| MEMS set to tickle consumer fancy
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2008-01-16 |
| Today, MEMS chips, combined with the smart software that uses them, are being designed into cellphones at a pace reminiscent of camera-phone adoption, enabling a new breed of consumer-pleasing electronic devices |
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| MEMS measurement tech could increase wafer yields
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2008-01-15 |
| NIST claims that CMOS semiconductor makers could take advantage of its MEMS measurement regime to increase wafer yields by reducing the frequency of failures |
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| ITC to start probe on four IC complaints
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2008-01-08 |
| The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to pursue four separate cases filed by IBM Corp., Knowles Electronics LLC, Tessera Inc. and Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. |
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| Final roundup: Mixed expectations for '08 top Q4 list
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2007-12-27 |
| In the top list of most viewed articles on EE Times-Asia for the final quarter are reports on industry forecasts, shakers and movers, thought leaders, as well as emerging technologies and hot apps. |
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| ...Chip-on-MEMS' enables wafer-level calibration
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2007-12-17 |
| A new technique called "chip-on-MEMS" bonds ASIC dice atop an entire MEMS wafer before dicing, according to developer VTI Technologies |
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| Brazil's Ceitec inks CMOS deal with X-FAB
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2007-12-14 |
| X-FAB Silicon Foundries and CEITEC have entered a CMOS tech licensing deal for semiconductor manufacturing in Brazil. |
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| The year in review: First-quarter storm
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2007-12-04 |
| The first three months of 2007 were a hodgepodge of exciting prospects and reality check. |
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| RF MEMS switch market to balloon in five years
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2007-11-26 |
| Market researcher WTC sees the market for RF MEMS switches explode: While in 2006, the total market volume amounted to $5 million globally, the volume will grow to $210 million within only five years |
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| MEMS poised to penetrate CE market
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2007-11-23 |
| After penetrating mass market by enabling air bags to trigger fast enough to catch passengers before they hit the steering wheel, MEMS now has a new target: consumer electronics |
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| RF MEMS clears way for software radio on-a-chip
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2007-11-19 |
| WiSpry is sampling the first integrated RF MEMS, and the company says its forthcoming line of RF-MEMS devices will eventually yield the holy grail of RF: software radio |
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| Sensors toughen up for industrial use
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2007-11-16 |
| While there has been a lot of discussion recently about the CMOS and charge-coupled device image sensors used in mobile devices, there's a plethora of sensor types used in other applications including HVAC, motion control, hydraulic systems and robotics. |
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| Digital mics go direct to codecs, lose ADCs
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2007-11-12 |
| Digital microphone pioneer Akustica Inc. said it has gained a design win in Texas Instruments Inc.'s latest stereo audio codec chips. |
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| Winged MEMS keep dust away
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2007-11-08 |
| Omron claims to have solved the problem of dust and particulate for MEMS airflow sensors with an innovative mechanical architecture that resembles a penguin with outstretched wings |
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| Optical signals control mechanical structures
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2007-11-07 |
| While micro- and nanoscale mechanical structures have long been used to sculpt and channel optical signals, from waveguides to resonators, the roles have lately been reversed. |
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| Opportunity abounds in MEMS/nanotech
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2007-11-01 |
| Despite the fickleness of the investment community—a tendency to jump on the "bandwagon of the moment" investment in both nanotech and MEMS startups has remained relatively strong for the past three years, and almost evenly split between the two |
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