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CMOS MEMS activities at Akustica
We recently spoke with Dr. Ken Gabriel , Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, and Davin Yuknis , Vice President of Marketing, of Akustica about their company's ongoing activities and experiences with CMOS MEMS applications.
Optical MEMS: A Brief History and Future Trends
We recently spoke with Dr. Joseph Ford about optical MEMS . In this detailed interview, Dr. Ford reviews the history of optical MEMS and discusses possible future trends.
CEO of Akustica discusses MEMS mics
MEMS microphones are becoming increasingly popular with manufacturers of consumer electronics. We recently spoke with the CEO of Akustica Jim Rock and VP Marketing Davin Yuknis .
MEMS at Freescale
We recently spoke with Dave Monk , Freescale's Silicon Technology and Microsystems manager.
MEMS Based Memory: The Next Generation?
Cavendish Kinetics is a fabless semiconductor company active in the area of design and integration of MEMS devices into standard CMOS processes. In particular, Cavendish Kinetics has developed the Nanomech™ embedded process module, which is based on standard CMOS processing. The company’s Nanomech-based activities…
Micralyne CEO on MEMS
Micralyne is a manufacturer of microfabricated and MEMS-based products which include sensors, lab-on-a-chip devices, and optical switch systems. We spoke with Chris Lumb , the CEO of Micralyne.
MEMS and Microphones
A few weeks ago, we mentioned a story which reported that 5% of all microphones sold in 2005 will be MEMS microphones. This week, Shawn Beus from Knowles Acoustics has an interesting review of MEMS based microphones.
Microfabrica's 3-D MEMS
Microfabrica (previously MEMGen) is a MEMS start up that secured $15 million in venture financing last year. We recently spoke with Adam Cohen , the EVP of Technology and CTO of the company.
Patents and IP Trends
With a high level of ongoing innovation in the MEMS industry, strategic management of intellectual property can be beneficial for companies and universities for maximizing profits and developing partnerships. We spoke with Meagan Dietz , a consultant at McKinsey & Co. , who is an expert in innovation and…
Cell Phones and MEMS
Cell phone based games are hot in the Far East. Samsung, the fifth largest cell phone maker in the world, is now incorporating MEMS accelerometers to allow users enhance their gaming experience with action and sports games. Our take is that while enhancements allowed by MEMS are not critical to the performance of…
MEMS Activity at Analog Devices
Bill Giudice is vice president and general manager of the Micromachined Products Division at Analog Devices . We recently spoke with Bill about current MEMS related activities at ADI as well as plans for the future .
Jeff Hilbert Speaks About RF MEMS
WiSpry is a fabless, radio frequency (RF) semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California. The company was formed in October 2002 through a spin-off of the RF/Wireless business unit of Coventor, Inc. and recently secured $7 Million Series A funding to drive growth of RF tunable filter and RF switch…
Bio MEMS and Microsystems for Stem Cell Research
There is currently much ongoing activity in stem cell and artificial tissue engineering research. For MEMS engineers, many opportunities exist in development of devices which allow biologists to easily run experiments that were not possible even a few years ago.
Ideas for energy saving MEMS devices
According to a recent article , "Agilent Technologies installed a $4,000 dew-point sensor in its Fort Collins plant that eliminated the need to dehumidify air during winter months, saving $20,000 a year."
Sensors 2005 -- Day 3
Today's program featured a full day event with conference sessions on MEMS and nanotechnology. The sessions included presenters from Analog Devices , Freescale , VTI , Olympus and others. Analog Devices (ADI) gave a nice overview of inertial MEMS -- accelerometers and gyros. These sensors have seen improvement over…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 3 (continued)
HL Planartechnik from Germany, a specialty MEMS device maker reporting $15 million in annual revenues talked about their inclination sensors (about 50% of their business) which are used in automotive applications such as theft alarm. Their other sensors include IR and magnetic field sensors for applications such as…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 2
We began our second day at the conference with a session in the morning about software validation and verification for medical sensors and devices. While most MEMS designers and manufacturers probably will not face this problem directly , it certainly helps to know more about the FDA regulations and approval…
Sensors 2005 -- Day 2 (continued)
After attending the conference sessions, we headed to the expo hall to chat with the exhibitors. There are quite a few MEMS related companies at the show which basically fall into four categories -- foundries, device manufacturers such as Freescale and Analog Devices, software makers such as IntelliSense and COMSOL…
Sensors for Manufacturing Efficiency
Sensors 2005 started today with four day-long seminars. We attended one of them, Sensors for Manufacturing Efficiency. The seminar was organized by the Department of Energy and Gideon Varga chaired the sessions which served as an annual review of DoE sponsored companies and projects.
Sensors 2005 Exclusive Coverage
MEMS Investor Journal is at Sensors 2005 in Chicago this week and will be providing exclusive coverage for our subscribers. We'll be attending most of the conference sessions and speaking with company representatives at the expo.
Trends in MEMS labor market
Cleo Cabuz, executive director of the MEMS Industry Group, writes about labor shortages and sourcing MEMS talent from abroad.
Zia Laser obtains $8 Million in venture funding
Zia Laser's technology is based on quantum dots - tiny "bumps" patterned on a substrate. When quantum dots are stacked on top of each other and electricity is applied in a particular way, a laser is generated. The company's plans are to use this technology to build a new type of microprocessor with some of the…
New hydrogen sensor from Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory today reported a new type of hydrogen sensor. As with most hydrogen sensors, Palladium was used for transduction because this metal preferentially absorbs hydrogen. The hydrogen, when absorbed in Pd, changes the resistance of the metal and this resistance change indicates how much…
Kurt Petersen on MEMS Commercialization
Kurt Petersen, a MEMS pioneer and successful entrepreneur, talks about his experiences at Cepheid and at his current company SiTime.