Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMs) Sensors: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2018 to 2024

 Table of Contents

MEMs Sensors Executive Summary 18
MEMs Sensors Market Driving Forces 18
MEMs Sensors Market Shares 24
MEMs Market Is Ripe for Consolidation 24
Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensor Market Shares 25
MEMs Sensors Market Forecasts 26
“Everything Will Be Connected,” said SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, 27
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Trillion Devices for Internet of Things 28

1. MEMs Sensors: Market Description and Market Dynamics 30
1.1 Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology in The Fabrication of Inertial Sensors 30
1.1.1 MEMs Ultra-Low Noise 31
1.1.2 MEMs Long-Term Stability 32
1.1.3 Open Loop and Closed Loop MEMS Accelerometer MEMS Technology 32
1.2 Semiconductor Industry Is Cyclical 32
1.3 IoT Sensor Types 37
1.3.1 IoT Monitoring Task 38
1.4 Application Integration for Siloed IoT Projects 44
1.5 Internet of Things (IoT) Based on Standards 45
1.6 With IoT, APIs Are Used for Everything 45
1.6.1 IoT Use Cases 47

2. MEMs Sensors Market Shares and Forecasts 49
2.1 MEMs Sensors Market Driving Forces 49
2.2 MEMs Sensors Market Shares 55
2.2.1 Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensor Market Shares 56
2.2.2 MEMs Market Is Ripe for Consolidation 59
2.2.3 InvenSense 61
2.2.4 Texas Instruments 61
2.2.5 STMicroelectronics 61
2.2.6 STMicroelectronics Solutions Pipeline 62
2.2.7 TDK InvenSense 67
2.2.8 Knowles 67
2.2.9 Goertek 68
2.2.10 Bosch 68
2.2.11 Bosch Vision for the Internet of Things (IoT) 70
2.2.12 “Everything Will Be Connected,” said SoftBank
Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, 71
2.2.13 SoftBank to Roll Out ‘LoRaWAN™’ Low Power Wide Area Network 72
2.2.14 SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Trillion Devices
for Internet of Things 73
2.2.15 SoftBank Sees Massive MIMO As Key Part of its 5G Project 76
2.3 MEMs Sensors Market Forecasts 77
2.3.1 Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Market Segment Forecasts: Automotive, Consumer, Healthcare / Pharmaceutical, Data, and Industrial 81
2.3.2 MEMs Brings Smarter, Integrated Devices 87
2.3.3 MEMs Sensor Applications 89
2.3.4 Consumer MEMs 90
2.3.5 MEMs for the Automotive Market 94
2.3.6 MEMs for Smart Industry 97
2.3.7 MEMs Applications 99
2.3.8 MEMs Pressure Sensors Market 102
2.3.9 MEMs Data Processing Market 104
2.3.10 Micro-Electro Mechanical MEMS Sensors for RF and Filtering Applications 106
2.3.11 Micro-Electro Mechanical MEMs Microphone Sensor Market 108
2.3.12 Micro-Electro Mechanical MEMs Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Sensor Market 109
2.3.13 Axsun Experimental 111
2.3.14 MEMs Gas Sensors 112
2.4 MEMS Foundry Market Models 112
2.4.1 Taiwan Semiconductor 114
2.4.2 MEMs Outsourcing Foundry Market 116
2.5 Internet of Things (IoT) Market Driving Forces 116
2.5.1 IoT Technology Market Driving Forces 119
2.5.2 IoT Technology Market Challenges 120
2.5.3 Internet of Things (IoT) Market Shares 123
2.5.4 Internet of Things (IoT) Market Forecasts 125
2.5.5 IoT Market Opportunity Huge 125
2.5.6 SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Forecasts 1 Trillion Devices for Internet of Things 127
2.6 MEMs Price Analysis 127
2.6.1 InvenSense Prices for MEMS 128
2.7 MEMs Sensors Regional Market Analysis 136

