Micro Engineering & Nanotechnology News articles from June 2000

Micro Engineering & Nanotechnology News archives from June 2000

APPLICATIONS: Researchers Make Molecules Behave.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA; Tel: 413/545-2989) has found a way to make molecules that are too tiny to be seen, even under the strongest microscopes, behave in a predictable and orderly way. The...

Nanoparticles Mimic Viruses.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Chemists at Washington University in St. Louis (Tel: 314/935-5272) have created tiny synthetic polymer particles that mimic viruses and show potential for a new direction in gene therapy and other biomedical applications. The nanoparticle has...

Lightweight Projector Uses MEMS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Texas Instruments (TI, Box 655474, Dallas, TX 75265; Tel: 972/995-2011, Fax: 972/995-4360) said that Plus Corp. - one of its customers for digital light processing (DLP) technology - had developed two new microportable projectors each weighing...

Microreactors on Chips.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Symyx Technologies, Inc. (3100 Central Expy., Santa Clara, CA 95051; Tel: 408/764-2000, Fax: 408/748-0175) said it will collaborate with the Institut fuer Microtechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM, Mainz, Germany) to develop microfluidic and MEMS to expand...

Micromachined SiC Accelerometers.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Silicon micromachined silicon carbide accelerometers are undergoing development for use in high-temperature environments like those inside turbines, internal combustion engines, and other machines. These accelerometers would be used to measure...

Modules Power Wireless Internet.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ; Tel: 908/582-4120) is developing highly integrated systems on silicon chips to improve the performance and reduce the cost and size of next-generation Internet appliances such as...

Self-Assembled, Nanoscopic Ink.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Seen through a microscope, dried ink looks like a jumble of particles. Now an ink has been produced that, as it dries, can be seen under very powerful microscopes to self-assemble into orderly layers of tiny caves - actually nanoscopic pores -...

Canals for Microfluidic Devices.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Sandia (Contact: John German; Tel: 505/844-5199Email: jdgerma@sandia.gov:) researchers have developed a process that creates microscopic canals that can transport gases and liquids between microchips. The diameters are from 8 to 100 microns....

FABRICATION: Standard MEMS Opens Product Design Center.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Standard MEMS (3 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA; Tel: 781/270-0900, Fax: 781/270-5015), the leading independent supplier of MEMS devices and sensors, announced the opening of the company's End Product Design Center in Shelton,...

Zygo Acquires Firefly Technologies.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Zygo Corp. (contact: Tel: 860/347-8506; Fax: 860/347-8372; Website: zygo.com) has acquired the assets of Firefly Technologies, Inc. of Holliston, MA. Firefly manufactures metrology equipment and micro-optic components for the...

Microcosm, Jenoptik Partner in MEMS.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Microcosm Technologies (4001 Weston Pkwy., Cary, NC 27513; Tel: 919/854-7500) said that Jenoptik Mikrotechnik GmbH (Jena, Germany) has joined their MEMS manufacturing partnership program. Jenoptik will contribute its expertise in the...

MEMSCAP Launches Device Library.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... MEMSCAP S.A. (Grenoble, France; and 4601 Six Forks Rd., Raleigh, NC 27609; Tel: 919/510-8138, Fax: 919/571-8805), the leading provider of commercial design technology and services for MEMS, introduced the MEMS Comm Component Library, a line of...

MATERIALS: ATMI Expands Epitaxy Capacity.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... ATMI, Inc. (7 Commerce Dr., Danbury, CT 06810; Tel: 203/794-1100, Fax: 203/792- 8040) said it is dramatically expanding its epitaxy capacity and services to meet burgeoning customer demand in the wireless and telecommunications markets at is...

Pressure-Indicating Film Is 50% More Accurate.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Sensor Products, Inc. (188 Rte. 10, East Hanover, NJ 07936; Tel: 973/884-1755, Fax: 973/884-1699) introduced a product called Super Pressurex, which is a tactile-force-indicating sensor film that is 50% more accurate. This sensor is useful in...

TEST AND MESUREMENT: Optical-Frequency Measurements Are Ultra-Precise.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, Boulder, CO; Tel: 303/497-3198) and Bell Labs of Lucent Technologies (Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ; Tel: 802/482-3748) have teamed to produce a more precise method...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Subsidiary to Handle Intellectual Property.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Rockwell (Thousand Oaks, CA) has created a subsidiary, Rockwell Technologies, LLC, that will promote the company's intellectual capital to the commercial marketplace. The subsidiary is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, and led by Ted...

Nanogen Reaches Settlement.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Nanogen (Kieran T. Gallahue 858-410-4607; nanogen.com) has reached a settlement with Beckman Coulter regarding Nanogen's declaratory judgement action against Beckman Coulter, Motorola, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)....

TRONIC'S Microsystems Gets Venture Funding.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... TRONIC'S Microsystems (15 rue des Martyrs, 38045 Grenoble, France; Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 88 5686), one of the European leaders in the emerging MEMS market, has raised 5 million francs in its first round of venture capital funding. The funding was...

Lam Gets Supplier and Etch Tool Awards.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... Lam Research Corp. (4650 Cushing Pkwy., Fremont, CA; Tel: 510/659-0200; Website: www.lamrc.com) won two SEMICONDUCTOR 300 Supplier Awards. The first award honors Lam as the overall top-tier supplier; the second award recognizes the readiness...

MEMSCAP Funded for Design Technology.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... MEMSCAP S.A., (Grenoble, France), the leading provider of commercial design technology and services for MEMS, announced that it has received $11 million in second-round funding and the addition of a major new investor, ETF Group. The company...

Corning Will Acquire IntelliSense.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2000... Corning, Inc. (Corning, NY) has agreed to acquire the 67% of IntelliSense Corp. that it does not already own in exchange for approximately $500 million in Corning stock, a portion of which is contingent upon IntelliSense's achieving certain...

Standard MEMS Joins Fiber-Optic Center.
June 1, 2000... Standard MEMS, Inc. (3 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA; Tel: 781/270- 0900) is the newest member of the Center for Advanced Fiberoptic Applications (CAFA). The induction ceremony was held on May 16 at the CAFA offices (50 Optical...

NextPath Confirms MEMS Effort.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2000... NextPath Technologies, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) confirmed that Willow Systems, Inc., one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, is actively involved n MEMS research and development. This technology is used to create optical switching for wireless...

Sensors Help Increase Earnings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2000... Measurement Specialties, Inc. (Fairfield, NJ) reported sales and earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter and year ended March 31, 2000. Sales for the quarter were $16,571,000, a quarterly record, and compare with $9,331,000 for the same period...

MEETINGS: Optical Switching Conference.
June 1, 2000... Intertech Conferences (19 Northbrook Dr., Portland, ME 04105; Tel: 207/781-9800) has announced that its development conference, Bringing Optical Switching Systems to Market; The Business and Technical Outlook for Optical Switching Systems,...

CALENDAR.
June 1, 2000... June 12-13, 2000, MEMS: Design, Fabrication, and Packaging. University of California at Berkeley Summer Engineering Institute, Berkeley, CA. Contact: Tel: 510/642-4151. July 10-12 Semicon West-Wafer Processing. San Francisco, CA Contact:...