Designers can use resistive IC-based thin-film microheating elements to manufacture relatively low-cost integrated MEMS accelerometers in a standard CMOS process. This novel method, developed by the ...

N. ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2004--MEMSIC, the leading provider of CMOS-based MEMS accelerometers/sensors, announced that it has been selected to supply its thermal accelerometers ...

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Memsic Inc., a developer of MEMS-based accelerometers and sensors in CMOS process technology spun out from Analog Devices Inc. in 1999, has occupied and qualified a second ...

Accelerometers, compasses, gyros and RF switches can be made cheaply in the metal layers over CMOS , claims Barcelona-based Baolab Microsystems. “We use exactly the same lithography process as CMOS ...

Memsmart Semiconductor, a fabless IC design company, is planning to mass produce the first CMOS-MEMS accelerometers by the end of 2008. Since the CMOS process has the advantage of lower production ...

KYOTO, Japan—Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) vendor Invensense Inc. Tuesday (Nov. 9) introduced the world's first integrated MEMS to include both a gyroscope and accelerometer on a single CMOS ...

The MXC6226XC MEMS is said to be the world’s smallest, fully integrated, two-axis digital accelerometer. It is made using a 0.18-μm CMOS process and advanced wafer- level packaging (WLP). The ...

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are well known for enabling innovative capabilities for devices that range from vehicles and gaming to smartphones and tablets—and increasingly in personal ...

HSINCHU, Taiwan, January, 19, 2011-- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the company has produced customer ...

Germany-based Bosch Sensortec, a subsidiary of Bosch, will not employ Taiwan CMOS foundry services to make its g-sensors (accelerometers) because its has 14-years of experience making MEMS and will ...

Freeing up space in portable designs, the LIS344AL logs in as a cost-sensitive MEMS-based accelerometer sporting an ultra-compact 4 mm x 4 mm x 1.5 mm footprint. Its plastic-package houses a robust ...

Spanish fabless CMOS MEMS firm Baolab Microsystems has announced its first product, a single chip three axis magnetic compass that it claims will be cheaper than competitors. “Until now, 3D compasses ...