tag: MEMS

How To Make A Brain-On-A-Chip
By Mark LaPedus - 15 Nov, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Mark LaPedus In October, Draper Laboratory and the University of South Florida (USF) disclosed an ambitious plan to develop a brain-on-a-chip. The idea is to devise a “micro-environment’’ that mimics the human brain. Researchers hope to study neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, strokes and concussions. The eventual goal is to study the effects of drugs and v... » read more

MEMS Innovation: A Tipping Point
By Joanne Itow - 15 Nov, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Joanne Itow Two years ago I attended my first MEMS Executive Congress and was impressed with the high level of enthusiasm in new applications and growth prospects for MEMS. This year’s event was just as impressive and the new MEMS products continue to amaze me. The market has been flooded with new gadgets, new suppliers and now, new challenges. All MEMS are not created equal. One of th... » read more

Wafer Leaders Extend Basis for Global SOI Supply
By Various Writers - 16 Oct, 2012 - Comments: 0

Posted by Adele Hars, Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Substrate News ~  ~ It’s a bright green light from the world leaders in SOI wafer capacity. Soitec, the world leader in SOI wafer production, and long-time partner Shin-Etsu Handatai (SEH), the world’s biggest producer of silicon wafers, have extended their licensing agreement and expanded their technology cooperation. SEH is a $12... » read more

SPOTLIGHT ON FD-SOI, FINFETS AT IEEE SOI CONFERENCE
;1-4 OCT, NAPA
By Various Writers - 25 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

The 38th annual SOI Conference is coming right up. Sponsored by IEEE Electron Devices Society, this is the only dedicated SOI conference covering the full technology chain from materials to devices, circuits and system applications. Chaired this year by Gosia Jurczak (manager of the Memories Program at imec), this excellent conference is well worth attending. It’s where the giants of the ... » read more

3D-IC Impact On Computational Lithography?
By Ann Mutschler - 16 Aug, 2012 - Comments: 0

While 3D devices and technology such as through-silicon vias (TSVs) definitely complicate matters in the design, verification and manufacturing space, one might assume there would also be an impact on the computational lithography tools that are used to ensure printability. Have no fear. Industry experts assure us that this is not the case. Lithography expert Chris Mack acknowledged that ... » read more

Manufacturing & MEMS
By Joanne Itow - 26 Jun, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Joanne Itow There’s been a lot of attention focused on MEMS in the past couple of years, and rightfully so. In 2011 when total semiconductor revenues grew by only 1.3%, MEMS revenues grew by more than 34%. MEMS have been activating air bags in our cars and projecting images on DLP screens for years, but it wasn’t until the accelerometer in smartphones when mainstream semiconductor manuf... » read more

New Processes Define New Power Plans
By Ed Sperling - 05 Apr, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Pallab Chatterjee FinFETs, stacked die, heterogeneous interposers, TSVs, 450mm wafers, new interconnects and everything with MEMs and sensors is what the last few weeks have brought. A number of major announcements, technology releases, conference updates have identified these technologies as the future of IC design. At ISQED, Robert Geer, chief academic officer at the College of Nanosca... » read more

Mechanical Meets Electrical
By Ed Sperling - 09 Feb, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling For the first part of the 20th century mechanical engineering dominated almost everything in technology. For the second half, once the transistor and the integrated circuit became well entrenched, those two disciplines largely divided up the tech market. More recently, however, they are being forced to collaborate in teams that historically had nothing in common. While the co... » read more

MEMS Oscillators Market News – Accelerating Adoption of silicon MEMS timing
By Tony Massimini - 12 Dec, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Tony Massimini Recently there have been two major announcements in the MEMS Oscillator market. Market leader SiTime breaks into the high-precision OCXO timing with Stratum 3 compliant solutions. Integrated Device Technology jumps into the MEMS oscillator market with a piezoelectric MEMS resonator. SiTime has introduced the SiT5301 and SiT5302 which address the highest performance applica... » read more

SOI Conference Shows SOI Driving Key Roadmaps
By Various Writers - 21 Oct, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Adele Hars The 2011 IEEE SOI Conference, held in Tempe, AZ last week was not one to miss…but I did. Happily, I got the papers right away, along with observations shared by some of the folks who did get there. Highlights include excellent and insightful papers from ST, ARM, IBM, Intel, Leti, Peregrine and GlobalFoundries, plus many more that indicate SOI-based technologies are at th... » read more

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