Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Algor | Subject: Algor FEA
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 16 July 2002
Analysis predicts MEMS performance
SiWave is using finite element analysis to predict the performance of a novel optical switch manufactured using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology.
SiWave, an Arcadia, California supplier of optical switching components and subsystems, is developing an optical switch using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology SiWave chose Algor FEA-based simulation software in the development of this product to predict the performance and durability of this tiny device
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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