MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) use microscopic moving machines that are thousandths of an inch in size. Built using silicon chip manufacturing technologies, these tiny marvels have found widespread application in airbag sensors, accelerometers, micro-optics, video projection systems and printer heads, to name but a few.

Essentially the integration of mechanical elements, actuators and sensors on a common silicon substrate, MEMS devices are built through microfabrication technology. While electronics are fabricated using integrated circuit (IC) process sequences (e.g., CMOS, Bipolar, or BICMOS processes), MEMS components are fabricated using "micromachining" processes that selectively etch away parts of the silicon wafer or add new structural layers to form tiny mechanical and electromechanical devices.

MEMS is an enabling technology that promises to revolutionize nearly every product category by bringing together silicon-based micro-electronics with micro-machining technology, making possible the realization of complete systems-on-a-chip solutions. And because MEMS devices are manufactured using batch fabrication techniques similar to those used for integrated circuits, unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability, and sophistication can be created in a repeatable and low cost manufacturing environment.

Thanks to WiSpry's pioneering advances in the field of RF-MEMS, this exciting new technology is now set to revolutionize the world of mobile communications...