Sensors
Synaptics sampling Natural ID fingerprint authentication tech for thicker glass
Synaptics sampling Natural ID fingerprint authentication technology, which is termed as critical next step to putting capacitive fingerprint sensors under the smartphone cover glass. Synaptics’ new fingerprint authentication product supports thicker glass of greater than 200μm. Synaptics first
2 min readLight instead of electricity to measure temperature
Fujitsu uses light, instead of electricity, to measure temperature in thermal power stations. Fujitsu Limited and Tohoku Electric Power have co-developed an anomaly detection system for thermal power station facilities based on optical fiber multipoint temperature sensing technology. This method m
3 min readAMS acquires CMOS sensor business of NXP
Austria based ams AG has acquired the CMOS Sensor Business from NXP Semiconductors. With this acquisition ams AG aim to offer CMOS sensors measuring several environmental variables such as relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one sensor device, which can be used in applications such as sm
2 min readWireless heart-beat and breath-rate sensing by a microwave-sensor
With the availability of new microwave-based sensor from Sharp, you don't need to physically-connect leads to the patients or put some wearable medical electronics devices to read heartbeat and breath rate. The new microwave sensor from Sharp DC6M4JN3000, can detect human and animal body motio
2 min readAAC Tech acquires RF MEMS device maker WiSpry
Hong Kong based AAC Technologies has announced the completion of the acquisition of WiSpry. WiSpry makes tunable radio frequency (“RF”) semiconductor products for the wireless industry and also RF micro-electro-mechanical systems (“MEMS”) solutions, with products relating to antenna tuning and filte
2 min readTDK expands Lineup of 300 A and 80 A clamp AC current sensor devices
TDK Corporation has added two new types to its CCT series clamp AC current sensors family. 300 A and 80 A current rated sensors are designed for power distribution panels with a current transformation ratio of 3000:1 the 300-A and 80-A types offer maximum output currents of 100 mA and 26.6 mA, respe
1 min readA breakthrough in UV light photo benefits both outer and inner space
It is reported in the geektime that a joint project by semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials Israel and NASA able to develop the ultra violet light photo detector with quantum efficiency of hundred percent by adding a layer of boron atoms inside the detector. The UV photo/image sen
2 min readGesture recognition using MEMS micro-mirror based Infrared imaging
You just move in particular way in front of your TV or computer, you can program the system to do some set of operations for each movement or gesture, all this without even pressing a mouse or keyboard or not even touching. The 3D gesture based user interface technology concept is called "Perceptua
4 min readCompact digi UV Sensor for mobile, wearable, and IoT apps
STMicroelectronics has expanded its portfolio of environmental sensors with the introduction of the UVIS25, the world’s first sensor to provide a direct digital output of the Ultraviolet Index (UVI), the international measurement of the strength of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, primarily from the sun,
3 min readNFC wireless tags with stale food gas sensors by MIT
MIT chemists developed simple food related gas sensor which can be interfaced to a smartphone. These sensors can detect ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, and cyclohexanone and such gases which help in detecting spoiled food both in homes and commercial food serving/storage places. These sensors are des
2 min readST offers Open.MEMS Licensing
STMicroelectronics announced its Open.MEMS program to boost time-to-development with quick and easy single-node evaluation licensing. To encourage broad use of its MEMS and sensors to all the customers and open-community developers, the program makes freely available to Open.MEMS licensees driver
3 min readPiezo electric mems tech by Sand 9 granted US patent
United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted MEMS company Sand 9 a patent based on the use of piezoelectric MEMS for a wafer-level, chip-scale packaged (WLCSP) microphone. piezoelectric MEMS solves the sticktion problem of condenser mic. piezoelectric MEMS microphone also offers higher
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