Session 12 overview: Sensors, MEMS, and displays: IMMD subcommittee

This session presents recent achievements in the area of gesture sensing, capacitive touch displays, time, pressure and temperature sensors. Two advanced gesture-recognition systems are extending the touch experience into the 3^rd dimension. These presentations are followed by three papers showing resolution- and size-related improvements in touch-screen display interfaces. An innovative, ultra-low-power capacitive interface circuit for pressure sensors is followed by two presentations on novel temperature-sensing principles pushing barriers of low-voltage operation and energy efficiency. Last but not least, an extremely accurate MEMS-based real-time clock is presented.