Vol. 86, Issue 12, December 2007, pp.1778-1784

Prospects for MEMS in the Automotive Industry

¹Richard Dixon and ²Jérémie Bouchaud

WTC Wicht Technologie Consulting,

Munich, Germany

¹Tel. +49 89 207 026 070, ² +49 89 207 026 020

E-mail: richard.dixon@wtc-consult.de, jeremie.bouchaud@wtc-consult.de

Received: 16 October 2007   /Accepted: 20 December 2007   /Published: 26 December 2007

Abstract: An automotive sector as a growth market for MEMS sensors is analyzed in the article. The automotive sector accounted for $1.6 billion, making this the second biggest opportunity after IT peripherals and inkjet print heads. By 2011 the market will top $2.2 billion, a CAGR of around 7%. The main applications in revenues terms are, in order, pressure sensors, gyroscopes, accelerometers and flow sensors and this will remain so for the foreseeable future. Automotive companies are forced to innovate as a result of competition and price pressures.

Keywords: MEMS sensors, Automotive industry, MEMS, Pressure sensors, Gyroscopes, Accelerometers, Flow sensors

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