MEMS Technology News & Events

Norcada Inc. announces that a US patent has been issued to Norcada by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on December 25, 2007. The newly issued US patent (No. 7,312,678) has 22 claims covering the design of a latching MEMS micro relay Norcada has developed.  Norcada is currently exploring various business opportunities for its MEMS relay technology, including licensing arrangement for its patent.

Norcada Inc. announces that its first x-ray Fresnel zone plate was successfully tested by Advanced Light Source at Berkley. Norcada's goal has been a process that can produce zone plates with consistent quality at low cost. Our efforts have resulted in a simple, reliable process to fabricate zone plates that are ideal for high-energy x-ray microscopy requiring high efficiency over a long energy range. Preliminary results showed a 60nm resolution with about 10% efficiency at 1000 eV.

Norcada Inc. announced that an Industrial Associateship Award from the Alberta Ingenuity Fund was awarded to Holly Rourke, a research engineer from the company.  This award is valued at $110,000.  The award is aimed at supporting Norcada's development effort in the field of RF MEMS for a term of two years.

Norcada Inc. begins its co-development of a high-performance MEMS pressure sensor for oilfield applications.  Our goal is to produce a high-pressure, high precision sensor using piezo-resistor technology.

NanoMEMS Edmonton features Norcada Inc. in an article on its RF MEMS switch development program.  This article first appeared in the Edmonton Journal during COMS 2004 and can be found here.

Norcada Inc. announces its move to larger premises to accommodate its growing staff and increased need for larger testing facilities. The new premises provides over three times as much space as Norcada's earlier premises.

Norcada Inc. received assistance from the Industrial Research Assistance Program, aimed at supporting Norcada's development effort in the area of RF MEMS.  This assistance has enabled Norcada to support an additional two research engineers for the project.

Norcada Inc. announced today that an Industrial Associateship Award from the Alberta Ingenuity Fund was awarded to Miro Belov, a research scientist from the company.  The award is valued at $110,000 for a period of two years.  The award is aimed at supporting Norcada's development effort in the area of x-ray zone plates.

Norcada Inc. provides a donation in the amount of $10,000 to the University of Alberta NanoFab for new equipment.  The full article is featured here.

Alberta Ingenuity, an Alberta-based research funding agency, presents an article on Norcada Inc. employee, Michael Colgan.  The article details Michael's role at Norcada Inc. in the development of an RF MEMS switch.

Norcada Inc., a MEMS product developer, announced today that  Michael Colgan, a research engineer from the company, has won an Industrial Associateship Award from the Alberta Ingenuity Fund. The award is valued at $110,000, and is aimed at supporting Norcada's development effort in the area of RF MEMS for a period of two years.