International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA) Newsletter

   (ISSN 1726-6017)

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IFSA Newsletter (ISSN 1726-6017), No.1, January 2010

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In this Issue:

1.   Sensors & Transducers Magazine (e-Digest), Vol.111, Issue 1, January  2009

2.   Sensors & Transducers Journal 2009 CD

3.   Sensors Web Portal Up-dates Briefs

4.   New Published Sensors Related Books

5.   Conferences Sponsored by IFSA

6.   Silicon Magnetic Sensor Market Offers Attractive Growth

7.   Subscription

8.   Additional Information, Comments, Suggestions

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

Sensors & Transducers Journal's CD 2009

  Sensors Web Portal Up-Date Briefs

News:

• New issue of Sensors & Transducers e-Digest, Vol.111, Issue 1, January 2010 is in the DIGEST section with products news

• Sensors & Transducers Journal's CD 2009 is available for order online

• 10 Top Sensors Related Products 2009 has been selected by editors

• Multi-Sensor Data Fusion with MATLAB - this detailed book provides an understanding of MSDF concepts and methods from a practical point of view

• Carbon Nanotubes: A New Alternative for Electrochemical Sensors - the goal of this recently published book is to summarize the recent advances in carbon nanotubes as a new material for electrochemical sensors

Up-dated:

• Sensor Industry News subsection in NEWS section

• Sensor Industry News Archive section

• Sensor Industry News Syndication page (an opportunity to put latest Sensors Industry news feeds in your own blog, web site or get it on you mobile phone)

• Measuring and Control News page

• Accelerometers section

• Biosensors section

• Displacement Sensors section

• Level Sensors section

• Load Cells section

• Optical Sensors section

• Other Sensors (II) section (sensors interfaces, buses, networks and signal conditioning)

• pH Sensors section

• Position Sensors section

• Proximity Sensors section

• Rotation Speed Sensors section

• Temperature Sensors section

• Torque Sensors section

• Ultrasonic Sensors section

• Wireless Sensors section

• The following List of Manufacturer has been up-dated:

• Pressure Sensors list of manufacturers with CAN output sensor from STW

• Marketplase 2 section

• Training Courses section

• Links Section with most detailed, monthly up-dated calendar of sensors related events in 2010/2012

• Forums section with web link to a Nanosensors forum

• Online Stores with the following new products:

• Robotics Development Kit

• Dosimeters and Radiation Detector

• Infrared Thermometers ESIEST-75 and RAYMX2

• Standardization 4 section

• New contents of 'Sensors and Actuators'  A: Physical:

•     - Vol. 156, Issue 1 (EUROSENSORS XXII, 2008, November 2009)

•     - Vol. 156, Issue 2 (December 2009)

•     - Vol. 157, Issue 1 (January 2010)

• New contents of 'Sensors and Actuators'  B: Chemical:

•     - Vol. 142, Issue 2 (5 November 2009)

•     - Vol. 143, Issue 1 (4 December 2009)

•     - Vol. 143, Issue 2 (7 January 2010)

• New contents of Biosensors and Bioelectronics Journal:

•     - Vol.25, Issue 4 (December 2009)

•     - Vol.25, Issue 5 (15 January 2010)

•     - Vol.25, Issue 6 (15 February 2010)

• New contents of Nano Today Magazine:

•     - Vol.4, Issue 6 (December 2009)

• New contents and abstracts of 'Sensor Review' Journal:

•     - Vol. 30, Issue 1 (Special issue: Chinese Sensors)

•     - Vol. 30, Issue 2

• New contents and abstract of 'Sensor Letters'

•     - Vol. 7, Issue 4 (August 2009)

•     - Vol. 7, Issue 5 (6th Maghreb-Europe Meeting on

•       Materials and Their Applications for Devices and

•       Physical, Chemical and Biological Sensors (MADICA 2008), October 2009)

• New contents of Measurement Journal:

•     - Vol. 43, Issue  1  (January 2010)

•     - Vol. 43, Issue  2  (February 2010)

• New contents and abstracts of 'Sensors and Systems' Journal:

•     - No.8, August 2009

•     - No.9, September 2009

•     - No.10, October 2009

•     - No.11, November 2009

•     - No.12, December 2009

New Published Sensors Related Books

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Conferences Sponsored by IFSA

1) SENSORDEVICES' 2010, SENSORCOMM' 2010 and CENICS' 2010, Venice, ITALY, 18-25 July 2010. under NetWare' 2010 umbrella
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2) Image Sensors Europe 2010 (ISE 2010), 23 – 25 March 2010, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

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Image Sensors Europe is the leading industry event where the leaders of the image sensors world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners each year. The ISE 2010 conference programme will feature presentations from the leading suppliers of image sensor technology, optics manufacturers, analysts, testing laboratories, imaging processors, key end users in both consumer and industrial markets such as: portable communication devices, digital cameras, computing, surveillance, medical imaging, machine vision, military, automotive and broadcasting. Presenting companies include Sony, Tessera, Aptina, Imatest and many more !

