Dresden facility goes online for photomask production
Process R&D
Research on chip defects involves real processes
Three year EU project explores CMOS limits
Doubts over Government commitment to microelectronics
Importance of electronics sector may be shrinking, say Government insiders
Southampton University sets up silicon services centre
A dedicated silicon technology centre providing advanced services to UK and European industry has been created at Southampton University. The new venture, which is called Innos, has emerged from the EPSRC-funded Silicon Fabrication Facility, a centre which has offered research capability mainly to UK academics for the past 20 years. Innos will be headed by Steve Byars, a former COO ...
MEMS device looks at friction in microscale
Researchers at Sandia Labs have developed a MEMS device called the ‘inchworm’ to investigate friction in microscale objects. While the simple relationship F=normal force x the coefficient of friction holds true at the macroscale, it does not necessarily do so for small devices, where there is a large surface to volume ratio and adhesive forces may add to conventional friction. ...
