| Nowadays, electronic medical market is on the rise | | | | until 2007, it reached 20 percent. Second is the rise |
| and is drawing the attention of manufacturers of the | | | | of awareness of health accompanied by the |
| semiconductor industry and even has the potential to | | | | improvement of living conditions, for there is an |
| become the largest application area which surpasses | | | | increasing expectation for a good health care. Last |
| the telecommunication and personal computer fields. | | | | but not least is that some ailments can be analysed |
| With the rise of economical and living level and the | | | | and prevented in advance at home, which is much |
| change of living habit of people, social aging and the | | | | cheaper and more convenient than going to hospitals |
| enlarged investment of medical treatment by the | | | | directly. |
| government, there is an increasing rise of the market | | | | According to a survey, medical application is one of |
| of medical devices. While the technical progress, | | | | the most rapidly growing fields of semiconductor. |
| especially the electronic technology including | | | | Devices for treatment, monitors and sensors take up |
| semiconductor products, is the impetus for the | | | | a share. Technically, security is the first factor to be |
| requirement of medical devices. As a result, | | | | taken into consideration, now, portable devices which |
| innovation in medicine is the key factor which draws | | | | are of small size, low power consumption and high |
| great attention of many insiders. | | | | reliability have already hit the market to provide much |
| There are some reasons for the prosperity of the | | | | more services to patients at home. Related chip is: |
| electronic medical market. First is an aging population | | | | LH2422. |
| which was 11 percent of the world 20 years ago, but | | | | |