3. MEMs Sensors Product Description 139
3.1 STMicroelectronics 139
3.2 Bosch Industrial IoT Asset Efficiency Sensor Solutions 144
3.3 InvenSense 145

4. MEMs Sensors Research and Technology 145
4.1 MEMS Sensor Standards 145
4.2 InvenSense Technology 147
4.3 Nanotechnology Is Significant for MEMs 149

5. MEMs Sensors Company Profiles 153
5.1 Block Engineering 153
5.1.1 Block Positioned To Expand Commercial Markets 154
5.1.2 Block Engineering Contracts 155
5.1.3 Block Engineering LaserScan™ Analyzer 155
5.1.4 Block Engineering: Developer of High Performance QCL and FT-IR Spectrometers 156
5.1.5 Block MEMS Receives $4.5 Million Development Contract for MEMS Gas Sensor 157
5.1.6 Block Engineering 158
5.1.7 Block Engineering: Developer Of High Performance QCL and FT-IR Spectrometers 160
5.1.8 Block MEMS Receives $4.5 Million Development Contract for MEMS Gas Sensor 160
5.2 Bosch 162
5.2.1 Robert Bosch Orders from Apple to Supply iPhone with Motion Sensors 162
5.2.2 Bosch 164
5.2.3 Bosch Software Innovation Gmbh 164
5.2.4 Bosch IoT Suite Supports Innovative Business Models 166
5.2.5 Bosch IoT Suite Services - Internet of Things Scenarios 167
5.2.6 Bosch Vision for the Internet of Things (IoT) 173
5.2.7 Bosch Investment in Production Performance Management Protocol (PPMP) 175
5.2.8 Bosch Business Overview 181
5.2.9 Bosch Motion Detectors 181
5.2.10 Bosch Smart Sensors Simplify 181
5.3 Cymbet 184
5.3.1 Cymbet Team: 185
5.3.2 Cymbet Investors: 185
5.3.3 Cymbet Partners, Sales and Distribution: 186
5.3.4 Cymbet Manufacturing: 186
5.3.5 Cymbet to Open World's Highest Volume Solid-State Battery Manufacturing Facility 187
5.3.6 Cymbet Partnering with X-FAB 187
5.3.7 Cymbet / X-FAB, Inc. 187
5.3.8 Cymbet Expanding in Minnesota 188
5.3.9 Cymbet / LEDA 188
5.3.10 Cymbet Distribution Agreement EnerChip™ Eco-friendly Solid State Batteries 189
5.3.11 Cymbet EVAL-09 Utilizes Harnessing Ambient Energy 190
5.3.12 Cymbet Secures $31 Million in Private Financing 190
5.4 Infineon 191
5.5 JonDeTech 192
5.6 NaugaNeedles 192
5.7 Qorvo 193
5.7.1 Cavendish Low loss RF Switching Needed In Radios for 4G and 5G 194
5.7.2 Qorvo Revenue 194
5.7.3 Qorvo MP Leading Global Supplier of RF Solutions 195
5.8 Rogue Valley Microdevices 199
5.8.1 Rogue Valley Microdevices MEMS Foundry Overview 200
5.9 Senseair Test & Measurement Carbon Dioxide Sensors 205
5.9.1 Senseair Temperature Proportional to Carbon Dioxide Level 206
5.10 Softbank 208
5.10.1 SoftBank ARM Acquisition Brings Internet of Things 209
5.10.2 “Everything Will Be Connected,” said SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, 210
5.10.3 SoftBank to Roll Out ‘LoRaWAN™’ Low Power Wide Area Network 210
5.10.4 Softbank LoRaWAN™ 212
5.10.5 Softbank LoRaWAN Customer System 213
5.10.6 SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Trillion Devices for Internet of Things 215
5.10.7 SoftBank Sees Massive MIMO As Key Part of its 5G Project 217
5.10.8 SoftBank Segments 219
5.10.9 Softbank Personal Brain “IBM Watson” 220
5.10.10 Sprint Segment 221
5.10.11 Yahoo Japan Segment 222
5.10.12 Softbank E-Commerce Business 223
5.10.13 Softbank Distribution Segment 223
5.10.14 Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Related Business and Other Businesses 225
5.11 STMicroelectronics 226
5.11.1 STMicroelectronics Strategy 227
5.11.2 STMicroelectronics Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) 229
5.11.3 STMicroelectronics MEMS Sensors and Actuators 230
5.11.4 STMicroelectronics Revenue 231
5.12 Structured Materials Industries 237
5.12.1 Structured Materials SMI Products 240
5.12.2 Structured Materials SMI Customer Advantage 241
5.13 Taiwan Semiconductor 241
5.13.1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing N10 247
5.13.2 Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) EV Semiconductor 250
5.13.3 TSMC ASIC 251
5.13.4 Taiwan Semiconductor Foundry Services 252
5.13.5 TSMC Revenue in NTS$ 254
5.14 TDK / InvenSense 258
5.14.1 TDK Acquisition of InvenSense 262
5.14.2 TDK InvenSense 263
5.14.3 InvenSense Customers 268
5.15 Texas Instruments 268
5.15.1 Texas Instruments MEMs Advanced Light Control 268
5.15.2 Texas Instruments MEMs Display and Projection 269
5.16 Thorlabs 270
5.16.1 Thorlabs Acquires QCL Manufacturer Maxion Technologies 271
5.16.2 Maxion Technologies 272
5.16.3 Maxion and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County 275
5.17 Vectornav 276
5.17.1 VectorNav Technologies GPS/INS Kalman Filter 277
5.17.2 VectorNav Technologies 10-Axis MEMS IMU 278
5.18 List of Selected MEMs Sensor Manufacturing Companies 279
5.19 List of MEMs Foundries 296

