Small Tech
"Small Tech," which is short for "small technology," is the buzz word for Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), Microsystems, and Nanotechnology. There are small tech analogues for a wide variety of macro-scale systems and components, including optical systems and devices, RF components, mechanical devices, and chemical/biological analysis systems, to name just a few. Members of the firm have extensive experience in Small Tech.
MEMS. The applications for MEMS technology are virtually limitless. Forward-thinking companies are developing MEMS solutions for a wide variety of problems in a wide variety of industries. For example, MEMS-based approaches to problems are being studied for industries as diverse as telecommunications, medicine, automotives, aerospace, and proteomics. Click on a link below to see our work in this area.
Optical MEMS:
USP 6,770,882 USP 6,501,589 USP 5,995,688 USP 5,974,207
USP 5,838,484 USP 5,825,528 USP 5,646,772 USP 5,500,761
RF MEMS:
USP 6,101,371 USP 6,184,755 USP 6,242,989
MEMS Sensors, Transducers, Actuators & Damping:
USP 5,831,262 USP 5,963,367 USP 6,487,001 USP 5,994,159
MEMS Assembly & Fabrication:
USP 5,808,781 USP 5,912,094 USP 5,961,767 USP 5,994,159
USP 6,201,631 USP 6,344,417 USP 6,356,689
Micromachining & Packaging:
USP 5,668,023 USP 5,786,925 USP 5,815,616 USP 5,940,558
MicroSystems. Arrangements of micron-scale devices that interact with or sense the environment and provide a response. One burgeoning area of microsystems is "lab-on-a-chip" in which microfluidics are used to integrate and automate laboratory processes on a single, disposable, millimeter-sized chip. Click on a link below to see our work in this area.
NanoTechnology. Nanotechnology usually refers to devices, particles, etc., that are less than about 100 nanometers. Even with MEMS technology, atoms and molecules are manipulated in bulk. But with nanotechnology, individual atoms and molecules are being manipulated with control and precision.
USP 7,173,764 US-2009-0097811-A1 US-2011-0165058-A1 US-2011-0244692-A1