Microelectromechanical systems and system-on-chip connectivity

IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 4-28

  Chowdhury, Sazzadur ^a   Ahmadi, M ^a   Miller, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; SENSORS;

ACOUSTICAL ARRAY SENSOR; MICROSPRING CONTACTS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SOC);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0038451889     PISSN: 1531636X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCAS.2002.1045855     Document Type: Article

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