It’s a bright green light from the world leaders in SOI wafer capacity. Soitec, the world leader in SOI wafer production, and long-time partner Shin-Etsu Handatai (SEH), the world’s biggest producer of silicon wafers, have extended their licensing agreement and expanded their technology cooperation. SEH is a $12.7 billion company, supplying over 20% of the …

Imec and Genalyte have successfully developed and produced a set of disposable SOI-photonics biosensor chips for Genalyte‘s diagnostic and molecular detection equipment. Founded by SOI-photonics innovator Dr. Cary Gunn, Genalyte chips contain ring resonator sensors for very sensitive molecular detection; on-chip grating couples infrared light to diagnostic equipment.

Freescale‘s new Xtrinsic MMA65xxKW family of accelerometers for advanced airbag sensors leverages SOI-based high-aspect-ratio (HAR) MEMS  technology, which increases sensitivity and improves reliability.

Guenter Reiniger, Marketing Manager for NXP’s Automotive Sensors, explains how SOI helps eliminate the need for external components in a new magnetic sensor family. Advanced Substrate News (ASN): NXP recently announced the KMA210, the first in a new family of magnetoresistive (MR) sensor chips. What is it used for? Guenter Reiniger (GR): The KMA210 is …

All of VTI Technologies’ MEMS products are based on SOI wafers. The company’s CMA 3000 multi-axis accelerometer is the “stride sensor chip” in the miCoach real-time training system launched by adidas and Samsung last year.  (Courtesy: VTI Technologies, adidas and Samsung)

UCL researchers leverage SOI in a powerful, affordable sensor design. Medical challenge In pharmacology, medical diagnostics or security applications, sensors that detect micro-nano-objects like biomolecules, cancer markers or infectious agents need to be faster, smarter and more sensitive, but also more affordable. Design challenge There are many different approaches to integrated sensor-on-a-chip design, but basically …

Developed for use in high energy particle physics, applications for KEK’s new SOIPIX technology can also extend to medical imaging. Medical challenge The medical community is looking to tools developed for particle physics to solve a host of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. On the diagnostic side, digital X-ray systems with semiconductor radiation detectors (in which …

With SOI-MEMS, Gefran’s Impact™ pressure sensors can go right into hot spots like the injection nozzles of plastics manufacturing systems. Sensors are fundamental elements in the control of industrial processes. For plastic transformation processes such as injection, extrusion and blowing, “melt pressure” sensors help ensure plant safety, prevent excessive machine pressure, and increase performance thanks …

SOI is major contender for heterogeneous applications. The advantages of SOI technology for building thin film sensors on membranes as well as three-dimensional (3D) surface micromachined sensors and actuators have been demonstrated over these last years. The flatness and robustness of the thin membrane as well as the self-assembling of out-of-plane 3D microstructures rely on …

At CEATEC 08, Japan’s biggest CE show: Oki showed applications of its new SOI-based ML8511 UV sensor, including a phone by Vcall, which will debut in the Chinese mobile market. Riding the health and anti-aging trends, embedded UV sensors in portable devices let people better protect their skin by checking the UV levels wherever they …