KYOTO, Japan—Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) vendor Invensense Inc. Tuesday (Nov. 9) introduced the world's first integrated MEMS to include both a gyroscope and accelerometer on a single CMOS ...

STMicroelectronics has expanded the company's motion-sensor portfolio with a broad range of thirteen new single- and two-axis gyroscopes. With more than a 50 percent shrink in volume over previous ST ...

Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd's inertial sensor technology is central to a new north-finding navigation device recently ...

There’s no doubting the wonders that micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology have brought to the world. With MEMS chips, your phone can detect the slightest movement, turning it into a ...

Using the Coriolis effect and its integrated MEMS (iMEMS) surface micromachined process, Analog Devices has produced the smallest, lowest-cost high-performance commercially available angular-rate ...

EMCORE has a 40-year history in the development of its Quartz MEMS technology introducing the first tactical grade single-axis gyro and inertial measurement unit (IMU) utilizing quartz sensors with ...

Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd and Kongsberg Discovery AS have joined forces to develop next-generation inertial technology. The companies signed the formal agreement June 2 during EXPO in Osaka, Japan.

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The use of MEMS accelerometers to sense rapid deceleration for airbag deployment is well over a decade old and considered a well-known technology.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is testing a miniature solid-state gyro sensor that it says will be the smallest ever flown in space. The sugar cube-sized gyro uses microelectromechanical systems ...

Silicon Sensing Systems is to expand its MEMS foundry in Japan, moving into a new purpose-built facility, allowing the company to meet significantly increased demand for its MEMS inertial sensors and ...