Piezoresistive pressure sensors are pivotal components within the vast field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), integrating semiconductor physics with advanced fabrication techniques to detect ...

Researchers have used a specialized form of additive manufacturing to create MEMS sensors that can be fabricated as custom, single-quantity units. Why custom-made sensors using additive manufacturing ...

Standard Finite Element (FE) models, especially those that incorporate multiple physical domains, consist of detailed representations of a device that include a large number of Degrees of Freedom (DoF ...

A new Japanese fab service MEMS Infinity, offering 150-mm and 200-mm wafers, aims to facilitate concept design and evaluation all the way through prototyping and mass production. It has joined hands ...

A maturing technology with a multitude of low-cost functions pushes MEMS into a growing number of electronic products. Demand for devices that can sense motion, orientation, and location is surging, ...

The Hygrotron humidity and temperature sensor from Hygrometrix Inc., Alpine, Calif. The Hygrotron humidity and temperature sensor from Hygrometrix Inc., Alpine, Calif. (hygrometrix.com), is smaller ...

There is a growing trend toward electrification of virtually all systems that can be electrified, and that inevitably calls for generating actionable intelligence of these systems. To achieve the ...