Research and Markets: MEMS Equipment Market Estimated to Grow to $650 million in 2005 and to $750 million in 2007.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19602) has announced the addition of "UMA (1) (Unlicensed Mobile Access) See GAN. (2) (Upper Memory Area) Memory in a PC between 640K and 1M. More relevant in the days of DOS, this region was broken into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) reserved for video memory and other ": Ultimate 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. Market Analysis to their offering. This is a new report describing the technology, equipment, the process, the components of MEMS market and their applications (consumer, space/military, automotive, telecom.) This report analyzes the following MEMS device markets: acceleration sensors, gyroscopes, pressure sensors, inkjet heads, optical MEMS (DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic , bar code readers, fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber components), silicon microphones, RF MEMS Introduction The MEMS acronym stands for Micro-Electromechanical System and is used to refer to components of which sub-millimeter-sized parts need to move for the components to have electronic functionality. , and microbolometers. In MEMS device processing, one can distinguish MEMS-"Specific" Equipment. Equipment used only in the production of some type of MEMS device: deep reactive ion etching (inkjet heads, accelerometers, gyroscopes), sacrificial layer etching (pressure sensors, gyroscopes, accelerometers, DLP, microphones), dual-side alignment (backside etching of pressure sensors, wafer level packaging), thick resist coating. Whereas MEMS "standard" equip-ments include: physical vapor deposition  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. , chemical vapor deposition Vapor deposition Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. , dry etching Dry etching refers to the removal of material, typically a masked pattern of semiconductor material, by exposing the material to a bombardment of ions (usually a plasma of nitrogen, chlorine and boron trichloride) that dislodge portions of the material from the exposed surface. , lithography. In 2003, the total MEMS equipment market, including R&D equipment, was about $440 million. The market will grow to $650 million in 2005 and to $750 million in 2007. Benefits of the report for suppliers of the MEMS industry: --Analysis of the structure of the MEMS industry and evolution of the industrial food chain --Complete description of 30 manufacturing facilities --Description of the processes and linked equipment and material markets Benefits of the report for the manufacturers of MEMS devices: --Analysis of the applications and detailed analysis of the new business --Analysis of the competition --Detailed analysis of the different business models --Complete description of the Top 30 MEMS manufacturers worldwide Companies mentioned: --Akustica --Analog Devices --Applied MEMS --BAE --BEI Sensors --Bosch --Canon --Colibrys --Dalsa Semiconductor --Delphi --Denso --Fairchild Semiconductor --HL Planar --Honeywell --HP --IMT --Kionix --Memscap --Murata --Matsushita --Olivetti IJet --Omron --Samsung --Sensonor/Infineon --SSS --STM --VTI Technologies --X-Fab For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19602 |
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