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OCTOBER 2010 issue n°100 THE DISRUPTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES MAGAZINE EDITORIAL From our first issue, which was mostly a focus on MEMS, we have broadened the scope of our analysis covering all the non-mainstream semiconductor industry. Today, Micronews is probably the only magazine with such a broad focus on MEMS, Advanced Packaging, Nanotechnologies, Compound Semiconductors, Power, Microfluidics, Photonics … We were probably the first to realize that MEMS technologies were diffusing into the semiconductor through advanced packaging and 3D integration. At the very beginning, we also have been realized very quickly how the cell phone would aggregate all innovative technologies with new sensors, new packaging, new functionalities… As you know our media coverage is driven by our Yole analysis activity, where we have enlarged the scope of our analysis and created new competencies to provide our customers real added value on the technologies & markets evolution. Through these 10 years, many people have contributed to the success of our media. And if you give a look at this issue 100 cover (we are quite proud of it …), you will probably recognize familiar faces. We have now expanded our Media network to external contributors and journalists. We hope to contribute to the MEMS history through our different Medias. Back to history, the major milestones we have identified since the first MEMS are: • 1965: The first MEMS (a resonator) by Westinghouse (a CMOS process!) • 1979: Bulk micromachined accelerometer by Stanford • 1982: Surface micromachined accelerometer by IBM • 1993: CMOS is used for lateral MEMS accelerometer by ADI • 2000: The Internet bubble explodes. Optical MEMS developments are slowly dying. • 2002: First issue of Micronews • 2005: The MEMS market is above US$5B. MEMS are processed on 200mm. The DRIE is moving outside the MEMS industry for CMOS Image Sensors WLP. • 2005: DRIE is drifting from the MEMS industry to the IC world for 3D TSV. As for bonders and thin wafers handlers. • 2010: Airbag accelerometers have saved more 100s of thousands lives. MEMS market is booming thanks to the consumer application. Disruptive technologies bring more and more functionalities and added value through the integration of new technologies (micro source of energy, wireless communication, sensor fusion …). In this issue, you will discover we are introducing a new column “inside”. The “Inside” article will present an end-product with an analysis of the internal WITH MEMS, THINGS WILL BE SMARTER YOU NEED ONE IN YOUR BRAIN ! workings of the the micro/nano technologies. In this issue, we present what’s “inside“ a Wii accessory. It is our goal to always broaden the scope of our analysis, not only focusing on devices, but also on applications, markets and of course people! As always, we aim at being the first to identify and present to you what the new disruptive technologies breakthroughs will be! 2010 is close to the end, and with 2011 right around the corner. Stay tuned to our Media activities. You will discover new exciting content in the next months! Dr. Éric Mounier Editor-in-chief TO MEET US Copyrights © Yole Développement SA. All rights reserved - Recycled paper MEMS Technology Summit - Stanford, CA - October 19-20, 2010 The event will feature more than 30 speakers and panelists over two days that will represent the "who's who" of the MEMS community. The conference organizers include Janusz Bryzek, Joseph Mallon and Kurt Petersen, the founders of NovaSensor, and Roger Grace, a key fi gure in the MEMS Industry. Semicon Europa - Dresden, Germany - October 19-21, 2010 SEMICON Europa is the industry’s leading European forum for addressing the challenges GOLD PARTNERS facing today’s global semiconductor industry. SEMICON Europa 2010 will be located again in Dresden at the heart of the Silicon Saxony, this time co-located with the Plastic Electronics Europe Conference under the umbrella of "Converging Electronics Week 2010. LOAC World - San Diego, CA - October 28-29, 2010 Select Biosciences is pleased to announce their second annual Lab-on-a-Chip World Congress. This year's event is being held in the fabulous location of La Jolla, San Diego. The congress is being co-located with Microarray World Congress, Molecular Diagnostics World Congress and Single Cell Analysis Summit. All delegates will have access to all four meetings, and the large combined exhibition, ensuring a very cost effective trip. CONSULTING 2
