January 18, 2023
An Explanation of the Metaverse and 5 MEMS Technologies Solutions That Will Soon Help Make It Happen
The next wave of communication and social technology is set to move beyond 2D screens toward a more immersive experience relying on augmented and virtual reality. This new platform is […]
April 26, 2022
![Figure 2: Schematic view of standard CMOS including an electro-mechanical switch monolithically integrated into BEOL [2]. Courtesy: University of California, Berkeley](https://www.coventor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Figure-2-April-2022-MEMS-Blog-for-Coventor-website.png)
The First Computers: Electro-Mechanical Computing The first computers were built using electro-mechanical components, unlike today’s modern electronic systems. Alain Turing’s cryptanalysis multiplier and Konrad Zuse’s Z2 were invented and built […]
December 14, 2021
A digital twin is a digital representation of a real-world item, and includes software objects or models that represents these real-world items. In MEMS product development, digital twins (or software […]
June 13, 2021
![Figure 2: 3D view of RF MEMS switch model, showing the deflection under residual stress [2]](https://www.coventor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Figure-2-3D-view-of-RF-MEMS-switch-model-showing-the-deflection-under-residual-stress-960x560.png)
There are a wide range of promising applications for RF MEMS switches, including use in tunable filters, antennas, tactile radio, and RF ID [1]. Why it is so difficult to […]
June 26, 2020
Lam Research® is one of the top equipment suppliers in the semiconductor ecosystem. As a trusted, collaborative partner to the world’s leading semiconductor companies, Lam Research is a fundamental enabler […]
May 1, 2015
![MEMS-CMOS Autonomous Switched Oscillator presented by Guilherme Brondani Torr (© imec) [1]](https://www.coventor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MEMS-CMOS-960x720.png)
The 17th edition of the Symposium on Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP 2015) took place this year in Montpellier, Southern France, on April 28-30. This […]
December 3, 2013
Without MEMS today’s smart phones wouldn’t be called “smart”. Be it motion sensing with accelerometers and gyroscopes, noise cancelling with multiple microphones, multi-band radios with tunable RF MEMS capacitors, MEMS […]
October 27, 2009
Dalsa Semiconductor and Coventor have published an article on the use of virtual fabrication for MEMS processing. Virtual fabrication process emulation backed up by experimental calibration is a more productive […]