• DocumentCode
    3439039
  • Title

    Worldwide trends in the microsystems industry, technology and markets

  • Author

    Wilkinson, J. Malcolm

  • Author_Institution
    Technol. for Ind. Ltd., Ely, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the important trends in the rapidly growing microstructures and microsystems industry. It focuses on the main commercial developments rather than academic research. Industry structure, markets developments, process technology, design tools, packaging and testing are discussed. Some conclusions are drawn about the competitive position of European companies compared with the USA and Far East
  • Keywords
    electronics industry; marketing; micromechanical devices; technological forecasting; commercial developments; design tools; industry structure; microsystems industry; microsystems markets; microsystems technology; packaging; process technology; testing; Accelerometers; Biosensors; Business; Consumer electronics; Costs; Economic forecasting; Manufacturing industries; Micromechanical devices; Production; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisboa
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5008-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.1998.813924
  • Filename
    813924