OCTOBER 2010 issue n°100 THE DISRUPTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES MAGAZINE INSIDE… Inside… Nintendo Wii MotionPlus Consumer electronics is the most dynamic market for motion sensing: accelerometers, gyroscopes & magnetometers. Yole Développement forecasts the gyros market value for consumer is growing from US$251M in 2009 to US$1B in 2015. Competition is tough between STMicroelectronics, Panasonic, Invensense, Epson Toyocom and Sony. Here the Reverse Engineering made by our partner System Plus Consulting shows the Wii accessory integrates both Epson Toyocom single axis and InvenSense dual-axis gyroscope. In the game console field, the Nintendo Wii MotionPlus accessory was the first to utilize high volumes of MEMS gyro sensors. This accessory comes as a supplement to the standard remote controller, bringing a higher accuracy to movement detection, especially suited for sport games. It was introduced to the market in the spring of 2009. When we look INSIDE the device, we see 2 gyroscopes on the PCB: • The Epson Toyocom X3500W is a single axis gyroscope. It offers an integration of a QMEMS gyroscope and a control ASIC in one package. The gyro sensor is processed using a bulk micromachining process of a Quartz wafer (QMEMS process). The component is provided in a standard ceramic LCC 8-pin hermetic package. • The InvenSense IDG-600/650 is a dual-axis MEMS gyroscope using bulk micromachining process. It offers a 3-D integration of a MEMS gyroscope and a control ASIC in one package. The component is provided in a standard QFN 28-pin package. More than 50 million Motion Plus controllers have been sold since their introduction in June 2009. However, this is just the beginning, since new motion sensing solutions with MEMS gyroscope are now being released in the market. For example, released in September 2010, Sony Move game controller integrates 9 degrees of freedom with the use of accelerometers, gyroscopes and compass. Utilizing complex sensor fusion algorithms creating more precise gesture recognition, more immersive gaming experiences are 3A 3A 3A G MEMS & Sensors © October 2010 Hokuriku Murata ADI 2006 2008 produced. And now, Nintendo plans to add motion sensing features in portable game stations, with the integration of accelerometers and gyroscopes in the 3DS to be released in February 2011. Yole sees believes 2 gyroscope providers will benefit from these changes in the industry: • The 2-axis gyro in the Move controller is from Sony, a newcomer in the MEMS gyroscope landscape. Sony has developed 2-axis solution that is now Motion sensors for gaming Supply chain 2G ST G InvenSense Epson Toyocom Kionix Epson Toyocom Legend: 3A: 3-axis accelerometer / G: single axis gyroscope / 2G: 2-axis gyro / 3G: 3axis gyro / 3M: 3-axis magnetometer 2010 3A 2G 3M 3A 3G 3G Kionix Sony AKM? ST? Panasonic? Invensense 2-axes gyroscope Epson – Toyocom 1-axis gyroscope integrated in its own DSCs since end 2009 in all Sony DSCs except high-end products. Those parts are also sold to few DSC manufacturers in Japan, and now integrated in the PS3 Move game controller, which means that Sony now has a very large gyro market share! • Panasonic has recently launched its 3-axis gyroscope and is actively promoting it in the gaming and mobile phone industry. Yole expects to see Panasonic 3-axis gyroscope integrated in the future Nintendo 3DS Competition is gaining in intensity as the gaming gyroscope market becomes increasingly attractive. Established players (ST, Epson Toyocom, InvenSense) are also pushing hard to introduce 3-axis gyroscopes to this market while new large players such as (Bosch Sensortec) are also expected to enter this market. It is possible that a unique 3-axis gyro could be in the works to replace the 2-axis gryo + single axis gryo of the Motion Plus controller Current integration of several types of sensors opens the way for even more technology or capability. Yole forecasts increased market traction for MEMS IMUs within one or two generation of products, provided that the cost of such package becomes more attractive compared to the simple addition of accelerometer and gyroscope discrete sensors. www.systemplus.fr www.yole.fr Copyrights © Yole Développement SA. All rights reserved - Recycled paper 3
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