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MEMS foundry Rogue Valley Microdevices to open fabrication facility in Florida
Rogue Valley Microdevices, an Oregon-based MEMS foundry , announced this week its acquisition of a 50,000-square-foot commercial building in Palm Bay, Florida to serve as its second microfabrication facility. Targeting an overall MEMS market expected to reach $22.3 billion by 2027 , according to Yole Intelligence,…
Science Corporation acquires MEMSCAP's North Carolina MEMS fabrication facility
MEMSCAP announced this week it has fully executed its FABLITE Program through the sale of its MEMS fab in North Carolina , as well as the conclusion of a strategic supply agreement for its optical communications products. MEMSCAP entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with Science Corporation , a…
MEMS maker Pearl Semiconductor announces single-die technology for timing solutions
Pearl Semiconductor , a high-performance timing device company, announced a single-die MEMS based reference clock technology. The company's technology enables the embedding of a MEMS based surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator into a larger CMOS integrated circuit on the same die . The result is a very low-noise,…
MEMSCAP launches restructuring of US operations, explores fab-lite plan
MEMSCAP ( http://www.memscap.com ; NYSE Euronext: MEMS), a leading provider of innovative MEMS based solutions , has retained Microtech Ventures as its M&A advisor to assist with finding an acquirer for MEMSCAP’s MEMS fabrication facility in North Carolina . This potential transaction is part of MEMSCAP’s…
MEMS and IC foundry SilTerra to invest $150 million to increase fabrication capacity
SilTerra, Malaysia's largest semiconductor wafer foundry, is investing $150 million in an expansion plan that will increase its annual capacity by 20% . The investment, sourced from both capital injections by shareholders and internally generated funds, will increase SilTerra's annual capacity from 8.3 million to…
MEMS foundry Silex Microsystems acquires 200mm wafer fab from Elmos Semiconductor
The companies this week signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to transfer the Elmos wafer fabrication at the Dortmund location to Silex. Elmos will sell its wafer fabrication activities in Dortmund for a net purchase price of 85 million Euro . The purchase incorporates a supply agreement under which Silex will…
RF MEMS maker Sofant Technologies signs $8.2 million contract with European Space Agency
Scottish radio technology compan y, Sofant Technologies, has received significant financial backing ($8.2 million) from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) to support the commercialization of its low-cost, low-power satellite communications platform. Applying its RF MEMS technology, the…
MEMS maker UltraSense developing smart HMI solutions
UltraSense Systems is using its proprietary AI-enabled 3D ultrasound technology to develop smart touch user interface solutions for smartphones, cars, home appliances, IoT, and medical devices. The company has raised a total of $24 million to date from firms such as Artiman Ventures , Robert Bosch Venture Capital ,…
MEMS gas sensor maker Lelantos raises seed-stage funds
Lelantos is developing gas sensors for IoT monitoring applications targeted to the oil, gas, and HVACR industries, and has announced this week that it has raised the initial seed funds required for the verification and commercialization of its novel technology. In August, Lelantos was awarded a National Science…
Omnitron Sensors raises $2.4 million to build next-generation MEMS based capacitive and optical sensors
Omnitron Sensors has successfully closed an over-subscribed $2.4 million Seed round , coming soon after being highlighted by TechCrunch and this year’s Demo Day at 500 Startups. The round was led by Corriente Advisors , with participation from Emerging Ventures, Stratminds, and Break Off, as well as others. “We are…
Glass fabrication solutions for MEMS and RF applications
Mosaic Microsystems, located in Rochester, New York, was founded in 2016 to provide a manufacturing solution for inserting glass as a substrate into advanced packaging for next generation products. The core technology is a temporary bond technique that was developed and licensed from Corning , and enables handling…
Medical MEMS: Exo aims to revolutionize ultrasound imaging with its PMUT technology
Founded in 2015, Exo has raised more than $100 million in funding to date and is proceeding in its vision to modernize medical imaging . The company’s investors include Action Potential Venture Capital (a GlaxoSmithKline venture fund), Applied Ventures , Bold Capital, Creative Ventures, Fiscus Ventures and…
