ISSYS Receives Phase I SBIR Grant from NSF for Development of Wafer-Scale, Hermetic Packaging of Intelligent MEMS-Based Systems.YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (ISSYS ISSYS Integrated Sensing Systems ) announced today that it has won a Small Business Innovation Research contract from the National Science Foundation (NSF NSF - National Science Foundation ). The six-month project, entitled "Wafer-Scale, Hermetic hermetic /her·met·ic/ (her-met´ik) impervious to air. her·met·ic or her·met·i·cal adj. Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air. , Packaging of MEMS-Based Systems" is aimed towards development of a novel packaging method which will greatly simplify the packaging of MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. and their associated electronics. This simplification allows the commercialization of a variety of MEMS-based products that are currently not possible due to high cost of manufacturing or packaging problems. ISSYS' method can be used for a wide variety of MEMS based devices, in particular, for applications where the MEMS device needs to be in direct contact with the media and the electronics need to be isolated from the environment. Ms. Sonbol Massoud-Ansari, project's Principal Investigator and Vice President of ISSYS, stated that, "Our packaging method will allow a low-cost, robust, and manufacturable solution for hermetic hybrid integration of MEMS and electronics which is one of the most challenging and important problems in commercialization of MEMS devices. We greatly appreciate the support from NSF, which will allow us to expedite the development of this novel packaging solution." ISSYS Background: ISSYS is a leader in advanced micromachining technologies for medical devices, microfluidic and scientific analytical sensing applications used in the development of drug infusion pumps and wireless, implantable sensing systems. Founded in 1995 by world-renowned leaders in MEMS technology, ISSYS is one of the oldest independent MEMS companies in the United States. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified organization, ISSYS operates an "everything under one roof" multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art Bio-MEMS fabrication facility located near Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. . For more company, product and service information, please visit http://www.mems-issys.com/. |
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