STMicroelectronics has parftnered with CMP (Circuits Multi Projects) in France to make its THELMA MEMS manufacturing process available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through a multi-project wafer ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Dynamic changes to R&D processes, tools, technical challenges, and funding/business models will be highlighted at SEMICON West 2013, along with product displays of the latest semiconductor manufacturing technology, components and ...
This article explores the significant performance enhancements that MEMS technology enables in accurate real-time clock applications, writes Paul Nunn, senior business manager, Maxim Integrated. MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) ...
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Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
Tags: opto sensor, Optoelectronics, sensor
Growth drivers in 2012 were LEDs, laser transmitters for high-speed optical networks, MEMS-based acceleration/yaw sensors, CMOS imaging devices and power transistors for energy-saving electronics and battery management, says IC Insights in ...
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Canon U.S.A., Inc. recently launched the FPA-3030i5+ i-line stepper, designed for the manufacturing of LEDs, MEMS and power semiconductors. The FPA-3030 platform is an upgrade to earlier Canon “FPA-3000 platform” steppers. The ...
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has announced significant ...
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Japan's Sharp has secured a $110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the South Korean company's growing electronics empire. The deal gives Samsung a steady supply of ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, says that it is developing equipment and process ...
InvenSense, the MEMS motion sensor specialist, has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Avnet Memec. “Aligning with InvenSense is very exciting as they have industry-leading MEMS sensors, and their 6- and 9-axis ...
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Omron has recognised the work of its UK distributor, Anglia Components. Pictured (left to right): Alex Grout (Omron), Kerry Higham (Anglia), Chris O’Neill (Omron) and Graham Bridger (Anglia). According to Alex Grout, ...
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Researchers have discovered a way to detect explosives by boiling and vapourising them off a silicon MEMS micromachine. “Certain classes of explosives have unique thermal characteristics that help to identify explosive vapours in ...
Swiss-based medical devices firm Debiotech has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with Valtronic for the manufacturing of the electronic Controller unit for Debiotech's insulin product JewelPUMP. The insulin pump, which is ...
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Microsaic Systems plc will showcase its new revolutionary chip-based technology for the first time at Pittcon 2013. Microsaic Systems is the only producer of mass spectrometry instrumentation using Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) ...
Tags: Chip-Based Mass Spectrometry Instrument, Pittcon, 2013
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that Switzerland’s école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has ordered a NEXUS ion beam etch (IBE) system, ...
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