PORTLAND, Ore. — As the market for MEMS-based accelerometers shifts from automotive and industrial segments to consumer devices, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. claims it has become one of the top three ...

The design and fabrication of the proposed MEMS accelerometer. a Schematic diagram of the accelerometer with two-layered proof mass. The upper layer has flexures, stiffness tuning electrodes, and ...

TDK Corp. has extended its range of high-temperature microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial sensors. The sensor, ...

A significant increase in the demand of accelerometers is expected as the market for consumer electronics, such as smartphones, and social infrastructure monitoring applications are expanding. Such ...

Standard Finite Element (FE) models, especially those that incorporate multiple physical domains, consist of detailed representations of a device that include a large number of Degrees of Freedom (DoF ...

For roughly a decade, MEMS accelerometers have been making automobiles safer by triggering air bags in the event of a crash. But manufacturers of the tiny sensors have always had larger ambitions: a ...

New platform combines genetic algorithms with freeform geometry to design resilient, high-performance MEMS accelerometers tolerant to fabrication flaws. (Nanowerk News) Traditionally, ...

Researchers from Delft University of Technology have announced the development of a novel surface micromachined accelerometer. This innovative device utilizes a silicon carbide-carbon nanotube ...

Condition monitoring is a challenge for companies with mechanical facilities chockful of motors, generators and gears. But it is needed to give plant managers insights into how the mechanical ...