Micro 3D printing for emerging MEMS and microfluidics applications
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) is a leader in microscale 3D printing systems aimed towards short-run industrial production of micro-sized devices. The newest printer in BMF’s line enables larger build volumes , faster printing speeds, and supports the use of industrial-grade materials. BMF’s 3D printers provide…
MEMS manufacturing: Mosaic Microsystems, Axus Technology collaborating on thin glass wafer processing solutions
Axus Technology, a provider of CMP, wafer thinning, and wafer surface processing solutions for semiconductor applications, is working with Mosaic Microsystems to build the supply chain for thin glass and through-glass via (TGV) processing and heterogeneous microelectronic packaging. Overcoming the challenges of…
Microtech Ventures advises Inspectrology in acquisition by Onto Innovation
Inspectrology, LLC, a leading supplier of overlay metrology for controlling lithography and etch processes in the compound semiconductor and MEMS market , was acquired by Onto Innovation Inc. on December 31, 2020. The transaction is expected to provide revenue synergies by leveraging Onto Innovation’s broader…
MEMS foundry SilTerra deploys Evatec’s thin film deposition tool for manufacturing piezo-MEMS devices
SilTerra, a Malaysia-based MEMS and CMOS foundry , recently announced that they added Evatec’s CLUSTERLINE 200 II tool to its arsenal of MEMS specialty tools for the development and production of high-performance piezoelectric MEMS devices . SilTerra said its partnership with Evatec dates back to 2017, and it has…
MIPI Alliance completes development of a new sensors standard for automotive applications
The MIPI Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, recently announced that development has been completed on MIPI A-PHY v1.0 , a long-reach serializer-deserializer (SerDes) physical layer interface for automotive applications . The…
Medical MEMS: SQZ Biotech raises $65 million to develop cell therapies
SQZ Biotechnologies (SQZ), a clinical stage cell therapy company developing innovative treatments for multiple therapeutic areas, announced this week the completion of a $65 million Series D preferred stock financing. The round was led by Temasek with participation from another new large, US-based fund as well as…
MEMS foundry X-FAB invests $25 million to expand silicon-based microfluidics offering
X-FAB Silicon Foundries announced this week that it has taken steps to simplify the integration of microfluidic elements with CMOS and SOI die . As part of the company's MEMS-oriented technology offering, X-FAB is now able to provide a larger variety of process capabilities for silicon based microfluidic systems .…
Mosaic Microsystems secures $2 million seed round from BlueSky Capital and Corning
Mosaic Microsystems is focused on providing thin glass substrates and through glass vias ( TGVs ) for RF communications devices, particularly for 5G, as well as MEMS and sensors for the internet of things (IoT) and has reported a significant investment into the business. The company recently raised $2 million in a…
SilTerra offers monolithic PMUT process option on CMOS for emerging ultrasonic sensing applications
SilTerra, a Malaysian-based global semiconductor and MEMS foundry , announced this week the availability of the piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) process option on CMOS platform. Customers can now design their transducers for ultrasonic sensing applications using the monolithic PMUT process…
MEMS technology innovator NextInput enabling superior HMI experiences
MEMS and sensors are the key enablers for the continuously evolving human machine interface (HMI) technologies. NextInput , a leader in this technology segment, has been successfully deploying turnkey HMI solutions, including its MEMS force-sensing technology , for customers in the automotive, consumer, mobile,…
MEMS timing device maker SiTime files to go public to raise $100 million
SiTime, a market leader in MEMS timing devices , announced last week that it has publicly filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. SiTime had revenues of $101 million in 2017 and $85 million in…
Thorlabs acquires chemical sensors maker Coda Devices
Thorlabs announced earlier this month that it completed the acquisition of Coda Devices, a manufacturer of Raman-based solutions for analyzing the chemical composition of substances within a laboratory environment or in the field. Based in Menlo Park, California with an R&D center and production in Moscow, Russia ,…