The Market for Next-Generation Microsystems: More than MEMS! Rob Lineback Senior Market Research...

The Market for Next-Generation Microsystems: More than MEMS!

Rob Lineback

Senior Market Research Analyst

IC Insights Inc.

Ottawa, Canada

ITAC National Executive Forum on Microelectronics, Ottawa


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Current Global Market Conditions

The role of MEMS in semiconductors is fairly well defined


But exactly what are Microsystems?

The micro-machined technology is being used in accelerometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensors, micro-mirrors, microfluidic devices,acoustic-wave filters, MEMS oscillators, and other actuators.

MEMS semiconductor products usually contain some level of analog circuitry (to amplify, filter, and convert measurement signals, or physically drive microelectromechanical structures) as part of their transducer functions.

Most devices are multi-chip products today, built with MEMS functions on a separate die from the rest of electronics circuitry in order to optimize manufacturing steps, simplify designs, and lower overall cost.

Laboratory structures created at Sandia National Laboratories


MEMSSensors

MEMSActuators

Microsystems Microsystems

• Wafer-level packaging• System-in-package (SiP) • Single-chip integration• Compound materials• Micro-injection molding of polymers• “Nano” technologies

• Wafer-level packaging• System-in-package (SiP) • Single-chip integration• Compound materials• Micro-injection molding of polymers• “Nano” technologies


MEMS-based Sensorsfall mainly into

two market segments

Acceleration & yaw sensors(or “inertial” sensors) exceededmagnetic-field sensor salesfor first time in 2008.

Accelerometers today representabout 70% of inertial sensor salesand gyroscope devices the rest.

Pressure sensor sales sufferedfrom automotive slump despitenew high-growth applications insolid-state microphones, medical,and tire-pressure measurement.


Overall, MEMS-based Actuators have struggled

Market Drivers of MEMS-based Sensors & Actuators


Early Commercial Applications (late 1970s into the 1980s) • Automotive manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensors • Blood pressure sensors • Capacitive & piezoresistive pressure sensors for industrial & other systems

Second Wave of Device Types & Applications (1990s-2005) • Accelerometer-triggered car crash airbags

• Actuator inkjet printer nozzles

• Micro-mirror displays (such as TI’s DLP technology)

• Tire-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)

• Solid-state microphone chips

• RF-MEMS, such as film-bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filters and duplexers


Market Drivers of MEMS-based Sensors & Actuators

Bigger Wave of Devices & New Applications (2005-2015) • Inertial sensor-enabled smartphones, handheld devices, and video games

• Automotive electronic stability control (ESC) and new safety systems

• MEMS oscillators and timing structures for replacement of quartz crystals

• “Lab-on-chip” accelerators for drug, DNA, and disease analysis

• Ultra-low power color displays for e-readers and multimedia tablet computers

• Light processing and switches for next-generation optical networks

Display Motion-controlled Hand-gesture Drop Dead-reckoning auto-rotation video games & tap recognition protection navigation


Piling in on Cellular Phone Growth

•Steady handset growth reaching 1.8 billion in 2014•Convergence of digital systems in mobile phones -- About 92% will have cameras in five years -- Around 37% will be advanced “smartphones” in five years

MEMS microsystemsalso move into cellphones with revenue values rising at a CAGR of 19% to $1.95Bin 2015.

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