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Reports on the technology of etching microscopic machines onto silicon chips. Applications of so-called microsystems, including variable microcapacitors that are needed for the frequency demands of next generation of wireless-communications equipment; Topic of 'microreactor chemistry'; Explanation...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 357; no. 8200; p. 8
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/9/2000
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Sumario:Reports on the technology of etching microscopic machines onto silicon chips. Applications of so-called microsystems, including variable microcapacitors that are needed for the frequency demands of next generation of wireless-communications equipment; Topic of 'microreactor chemistry'; Explanation of the 'lab-on-a-CD.'