AVS 45th International Symposium
    The Science of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Topical Conference Monday Sessions

Session MM+VT-MoA
Vacuum MEMS and Microanalysis

Monday, November 2, 1998, 2:00 pm, Room 324/325
Moderator: C.C. Wong, Sandia National Laboratories


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2:00pm MM+VT-MoA1 Invited Paper
Polysilicon Sealed Vacuum Cavities for MEMS
J.D. Zook, W.R. Herb, Honeywell, Y.C. Ahn, H. Guckel, University of Wisconsin
2:40pm MM+VT-MoA3
Wafer Level Vacuum Packaging for MEMS
R.W. Gooch, T.R. Schimert, W.R. McCardel, B.A. Ritchey, Raytheon Systems Co.
3:00pm MM+VT-MoA4
A Dual Sensor Vacuum Gauge: Advanced Micromachined Thin Film Pirani Sensor Combined with a Piezoresistive Sensor
D.H. Baker, R.A. Outlaw, Teledyne Hastings Instruments, D. Rosenblatt, Rosenblatt Associates
4:00pm MM+VT-MoA7
The Knudsen Compressor as a Micro and Macroscale Vacuum Pump Without Moving Parts or Fluids
S.E. Vargo, E.P. Muntz, G.R. Shiflett, University of Southern California, W.C. Tang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4:20pm MM+VT-MoA8
Novel Microvalve with Low Leakage
M. Hirano, K. Yanagisawa, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Japan, S. Nakano, NTT Advanced Technologies Corporation, Japan, M. Shoji, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Japan