01/23/2012 

Silex Microsystems joined Energy-efficient Piezo-MEMS Tunable RF Front-End Antenna Systems for Mobile Devices to develop TSVs, PZT thin films, and other technologies for high-performance RF systems targeting mobile devices.

01/20/2012 

MM, MEMS & NANO Live UK 2012 will take place at NEC Birmingham, UK, September 25-26, co-located with TCT Live, Mediplas, and Sensing Technology 2012.. Submit an abstract by February 28.

01/19/2012 

Sensors in Design 2012 takes place March 28-29 in San Jose, CA. With speakers from Texas Instruments and Intel, InvenSense, Analog Devices, and more, the event is designed for attendees to better understand sensor technologies and their applications.

01/18/2012 

Hesse & Knipps Inc., the Americas subsidiary of Hesse & Knipps Semiconductor Equipment GmbH, will discuss "Wedge Bonding for RF and Microwave Devices" at the Advanced Technology Workshop and Tabletop Exhibition on RF and Microwave Packaging

01/17/2012 

Norcada launched 2 microporous silicon nitride TEM sample holders, suiting ALD analysis, thin film growth, and other applications under TEM, SEM, or STXM tools.

01/16/2012 

Baolab Microsystems is launching evaluation kits of its 3D CMOS MEMS NanoCompass technology. Baolab's NanoEMS technology creates nanoscale MEMS within the standard metal structure of a high-volume-manufactured CMOS wafer.

01/12/2012 

Multitest shipped the first Multitest MEMS equipment for the MT9510 pick-and-place test handler to an IDM in the US. The IDM will perform MEMS gyroscope test on the newly installed tool.

01/10/2012 

NXP Semiconductors unveiled an ultra-compact, high-precision MEMS-based frequency synthesizer, which challenges quartz-crystal-based devices for the timing market. The die is packaged with IC components in a standard, low-cost plastic package.

01/06/2012 

Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS has placed its Light Deflection Cube evaluation kit custom-configuration and ordering on the Internet. The LDC is used to evaluate single-axis MEMS scanning mirrors.

01/04/2012 

Embedded features and sensor integration will determine the future applications of MEMS sensors. Jay Esfandyari et al, STMicroelectronics, share an overview of future trends of sensor integration -- sensor fusion -- and some of the features available today in digital MEMS inertial sensors.

01/03/2012 

Enpirion, Inc. entered into a strategic partnership agreement with JiangyinChangdian Advanced Packaging Co., Ltd. (JCAP) for the manufacturing of silicon-based magnetics utilizing Enpirion's proprietary micro electronic magnetic silicon (MEMS) technology.

12/26/2011 

Yole studies the evolution of inertial MEMS and magnetometers and provides reverse costing analysis of the MEMS devices in "Technology Trends for Inertial MEMS." The report considers 23 MEMS devices.

12/13/2011 

inTEST will acquire the assets and certain liabilities of Thermonics from Test Enerprises. inTEST's Temptronic Corporation, of the Thermal Solutions Group, will integrate the company.

12/13/2011 

DelfMEMS SA named Tronics as its micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry partner. Tronics will manufacture RF MEMS switches for DelfMEMS, with high-capacity runs starting in 2012.

12/08/2011 

Imec and Holst Centre micromachined a vibration-energy harvester with 489µW output power, using piezoelectric material in a MEMS cantilever. The team presented results at IEEE's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) this week in Washington DC.

12/08/2011 

JPK Instruments introduced QI, or quantitative imaging mode, for the recently launched NanoWizard3 AFM analytical system. QI enables full control of tip-sample force at every pixel.

12/07/2011 

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, is working with Cornell University researchers to develop on-chip silicon technologies for mobile devices. The aim is a micro-mechanical resonator for RF MEMS.

12/06/2011 

Singapore's A*STAR IME and 3D IC developer Tezzaron Semiconductor signed a research collaboration agreement to develop and exploit advanced through silicon interposer (TSI) technology.

11/30/2011 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT, NASDAQ:IDTI) developed and demonstrated commercially available oscillators incorporating piezoelectric micro electro mechanical system (pMEMS) resonators.

11/25/2011 

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, announces the cooperation with Swansea University´s Centre for NanoHealth (CNH).