Solid-State Microsensors

Viewpoints Archive


	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Automotive-Sensor Developments: Electronic Stability Control and Tire-Pressure Monitoring
October -		Wireless Sensor Networks: An Update
September -		Fingerprint Sensors in Identification and Verification Applications
August -		Electronic Noses: An Update
July -		Recent Developments: Apple and Nike Team Up Players: Sensor Industry Consolidation Continues
June -		Solid-State Microsensors in Automotive Applications: Commercial Opportunities New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Automotive Opportunities
April -		Nanosensors: An Update
March -		TI Sells Its Sensor Business Recent Developments: Siemens Develops Six Sensors on One Chip
February -		Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensors: An Update

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Recent Developments: ISSYS Announces the Development of Fuel-Cell Sensors • SENSE Holdings and ORNL Partner for Handheld Explosive Detectors Areas to Monitor: Analog Devices Continues with Its One-Die Approach and Looks to Single-Crystalline Silicon
October -		Sensor Synergies Recent Developments: Hygrometrix's Humidity Sensor
September -		Sensor Players Look for New Opportunities
August -		Biometrics: Issues and Uncertainties
July -		Consumer Electronics: A Numbers Game Recent Developments: Marubeni Develops an On-Wafer Accelerometer Tester
June -		Whatever Happened to Silicon-Carbide Sensors?
May -		Solid-State–Microsensors Market Environment Recent Developments: Sensors for the Chinese Automotive Industry
April -		Recent Developments: EST Demonstrates zNose Technology to the U.S. Congress • Sensor Players Announce Multiaxis Accelerometer Developments
March -		Mesh Networks
February -		ZigBee

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		Recent Developments: IBM Invests in Sensors • NHTSA Proposes New Tire-Pressure–Monitoring Standard
October -		Handheld Devices with Electronic-Compass Functionality
September -		Recent Developments: Accelerometer Companies Forge Ahead • Nanomix Receives Funding for Carbon-Nanotube–Sensor Development
August -		Recent Developments: Tiny Sensors Meet Tiny RFID Tags • Seiko Epson Enters the Gyroscope Market
July -		Automotive Sensor Developments Players: Industry Consolidation
June -		MEMS Gyroscopes: A Brief Review
May -		Recent Developments: Analog Devices Takes Its First Steps into the Biometrics Market • Players Look to Low-g Accelerometers for Consumer-Electronics Applications
April -		Solid-State Microsensors: Implications of Commercialization
March -		Recent Developments: Ion Optics and Innovative Micro Technology Build Gas Sensors • Honeywell and Ember Collaborate on DOE Project • Michelin and TRW Form Joint Venture
February -		Recent Developments: TI and AppliedSensor's Supply Agreement • Nanotechnology-Based Gas and Chemical Sensors • Accelerometer-Containing Notebooks

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensors Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Recent Developments: MEMSIC's Accelerometers Find Increasing Use • Fujitsu Adds to Its Sensor-Product Portfolio • The NHTSA Goes Back to the Drawing Board Areas to Monitor: The IEEE Unveils a New Standard
September -		U.S. Court Announces TPMS Decision Recent Developments: AuthenTec Reaches Milestone
August -		New Development Milestone in the Technology Roadmap for Microminiature Wireless Sensor Networks
July -		Recent Developments: New Plug & Play Program Participants • Ultrasensitive MEMS Sensors • Sensor Foundry News • New Tire-Pressure Sensor from GE • Magnetostrictive ABS Sensor Milestone
June -		SensoNor's Shift Makes for an Attractive Acquisition Target
May -		Recent Developments: AuthenTec and Microsoft Form Partnership • IMMI Switches from Telecom MEMS Equipment to Sensors • MEMSIC Finalizes Expansion Plans
April -		Recent Developments: GE Increases its Sensor Product Portfolio • Goodyear and Siemens VDO Automotive Unveil a Battery-Less Tire-Pressure Monitoring System
March -		Accelorometer Interest Continues to Grow Recent Developments: Honeywell Expands Its Sensor Portfolio Further
February -		U.S. Smart Air-Bag Systems Mandate Is Still Up in the Air Recent Developments: Ardesta Enters Wireless Sensor Market