List of Figures

Figure 1. MEMs Sensors Market Driving Forces 18
Figure 2. MEMs Sense and Actuate 19
Figure 3. MEMs Sense and Actuate: Smart Home, Smart City, Smart Things, Smart Industry 20
Figure 4. MEMs Sensors Market Driving Factors 22
Figure 5. MEMs Sensors Development Factors 23
Figure 6. Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensor Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 25
Figure 7. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024 26
Figure 8. Softbank LPWA Network Usage Examples 28
Figure 9. Open-Loop MEMS Technology Benefits: 31
Figure 10. Cyclical Semiconductor Industry Market Factors 33
Figure 11. Semiconductor Industry Downturn Factors 33
Figure 12. Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Things, Smart Home, Smart City, Smart Industry 34
Figure 13. Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Things and Industry Able to Leverage Internet Ecosystem 35
Figure 14. Internet of Things (IoT) Sensing, Connectivity, and Signal Conditioning 36
Figure 15. IoT Sensor Types 37
Figure 16. SAP Digital Machine-To-Machine (M2M) Technology 40
Figure 17. Cardiac Signal Segment 41
Figure 18. IoT Ecosystem Collaborations 43
1.6 With IoT, APIs Are Used for Everything 45
Figure 19. Internet of Things: API Use Case Focus 48
Figure 20. MEMs Sensors Market Driving Forces 49
Figure 21. MEMs Sense and Actuate 50
Figure 22. MEMs Sense and Actuate: Smart Home, Smart City, Smart Things, Smart Industry 51
Figure 23. MEMs Sensors Market Driving Factors 53
Figure 24. MEMs Sensors Development Factors 54
Figure 25. Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensor Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 56
Figure 26. Micro-Electro Mechanical MEMs Sensors Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2016 and First Three Quarters 2017 57
Figure 27. Competition Aspects: 60
Figure 28. STMicroelectronics MEMs and Analog Metrics 62
Figure 29. STMicroelectronics Smart Meters 63
Figure 30. STMicroelectronics RF Solutions Pipeline 64
Figure 31. STMicroelectronics Boosting Innovation 65
Figure 32. STMicroelectronics MEMs Revenue drivers 65
Figure 33. STMicroelectronics Margin Expansion Drivers 66
Figure 34. STMicroelectronics Innovative and broad product portfolio 66
Figure 35. Softbank LPWA network usage examples 73
Figure 36. Softbank Son Looks at New Cambrian Explosion 74
Figure 37. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024 77
Figure 38. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018-2024 78
Figure 39. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Market Forecasts, Units, Worldwide, 2018-2024 79
Figure 40. MEMs Sensors Market Forecasts, Dollars, Automotive, Consumer, Healthcare / Pharmaceutical, Data, and Industrial Dollars and Units, Worldwide, 2018-2024 81
Figure 41. MEMs Sensors Market Forecasts, Dollars, Automotive, Consumer, Healthcare / Pharmaceutical, Data, and Industrial, Percent, Worldwide, 2018-2024 82
Figure 42. MEMs Sensor Applications 89
Figure 43. MEMs Consumer Sensors Market Shares First Three Quarters 2017 90