Find out more at www.image-sensors.com

Silicon Magnetic Sensor Market Offers Attractive Growth

El Segundo, Calif., — The silicon magnetic sensor market is set to commence a period of strong growth in 2010 as demand surges from the automotive, industrial and consumer markets, according to iSuppli Corp. Global silicon magnetic sensor revenue will reach $1.4 billion in 2013, up from $821 million in 2009, as presented in the attached figure. This equates to slightly more than 5 billion magnetic sensor ICs and switches, up from about 2.8 billion units in 2009. “Magnetic sensors represent one of the most pervasive types of sensors sold today,” said Richard Dixon, senior analyst, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and sensors, for iSuppli. “These devices are used in areas ranging from high-cost applications like industrial motors that require accurate knowledge of rotor position to control loads; to mid-priced automotive sensor ICs that measure rotation speed angle, and position; to low-cost consumer products. Because of this wide variety of uses and products, pricing for such sensor ranges from less than 10 cents for simple switches to several dollars for sophisticated programmable sensor Integrated Circuits (ICs).”

Automotive applications drive sensor sales

Many sensors are needed in today’s cars, and many more will be required in the future. The body and powertrain segments show the greatest potential for new magnetic sensor penetration and will be important target markets for silicon sensors in the future. In the automotive body segment alone, the number of magnetic sensors and switches will grow from 6.7 on average in 2008 to 9.4 in 2013. Inexpensive switches are needed to indicate when a washing machine or refrigerator door is shut, or a folding display in a phone, notebook PC or digital camera is open, or to adjust motors that help a deliver sharp, blur-free pictures. Linear sensors and switches are used to provide fluid levels in everything from drug delivery systems to automatic coffee dispensers found in the home.

Electronic compass is a market hit in 2009

A major new product category—the electronic compass for GPS-equipped mobile phones—emerged in 2009 and will accelerate the market opportunity for 3-axis silicon magnetometers measuring small magnetic fields out to 2013. This application, in addition to other sensors and switches in mobile phones, will help drive this category from just 10 percent of the magnetic sensor market in 2008 to 33 percent in 2013.

Asahi: A rising sun in sensors

Asahi Kasei Microsystems in 2009 stole the top spot in magnetic sensor revenue from Allegro Microsystems thanks to its leadership in the fast-growing electronic compass market. Other major magnetic sensor players include Micronas, Infineon and NXP, as well as emerging companies like Sensitec and austriamicrosystems. “The vast majority of unit shipments of magnetic sensors are for low-cost switches used in consumer electronics and appliances, PCs and notebooks—areas dominated by companies like AKM and Allegro,” Dixon said. However, there are growing opportunities for higher-priced products, such as electronic compasses or rotation sensors in the engines of cars. Sensitec is an example of a company that is leveraging legacy Asymmetric Magneto-Resistance (AMR) technology—partly from an older IBM read-write head manufacturing plant—which is experiencing fast growth in these higher-value sensor applications.”

Many flavors of magnetic sensors

Magnetic sensors come in many flavors. Five or more different magnetic technologies compete for applications such as the precise measurement of the steering wheel angle as a part of a vehicle dynamics automotive safety system. Silicon solutions—whether Hall effect or magneto-resistive—increasingly are taking market share from incumbent solutions, which can no longer compete as the demands on performance grow, (e.g. to reduce the emissions in cars or to make smaller, highly integrated sensors for the densely packaged PCBs of mobile phones). “Silicon sensors are outgunning competition from potentiometers, Reed switches and micro-switches by eliminating issues with wear, by incorporating electronics on-chip for more intelligence per area, on robustness, and on cost and size,” Dixon added. “Hall effect sensors ICs and switches largely dominate the silicon magnetic sensor IC market, but increasingly, AMR and also Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR) sensors are used for high-performance applications.“

To learn more about this topic, see iSuppli’s new report entitled: Magnetic Sensors Headed for the Big Time.

For more information, please contact:

Jonathan Cassell

Editorial Director and Manager, Public Relations

iSuppli Corporation

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Mobile: 408.921.3754

www.isuppli.com

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