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Recent Developments: Analog Devices Enters the Gyroscope Market Areas to Monitor: NI Announces the Plug & Play Sensors Program Players: Siemens and Generics Launch Joint Venture • Pirelli Will Offer Tire-Monitoring Systens to the European Automotive Market
October -		Measurement Specialties Are in Trouble • SMI Expands Recent Developments: ADI Ships Its 100-Millionth Accelerometer
September -		Sensor Player Activity Recent Developments: GMR Sensor for Cam and Crank Sensing • DALSA to Manufacture Motorola's Sensors
August -		Update on Nanotechnology-Based Gas Sensors
July -		Recent Developments: SmarTire Announces TPMS News • Foundries Form Strategic MEMS Alliances • Allegro Microsystems Develops New Packaging Technology Players: EQT Acquires VTI Hamlin
June -		Recent Developments: MEMSIC Launches Ultra-Low-Noise Accelerometers Areas to Monitor: Japanese Fake Fingers Pose Awkward Questions Players: GE Acquires Druck Holdings • MEMSCAP Announces Distribution Agreement Explorer Announcement
May -		Recent Developments: SAW Sensor Technology for Chemical Detection and Tire-Pressure-Monitoring Applications • MEMS Foundry Services from Honeywell and Olympus • Kistler to Market SI-Flex Accelerometers • A Two-Axis Accelerometer for Handheld Gamepads
April -		Fingerprint Sensor Solutions for Portable Electronic Devices
March -		Indirect TPMS or Direct TPMS? Recent Developments: New TPMS Contracts from SensoNor and Beru
February -		MEMSCAP Acquires SensoNor's Capto Subsidiary MEMSIC Announces Expansion • Its Dual-Axis Inertial Sensor Wins an Award Recent Developments: The DOE, Delphi, and Electricore Plan to Develop an Advanced NO_x Sensor

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Epi-SOI Surface Micromachining
October -		Recent Developments: Karl Suss and DELTA Collaborate on Reducing MEMS Production Costs • DCH Receives Additional Hydrogen Sensor Orders • GE Industrial Systems Set to Acquire Spirent's Sensing Solutions Group • Fingerprint Sensor Manufacturers View Potential Airline Applications • Goodyear and Siemens Are Set to Enter Tire Pressure Sensor Market
September -		AENEAS Project Update Recent Developments: A New Home for Veridicom's Fingerprint-Sensor Technology • Gyro Sensor Technology
August -		Recent Developments: BEI Technologies Introduces New Multiaxis Sensors • ELMOS Acquires Silicon Sensor Business • Delphi Announces Major EMS Business • U.S. Military Researches Smart-Sensor Webs
July -		GAO Report Concludes that Advanced Air Bag Sensors Are Slow in Development Recent Developments: BEI Technologies Signs Substantial Follow-On Contracts • Delphi's Sensor Wins Award
June -		Fingerprint Sensor Developments at AuthenTec Recent Developments: Sensors for High-Temperature Applications
May -		Recent Developments: Yamatake Accelerates Wireless Temperature-Sensor Development • Pressure Microsensors Work for Remote Monitoring • Car-Safety Monitoring Systems Advance
April -		Recent Developments: Sensor Companies Merge to Form AppliedSensor Group • Crossbow Technology Expands CrossLink Partner Program • NASA Selects DCH Sensors for Hydrogen Fuel Cells • BFGoodrich Acquires REMEC's Inertial Sensors Business
March -		New Mandate Provides Impetus for Tire-Pressure Sensor Manufacturers
February -		Nanotechnology and Solid-State Microsensors

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Sensor Developments at Delphi • First Notebook with Fingerprint Sensor Areas to Monitor: E-Smell
October -		Recent Developments: Optical Switches and the Sensor Industry • Pressure Sensing for Liquid Dispensing Areas to Monitor: Bluetooth for Wireless Sensors
September -		Areas to Monitor: The CMOS Camera Revolution • The Foundry Sensor Industry Players: Measurement Specialties Inc.
August -		VCSELs for Gas Sensing
July -		Recent Developments: GE Cisco Industrial Networks • Production Ramp for Fingerprint Sensors • SensoNor Figures
June -		Oil-Quality Sensors Recent Developments: New Sensor Networking Proposals
May -		Recent Developments: Combination Sensors for the Home Increase • Silicon Carbide and Diamond Sensors Players: DCH Technology Inc. and Hydrogen Sensors
April -		Recent Developments: SmarTire to Extend SensoNor Agreement • ASHRAE and the Home • Multisensor Integration • Nanotubes as Sensors
March -		Recent Developments: UPnP Promotes Home Networking • PerkinElmer Sells IC Sensors to Measurement Specialties • Cyrano Sciences Gains New Nose License
February -		In-cylinder Pressure Sensing • Multiaxis Accelerometers Revisited