Figure 44. MEMs Sensor Applications 91
Figure 45. MEMs Sensor Secure Application Solution for Mobile Transactions 92
Figure 46. MEMs Sensors for IoT 93
Figure 47. MEMs IoT Sensors 93
Figure 48. Automotive MEMs Sensors Market Shows Bosch as the Market Leader and Denso as the Number Two Participant 94
Figure 49. MEMs for Smart Industry 97
Figure 50. MEMs Smart Industry: Factories That Produce In A More Efficient Manner 98
Figure 51. MEMs Types of Sensors, And The Data They Generate 99
Figure 52. MEMs Pressure Sensors Market Segments Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 102
Figure 53. MEMs Computer Data Sensors Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 105
Figure 54. MEMs RF Sensors Market, Switches & Varicap, BAW Filters & Duplexers, Oscillators, Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 107
Figure 55. MEMs Microphone Sensors Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2017 108
Figure 56. Miniature Optical Toolkit Design. 111
Figure 57. Taiwan Semiconductor Applications 113
Figure 58. Semiconductor Variety of Applications 113
Figure 59. Internet of Things (IoT) Market Driving Forces 117
Figure 60. Key Areas Of The IoT Market 118
Figure 61. IoT Technology Market Driving Forces 119
Figure 62. IoT Technology Market Challenges 120
Figure 63. Internet of Things (IoT) Market Shares, Dollars, 2016 123
Figure 64. Internet of Things (IoT) Market Forecast, Dollars, Worldwide, 2017-2024 126
Figure 65. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensor Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2017 136
Figure 66. Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Sensors Regional Market Segments, 2017 137
Figure 67. STMicroelectronics Reportable Segments: 139
Figure 68. STMicroelectronics Sensors 140
Figure 69. STMicroelectronics Temperature, Touch and Proximity Sensors 141
Figure 70. STMicroelectronics Micro-Electro Mechanical Motor Control for IoT142
Figure 71. STMicroelectronics Micro-Electro Mechanical (MEMs) Smart Industry Sensors 143
Figure 72. InvenSense Sensor System on a Chip 145
Figure 73. MEMS Sensor Standards 145
Figure 74. InvenSense Technology Core Elements: 147
Figure 75. InvenSense MEMs Fabrication Platform 148
Figure 76. Block Engineering LaserScope IR Microscope Key Benefits & Advantages 157
Figure 77. Block Engineering LaserScope IR Microscope Key Benefits & Advantages 161
Figure 78. Bosch IoT Suite Components 167
Figure 79. Software Services of the Bosch IoT Suite 167
Figure 80. Bosch IoT Suite Connecting Five Million Devices And Machines 168
Figure 81. Bosch IoT Suite Services At A Glance 169
Figure 82. Bosch IoT Suite Device Connection Features 170
Figure 83. Bosch IoT Suite Device Connection Functions 171
Figure 84. Bosch IoT Global System Integrator Partnerships 171
Figure 85. Bosch IoT Technology Partners: 172
Figure 86. Bosch IoT Memberships 172
Figure 87. Bosch IoT Joint Research Ventures 173
Figure 88. Bosch Metrics for Optimization of Information from Machines and Devices 175
Figure 89. Bosch Guidelines for a One-Way Exchange of Information To Address Machine Messages And Measurements 176
