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Automotive safety applications were the cradle of the MEMS market over many years. Their persistent improvement in cost and size launched the wide application of MEMS in consumer applications as well, starting from year 2009, outpassing in numbers the automotive MEMS volume within only 3 years. The consumer MEMS annual growth rate today is 18 %. Following a steep learning-curve, their form factor was reduced by more than 10-times within 5 years. Concurrently, cost, embodied materials and energy consumption of MEMS devices came down to an extent that basic integrated units contain now a multitude of sensors, with 9 degrees-of-freedom, by 2013. Virtually unlimited new applications which are strong in sensors emerge, enabling the Internet-of-Everything.
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Marek, J., Hoefflinger, B., Gomez, UM. (2016). MEMS—Micro-Electromechanical Sensors for the Internet of Everything. In: Höfflinger, B. (eds) CHIPS 2020 VOL. 2. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22093-2_15
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