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SUMMARY
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled MEMS Technology Update studies
the latest MEMS technologies and devices, describes present and future market
opportunities, and outlines the challenges facing these technologies. In this
study, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following
MEMS markets: automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, as well
as MEMS manufacturing.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Overview
- Executive Summary
- Scope
- Methodology
- Key Findings
- Noteworthy Emerging Technologies
- Noteworthy Applications
- Assessment of Competing Technologies
2 TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT
- Technology and Applications Analysis
- Technology and Applications Viewpoint
- Technology Primer
- Applications Analysis and Trends
- MEMs Impact Analysis
- Analysis and Ranking of Application Segments
- Technology Roadmap
3 ASSESSMENT OF STAKEHOLDER INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES
- Noteworthy Innovation at Key Academic and Government-related Institutions
- Introduction
- Noteworthy Innovation at Key Companies and Stakeholder Analysis
- Influential Market Factors
- M&A Analysis
- Regulatory and Political or Other Factors
4 TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS
- Analysis of Technology Restraints
- Regulatory Hurdles
- Standards Assessment
- Technology or Product Development Restraints
- Competing Technologies
- Analysis of Technology Drivers
- Technology Features and Benefits
- Adoption Drivers for MEMS
5 INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE APPLICATIONS
- Assessment of Innovation in North America
- Mobile Explosive Detector
- Tracking Resonance Responses
- Oak Ridge Alliance
- Exquisitely Sensitive Magnetometer
- Classic Potential
- Replacing Flux Gate
- Keeping Atomic Time
- Scaling Down
- Improving Military Robustness
- Assessment of Innovation in Europe
- High Flying Pressure Sensors
- Riding the Mustang
- Contributing to Instrument Stability
- Accelerometers for the Defense
- One Stop Shop Solution
- High Quality and Quantity
- Matching Capability to Application
- Competitive Advantages
- A Cue from Crickets
- Growing Epoxy Hairs
- Designing Highly Interactive Systems
- Assessment of Innovation in the Asia Pacific Region
- Miniature Eyes in the Sky
- Tiny Gas Turbines
- Monitoring Cabin Environment
- Testing Contoured Shapes
- Singapore's MEMS University
- Class Rooms to Clean Rooms
- French Alliance
- Raising Aircraft Fuel Efficiency
- Controlling Flow Transition
- Replacing Stall Warning Systems
6 INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN AUTOMOTIVE AND TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS
- Assessment of Innovation in North America
- Small Size and Cost Pressure Sensing
- Common Device Footprint
- Success through Specialization
- Antitheft Accelerometer
- Incorporating PWM
- Building Inertial Sensor Clusters
- All-Silicon Flow Control
- Standalone Approach
- Marrying Valve and MEMS Designs
- Transmission Opportunities
- Assessment of Innovation in Europe
- Flexible Cluster Concept
- Meeting Bonding Demand
- Sharpening Precision
- Greater Etch Rates
- Refining the Process
- Speedy Fabrication
- Simplifying Complex Development
- Replacing Wet Etching
- Assessment of Innovation in the Asia Pacific Region
- Preventing Traffic Accidents
- Intelligent Tires
- Sideslip Integration
7 INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLICATIONS
- Assessment of Innovation in North America
- Tuning the Frequency
- Creating Electrical Resonance
- Accommodating the Frequency
- Keeping it Simple
- Single Wafer Pioneer
- Optimized for Noble Metals
- Improving Computer Voice Quality
- Monolithic Chip
- Taking it on the Road
- Novel Approach
- Integral Packaging
- Replacing Detector Arrays
- Let There Be Light
- Where MEMS Fears to Tread
- Carving Their Own Niche
- Multipurpose Sensing
- Eliminating Etching Problems
- Mitigating Runaway Conditions
- Processing 25 Wafers Simultaneously
- Low-Power Displays
- Giving LCDs Competition
- Metal-Based Fabrication
- Batch Process Economics
- Preventing Premature Detonation
- Assessment of Innovation in Europe
- Cost Saving Integration
- Elbow Grease Solution
- Setting up Subsidiaries
- Creating Movable Structures
- Their Wafer is Their Bond
- Optimizing Automation and Integration
- Volume Production Pricing
- Toolbox Transducers
- Hybrid Decision
- Using the Bimorph Effect
- Multiple Membrane Array
- Assessment of Innovation in the Asia Pacific Region
- Packaging Made Easy
- Trading on Ceramic Strengths
- Simulating Device Behavior
- Shared Customer Base
- Hatching New Industries
- Full Service University
- International Collaboration
- Combining Technologies
- Sensing Inclination
- Sophisticated TILT Detection
8 ANALYSIS OF FUNDING SOURCES
- Venture Capital Analysis
- Existing Funding
- Potential Funding Sources
- Public Sector Funding Analysis
- Existing Funding
- Potential Funding Sources
- Company Funding
- Internal R&D Spending Assessment
- Funding Requirement/Availability Assessment
9 PATENTS; GLOSSARY AND DATABASE OF KEY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS
- Patents and Glossary
- Database of Key Industry Participants
- Research Contacts 1
- Research Contacts 2
10 FROST AND SULLIVAN 2006 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
- Excellence in Technology
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
- Technology Leadership
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
- Technology Innovation
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
11 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE
- Database Tables
- PCB Sales--World (1999 to 2006)
- GSM Subscriber Base--World (1999 to 2006)
- Consumer Electronics Contribution to the Electronics Industry--World
(1999 to 2006)
- Semiconductor and Semiconductor Equipment Market--World (1999 to 2006)
- Portable PC Installed Base--World (1999 to 2006)
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