MEMS Education Series® Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

MEMS Executive Congress Europe Preview

Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT

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Presented by Karen Lightman, MEMS Industry Group

Join MIG's managing director, Karen Lightman, as she shares with you what to expect at the very first European installment of MEMS Executive Congress, March 20, 2012.

M2M Forum Webinar

MEMS Technology Development - An Overview of a MEMS Product Development Life Cycle Template

Thursday, February 23 | 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT

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Presented by Tina Lamers, Director of Marketing & Lead Engineer, Avago Technologies and Valerie Marty, MEMS Integration, HP
Hosted by Karen Lightman, MEMS Industry Group

 

Past Webinars

Improving Performance of New MEMS Designs: An Insider’s Look at imec’s SiGe above-IC MEMS Technology Platform 

Original webinar date: January 17, 2012 
Please visit the MIG resource library to view the slides.

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Presented by Simone Severi, Team Leader, MEMS Integration Group, imec

Moderated by Eric Pabo, Business Development Manager - MEMS, EV Group
Hosted by Karen Lightman, MEMS Industry Group

Imec has  developed a CMOS compatible set of modules for providing additional functionality of basic MEMS devices using a SiGe thin film wafer level packaging platform. On this webinar, Simone Severi, Team Leader of the MEMS integration group at imec will give an overview of SiGe MEMS technology using an IC standard fabrication toolset for monolithic integration on CMOS. He’ll give examples of the product development cycle of successful devices manufactured at imec to demonstrate the advantages of the technology and educate participants on the special considerations required for test, reliability, and reducing cost.

Concurrent Design to Achieve High Performance and Low Cost: Case Study of a MEMS Automotive Pressure Sensor Design

Original Webinar Date: Tuesday, December 13
Members, click here for the slides.

Replay Webinar

Presented by David DiPaola, Managing Director, DiPaola Consulting
Moderated by Rob O'Reilly, Senior Member Technical Staff, Analog Devices and Karen Lightman, Managing Director, MEMS Industry Group

David DiPaola of DiPaola consulting will illustrate the importance of concurrent design in achieving high performance, yet low cost MEMS integration. Through a case study focused on automotive pressure sensor design, he’ll demonstrate how to overcome challenging customer-driven requirements.

The case study presented includes:

  • MEMS Device: Unique sensor requirement of pressure range in excess of 1 MPa with very limited packaging space.
  • Challenge: Severe mechanical mounting conditions of the sensor in the application.  Mounting conditions caused significant sensor error due to parasitic strain in the piezoresistors from mechanical coupling when mounted.  Since multiple MEMS sense elements were used in this product, adding cost to resolve this issue was not an option.
  • Solution: Listen to the replay to find out!

MEMS Devices Driving Healthcare Applications

Original Webinar Date: November 9, 2011
Members, click here for the slides.  

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Presented by Frédéric Breussin, Project Manager at Yole Développement.

The webinar provides an overview of the MEMS sensors market for medical applications, trends and emerging technologies.

A Technology Platform for MEMS Scanner Products - An Approach to Overcoming MEMS Law

Original Webinar Date: October 20, 2011
Members, click here for the slides.

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Presented by: Michael Müller, Deputy Head of Department Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)
Co-hosted  and Moderated by: Steve Breit, Vice President, Engineering, Coventor

Coventor and Fraunhofer IPMS discuss "MEMS Law" and ways that MEMS foundries and MEMS device manufacturers are overcoming the described lack of standardization.

Overview of Current State of MEMS Reliability and Test

Original Webinar Date: September 26, 2011
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Presented by Mehran Mehregany, Director, Case School of Engineering - San Diego

Improving Performance of MEMS Designs Using Optical Characterization

Original Webinar Date: September 14, 2011

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Polytec will present several characterization studies that have successfully applied Micro System Analyzer (MSA) technology using optical characterization of MEMS. Currently, this technology is widely used in the MEMS research community. Polytec will enlighten attendees about how to apply MSA technology for commercial applications that will improve a product design’s performance. The MSA features many benefits including measuring out-of-plane motion with resolution down to picometers and bandwidth out to MHz. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn how to take your MEMS designs to the next level!

New Prototyping Technologies Reduce Time to Market

Original Webinar Date: August 25, 2011

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Sarah Boisvert, Co-Founder of Potomac Photonics, will share her knowledge through case studies and personal experiences about helping your company reduce the time to market of your MEMS products.


The following archived webinars slides can be found in the Document Library. Click the hyperlink for the replay.

 Other MEMS Industry Technical Webinars

Enabling Next Generation Motion Solutions for Consumer Electronics, Movea and Yole Développement, December 2010
Modeling and Simulation Tools in MEMS Design, Intellisense Software, April 2011
MEMS Vacuum Packaging, ISSYS, April 2011
Taming Extreme Topography for High-Aspect-Ratio Structures for Microelectronics Applications, Brewer Science, April 2011
Revolution in consumer motion sensors, Yole Développement, May 2011
Overview of Flip Chip Technologies, Applications and Market, Yole Développement, June 2011
Thin Wafer Handling – Overcoming the Achilles' Heel of Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing, Brewer Science, July 2011
Thin Wafer Handling and Processing, Yole Développement, October 2011
 


Past Courses

Insider's Guide to Business Strategy for the MEMS Industry - 2009 and MEMS Business and Management - 2008

Instructors
Alissa Fitzgerald, Principal and Founder, AM Fitzgerald and Associates
Jim Knutti, President and CEO, Acuity Incorporated

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