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Medical Devices Optoelectronic Sensors in Medical Applications

Electronic components have been incorporated into medical equipment designs for years. Until recently, medical electronics has been focused primarily on the institutional side of the medical market, in expensive diagnostic equipment, such as MRI and CAT scanning machinery for use in hospitals and clinics. An aging and expanding population is accelerating the development of new and different medical equipment. Professionals in health-care settings want real-time, reliable, and accurate diagnostic results provided by devices that can go to the patient, whether he or she is in a hospital or clinic or at home, being monitored remotely. The equipment should be appropriate for both home care and ambulatory treatment; it must be patient friendly, both technically and physically; and it must be small, light, and energy efficient. read more...

Automotive industry driving optoelectronics

Car ownership is increasing in emerging markets as cars become more technologically advanced in others. Infrared components and LEDs are playing an increasingly prominent role in this sector. Infrared components, such as light sensors, can be used to detect ambient light to determine when everyone ought to switch on or off headlamps. These types of sensors can also be used to determine whether rain is on the windshield or whether to turn on or off the windscreen wipers. There are also new emerging applications for these kind of infrared components as well. Such as gestured control for the infotainment console in the center of the car. And also there's another application such as night vision to determine whether there's objects or sharp bends in the road. read more...

Optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes growth accelerates

Following two lethargic years of low growth and some setbacks, worldwide sales of optoelectronics, sensors, actuators, and discrete semiconductors regained strength in 2014 and collectively increased 9 percent to reach an all-time high of $63.8 billion after rising just 1 percent in 2012 and 2013, according to IC Insights’ new 2015 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes.  Modest gains in the global economy, steady increases in electronic systems production, and higher unit demand in 2014 drove a strong recovery in discretes along with substantial improvements in sensors/actuators and greater growth in optoelectronics, says the new 360-page annual report, which becomes available in March 2015. read more...