There’s a good chance that you use a MEMS accelerometer every single day. It’s the small chip that let your smart phone automatically adjust its screen orientation. They’re great chips, and since they ...

The demand for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resilient to harsh environments is growing. Silicon-based MEMS struggle under extreme conditions, limited by their performance at elevated ...

STMicroelectronics NV has introduced a redesigned accelerometer with improved mechanical and thermal stability. The LIS2HH12 3-axis accelerometer is less sensitive to thermal and mechanical stress ...

Researchers from Delft University of Technology have announced the development of a novel surface micromachined accelerometer. This innovative device utilizes a silicon carbide-carbon nanotube ...

An accelerometer is a device that can be used to measure acceleration in one, two, or three orthogonal axes. It is typically used to measure in-plane velocity and position, inclination, tilt, or ...

Hitachi Ltd. today announced the development of a high-sensitivity low-power MEMS accelerometer that can detect extremely weak ground and building vibrations by combining sophisticated MEMS technology ...

Fig 1. Wafer-level BGA packaging and a patented heated-gas thermal acceleration measurement method combine to produce MEMSIC’s MXC626Xc two-axis digital accelerometer, which is small enough to be ...

Newswise — Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers play a critical role in high-precision applications such as gravity measurement, structural health monitoring, and inertial navigation.

No audio available for this content. Integrations of MEMS sensors with signal conditioning and radio communications form “motes” with extremely low-cost and low-power requirements and miniaturized ...

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced two high frequency, low noise MEMS accelerometers designed specifically for industrial condition monitoring applications.