental responsibility, technology responsiveness, assurance of supply, and quality.

04/18/2012 

The 23rd Annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC 2012) will be held May 15-17 in Saratoga Springs, New York. The conference will feature presentations of more than 85 peer-reviewed manuscripts covering critical process technologies and fab productivity. This year’s event features a panel discussion on “Competing for R&D Dollars,” moderated by Solid State Technology Editor-in-Chief Pete Singer.

04/17/2012 

The new laser lithography tool from Nanoscribe GmbH produces complex 3D submicron structures up to 1mm with 150nm widths, boasting full automation and precise repeatability. It is based on a 3-axis piezo nano-positioning stage from PI (Physik Instrumente).

04/16/2012 

Micrel Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRL) received a 98% performance rating for its services and materials to a top-20 global MEMS designer and manufacturer in in a report covering Q4 2011.

04/16/2012 

Blogger Mike Fury reports from the MRS Spring 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Highlights from the fourth day: electronic skin, energy storage with nanowires, printable inks, gas sensing, inkjet printing, semiconductor polymers for organic devices, CNTs, OFETs, touch screen fabrics, and the coffee breaks.

04/12/2012 

Blogger Mike Fury reports from the MRS Spring 2012 meeting in San Francisco. Highlights from the third day: leakage and TDDB in low- ? dielectrics, flexible energy storage and conversion, Mn capping layers and diffusion barriers, hard masks for Cu interconnects, nanogenerators, Cu in RF, flexible temperature sensors, NEMS and MEMS in HDD, ZnO nanostructures, and various aspects of CMP.

04/11/2012 

Research and Markets released the "ST L3G3250A 3-axis MEMS Gyroscope Reverse Costing Analysis" report, providing a teardown of STMicroelectronics’ MEMS gyroscope in an LGA package.