Kazuma Kurihara (Senior Researcher) and Hideki Takagi (Leader), Large Scale Integration Team, the Research Center for Ubiquitous MEMS and Micro Engineering have developed a microelectromechanical ...

Omnitron Sensors, which makes MEMS sensor chips, has raised $13 million to create inexpensive sensors for self-driving cars. If it works, we could say goodbye to those big spinning domes atop ...

With the global healthcare industry being valued at US $1.65 trillion in 2016 and expected to reach US $2.69 trillion by 2025 1, it is an important growing industry. Key drivers behind this ongoing ...

Smart wearables are ubiquitous in modern daily life. Sensors are a critical component of smart wearables & a vast array of other smart devices ...

Semiconductor engineers leveraged manufacturing techniques developed for computer chips to create microscopic MEMS devices. Fabrication methods for MEMS sensors, such as layer deposition, ...

Scientists have succeeded in developing a high-quality diamond cantilever with among the highest quality (Q) factor values at room temperature ever achieved. The group also succeeded for the first ...

MEMS INERTIAL SENSoRS have been around for more than 25 years, from the first prototypes developed in universities to initial product offerings from the likes of Analog Devices, Bosch, Motorola (now ...

MEMS vector hydrophones and acoustic sensors represent a transformative advance in underwater acoustics, enabling compact, low‐power, and highly sensitive detection of directional sound. Leveraging ...

Why custom-made sensors using additive manufacturing offers end-user benefits. How the AM process was adapted for MEMS sensors. The test results of their prototype devices. MEMS technology in its ...

Microelectromechanical systems or MEMS have truly revolutionized sensing transducers since their introduction several decades ago for airbag triggers replacing the ball-in-tube design. We now see MEMS ...

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about future developments and challenges for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with Gerold Schropfer, director of MEMS products and European operations ...

IAM-20380HT high temperature automotive 3-Axis MotionTracking™ gyroscope developed for non-safety automotive applications Provides accurate angular-rate sensing across an operating temperature range ...