The Cell Phone Industry is Currently Seen as the Biggest Growth Relay for MEMS Devices...

The Cell Phone Industry is Currently Seen as the Biggest Growth Relay for MEMS Devices in the Coming Years

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a2f05e/mems_for_cell_phon)
has announced the addition of the "MEMS for Cell Phones 2008" report
to their offering.

Few MEMS based sensors and actuators have found the right business
model to penetrate the wireless handset market today and over 10 other
devices are investigating the opportunity. For example silicon
microphones and FBAR/BAW filters have experienced an incredible growth
since their introduction in 2003 and are now entering the maturity
stage. While MEMS accelerometers are expected to follow the same
evolution, few other MEMS products (micro autofocus, micro zoom,
gyroscopes, varicaps) are at the emerging stage.

Knowles Acoustics booming growth since the first introduction of
MEMS microphones in 2003 and the very fast adoption of Avago
Technologies FBAR duplexer technology in WCDMA front en modules are
representative success stories of the replacement of functions with
MEMS based products. In each of the new potential applications, Yole
has analyzed how the leading MEMS companies (Siimpel for micro
autofocus, EPCOS and Wispry for Varicaps, STM, ADI, Bosch, Kionix and
InvenSense for inertial clusters) are positioned to benefit from the
dynamic of the cell phone industry.

The cell phone industry complexity increase with MEMS products. On
one hand, MEMS manufacturers are very focused in finding the adapted
price, power and size ratio to enter the cell phone application. But
they face the challenge of evaluating the diffusion rate of their MEMS
product in their business plans. One the other hand, wireless handset
manufacturers experience very different product development cycle in
MEMS than the IC industry. They are therefore very concerned to find
the right MEMS partners and have access to a precise product roadmap.

Yole Developpement forecast a 40% AAGR growth rate for MEMS
components in the cell phone market. 2007 cumulated sales have reach
440M$ in 2007 for only three MEMS products in cell phone applications
(silicon microphones, FBRA/BAW filters, accelerometers). The market
opportunity will represent over 2,5B$ by 2012.

The growth is coming both from replacement products and new
functions. MEMS is expected to be a key innovation driver in the cell
phone industry. New features are expected to account for 60% of the
total MEMS market by 2012.

Additionally the report focus on the diffusion rate of MEMS in
cell phone applications and how companies have reached the 100M$ sales
level (e.g. Knowles Acoustics and Avago Technologies).

Key Topics Covered:

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. Identifications of the MEMS functions in cell phone applications
3. 2007-2003 MEMS market forecasts for cell phones applications
4. Diffusion model for MEMS in cell phones applications
5. Product roadmap for MEMS in cell phones applications
6. MEMS market evaluation per product
7. Analysis of the leading MEMS players in cell phones applications
8. Status of MEMS product business case for cell phone applications
9. Analysis of the impact of foundries services in the MEMS supply
chain
10. Analysis of the competiting solutions for MEMS in cell phones
applications
11. Analysis of the current and future key MEMS manufacturing
technologies in cell phone applications
12. Synthesis and future challenges
13. APPENDIX
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