ST's next-gen optical MEMS capability called Lab4MEMS II

STMicroelectronics has announced its next-gen optical MEMS capability called Lab4MEMS II, an extension of its existing Lab4MEMS project, announced in April 2013. Lab4MEMS II is launched by the European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) Joint Undertaking (JU), a public-private partnership in nanoelectronics. Lab4MEMS II is a €26 million ($30 million) project with 20 industrial, academic, and research partners spread across nine European countries. The Lab4MEMS II project focuses on designing, fabricating, and testing a variety of devices that include optical switches, arrays of micro-mirrors, optical cross-connects, lasers, and micro lenses using micro-optics and standard micromachining technologies to miniaturize and build advanced optical systems. MOEMS is suggested as perfect platform for future valuable commercial products, such as optical switches, micro-mirror devices and dynamic displays, bi-stable devices, and optical shutters useful in micro-projectors, laser micro-scanners, new-generation Human Machine Interfaces, and micro-spectrometers. One goal of the project is to optimize the production of dual single-axis mirrors as well as to research the possibilities for the development of the dual-axis single mirror. "The ENIAC JU research agenda is perfectly aligned with ST’s values and commitment to augmenting peoples’ quality of life," said...