International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA) Newsletter

   (ISSN 1726-6017)

This monthly e-newsletter, written by the editors of Sensors & Transducers Magazine (ISSN 1726-5479), delivers the product and research news you asked for, and updates you on happenings in the sensor science and industry. Who should read this Newsletter ? All who are interested in the newest information and trends in sensors, transducers, MEMS and sensor instrumentation, including DAQ.

IFSA Newsletter (ISSN 1726-6017), No.12, December 2006

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In this Issue:

1.   Status of the MEMS Industry

2.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine (e-Digest), No.12, December 2006

3.   Sensors Web Portal Up-dates Briefs

4.   New Published Sensors Books

5.   Subscriber services

6.   Additional Information, Comments, Suggestions

Plus lots more information to be found on Sensors Web Portal: http://www.sensorsportal.com

Status of the MEMS Industry

Yole Développement has just released its 2006 version of its best seller report “Status of the MEMS industry”. This report describes the evolution of the MEMS industry, the business models, its possible evolutions. According to Jean Christophe Eloy,” The latest YOLE forecasts were indicating that MEMS markets will grow from $ 5.1B to $ 9.7B, representing an annual growth rate close to 15%. Due to the strong growth of the consumer applications, especially in the mobile phone industry, the growth rate is lower than the previous years in term of revenue; the unit growth will be much higher, close to 20%.

The shift from industrial applications consumer applications is driving the MEMS market. More and more semiconductor companies are involved in MEMS manufacturing (all the TOP 50 semiconductor companies are involved in MEMS manufacturing or development). New strategies are emerging with product introduction targeting module approach instead of sensor delivery in order to provide more added-value and avoid price erosion.

For the first time, Yole Développement is analysing the 20 most innovative companies and start-up involved in MEMS design and manufacturing, providing trends for the future growth of MEMS markets ( trends in units, revenues, market shares, business trends and who is doing what in the TOP 5 companies per applications…) and describing innovative developments: Silicon based micro motor for consumer applications, Energy harvesting systems using MEMS as building blocks, Integrated 2 axis gyroscopes and liquid  lenses for consumer application , Portable projection modules, MEMS based memory, Microfuell cells, Automated distribution frames using MEMS as technology replacement, Innovative fluidic systems, Innovative MEMS display.

Yole Développement

45 Rue Sainte Geneviève, 69006 Lyon, France

Tel : +33 472 83 01 80

About Yole Développement, David Jourdan, jourdan@yole.fr, tel: +33 (0)472 83 01 90

About this report, Jean Christophe Eloy, eloy@yole.fr, tel: +33 (0)472 83 01 82

http://www.yole.fr

The deadline for articles, press releases and sponsored White Papers for the next  issue of S&T e-Digest No.1, Vol.75, January 2007 is
16 January 2007. You can submit your article or press release online. For more information and instructions of preparation click <here>.

Sensors Web Portal Up-Date Briefs

News:

• New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, Vol.74, Issue 12, December 2006 is in the DIGEST section with products and business news

• Smart Sensors Systems Design online course in Training Courses section

• Smart Sensors Systems Design EU project description in Projects section

• Sensors & Transducers Journal's 2006 CD ROM

• 10 Top Sensors Products of 2006 - a new section

• Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Industrial Processes - recently published book description

• The 2007-2012 World Outlook for CMOS Image Sensors - book description

Up-dated:

• Sensor Industry News Archive section

• Sensor Industry News Syndication page (an opportunity to put latest Sensors Industry news feeds in your own blog or web site)

• Accelerometers section

• Data Acquisition Systems and Boards section

• Displacement Sensors section

• Level Sensors section

• Magnetic Sensors section

• Mechanical Sensors section

• Torque Sensors section

• Other Sensors section (Sensors Interfaces, Buses, Networks and Signal Conditioning)

• Wireless Sensors section

• Archive 6 section (PhD and DSc theses)

• Training Courses section with new course

• Projects section with European project description

• Links Section with most detailed monthly up-dated calendar of sensors related events in 2007

• Sensors Wish List with commercial requests and proposals

• New contents of 'Flow Measurement and Instrumentation Journal':

• Vol. 17, Issue 6 (December 2006)

New Published Sensors Books

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