MEMS history

Onetti joined STMicroelectronics’ R&D Lab in Castelletto, Italy, in 1990, as a designer of mixed-signal audio IC’s and moved into Product Management five years later, in charge of Marketing for Consumer Audio.

The Analog Devices Corporation elaborated this idea, producing an “accelerometer” for airbag systems in 1991, where the mechanical and electronic portions were integrated on the same chip.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.

Created in 1998, the market research & strategy consulting company has grown to become a group of companies providing marketing, technology and strategy consulting, media in addition to corporate finance services.

Since its foundation in 2005, Bosch Sensortec has emerged as the MEMS technology leader in the markets it addresses.

In 2011, ST created the Audio and Sound Business Unit, targeting the whole audio chain, from detectors (MEMS microphones) to transducers (MEMS speakers), under Onetti’s charge.

In 2015, Doctor Finkbeiner was awarded with the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group.