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Imec demonstrates flat-panel-display-compatible pMUT technology for emerging ultrasound applications

Monday 17 October 2022
Companies / Markets

At the 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, imec (Leuven, Belgium), a world-leading research and innovation centre in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presented a piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (pMUT) array that is compatible with flat-panel-displays (FPD) process technologies. The array demonstrates acoustic pressures in mid-air above 1kPa, a pressure level relevant for enabling mid-air haptics and directed sound. Moving from wafer-based to FPD-compatible processes prepares the pMUT technology for the integration of future mid-air applications, such as vibro-haptics, time-of-flight (3D) sensing or gesture recognition, in novel form factors like smartphones and car dashboards. This technology can be used to create touchless, interactive, screens in automotive and consumer applications, or used in gaming.

Canatu participated at General Motors Switch Symposium

Friday 14 October 2022
Exhibitions / Events

On 6 October2022 Canatu (Vantaa, Finland) was invited to the General Motors Switch Symposium in Detroit. At the event, the company presented its multi-award winning 3D touch technology. General Motors executives got first-hand experience in latest demonstrators featuring Canatu 3D touch in different automotive interior applications. This tech event enjoyed high attendance of over 100 visitors keen to hear the latest in cutting-edge switch technologies.

Voltera launches world’s first printer for soft, stretchable electronics

Tuesday 11 October 2022
Products

Voltera (Kitchener, Canada), a leading manufacturer of additive and printed electronics technology, has launched NOVA, a groundbreaking manufacturing platform for printing flexible hybrid electronics. NOVA uses direct-write technology to print circuits on soft, stretchable, and conformable surfaces.

TNO and imec launch photonics collaboration

Monday 10 October 2022
Companies / Markets

TNO and imec have signed a letter of intent committing to work together on integrated photonics. Both research centres have each been working on photonics innovations for some time, but will now join forces to accelerate the development of the photonics industry in the Netherlands, Belgium and Europe. The collaboration will start in 2023 within Holst Centre, the research and innovation centre on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, in which imec and TNO have been collaborating since 2005. Holst Centre plays an active role in PhotonDelta's National Growth Fund proposal, and will further strengthen its position as a knowledge centre with this agreement.

C3Nano announces Activegrid room temperature curing conductive ink

Friday 07 October 2022
Products

C3Nano (Hayward, California), a leader in nanowire-based technologies and conductive inks, announced a new breakthrough formulation that can be cured rapidly at ambient conditions to produce highly conductive coatings on a variety of temperature sensitive substrates. Excellent optical clarity can also be achieved. The new room temperature curing ink unlocks unprecedented new application possibilities for life-sciences, automotive, packaging, consumer electronics and disposable commodities that have previously been impossible or too costly to bring to commercial market.