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IME develops magnetically-actuated planar peristaltic pump

IME researchers have developed a magnetically-actuated planar peristaltic pump which enables it to be directly integrated into many microfluidic devices within the same rapid-prototyping step... more

IME demonstrates high performance Ge-on-SOI MSM photodetector through Schottky Barrier Engineering

Using silicon photonics technology platform, IME researchers have demonstrated high performance evanescent coupled germanium-on-silicon-on-insulator (Ge-on-SOI) metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector with novel silicon-carbon Schottky barrier enhancement layer... more

IME develops WLP technology with robust chip level and package level reliability

IME researchers have developed a fine pitch wafer level packaging for Cu/Low-k device structures and investigated the assembly and reliability of these fine pitch WLP packages with two different solder interconnects (copper pillar with SnAg solder tip and SnAg solder interconnects).... more

IME develops device for waterborne pathogen detection

The demand for rapid detection of pathogen cells to ensure water, food, agricultural and environmental safety has attracted interest in developing efficient and fast detection methods. IME has successfully tested the first continuous-flow magnetic separation prototype capable of isolating pathogen cells... more

 
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IME Won the Prestigious George E. Smith Award for Si-Based Nanowire Technology

IEEE Electron Devices Society Honours A*STAR - IME with the 2007 prestigious George E. Smith Award for its Ground Breaking Work on Si-Based Nanowire Technology... more

IME and Accent to jointly develop low power RF designs

IME and Accent S.p.A, a leading system-on-chip silicon solution provider based in Europe, have entered into a collaborative agreement to develop ultra low power radio frequency (RF) designs for specialised applications, such as wireless sensor networks... more


IME and Cubic Micro partner on RF transceiver blocks

IME has sealed a research collaboration to jointly develop RF transceiver blocks with Cubic Micro Design, a RFCMOS solution provider based in Singapore. The joint project will develop low-cost solutions which are much needed for the widespread deployment of wireless communication systems... more


Singapore's first intelligent shopping carts to adopt IME's RFID technology

By Q3 this year, Singapore’s first intelligent shopping carts, MediaCarts, will make their debut at a new Cold Storage supermarket outlet in Singapore’s latest research hub - Fusionopolis. The MediaCart will incorporate the new Reader IC chip developed by IME, which drives down the cost of cart significantly... more


Invited talk at Silicon Sea Belt Summit

IME Industry Development Manager Mr Tan Teck Chun presented an invited talk on “IME MEMS Packaging Roadmap” at the Silicon Sea Belt Summit, held in Fukuoka, Japan on 26-27 February... more


IME launches Silicon Photonics MPW Prototyping

IME has introduced a new Silicon Photonics MPW Prototyping service which offers a cost-effective and flexible platform to enable roadmapping, development and prototyping for commercial deployment of silicon photonics. The service provides access to 8-inch wafer-scale CMOS fabrication facilities for research and prototyping of photonic integrated circuits by academic and industrial R&D groups... more

 

 

MEMS lecture and lab tour for NUS students

IME gave a lecture on its MEMS R&D activities to the Micro Sensors and Micro Actuators Class students at the National University of Singapore on 21 February. The students were also given a tour of IME's facilities on 6 March... more

Visit by Ngee Ann Direct Admission students

A group of 16 Direct Polytechnic Admission students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic visited IME on 14 March 2008. The visit to IME was part of the Ngee Ann Preparatory Programme for the students to broaden their learning experience by gaining insights into the real-life engineering industry... more

New Opportunity to Learn & Earn!

You are invited to take part and contribute to a joint programme between ST Microelectronics and IME, in the development of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors. After a one year R&D training programme, you will have the opportunity to join ST Microelectronics as a full time staff in the MEMS area and during the training period, you will receive a monthly scholarship of S$2000... more

 

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Upcoming Events

Terahertz (THz) Science and Technology Workshops

5-6 June 2008 ... more