Figure 90. Bosch IoT Project: Eclipse Unide Sensors Monitor Temperature, Vibration, Energy Consumption, and Wear 180
Figure 91. Bosch Building Automation Sensors 183
Figure 92. Infineon Business Segments 191
Figure 93. Qorvo Strategic Highlights 197
Figure 94. Rogue Valley Microdevices Foundry Core Competencies 199
Figure 95. Core Competencies the Rogue Valley Microdevices MEMS Foundry 201
Figure 96. Rogue Valley Microdevices Core Competencies 202
Figure 97. Rogue Valley Microdevices MEMs Foundry 204
Figure 98. Rogue Valley Microdevices MEMs Research and Development 204
Figure 99. SenseAir Carbon Dioxide Sensor 206
Figure 100. SenseAir Circuit Board 207
Figure 101. Softbank LPWA network usage examples 212
Figure 102. Softbank Low Cost and Low Power LPWA Networks Essential to IoT Services Explosive Growth Functions 213
Figure 103. Softbank LoRaWAN Customer System 214
Figure 104. Selected SoftBank's partners for the LoRaWAN™ Network Deployment: 214
Figure 105. Softbank Son Looks at New Cambrian Explosion 216
Figure 106. Softbank Brightstar Specialized Wireless Industry Wholesaler Functions 224
Figure 107. STMicroelectronics Strategic Focus 228
Figure 108. STMicroelectronics Trends Addressed 228
Figure 109. STMicroelectronics MEMS Sensors Portfolio 230
Figure 110. STMicroelectronics Growth 2017 232
Figure 111. STMicroelectronics Balanced Revenues by Customer Channels 233
Figure 112. STMicroelectronics Growth Drivers in 2017 234
Figure 113. STMicroelectronics Internet of Things (IoT) Offerings 235
Figure 114. STMicroelectronics Ultralow Power Application Processing 236
Figure 115. STMicroelectronics Applications 237
Figure 116. SMI SpinCVD™ R&D tool 240
Figure 117. Taiwan Semiconductor Customer Base 244
Figure 118. Taiwan Semiconductor Q3 2017 Revenue by Application 245
Figure 119. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing CoWoS® (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) Technology Benefits 250
Figure 120. Taiwan Semiconductor Keys to Maintaining High Production Quality And Utilization Rates 253
Figure 121. Taiwan Semiconductor Semiconductors Revenue by Technology 255
Figure 122. Taiwan Semiconductor Facility 256
Figure 123. Taiwan Semiconductor Key Advantages: 257
Figure 124. TDK InvenSense Sensor System on Chip 259
Figure 125. TDK InvenSense MEMs Motion Sensor 260
Figure 126. TDK InvenSense Single-Chip Platform Solution With Onboard Digital Motion Processor 261
Figure 127. TDK InvenSense MEMS-Based Motion Sensor Positioning 265
Figure 128. TDK InvenSense Audio Technology Core Components: 266
Figure 129. InvenSense CMOS-MEMS Fabrication Platform 267
Figure 130. Texas Instruments ALC MEMs Applications 269
Figure 131. Texas Instruments MEMs Automotive Solutions 270
Figure 132. Maxion Technologies Laser Product Segment Positioning 274
Figure 133. VectorNav Technologies VN-200 276
Figure 134. VectorNav Technologies Navigation Algorithms 277
Figure 135. VectorNav Technologies Inertial Sensors 278 

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