Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research
and market data, has announced the addition of the "Global
and China MEMS Industry Report, 2008-2009 " report to their offering.
MEMS, abbreviated for Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, is a semiconductor
technology integrating mechanics and electronics, which got widely applied for
auto airbag preliminarily, and then for all the other auto industries via MEMS
sensor. With the further development of MEMS technology, as well as the characteristics
of application terminals such as lightness, thinness, shortness and smallness,
the demand for small MEMS products with high performance shoots up, and the
fields like consumer electronics and medical care also increasingly require
large quantity MEMS products.
Apple iPhone series, beyond doubt, has promoted MEMS application in cell phone,
and after iPhone, more and more MEMS cell phones will be in prevalence. MEMS
in the components of portable devices consist of gyroscope, new-generation triaxial
accelerometer, pressure sensor and module design. Besides browsing web pages
via touch, scrolling web pages via inclining cell phone, and displaying pictures
by the change of cell phone direction and angle, it can also be step counter,
guide interface, LBS positioning information service, HDD anti-collision protection
from geocentric gravity, individual inertial navigation, intelligence interactive
game etc. The cell phones with in-built MEMS function also can be used to measure
absolute atmosphere or as the sensing device. In addition, the cell phone MEMS
sensor can judge the distance of cell phone to ear skin so that it can close
display screen automatically, and the electricity source can be saved.
Impacted by global economic downturn in 2008, both global consumer electronics
and automobile sale have dropped, which further continues in 2009. The two American
auto giants are faced with bankruptcy, which has given a heavy blow to MEMS
market application. However, MEMS still has a bright prospect since the rising
portion of MEMS application in single products in spite of a decline in consumer
electronics shipment. Moreover, the compulsory configuration regulations launched
by the countries in Europe and America in auto ESC and TPMS fields have secured
the steady supply of MEMS products.
MEMS products are mostly customized, which has higher requirements on wafer
fabs. Therefore, Scarcely wafer fabs in Mainland China have entered the field.
However, at the end of Oct, 2008, SMIC announced to enter MEMS OEM, and in early
2009 the top visiting group of Founder Microelectronics INC visited many MEMS
companies in Taiwan. As it is said that Shanghai and Wuxi are planned to establish
MEMS industrial parks, and China’s MEMS insiders are also seeking chances
to share opportunities that MEMS industry has brought.
Posted August 4th, 2009
