Freescale Acceleration Sensor Shipments Surpass 300 Million

  
    
  
  
    
      Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B), a leading supplier of 
      micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) based sensor devices, has shipped 
      more than 300 million accelerometers – a major 
      milestone in the company’s long history of 
      sensor innovation.
    
    
      Freescale began its foray into acceleration sensors in the late 1980s 
      when it began developing one of the first surface-micromachined, 
      single-axis accelerometer for the automotive airbag market. Freescale 
      now ships 2- and 3-axis devices with g-select features designed to 
      enable developers to choose the level of acceleration sensitivity for 
      their application requirements.
    
    
      “Freescale’s 
      acceleration sensors are in high demand for embedded systems requiring 
      measurement of g forces, which can damage sensitive electronics 
      components,” said Demetre Kondylis, director 
      and general manager of Freescale’s Sensor & 
      Actuator Solutions Division. “With our recent 
      development of g-select accelerometers, designers have more flexibility 
      to explore new applications for sensors. Key applications range from 
      handheld consumer appliances and industrial and healthcare monitoring 
      systems to computer peripherals."
    
    
      Freescale’s acceleration sensor portfolio 
      ranges from 1.5 g to 250 g accelerometers, with g-select devices 
      offering 1.5 g to 10 g selectivity, allowing multiple functions to be 
      used in the same device. The latest XZ, XY and XYZ low-g accelerometers 
      are among the first single-package, dual- and triple-axis accelerometers 
      with selectable sensitivity. Additional features, such as sleep mode, 
      low operating current, fast power-up response time and small quad flat 
      no-lead (QFN) packaging make it easy and cost-effective to design 
      Freescale accelerometers into embedded systems.
    
    
      “We’re entering a 
      very exciting period of growth as MEMS sensors are being integrated into 
      an increasingly diverse array of applications within the consumer market,” 
      said Marlene Bourne, principal analyst at Bourne Research. “Sales 
      of MEMS sensors for use in consumer electronics are forecast to exceed 
      $750 million in 2010 as more manufacturers embrace the improved 
      functionality and performance that MEMS sensors offer.”
    
    
      Freescale’s broad portfolio of acceleration 
      sensor products enables embedded developers to address a diverse range 
      of existing and emerging applications that require accurate detection of 
      small changes in force. Application examples include:
    
    
      
        Shock detection for shipping and handling applications
      
      
        High shock detection for new multiple-airbag solutions
      
      
        Free-fall detection to help protect data stored in laptops, cell 
        phones, MP3 players and other handheld devices
      
      
        Vibration detection for motor stability
      
      
        Jiggle control for video recording
      
      
        Physiological motion detection applications, such as pedometers
      
      
        Seismic monitoring
      
      
        Motion detection for event recorders and “black 
        box” applications
      
      
        Automotive rollover detection
      
    
    
      In late September, Sensors, a publication dedicated to sensor-related 
      technologies, announced that Freescale’s 
      inertial sensor applications team won the magazine’s 
      inaugural “Engineer of the Year” 
      award. Sensors magazine editors awarded the Freescale engineering team 
      for its development of a reliable accelerometer-based system that can 
      detect free-fall of portable electronics products, including computers, 
      PDAs, cell phones and digital music players.
    
    
      “When we heard about this application of 
      sensor technology, we were so inspired that we set about to find the 
      people who developed it,” said Barbara G. 
      Goode, editor in chief of Sensors magazine. “Free-fall 
      detection is a perfect application for sensor technology – 
      and something the electronics industry sorely needed. Previous methods 
      have had limited success, but using multiple accelerometers and a 
      processor, this inertial sensor applications team has enabled reliable 
      and efficient fall detection even in the presence of other motion.”
    
    
      For more information about Freescale accelerometers and other sensor 
      products, visit www.freescale.com/sensors.
    
    
      About Freescale Semiconductor 
    
    
      Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader 
      in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the 
      automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. 
      Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is 
      based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, 
      manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, 
      a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the 
      world’s largest semiconductor companies with 
      2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).
    
    
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Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B), a leading
supplier of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) based sensor
devices, has shipped more than 300 million accelerometers - a major
milestone in the company's long history of sensor innovation.

   Freescale began its foray into acceleration sensors in the late
1980s when it began developing one of the first surface-micromachined,
single-axis accelerometer for the automotive airbag market. Freescale
now ships 2- and 3-axis devices with g-select features designed to
enable developers to choose the level of acceleration sensitivity for
their application requirements.

   "Freescale's acceleration sensors are in high demand for embedded
systems requiring measurement of g forces, which can damage sensitive
electronics components," said Demetre Kondylis, director and general
manager of Freescale's Sensor & Actuator Solutions Division. "With our
recent development of g-select accelerometers, designers have more
flexibility to explore new applications for sensors. Key applications
range from handheld consumer appliances and industrial and healthcare
monitoring systems to computer peripherals."

   Freescale's acceleration sensor portfolio ranges from 1.5 g to 250
g accelerometers, with g-select devices offering 1.5 g to 10 g
selectivity, allowing multiple functions to be used in the same
device. The latest XZ, XY and XYZ low-g accelerometers are among the
first single-package, dual- and triple-axis accelerometers with
selectable sensitivity. Additional features, such as sleep mode, low
operating current, fast power-up response time and small quad flat
no-lead (QFN) packaging make it easy and cost-effective to design
Freescale accelerometers into embedded systems.

   "We're entering a very exciting period of growth as MEMS sensors
are being integrated into an increasingly diverse array of
applications within the consumer market," said Marlene Bourne,
principal analyst at Bourne Research. "Sales of MEMS sensors for use
in consumer electronics are forecast to exceed $750 million in 2010 as
more manufacturers embrace the improved functionality and performance
that MEMS sensors offer."

   Freescale's broad portfolio of acceleration sensor products
enables embedded developers to address a diverse range of existing and
emerging applications that require accurate detection of small changes
in force. Application examples include:

   --  Shock detection for shipping and handling applications

   --  High shock detection for new multiple-airbag solutions

   --  Free-fall detection to help protect data stored in laptops,
        cell phones, MP3 players and other handheld devices

   --  Vibration detection for motor stability

   --  Jiggle control for video recording

   --  Physiological motion detection applications, such as
        pedometers

   --  Seismic monitoring

   --  Motion detection for event recorders and "black box"
        applications

   --  Automotive rollover detection

   In late September, Sensors, a publication dedicated to
sensor-related technologies, announced that Freescale's inertial
sensor applications team won the magazine's inaugural "Engineer of the
Year" award. Sensors magazine editors awarded the Freescale
engineering team for its development of a reliable accelerometer-based
system that can detect free-fall of portable electronics products,
including computers, PDAs, cell phones and digital music players.

   "When we heard about this application of sensor technology, we
were so inspired that we set about to find the people who developed
it," said Barbara G. Goode, editor in chief of Sensors magazine.
"Free-fall detection is a perfect application for sensor technology -
and something the electronics industry sorely needed. Previous methods
have had limited success, but using multiple accelerometers and a
processor, this inertial sensor applications team has enabled reliable
and efficient fall detection even in the presence of other motion."

   For more information about Freescale accelerometers and other
sensor products, visit www.freescale.com/sensors.

   About Freescale Semiconductor

   Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company
is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development,
manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest
semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).

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