The sensor's market has continued to grow in recent years, and the growth rate exceeds 15%. In 2012, the four fields of China sensor applications were industrial and automotive electronics, communication electronic products, special equipment for consumer electronics. Let's take a look at what is the global TOP 10 sensor manufacturer.
First, Bosch (BOSCH)
Bosch, the world's largest MEMS sensor manufacturer. Bosch is one of Germany's largest industrial enterprises, engaged in automotive technology, industrial technology and consumer goods and building technology.
The production of sensors are mainly pressure, acceleration, gas sensors, gyroscopes, etc., mainly in two major industries in automotive electronics and consumer electronics.
Second, IV (ST)
STMicroe has the most powerful product lineup in the world. There are existing dedicated products with high intellectual property, and there are also innovative products in many fields, such as discrete devices, high-performance microcontrollers, safety smart card chips, microcomputer systems ( MEMS) Device.
The main sensors have pressure, acceleration sensors, MEMS RF devices, gyroscope, etc., application areas are automotive electronics, industrial control, medical electronics, consumer electronics, communications, computer and other industries.
Sensor development board recommended:
MMA865xFC Evaluation Board A high-performance 3-axis acceleration sensor with embedded characteristics in Freescale.
MAX7667 Evaluation Suite Evaluate the Simple Platform for MAXQ7667 Ultrasonic Rain Microcontroller (μC) and an ultrasonic sensor with a drive transformer.
The MMA9551L sensor development board combines a dedicated MEMS acceleration sensor, signal conditioning, data conversion, and a 32-bit programmable microcontroller xtrinsic intelligent motion sensing platform.
Third, Texas Instruments (TI)
Texas Instruments (English: Texas Instruments, Abbreviation: TI) is the world's largest simulation circuit technology component manufacturer, the world's leading semiconductor multinational company, and Texas Instruments have maintained the top ten of semiconductor sales. TI is the innovator of the world's first temperature sensor IC, providing a comprehensive and easy-to-use analog temperature sensor series, suitable for system temperature monitoring tasks such as protection, control, calibration.
The production of sensors mainly have temperature, humidity, optical, pressure, gas / chemical, ultrasonic, Hall and other sensors, mainly in automotive electronics, consumer electronics and other industries.
Fourth, Roma (Rohm)
Rom: The most types of sensor vendors worldwide. The sensor strategy is considered one of the four major strategies in the next 50 years. It is indeed that only Rom can rise to the company's strategy to the company - Roma is the industry to provide the most unplete sensor species, while Kionix is owned with LAPIS. The strongest product portfolio in the special area.
Hall sensor, mainly used in folded slide mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, high-end refrigerator washing machines and other switch detection. The light sensor mainly constitutes a photosensitive diode and an amplifier, and the application range is not only in the mobile phone, in the tablet, in the field of liquid crystal television, it can also be used.
At the same time, Rom also introduces the current research and development, including X-ray, UV, CIGS visible, infrared sensor, ion sensor, etc. Compared to traditional CMOS image sensors, the CMOS image sensor is very sensitive and available for night vision.
In addition, Rom is still developing a SPR surface plasma excitation resonance sensor, mainly for medical testing.
Five, Honeywell (Honeywell)
Honeywell is a company-in-law, self-control product development and production, in the world, its business involves: aviation products and services, buildings, home and industrial control technology, automotive products, turbochargers, and special materials.
The main sensors produced have pressure, temperature, humidity, infrared, ultrasonic, magnetoresistance, Hall, current sensor, etc., the application is mainly in aerospace / defense, transportation, medical, and industrial fields.
Sensor development board recommended:
MMA865xFC Evaluation Board A high-performance 3-axis acceleration sensor with embedded characteristics in Freescale.
MAX7667 Evaluation Suite Evaluate the Simple Platform for MAXQ7667 Ultrasonic Rain Microcontroller (μC) and an ultrasonic sensor with a drive transformer.
The MMA9551L sensor development board combines a dedicated MEMS acceleration sensor, signal conditioning, data conversion, and a 32-bit programmable microcontroller xtrinsic intelligent motion sensing platform.
