日前，意法半導(dǎo)體公司（STMicroelectronics）宣布，將大幅度提高其MEMS（微電子機(jī)械系統(tǒng)）產(chǎn)能。根據(jù)市場(chǎng)方面持續(xù)且強(qiáng)勁的需求，預(yù)計(jì)到2011年底，傳感器產(chǎn)能將突破300萬(wàn)/天。

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“我們預(yù)見(jiàn)到了MEMS在醫(yī)療保健，工業(yè)和汽車(chē)市場(chǎng)需求的增長(zhǎng)，所以正在加強(qiáng)我們的生產(chǎn)設(shè)備。ST已經(jīng)作好準(zhǔn)備，把微電子機(jī)械傳感器溶入到生活中的每個(gè)角落，” ST的集團(tuán)副總裁兼?zhèn)鞲衅骱透咝阅?a href="http://www.3532n.com/analog/" target="_blank">模擬產(chǎn)品部總經(jīng)理Benedetto Vigna說(shuō)，在一份聲明中表示。

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意法半導(dǎo)體稱(chēng)，它是世界上第一家制造基于8英寸晶圓工藝MEMS器件主要制造商。在2006年，還擴(kuò)充了其MEMS制造設(shè)備，包括位于意大利的Agrate和Catania工廠(生產(chǎn)傳感器)，位于法國(guó)的Rousset和Crolles工廠（生產(chǎn)邏輯芯片），以及位于菲利賓的Kirkop，Malta和Calamba工廠（組裝和測(cè)試）。

ST Micro ramps up MEMS production

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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.

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"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.

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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).