Research and Markets: 'Mems4Mobile' - Analysis of the Applications and Markets of MEMS in Mobile Communications.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c12764) has announced the addition of 'Mems4Mobile': Analysis of the Applications and Markets of MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. in Mobile Communications to their offering Microelectronics has led to the explosion of consumer electronics sales. The key challenge for the industry now is to make complexity invisible, to make technology intuitive and make access natural. The drivers for this are wireless functionality and a need for increased portability. The killer convergence application is the mobile phone. It started life as a device to make voice calls... but now it is also doing a lot more. The cell phone is gradually assimilating the functions of the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , laptop and digital camera. The mobile phone will become the logical consolidator for multimedia and gradually increase its broadcast functionality. The MEMS applications range is quite large: - Silicon microphone: improves the manufacturability of microphone for similar performance compared to ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. - 3D accelerometers: adds functions for man machine interface and silent mode activation - RF Mems passive and active devices: provides better integration of passive devices for RF module and faster frequency agility - Gyroscope gyroscope (jī`rəskōp'), symmetrical mass, usually a wheel, mounted so that it can spin about an axis in any direction. When spinning, the gyroscope has special properties. for camera stabilisation and GPS: enables real digital imaging, preserves the GPS signal - Microfuel cell: provides longer lifetime for the batteries - Chemical and Biochip biochip Small-scale device, analogous to an integrated circuit, constructed of or used to analyze organic molecules associated with living organisms. One type of theoretical biochip is a small device constructed of large organic molecules, such as proteins, and capable of : personal weather station and health care monitor The functions to be integrated in the mobile phone are very important: replacement of ECM microphone, new human machine interface, RF module with more frequency agility, new optical and image capture functions, positioning systems, identification, new long lifetime batteries... Announced since years, MEMS devices are entering step by step into the mobile phone business and are key devices in order to leverage these new functions. The applications of these different devices are quite different and are enabling interesting technologies features and sometimes pure gadget. The applications and markets for MEMS in mobile phone where close to 2 M$ in 2004 and will go up to 250 M$ in 2008 (Figure 1). The only volume applications in 2004 were 3D accelerometer accelerometer Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly, the device measures the force exerted by restraints placed on a reference mass to hold its position fixed in an accelerating body. for human machine interface (volumes sales at Memsic for Mitsubishi) and silicon microphone (starting of volume sales of Knowles). Report Benefits for Suppliers to MEMS Manufacturers - Provides a complete analysis of current developments for mobile phone applications - Highlights the hottest potential customers, i.e. who's working on what devices? - Helps define commercialisation opportunities in relation to the roadmap, the technical bottlenecks and customers' needs Report Benefits for MEMS Manufacturers - Highlights markets to target with in-depth analysis of when and how to access that business - Gives quantitative component volume figures by year - Helps you define the right commercialisation approach in terms of specifications and mobile phone manufacturers --Present the product roadmap expected for the next 4 years Companies Analysed: Analog Devices Memsic Kionix STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. Oki Hitachi Fujitsu BEI Bei (pā, bā), river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, formed by the union of two headstreams in the Nanling Mts., N Guangdong prov., S China. It flows S into the Xi River, E of Guangzhou, to form the Pearl River delta. Sensors Murata Freescale MEW mew, miaow the vocal sound characteristic of domestic cats; in various languages it is spelled in 31 different ways, which include 'miaow', 'meow', 'myaus', 'mio', and 'mau'. See also vocalization. Seiko Epson Knowles Memscap Akustica STM Samsung Mitsubishi Sony STM Philips APM (Advanced Power Management) A programming interface (API) from Intel and Microsoft for battery-powered computers that lets programs communicate power requirements to slow down and speed up components. See ACPI. APM - Advanced Power Management For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c12764 |
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