The 20th International Micromachine
Nanotech Symposium
MEMS and Sensor Trends Paving the Way for a True
Internet of Things and Services
Karen Lightman, Executive Director
MEMS Industry GroupApril 23, 2014

Today’s Presentation• MEMS and Sensors Technology Trends• MEMS and Sensors Market Trends– US MEMS Trends• Challenges and Opportunities• Introduction to MEMS Industry GroupMEMS is EverywhereSony Smartwatch

Wii U Gaming Device

Google Glasses

iPad Air Tablet

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MEMS Market Adding US$1B/Year
US$11.4 B
US$9B• 2013 another record year
• MEMS growth 2x as fastas semiconductor industry
next 5 years• Consumer market reigns
supreme.
• After smartphones andtablets, wearables arethird wave in CE

Source IHS MEMS Market Tracker – Q4 2013

Consumer & Mobile = Today’s
Powerhouse MEMS Markets

Typology of MEMS Companies
Business model for MEMS manufacturers
Revenues(MEMS business)

Large

$300M

Medium

$100M

Small

Foundry service

IDM with foundry
service

IDM

Business model

Fab-light

Fab-less

MEMS and Sensor TechnologyTrends
Biggest technology trends are with:• Sensor Fusion• Integration• Energy and Wireless Sensor Networks

MEMS Sensor Fusion• Combination of software and hardware• Intelligent, complex and integrated• Promises increased power and performance
while reducing cost
• Often sensor-agnostic

MEMS Integration - Winning
Combination
Combo vs. discrete motion sensor market in value, 2006–2017
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millions of dollars

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Combo: accelero, gyro, and mag shipping as part of6-axis IMU, 6-axis compass, or 9-axis IMU

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© 2013 IHS Consumer & Mobile MEMS market Tracker, H1 2013

Energy
Conserving and Harvesting all in One!

Imec’s Autonomous TPMS System('unity') with Integrated
Piezo-electric Energy Harvester

MicroGen Systems’ Micro-Power ProductLine for Wireless Sensor Applications

Wireless Sensor Networks(WSN)

Dust Networks®

Biggest Trend = “Smart Everything”
MEMS/Sensor MarketTrends:•••••

Wireless everywhere
Smart MEMS and sensors
everywhere
Quantified Self phenomenon
Multifunction devices – always on
and “at the ready”
Cloud Computing and“Fog Computing”
All enabling a smart
Internet of Things and Services(IoTS)

North America Dominates
MEMS Supply• North Americaholds 53%• US Largely
Influenced by TIand HP• EU Dominated byBosch and ST

Who’s Buying MEMS inNorth America?

Apple+MEMS=Recipe for SuccessUS: Fertile for Innovative Startups
MEMS Success Stories:• InvenSense (INVN) – World’s most successful MEMS
start-up ever
• WiSpry and Cavendish Kinetics– RF MEMS Leader• World’s MEMS Oscillators Start-ups are in the US:– SiTime– Discera– Sand 9– Silicon Clocks: now part of SiLabs

US MEMS Influences• Apple and Google• Qualcomm – Leading Worldwide WirelessSemiconductor Company• Software - Operating Systems for MobilePhones• Funding – Research and Development;
Business Funding/Finance• Regulation – Automotive Sensors

Challenges & Opportunities
MEMS is in the Mainstream…
Some markets are saturating e.g. motion sensors in smartphones
 Commoditization of some devices e.g. accelerometers MEMS infrastructure is maturing, adding stability and diversity
 MEMS for IoT - Still in its infancy, imagination is the limit!
…Now What?
To Move to Next Phase of MEMS Commercialization(Hundreds of Millions of MEMS) Requires:
Cost efficient, robust systems
 Complete, integrated packages
 Standardization
Standardization – “S Word”
Standardization (and lack thereof )MEMS/Sensor
Industry
Response:

18+ Vendors
26+ Sensor
Product Lines• MIG-led creation ofhistoricStandardized
Performance
Parameter MCV17Definitions (SPD)• Up next: APIStandardization

Courtesy of Qualcomm, used with permission

About MEMS Industry Group® (MIG)• Formed in in the US in 2001 with fivecompanies - outgrowth of MEMS industry
executive meetings at Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)• MIG is an industry trade association
incorporated as a not-for-profit organization,
based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA• MIG is international -- with over 160 membercompanies and partners worldwide• MIG managed by an executive director, Karen
Lightman, with Governing Council composed ofrepresentatives from member companies

About MEMS Industry Group® (MIG)
MIG is the trade association advancing
MEMS across global markets.

MEMS Supply Chain = MIG Members

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Personal Care

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MEMS Park
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For a complete list of members and partners, please visit www.memsindustrygroup.org.

About MEMS Industry GroupConference Japan• MEMS Industry Group Conference Japan is a one-of-akind international technical conference, with focus on
discussing critical global MEMS supply chain challenges• It is a place for neutral discussion of pre-competitive issues
affecting MEMS manufacturing and brings together
foundries, equipment vendors, research groups, large
companies, start-ups, buyers, and suppliers -- allstakeholders in the global MEMS supply chain• The goal of the MEMS Industry Group Japan Conference
is to share knowledge and solutions, to network and todiscuss the current and future global landscape in MEMS
manufacturing in order to support your company’s
imminent MEMS commercialization needs

MIG Conference JapanKeynote Speakers
Mr. Takeshi Ito
Chief Technology Officer &Head of Technology
Sony Mobile Communications

Professor Xi Wang
Director General
Shanghai Institute of Microsystems &Information Technology

MEMS Industry Group Conference
Japan – Agenda
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
• 9:00 am - 9:30 am Registration• 9:30 am - 10:00 am Welcome to MIG Conference Japan– Karen Lightman, Executive Director, MIG• 10:00 am - 10:45 am Opening Keynote Speaker– Takeshi Ito, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Technology, Sony
Mobile Communications• 10:45 am - 11:15 am Coffee Break• 11:15 am - 11:45 am– Daido Uchida, General Manager, Technology Marketing &Development Center, OMRON• 11:45 am - 12:15 pm– Jérémie Bouchaud, Director and Senior Principal Analyst MEMS
& Sensors – Industrial Electronics, IHS Inc.

Agenda, cont.
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12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm– Leopold Beer, Regional President Asia Pacific, BOSCH
Sensortec
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm– Babak Taheri, Vice President and General Manager, Freescale
Semiconductor
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm– Dr. Liang Shi, Product Marketing Director, SunEdison
Semiconductor
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee BreakAgenda, cont.
••••3:30 pm - 4:00 pm– Dr. Denise Kaske, Business Development Manager Asia - Korea
and India, Fraunhofer-Gessellschaft
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Closing Keynote Speaker– Professor Xi Wang, Director General, Shanghai Institute ofMicrosystem and Information Technology
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks– Karen Lightman, Executive Director, MEMS Industry Group
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmForum (MEF)

Co-Hosted Dinner with MEMS Engineer

Sponsors

Registration• Registration fee for MEMS Industry Group
Members is $125/person, and for Non-Members
is $175/person (via credit card online)• Receive a 20% discount for the 2nd andsubsequent attendees from the same company• MEMS Engineer Forum attendees will receive a20% discount on MIG Conference Japan
registration

Thank you

Contact MIG
www.memsindustrygroup.org
Karen Lightman, Executive Director
1620 Murray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
PH: +1 412.390.1644
Twitter: @MEMSGroup, @khlightman