意法半导体将大幅提升MEMS产能

日前，意法半导体公司（STMicroelectronics）宣布，将大幅度提高其MEMS（微电子机械系统）产能。根据市场方面持续且强劲的需求，预计到2011年底，传感器产能将突破300万/天。

“我们预见到了MEMS在医疗保健，工业和汽车市场需求的增长，所以正在加强我们的生产设备。ST已经作好准备，把微电子机械传感器溶入到生活中的每个角落，” ST的集团副总裁兼传感器和高性能模拟产品部总经理Benedetto Vigna说，在一份声明中表示。

意法半导体称，它是世界上第一家制造基于8英寸晶圆工艺MEMS器件主要制造商。在2006年，还扩充了其MEMS制造设备，包括位于意大利的Agrate和Catania工厂(生产传感器)，位于法国的Rousset和Crolles工厂（生产逻辑芯片），以及位于菲利宾的Kirkop，Malta和Calamba工厂（组装和测试）。

ST Micro ramps up MEMS production

MANHASSET, NY -- STMicroelectronics reports it is significantly increasing its MEMS production capacity to more than 3 million sensors a day, by the end of 2011 to sustain exploding demand.

"We are beefing up our manufacturing machine to anticipate and encourage the adoption of MEMS into such high-growth markets as healthcare, industrial and automotive. ST is well-positioned to make micro-machined sensors ubiquitous in all domains of life," said Benedetto Vigna, group vice president and general manager of ST’s MEMS, Sensors and High Performance Analog Division, in a statement.

ST claims it was the first major manufacturer in the world to start producing MEMS devices on 8-inch silicon wafers, in 2006, and has expanded its MEMS manufacturing facilities since then to include Agrate and Catania, Italy (sensor fabrication), Rousset and Crolles, France (logic die production), and Kirkop, Malta and Calamba, Philippines (assembly and testing).