IC INDUSTRY AWARDS WINNER 2008
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Award: MEMS Foundry of the Year
Company: Silex Innovations Inc
Website:
www.silexmicrosystems.com
Silex Microsystems
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ilex manufactures Micro Customer partnership send and transmit information, and fuel
Electro Mechanical Systems Silex’ strategy is to develop strong and cells in which the MEMS chip generates
(MEMS) - each one tailored enduring customer relations and provide its own power supply.
for specific customers and applications. high level of service. Our customers’
We are a leading dedicated MEMS success is our success. And customers Today, Silex manufactures many 70
foundry that brings MEMS technology from around the world already trust us unique MEMS products – each one
and capacity to device makers and other with their manufacturing needs. tailored for specific customers and
high-tech industries all over the world. applications. The company’s largest
Our customers are found in the medical, Silex has today a solid customer base products, in terms of volume and value,
biotech, telecommunications and with more than 70 customers, which is are applications for handheld devices and
consumer electronics industries. We also considered large for the industry. Today, lab-on-chips. Several of the MEMS
produce MEMS for the automotive and Silex manufactures MEMS products in products that Silex manufactures contain
other manufacturing industries. volumes for ten of these customers. This microsensors, which are used for example
broad customer base gives Silex the to measure pressure in the coronary
Mastering process and potential for a major increase in volume artery. With a cross sectional area of less
production technology production. than 0.1mm, they are among the world’s
Silex strives to be one of the most smallest. Silex also produces
advanced and efficient foundries in the Products microneedles that are used to inject
MEMS industry working together with There are three main categories of medicines and to measure biological
customers to give them the benefits and MEMS: signals, which can be used to diagnose
advantages offered by MEMS technology. ● Sensors malignant melanoma. Silex manufactures
We have extensive knowledge of ● Actuators optical switches for the
MEMS processing and production ● Three-dimensional structures telecommunications industry, where a tiny
technology. And this knowledge is the key chip can accommodate movable
to our ability to serve customers and Sensor based MEMS sense pressure, micromirror arrays that transmit signals
contribute to making their products speed, direction, position, temperature in a fiber optic network. For other
successful. and light, among other things, and are industries Silex also manufactures, gas
used in the automotive, life science and sensors, micromirrors for lithographic
There are considerable economies of scale consumer electronics industries. MEMS equipment and micromotors for complex
in MEMS production. The marginal cost microphones also belong to this group, instruments.
of producing one more MEMS chip in an which are becoming more and more
existing factory is low. common in mobile phones. Actuators, for
example optical switches, RF switches
We produce MEMS chips for large and micro robots, work through
volume customers and developing movement. Typical applications for pure
customers having the potential to become MEMS structures are microneedles and
volume customers. This has enabled us to lab-on-chip products. Examples of
add manufacturing capacity based on relatively new and interesting areas of
customer needs and successes. development are RF MEMS, which can
IC Industry Award Winners 2008
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