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MIT names Microsystems Technology Lab leader

09/29/2011 

MIT named Vladimir Bulovi? as director of MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL). Bulovi? has experience in a range of advanced electronics technologies, from photovoltaics to MEMS.

Hamamatsu Photonics helps Lemoptix commercialize MOEMS

09/28/2011 

Lemoptix and Hamamatsu Photonics signed a long-term collaboration agreement to develop, industrialize and commercialize micro optical electro mechanical system (MOEMS) laser scanning and microprojection devices.

NIST etches MEMS out of diamonds

09/28/2011 

NIST developed a method to etch diamond crystals, exploiting the cubic nature of diamond crystals. These diamond-etched features could lead to better micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) devices.

Graphene races CNT for nanomaterial commercialization

09/28/2011 

Both graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNT) suit applications from flexible displays to silicon-replacing transistors. In a relatively short time, graphene has emerged as a low-cost, tunable material for all kinds of electronics. Will graphene overtake CNTs as the nanomaterial of future devices?

MEMS product development -- why is it so hard?

09/23/2011 

Commercializing MEMS can take years and millions of dollars. While the MEMS industry shares some aspects with the larger semiconductor industry, the comparison is not fair in product development. Karen Lightman, MEMS Industry Group and Alissa M. Fitzgerald of A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates explain what makes developing new MEMS devices so hard.

MEMS drive supply chain changes with new applications

09/22/2011 

Yole Développement shares highlights from its latest "Status of the MEMS Industry" report, noting changes in the MEMS supply chain as companies add foundries or go fab-lite, and multi-chip MEMS packages create new relationships between companies.

Sanmina-SCI tapped for Kaiam MEMS-based optical component fab

09/19/2011 

Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq:SANM) will produce a family of optical components based on Kaiam's MEMS hybrid integration technology.

Tronics expands MEMS manufacturing, HQ

09/19/2011 

MEMS foundry Tronics upgraded its Grenoble headquarters and manufacturing facilities, making a more than half a million euro investment, along with new equipment capital expenditures.

Microsystem commercialization center breaks ground in OH

09/09/2011 

The Entrepreneurship Innovation Center at Lorain County Community College in Ohio hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today for its Richard Desich SMART Commercialization Center for Microsystems.

Asian MEMS foundry installs SPTS DRIE tool

09/07/2011 

SPTS Technologies received an order for an Omega deep reactive ion etch (DRIE) process module from an Asian MEMS foundry. This marks SPTS' 900th DRIE tool sold.

poLight taps SVTC for optical MEMS commercialization ramp

09/06/2011 

poLight will work with SVTC Technologies to optimize its TLens production process for large volumes.

SEMICON Taiwan preview: Forums span key technology, markets

08/30/2011 

SEMICON Taiwan (Sept. 7-9) approaches, the island's most celebrated event for microelectronics manufacturing, coorganized by SEMI and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), offers more than 60 programs and sessions and 550 exhibitors spanning the entire semiconductor value chain and related high-growth industries.

Fraunhofer ISIT joins MEMS Industry Group

08/26/2011 

The MEMS Industry Group welcomed Frauhofer Institute for Silicon Technology to its membership. The research facility focuses on microelectronics and microsystems technology. Siconnex, which builds diverse MEMS fab equipment, also joined the association.

MEMS, 3D packaging major factors in iNEMI roadmap

08/16/2011 

The 2011 iNEMI Roadmap, published by the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), includes a new chapter on MEMS and sensors, and an expanded chapter on packaging to include substrates discussions.

Levelling tech from NanoInk enables better nano-printed arrays

06/14/2011 

NanoInk's NanoFabrication Systems Division is launching a force sensor and levelling devices at the Nanotech Conference and Expo, part of TechConnect World. NanoInk will also be presenting on Dip Pen Nanolithography (DPN) advances.

FEI plasma FIB tool suits MEMS, 3D packaging

06/13/2011 

High-speed sectioning of TSVs with plasma FIB. The device was located, cross-sectioned, polished, and imaged with PFIB. SOURCE: FEI FEI's new Vion plasma focused ion beam (PFIB) system based on inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) source technology using a xenon ion beam generates more than a micro-amp of beam current and can remove material faster than liquid metal ion sources, says product marketing manager Peter Carleson.

Gas-based etch enables MEMS materials flexibility, commercial reliability at Fraunhofer

06/10/2011 

A researcher operates Fraunhofer's MEMS production tools. Copyright Fraunhofer IMS.Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS developed a gas-based etch step that allow MEMS designers to use a wider range of materials for the functional layer, while preventing device damage during etch.

The future of MEMS: Rethinking business strategies and manufacturing technology for volume systems markets

06/07/2011 

SEMICON West preview: Rapid growth in mainstream consumer markets is changing the structure of the MEMS industry from an artisanal to a volume manufacturing business -- creating a new set of challenges and opportunities to companies to find better ways to speed the production ramp, find better ways to integrate multiple die and software, and to find the right business models.

Deep silicon etch from Oxford Instruments offers process flexibility

06/06/2011 

PlasmaPro Estrelas100 deep silicon etch technology from Oxford Instruments.Oxford Instruments debuted the PlasmaPro Estrelas100 deep silicon etch technology for the MEMS R&D and fabrication market. The tool is designed to be flexible, accomodating multiple processes without changing chamber hardware, and multiple wafer sizes for R&D-to-production ramp.

X-FAB MEMS accelerometer design IP blocks shorten dev time

06/02/2011 

X-FAB Silicon Foundries released ready-to-use design IP blocks for MEMS accelerometers, as part of its MEMS foundry service offerings. The IP blocks can be used in gyroscopes and accelerometers spec'd up to 100 G-force, shortening NPI and HVM ramp.




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