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Recent Developments: Deflated Market for Smart Tires • Fingerprint Sensor Update • Moves in Multiaxis Accelerometers
October -		Recent Developments: Breed Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • Endress+Hauser Sells Humidity Business to General Eastern • MicroSensors Begins Sampling Its UCR IC
September -		Whatever Happened to FET-Based Chemical Sensors?
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Another Wave of Sensor Industry Consolidation? Recent Developments: Market Developments in the Air-Bag Sensor Market
June -		New Developments Occur in Automotive Buses Recent Developments: Laser Drilling Improves Lifetime of Electrochemical Sensor
May -		Developments in the Electronic-Nose Market
April -		Sensors as the Third Wave Recent Developments: Pressure in Fingerprint Biometrics • Ball SemiconductorMaking Progress
March -		Motorola Withdrawal and Second Start-Up Recent Developments: New Accelerometer Applications and E-Commerce
February -		Toxic- and Air-Quality Gas Sensing: A Needs-Based Perspective Players: Siebe and BTR Two Years On

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Micromachined Sensors for Detecting Ice Accumulation Growth in InSb Magnetic Field Sensor Commercialization
October -		Many Paths to Making Silicon Sensors Players: Volume Silicon Manufacturing in Europe
September -		New Developments in Gas Sensing
August -		Recent Developments: Silicon Differential Pressure Sensors for New Gas Meter • Media-Compatible Plastic Pressure Sensors
July -		Recent Developments: Integrated IR Gas Sensors from RMT • A Sensor to Measure Hardness and Softness of Tissue • The Impact from Changes to Automotive Engine Voltages
June -		Using Membranes for Increasing Sensor Robustness
May -		Applications: Sensors for Consumer Markets
April -		European Moves in Micromachined Gas Sensors
March -		Recent Developments: Quantech and Perkin-Elmer Sign SPR Optical Microsensor Agreement • Michigan Researchers Develop Diamond Sensors • Motorola Quits the Chemical Sensors Business • EG&G IC Sensors Looks to Chemical Sensors
February -		Recent Developments: Micromachining and Strain Measurement for Humidity Sensing • Capacitive Sensor Fingerprint Analyzers • Deep Reactive Ion Etching for Next-Generation Accelerometers

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Recent Developments: Novel Miniature Humidity Sensor • Sol-Gel Processing of Sensors • New All-Purpose Sensor Processor
October -		Recent Developments: Gas Detection via Silicon Pressure Measurement Areas to Monitor: Smart Sensor Networks and Office Communications
September -		Implications: Silicon: Affecting the Materials Value Chain Areas to Monitor: A Bacterial Approach to Chemical Microsensors
August -		Sensors for Smart Materials Recent Developments: Noise Pollution: Microphones and Smart Materials • Fisher-Rosemount Acquires Heraeus Process Sensor Business
July -		Sensors for Remote Tire-Pressure Sensing Recent Developments: New Developments in Micromachined Silicon Microphones
June -		Developments in Biomedical Portable Analysis Recent Developments: Gas Sensor Research at LG
May -		The Smart Home Market: An Underachiever?
April -		FED-Based Magnetic Field Sensors • Biometric Identification Using Fingerprint Sensing
March -		Samsung Develops Micromachined Silicon Gyroscope • Researchers Develop Porous Silicon Biosensors
February -		Routes to High-Temperature Sensing

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		On-Board Diagnostics Affects Automotive Gas Sensing Market • Gas Sensor Supply in Germany
October -		Optical Connections For Remote Sensors • Asahi's InAs Hall-Effect Sensors • ASD to Monitor Labs • Detecting Counterfeits Using GMR
September -		U.K. Conglomerates and the Sensor Industry • Enhancing the EMF Stability of Ion-Selective Sensors
August -		CP Arrays Mimic Olefactory System • Electronic Noses Use Acoustic Sensors • Murata Enters Sensor Business
July -		Nanoparticle Sensors from Nanomaterials Research Corp. • Increased Accelerometer Production at SensoNor • Sensors in the Latest Mercedes E-Class
June -		Expansion of Micromachined Sensor Production in Europe
May -		Developments in Infrared Sources for Optical Sensing • Motorola to Produce Micromachined Chemical Sensors
April -		Optically Based Chemical Microsensors
March -		Market Expansion of Radio-Frequency Identifiers
February -		Smart Sensors for Process Control
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996