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An alternative to quartz oscillators: MEMS

MEMS oscillators are showing great potential as an alternative to quartz oscillators in many medical applications. Essentially, the output frequency on the MEMS devices is controlled by an internal resonator and an integrated programmable CMOS oscillator circuit.

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MEMS Monitor Aortic Aneurysms

The Endosenor from CardioMEMS, Atlanta, (www.cardiomems.com) provides a low-cost and safe way to check stents inserted to treat abdominal aneurysms, a...

Lasers Ready for Microfluidics, Nanotech, and BioMEMS

Contract manufacturer and laser builder Resonetics Inc., Nashua, N.H. (resonetics.com) converts drawings into finished prototypes with its Rapid X Series...

Mask Aligners for MEMS

Contact photolithography mask aligners have long been used for building ICs in semiconductor production to reproduce extremely minute designs on substrates...

FEA builds better MEMS

Miniature analysis systems, or labs-on-a-chip, work in little time and need only small quantities of samples and reagents to deliver high-resolution results....

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