MEMS and Sensors are the key

enablers of Internet of Things

Michele Tronconi

Design Manager

Analog, MEMS & Sensors Group

STMicroelectronics

Sept. 26th, 2013

2 Agenda

MEMS & Sensors for the Humanization of Technology

MEMS & Sensors for Augmented Applications

Conclusion

ST driving the revolution

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MEMS & Sensors for the

Humanization of Technology

4 Sensing the World

• Humans interact with the environment through

their senses

• Sensors can enrich human interaction with the

surroundings

• Sensors create a more interactive and immersive

world

Humanization of

Technology

Hear

Taste

Smell

Touch

&Feel

See

5 Evolution of Human Interface Technology

Type

1940’s

2006

Move

2007

Touch

2013

Look

Think

20XX

2010

Gesture

2012

Talk/Listen

Click

1980’s

6 Google Phone Wearable Device Optical Image

Stabilization

ST LSM330D

3-axis

accelerometer +

3-axis

gyroscope

Source:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motoro

la+Moto+X+Teardown/16867/1

Microphone & Pressure

Sensor

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Humanization of Technology What is coming?

Wearable Technology

Contextual Awareness

Technology

Internet of Things Volume

Velocity Variety

Big Data

8 Wearable Technology

Intelligent

Connected

Aware

Always on

(and on you)

Intuitive

Open

Platform

Key Enablers:

0

30

60

90

120

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

MEMS market for wearable and fitness*

Sensors Microcontroller RF

*Source: IHS iSuppli

M$

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…and their environment Sensing the user…

Contextual Awareness

User

Infrastructure Tasks

Giving you information that’s relevant to what you’re doing

User

MEMS MEMS MEMS

Make the user interaction implicit – Build smart environments

Noise

Pressure

Light

…

Accel.

Compass

Gyro

…

Temp.

Humidity

Bio

…

10 Internet of Things

Smart

Security

Smart Power

Sensors

Wireless

Communication

Secured

Microcontrollers

Connected

Secure

Low power

Managed

Smart sensors in smart connected systems pave the road to “Trillion Sensors”

Healthcare

Home

or

Office

Fitness &

Wellness

Automotive

/Industrial

City

“Thing”

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MEMS & Sensors for

Augmented Applications

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Smart systems for a better world

Sense the world everywhere, all the time

Share data, analyze and make decisions

Act autonomously or assist action

Improve safety everywhere Improve health and wellness

Optimize energy distribution and consumption

Optimize use and allocation of resources

Make everyday environments smarter and greener

Improve the user experience

Reduce emissions and waste

h 13 The Smallest Smart System in the

World in 10 mm3

Sensors + Microcontroller + Low Power Radio

14 …many challenges to overcome

Multiple

communication

standards

Multiple sensors

and data collection

Processing

capability

everywhere

Reliable, long-

lifetime devices

Availability of

very low-power

technologies

Security Privacy

Data availability

and integrity

Cost effective

technology

Societal

challenges

Social responsibility Environmental

impact Safety

Technological

challenges

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Heterogeneous Integration

• Getters

• Polymers

• Shape Memory Alloy

• Piezoelectric (PZT)

• SiC & GaN

• Graphene

The Enabling Factors of Smart Systems

• Wafer Level Packaging

(Staked Multi Dice)

• New interconnections

(Bondless. Sintering, Cu on Cu)

• Smart System In Package (SiP)

• Moore’s Law: Miniaturization

• More than Moore: Functionalities

• 3D Structure : i.e. MEMS

• Through-Silicon Vias

• Orientation & Localization

Algorithms

• Embedded Predictive &

Reactive Capabilities

C

New Materials Silicon Technologies

Package IPs & Software

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Motion Hub: Six Axis and Nine Axis...and

Software

Motion Sensors

Accelerometer + Gyroscope

Accelerometer + Magnetic Accelerometer + Gyroscope

+ Magnetic

Sensors and Microcontroller

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Environmental Hub: 3x3 mm2 Barometer in

the Market 17

LPS331APTR

Smallest Size Barometer

In High Volume Production

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Acoustic Hub: MEMS Microphones

Everywhere

Listening the future…

19 Merging three HUBs

Environmental HUB Pressure

Temperature

Humidity

Pico-projector

Acoustic HUB Microphones

Loudspeakers

Motion HUB Accelerometer

Gyroscope

Compass

RF

Connectivity Microcontroller

20 Medicine & Tele-Health

Glaucoma Lens

(MEMS)

Insulin Nano pumps

(MEMS)

Sensors: pH, humidity, Oxygen, CO2,

Blood gas analysis, Continuous Glucose

Sensors, Chemical sensors

ECG

(Analog)

Respiratory equipment

Food monitoring

Toxicants detection

Bio-reactors, Agriculture

21 Smart(er) Environments

New “silicon-intensive” markets are opening

Smart Home Smart Car Smart Phone

Smart Farm Smart City

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ST driving the Sensor Revolution

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ST Leading the Global MEMS World with a Rainbow of Products

First MEMS company to reach $1,000M!

2005 – 2012 STMicroelectronics revenue estimation

ST Solution

Enabling the Internet of Things 24

Sensors

(MEMS)

Analog

(ASSP) MCU

Wireless

(RF)

Sensors

(MEMS)

Analog

(ASSP)

Wireless

(RF)

Sensors

Smart Sensors + On-Board Radio

Sensors & Radio in Smart System RF

Sport &

wellness Healthcare House/Building Logistics

Factory

automation

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Smart systems for a better world

Sense the world everywhere, all the time

Share data, analyze and make decisions

Act autonomously or assist action

Improve safety everywhere Improve health and wellness

Optimize energy distribution and consumption

Optimize use and allocation of resources

Make everyday environments smarter and greener

Improve the user experience

Reduce emissions and waste

26 Thank You