Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A technology that combines tiny electronic and mechanical parts to create systems with moving parts on a scale ranging from microns to a millimeter, typically using silicon or silicon-based fabrication methods.
- noun Devices, machines, or systems fabricated using this technology.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The joint venture aims to ensure that Mexican firms earn a share of the likely future bonanza in MEMS business.
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The joint venture aims to ensure that Mexican firms earn a share of the likely future bonanza in MEMS business.
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MEMS is an engineering and technical services company serving customers in the oil, gas and utility industries.
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Qualcomm developed a chip technology known as a micro-electro-mechanical system, or MEMS, that is used to make its low-power mirasol displays, and today said it has opened its first production factory in partnership with Foxlink, a Taiwanese communications device maker, to make the color displays.
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The patented technologies generally relate to microelectromechanical systems known as MEMS and can be found in devices such as pressure sensors used in automotive, medical and industrial applications.
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In the future discussion in this product group, I would say a few words on MEMS, which is a very promising product family.
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The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.
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The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.
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The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.
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The Alt-SCA is aimed at research and industrial users for development and/or high-throughput manufacture of surface or 3D micro-nano structures for applications such as MEMS sensors, optical micro-elements fabrication, microchip repairs and waveguide production.
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