用硅集成电路工艺制成、可以与微处理机集成在同一芯片上为硅微电子敏感元件-传感器,正在许多实验室进行研制,即将使微处理机在许多用户中得到应用。其应用包括汽车、摄影机、洗衣机、小型化生物医学仪表、冰箱、熔炉、防污染设备、空气调节器、电子气压表、气象站等。目前,因为没有价格低廉的用硅集成电路制成的可靠的传感器来测量压力、温度、湿度、力、加速度和气流,而使微处理机很难打入这些市场。 Made of silicon integrated circuit technology, which can be integrated with a microprocessor on the same chip as a silicon microelectronic sensor - is being developed in many laboratories and will soon make microprocessors available to many users. Applications include cars, video cameras, washing machines, miniature biomedical meters, refrigerators, furnaces, pollution control equipment, air conditioners, electronic barometers, weather stations and more. Microprocessors are hardly accessible to these markets today because there are no reliable sensors made of silicon integrated circuits that measure pressure, temperature, humidity, force, acceleration and airflow.