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

MEMS are helping to advance biomedical devices by leaps and bounds, but technical and business challenges remain. Charles Chung, Ph.D. Shown are different pressure sensor designs—each tailored to ...

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6981) (ISIN:JP3914400001) (hereinafter "Murata") has developed newly capacitive type MEMS pressure (barometer) sensor (2.3 x 2.6 mm ...

The price competition on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors is imminent, but Bosch will not be the first batch of players to lower prices, according to Greg Huang, regional sales manager at ...

Able to be easily integrated into the latest electric-vehicle thermal-management systems, Melexis's MLX90830 is the company's first product to feature its Triphibian technology. This robust miniature ...

Critical care is a vital field in the world of medicine; thus, patient conditions and the decisions made by medical professionals providing care carry great weight. Moreover, the equipment used in ...

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

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 ...

MEMS are primarily transducer systems that can control or sense chemical, optical, or physical quantities, such as fluids, acceleration, or radiation. A MEMS device/transducer possesses an electrical ...

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 ...

MEMS integrates both active and passive components into a single silicon substrate with the help of advanced IC manufacturing technology. MEMS sensors are what connects the analog world around us to ...