Title :
Watch microelectronics: Pioneer in portable consumer electronics
Author :
Darwish, Mahmoud ; Degrauwe, Marc ; Gyger, Thomas E. ; Meusburger, Gunther ; Robert, Jean Claude
Author_Institution :
EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
Abstract :
Mougahed Darwish, Marc Degrauwe, Thomas E. Gyger, Gunther Meusburger and Jean Claude Robert - a group of Swiss engineers at ETA and EM Microelectronic, the semiconductor manufacturer of the Swatch Group - describe the consraints of the watch-making industry that have shaped watch microelectronics, and relate how the pioneering skills and solutions of quartz watch-making have diffused into other portable consumer electronics applications.
Keywords :
Assembly; Companies; Industries; Microcontrollers; Microelectronics; Radiofrequency identification; Watches; Electronic watches; integrated circuits; low power; low voltage; microcontroller; watch making;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/N-SSC.2008.4785779
