Articles MEMS

The utilization of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) microphones presents an opportunity to incorporate sophisticated communication and monitoring capabilities into a diverse range of devices. Home digital assistants and voice-enabled ...

Paul Rako Electronic Design At APEC 2019, Menlo Micro was showing off its new power relay made with microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) manufacturing. Menlo Micro, a spin-off from General Electric, was looking to develop reliable, safe power ...

Todd Borkowski EDN The following is a Sand 9 white paper discussing the evolution of MEMS technology in our industry as it relates to timing devices. Quartz has dominated the industry until recently. Electrostatic and piezoelectric MEMS now ...

Digi-Key Accelerometers are a key component in any portable or non-stationary device that needs to respond to motion or device orientation not just game controllers and cell phones but even industrial robots and process control machinery. It ...

R. Colin Johnson Electronic Engineering Times Microelectromechanical systems are revolutionizing sports, health and fitness gear by making possible scores of products that help athletes analyze and improve their performance. MEMS devices have ...

J. Jayapandian, K. Prabakar, O.K. Sheela Electronic Design Laser power is usually measured with a thermocouple/thermopile or with photo diodes. But thermopile-based laser power meters depend on the heat the laser generates in the sensor and are ...

MEMS is an emerging technology which uses the tools and techniques that were developed for the Integrated Circuit industry to build microscopic machines. These machines are built on standard silicon wafers. The real power of this technology is that ...

Fabio Pasolini, STMicroelectronics MEMS accelerometers have had a dramatic impact on cell phones, gaming consoles, and location-based devices. MEMS-based gyroscopes and geomagnetic sensors are about to take it to a whole new level. The MEMS ...

The current-generation prototype of ST's body-motion reconstruction suit demonstrates the optimal performance of the miniaturized iNEMO multi-sensor nodes attached on each arm, forearm, thigh, calf, and two on the back; additional nodes can be ...

By Harvey Weinberg Analog Dialogue Volume 43 Number 2 As applications engineers supporting ADI’s compact, low-cost, gravity-sensitive iMEMS® accelerometers, we get to hear lots of creative ideas about how to employ accelerometers in ...