Countries represented by the United States, Japan and Germany are relatively earlier and more determined in sensor layout.

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In the 1980s, the United States claimed that the world has entered the era of sensors, and the United States set up a national technical group (BGT) in the early 1980s to help the government organize and lead the sensor technology development work of major companies and national enterprises and institutions. In 2000, the U.S. Air Force listed 15 key technologies that will help improve the capabilities of the 21st century Air Force, and sensor technology ranked second.

Germany takes the advantage of an industrial power and starts from the cost of raw materials to maintain its product advantage.

As early as the last century, Japan listed sensor technology as the first of the ten technologies, and its semiconductor materials are pivotal in the world, and Japanese companies supply more than half of the world’s semiconductor raw materials.

It can be seen that the United States, Japan and Germany attach great 6189-RDT10C 
importance to the most important materials and processes of sensors, and also point out that in the field of sensors, materials and processes are the general direction of development.

The Internet of Things is an opportunity, not a shortcut

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It is undeniable that sensors are an important part of the perception layer of the Internet of Things, bearing the heavy responsibility of data acquisition and transmission, and are the basis and premise of the realization of the Internet of Things. No matter how big the market of iot sensors is and what the growth rate is, the sensor companies that can eat this cake will certainly meet the needs of iot.

IoT has indeed brought a new round of market applications to sensor companies, which is also the author’s opinion that IoT has brought benefits to sensor companies, from the market dimension, companies can tap more markets, from the risk of resistance, the company’s track is wider.

In the large number of sensor chips required for the Internet of Things, the chip must have the characteristics of low power consumption and low price. It is understood that the existing materials and packaging technology in China, these properties can be perfectly presented on 45nm chips. China has a mature industrial layout on the 45nm process and 8-inch wafers, and with the development of the Internet of Things, these capacities will be released to the greatest extent.

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temporarily backward development state, and the mature sensor process can also help these sensor companies to continue to operate and develop.

From the current MEMS sensor point of view, the domestic MEMS microphone sensor can be said to be in the forefront of the world, which is a good sign. This shows that in the field of iot sensors, the gap between the research and development of new materials and process iteration is not so large at home and abroad, and it is not insurmountable.

For the domestic sensor industry that has been crippled for decades, overtaking on corners has always been a false proposition. But if you change your mind and put everyone on another track, the gap is not so big.