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This document covers the entire team project for the course: Eship in Action 1: Finding an Unmet Need . This course is part of the Bachelor: Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, at Tilburg University. It includes: Team project Portfolio report Deep Dive Infographic Individual project ...

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MEMS Project

The Solution to MEMS Interferences: the Measurement Chip




Yannick Lankhorst (2052754) & Timo Verkade (2043899)

Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, Tilburg University

300324-B-6: Eship in Action

12/20/2020




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, Table of contents




Description of the project 3


Identifying trends, unmet customer needs and problems 5


Validating assumptions on the customers and their problems 7


Outcomes of the validation experiments 8


Identifying current solutions 10


Our solution 12


Carrying out a solution feasibility analysis 13


Final review: the trend, customer, problem and solution analysis 15


Reflections on the process and outcomes 17


Appendices 18


References 20




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, MEMS Project

Description of the project




We (Yannick & Timo, group 86) got assigned to the following challenge:

“Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and handheld electronic

devices (e.g. smartphones) know their orientation in three-dimensional space. They are

commonplace in just about every bit of technology we rely on every day.

Microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) measure changes in the forces acting on two

identical masses that are oscillating and moving in opposite directions. These sensors are

commonplace, but not without technical limitations. Magnetic fields may distort the sensors’

accuracy. The severity of such limitations may motivate the development of alternative

solutions. However, that solution should match (or beat) the other qualities of current

gyroscopes to be commercially viable.”



This means that magnetic interferences may distort the outcomes of MEMS chips.

MEMS chips (micro-electro-mechanical systems) can be found in a large variety of systems,

ranging across electronical, automotive, medical, communicational, semiconductors, defense,

aerospace, and way more. MEMS were developed out of necessity for smaller chips.

(TechTarget Contributors, 2019). Everything needs to be as small as possible since the end

products (in most cases) need to be as small as possible as well. Think of a smartphone,

where there is less space to fit a chip than there is in a car. This also reduces costs and, of

course, reduces the costs of electricity/energy. MEMS are made from components/parts

ranging from 1 to 100 micrometers in size (for reference, this is 0.001 to 0.1 mm). The

MEMS devices are typically 20 micrometres to a millimetre in size. (Wikipedia contributors,




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, 2020)

Interpretation of the challenge:

The challenge is about Gyroscope and MEMS. These products have limitations. MEMS

experience interference from the outside, and as a result; they are not 100% accurate. The

challenge is to find a new solution for this limitation. There are probably a lot of solutions

already, but apparently none of them are adequate.


MEMS chips can be found in a wide variety of products (picture 1), such as:

Automotive industry​, the MEMS chips/Gyroscopes in cars are for instance used in airbags.

The chips make sure that the airbag activates when you hit an object. The chips measure

acceleration or deceleration, and when the deceleration force hits a certain value the airbags

deploys. (Bosch, z.d.)

Medical industry​, MEMS chips are used in hearing devices. MEMS made it possible to

make a small sized, sound-wise good quality and affordable hearing aid. ​(Goyal, 2017)

Aerospace​, in aviation MEMS chips are used in devices to actively reduce drag, inertial

navigation and in health monitoring systems. Health monitoring is done for the passengers

safety. (“MEMS for Automotive and Aerospace Applications | ScienceDirect”, 2013)


MEMS chips have a lot more applications, you can find a MEMS chip in close to all

everyday technological products.




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