Dr. Jean Michel Karam
Technology
Semiconductors - Equipment & Materials
Paris

MEMSCAP, S.A. provides micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based solutions for aerospace and defense, optical communications, medical and biomedical, and IT/consumer markets worldwide. The company offers pressure sensors, pressure transducers, and pressure switches for various applications, such as air data computers, cabin pressure, engine control, altimeters, barometers, cockpit instruments, and air data test sets. It also provides gold coated and titanium-based pressure transducers, plastic domes, line-sets, and related accessories; and magnetic switches/relays, as well as supplies implantable pressure sensors for spinal pressure monitoring, abdominal aortic aneurism, etc. In addition, the company supplies optical MEMS chips for variable optical attenuators in optical telecommunication markets; and provides the multi-user MEMS processes (MUMPs) comprising PolyMUMPs, SOIMUMPs, and PiezoMUMPs, as well as MUMPs-PLUS and post processing services. Further, it offers custom products, including wafers, MEMS dies, and wafer level packaged devices; and manufacturing services, as well as prototyping services. The company sells its products and services to Fortune 500 companies, high-technology industries, research institutes, and universities. MEMSCAP, S.A. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Crolles, France.