Sixth, Freescale (Freescale)
Freescale Semiconductor is the world's leading semiconductor company, located in Austin City, Texas, USA. Focus on embedded processing solutions. Freescale is facing automotive, network, industrial and consumer electronics markets, providing technologies including microprocessors, microcontrollers, sensors, analog integrated circuits and connections. Some of Freescale's main applications and end markets include automotive safety, hybrid, and all-electric vehicles, next-generation wireless infrastructure, intelligent energy management, portable medical devices, consumer electrical appliances, and smart mobile devices.
The main sensors have acceleration, pressure sensors, and applications are in automotive electronics, consumer electronics, etc.
Seven, Adi
US simulation companies (English: Analog Devices, Adi) are a manufacturer of multinational semiconductor devices in the United States and one of the world's oldest semiconductor companies. As a leading industry for more than 40 years of high-performance simulation integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer, ADI's products are used in analog signals and digital signal processing.
The ADI sensor product combination focuses on sports, temperature and sound field. Each MEMS accelerometer, gyroscope, inertial measuring unit (IMU), microphone, and all analog or digital temperature sensors integrate industry-leading sensors and sensor signal conditioning techniques.
Eight, US MEAS Sensor Company
US MEAS Sensor companies have mastered the world's leading MEMS manufacturing technology, specializing in the production of various types of sensors. The company has the first to achieve silicon MEMS batch processing technology in the industry. The first uses LVDT, the first to convert Piezo Film technology into low-cost commercial sensors and life feature sensors.
Main sensor products: pressure and dynamic pressure sensors, displacement sensors, inclination and angular displacement sensors, Hall encoders, magnetoresistance sensors, acceleration sensors, vibration sensors, humidity sensors, temperature sensors, and the like. Products are widely used in aerospace, national defense military, mechanical equipment, industrial automatic control, automotive electronics, medical, household appliances, HVAC, petrochemical, air compressors, meteorological testing, instrumentation and other fields.
Sensor development board recommended:
MMA865xFC Evaluation Board A high-performance 3-axis acceleration sensor with embedded characteristics in Freescale.
MAX7667 Evaluation Suite Evaluate the Simple Platform for MAXQ7667 Ultrasonic Rain Microcontroller (μC) and an ultrasonic sensor with a drive transformer.
The MMA9551L sensor development board combines a dedicated MEMS acceleration sensor, signal conditioning, data conversion, and a 32-bit programmable microcontroller xtrinsic intelligent motion sensing platform.
Nine, Germany Sick smart sensor
SICK Intelligent Sensor Products Cover Automation Applications:
Factory automation products: including factory automation, industrial safety systems, and automation recognition products. Providing manufacturing process control and quality assurance for the automation system, is the most important task assumed by various non-contact sensors, encoders, and channel measurement systems.
Logistics Automation: System solutions for production, warehousing, distribution logistics. These include, an advanced embodiment for automating the identification of conventional barcodes and two-dimensional barcodes, providing a radio frequency recognition system for item recognition capabilities in a logistics system, and an adjustable laser measurement system for height, shape, volume measurement, and the like.
Process Automation Products: Sick provides a variety of sensing devices and complete system solutions for gas analysis, dust measurement, flow measurement, liquid analysis, liquid level measurement and other fields.
Products are widely used in all walks of life, including packaging, food, drinks, machine tools, automobiles, logistics, transportation, airports, steel, electronics, textiles.
Ten, Omron
Omron Co., Ltd. is a world-renowned automation control and electronic equipment manufacturer, which has mastered the world's leading sense and control core technology.
The Omron sensor is used as a sensor of the conversion element as a photoelectric device. It can be used to detect non-electricity, such as light intensity, light weight, radiation temperature, gas component analysis, etc., can also be used to detect other non-electric volumes, such as part diameter, surface roughness, and strain , Displacement, vibration, speed, acceleration, and identification of the shape of the object, etc.
Sensor development board recommended:
MMA865xFC Evaluation Board A high-performance 3-axis acceleration sensor with embedded characteristics in Freescale.
MAX7667 Evaluation Suite Evaluate the Simple Platform for MAXQ7667 Ultrasonic Rain Microcontroller (μC) and an ultrasonic sensor with a drive transformer.
The MMA9551L sensor development board combines a dedicated MEMS acceleration sensor, signal conditioning, data conversion, and a 32-bit programmable microcontroller xtrinsic intelligent motion sensing platform.
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