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Chapter 129 The Mother of MEMS Tweezers
On February 1990, 2, the MEMS Conference entered its third day.

Unlike the first two days, which are only open to commercial users, anyone who is interested in MEMS technology can register for admission.

Therefore, the exhibition suddenly became crowded and full of voices.In front of each booth, there is a crowd of curiosity hunters.

It's not good to just talk about curiosity, after all, the visitors have a relatively high level of knowledge, and they have some understanding of semiconductors and mechanical processing.Among them, the largest number are students, technical backbones of enterprises, etc.

Due to days of news reports, the number of individual visitors greatly exceeded the organizers' expectations.Many visitors, even from neighboring Nordic countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Under the continuous publicity of the media, the MEMS Technology Conference finally went out of the circle and turned into a large-scale technology carnival.

The arrival of these foreign tourists brought Travemünde in February back to the bustling scene that only existed during the peak tourist season.The restaurants and hotels near the venue were all full.

Songhuajiang Semiconductor booth.

"Your face!"

Zhao Liangcai was immersed in his work, when he looked up, he saw Chen Quan who had just walked back, with traces of lipstick still remaining on his face.

"and also?"

Chen Quan used his sleeves vigorously, and scratched his face from left to right. "Is there any more?"

"Have!"

Wei Chunyu walked over and wiped away the fish that slipped under Chen Quan's cheek. "It's not easy to be the father of tweezers."

"Yes. I didn't expect that the women here are so enthusiastic!"

Chen Quan patted his chest with some fear. "I'll just stay in the booth and don't go out."

Due to continuous publicity reports, Chen Quan still has a high reputation in the eyes of individual visitors who are attracted by news reports.

As long as he goes out and walks around, he will be recognized quickly.After all, he is so young and has a Chinese face.

After being recognized, it is trivial to take a group photo. The Nordic girl with a bold temperament often stamps his face as a souvenir.

Maybe it's because of his young age, maybe it's because of the shyness of oriental people, Chen Quan is not so attractive to the brave Nordic girls.

The 16-year-old father of MEMS tweezers, just think about it, it is very touching.

"How is it? The father of our MEMS tweezers, Mr.? The mother of tweezers, is there any information?"

Seeing Chen Quan's embarrassment, other people who were relaxed also joined in the ridicule.

"Do you want us to ask for two days off at Qu Yanqiu's place for you? You stay here alone and look for it again? I didn't expect that after only a few days, you would become a father."

"Well, cough cough."

Amidst Qu Feng's coughing, a group of people held back their laughter and put their energy back into their work.

In addition to a large number of individual tourists, some European local companies, who were belatedly informed through TV or newspapers, came to inquire about the reality after learning the news that MEMS sensors will be available in large quantities.

The booth of Songhuajiang Semiconductor is also their key target for visits.

In the small booth, several sets of tables and chairs were placed, and several sets of people were working in parallel.

In addition to customers in the automotive industry, aviation, aerospace, and even military companies have appeared.Everyone's workload has reached a new high.

All glory cannot last forever.After several days of hustle and bustle, the MEMS exhibition has finally come to an end.

On February 2th, the fourth day of the exhibition, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the flow of people in the exhibition hall became thinner.With the early withdrawal of some companies, the exhibition hall presents a sense of déjà vu after the great defeat.Shredded paper, rubbish everywhere.

Taking this opportunity, Qu Feng called everyone together to make a staged summary.

Four days of hard work has finally come to a successful conclusion.

For Songhuajiang Semiconductor, the biggest achievement of this exhibition is that the enthusiasm brought by MEMS tweezers was successfully transformed into the company's reputation through a simple ceremony of Chen Quan's joining.

At least let people in the industry know that there is such a No. [-] company in the world.

Although the company is located in mainland China, where the semiconductor industry is backward, the joining of Chen Quan has given the market more or less a glimmer of expectation.In the future, everyone will rely on products and speak with real swords and guns.

The second biggest achievement is to collect a large number of potential customers and information on semiconductor equipment manufacturers, and to leave contact information with each other.

In addition to these two major gains, Songhuajiang Semiconductor has also learned something from its competitors.

"Old Zhao, in ADI's solution, do you want to study the idea of ​​integrating the drive circuit and the sensor?" Qu Feng asked.

In the experiment of MEMS sensor, the relevant drive circuits are all external.

But in practical application, this method brings great inconvenience to end customers, and customers need to modify the circuit and product design.Additional supporting circuits also reduce the advantages of MEMS sensors in terms of volume.

In response to this problem, ADI proposed an integrated solution.The relevant peripheral circuits are directly integrated into the MEMS sensor chip.The customer's circuit can directly read the acceleration value without additional conversion.Plug and play.

In this solution, in addition to greatly reducing the volume and cost of the comprehensive solution, the cost of customer migration is also greatly reduced.

"Okay. Let me figure it out."

Zhao Liangcai nodded in agreement.ICization of drive circuits is his job. "But Sun Gong also needs to get involved. I'm sure about IC design. After all, the circuit is not complicated, but I haven't figured out how to make IC and MEMS production at the same time."

There is a huge difference in the processing technology of IC and MEMS.It is not so difficult to process two sets of things at the same time, and one set of equipment is compatible with two sets of processes at the same time.

"Is it possible to adopt the mode that IC and MEMS are produced separately and finally packaged together? We only need to consider the issue of packaging?"

During this period of time, Sun Chunsheng has been thinking about the same problem.

Due to the three-dimensional structure of MEMS, there are special requirements in terms of size and vacuum dustproof treatment. Compared with ordinary ICs, there is also a big difference in packaging.

"Okay, these are things you have to consider."

Qu Feng opened another notebook.

"I have also received some orders for custom sensors. Some car manufacturers asked if we could provide an integrated solution for tire pressure sensors. The traditional sensor solution is too large and the cost is relatively high. The other party can provide a quotation of up to 10 US dollars. "

In addition to vehicle acceleration sensors, other sensor markets that are sensitive to size have gradually emerged by themselves.

"Now let's talk about the next itinerary. First, we will take a day off in Lübeck. During this time, everyone is exhausted."

"Yeah. It's time to relax."

Everyone agreed in unison.

In the first two days after arriving in West Germany, due to jet lag, everyone basically ate and slept.After that, there are papers on true and false tweezers, and the exhibition.

"After the break, we will go to the Hamburg consulate to apply for a Dutch visa. Then we will visit equipment manufacturers in Munich, Frankfurt and other cities. We will walk around from south to north. Manufacturers include."

Qu Feng explained the general itinerary. "Finally go back to Hamburg to get our Dutch visa. Wildhofen has a newly established lithography machine manufacturer ASML and invited us to go there."

Before the establishment of the Schengen area, visas for all countries had to be applied for separately.

(End of this chapter)