Nov. 28, 2006 — InvenSense, a Santa Clara, Calif., provider of integrated motion sensing solutions for mobile applications, announced that its family of integrated dual-axis gyroscopes (IDGs) is currently being manufactured in high volume and is being shipped to a number of Japanese, Taiwanese, and American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company said its gyroscopes have been designed into a number of high-volume consumer applications, ranging from digital still cameras (DSCs) to 3-D remote controllers.

InvenSense says its technology and products are part of a roadmap that will ultimately result in a single-chip inertial measurement unit (IMU) during 2007 that will enable next generation, feature-rich, consumer electronics with advanced motion sensing capabilities. By achieving sub-one dollar per axis for the IMU, InvenSense will provide a compelling and appealing price point for many consumer products making it an integral element within a host of new motion sensing applications.

InvenSense says it is leveraging its proprietary MEMS design and fabrication technology, protected by more than 12 patents, to produce a whole new generation of MEMS-based products utilizing cost effective wafer-scale integration and packaging. These advances have resulted in lower production costs to achieve a very low-cost single chip solution comprised of two gyroscopes (X-axis and Y-axis) with integrated electronics.

The company has transferred its technology to a high volume MEMS foundry and says it can produce thousands of gyroscope sensors on a single 6-inch wafer with integrated compensating electronics capable of addressing mass market consumer demands. InvenSense’s gyroscopes are manufactured using a bulk silicon micromachining process, which offers several key advantages in sensitivity and performance while ensuring consistent, reliable and higher yielding devices. This methodology eliminates the need for custom processes, meaning many commercially available foundries can manufacture the devices easily and inexpensively.