Solid-State Microsensors

Technology Map Contents

December 2007

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Transduction Principles of Solid-State Microsensors
  • Piezoresistivity
  • Piezoelectricity
  • Capacitance
  • Electrochemistry
  • Optical Sensing
  • Magnetic-Field Effect
• High-Temperature Sensing
• Alternative Sensor Materials
• Micromachining
• Differing Approaches to Micromachining
• CMOS-Based Micromachining
• Other Aspects of Microsensor Technology
• Nanotechnology
• Smart Sensors
• Sensor Integration and Communication

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
  • Automotive Industry
  • Health-Care Expenditure
  • Environmental Concern
  • Device Portability
  • Wireless Sensors
• General Constraints
  • Development Cost
  • Technology-Led versus Market-Led Development
  • Standards
  • User Apathy
• Synergistic Technologies
  • Silicon Wafers
  • Thin- and Thick-Film Processing
  • Lithography
  • Low-Power Electronics
  • Packaging
• Competing Technologies
  • Nanotechnology
  • Conventional Electromechanical Sensors
  • Fiber-Optic Sensors
  • Biosensors
• Required Resources
  • Access to Manufacturing
  • Design and Modeling
  • Marketing and Distribution
• Regulatory Factors
  • Health-Care Approval
  • Environmental Legislation
  • Vehicle Safety

Areas to Monitor

• Packaging
• Wireless Networking
• Energy-Harvesting Sensors
• Multiaxis Sensors
• Automotive Demand
• Sensor and Electronics Integration
• Media Compatibility
• Consumer-Electronics Demand
• New-Materials Development
• Environmental Legislation
• Government Funding and Initiatives
• Health-Care Expenditure
• Silicon and the Materials Value Chain
• Microfabrication Techniques
• Foundry Services
• RFID and Sensor Integration
• Nanotechnology

Implications of Commercialization

• Emission-Free Vehicles
• Home Health Care
• Consumer Electronics
• Sensor Ubiquity
• Homeland Security: Defense Against Terrorist Attacks
• Fingerprint Identification
• Chemical and Biological Detection
• Self-Organizing Wireless-Sensor Networks
• True, Real-World Pervasive Computing
• Smart Spaces
• Portable Devices for Environmental Sensing

Opportunities

• Automotive Sensors
• Consumer Applications
• Aerospace Sensors
• Medical and Health-Care Applications
• Gas Sensors
• Industrial Sensors
• Security and Access Control
• Electronic Noses
• Nanosensors
• Robotics
• Smart Spaces
• Active Noise Reduction

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