MarketsandMarkets: Global Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Semiconductors Market worth $1.75 Billion by 2022

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MarketsandMarkets: Global Gallium Nitride

(GaN) Power Semiconductors Market worth

$1.75 Billion by 2022

PR Newswire

DALLAS, July 11, 2012

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July 11, 2012

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The specific sub sector of semiconductors & electronics where GaN-based

semiconductors & electronics have an edge over normal Si-based counterparts

is "Power Semiconductors & Electronics" and in terms of end-user application

sectors (verticals), the two major upcoming sectors facilitating demand for GaN

semiconductor devices are Industrial & Power sector and ICT sector. The ICT

sector has found use for GaN power discretes, particularly transistors in power

amplification, rectification, and high-frequency switching.

GaN has turned out to be the choice for most of the power semiconductor

applications and is quickly replacing the existing silicon technology. The various

properties of GaN such as wider band gap, high break-down voltage, larger

critical electric field, and higher thermal conductivity let the GaN devices

operate at higher voltages, high switching frequencies, handle higher power

density, and offer enhanced power efficiency than the pure Si devices. These

properties allow the GaN discretes like Schottky diodes, FETs, HEMTs and the

other advanced transistors to operate efficiently at much higher voltage levels,

exceeding the limits of counterpart Si devices. GaN power semiconductors also

help in reducing the conduction and switching losses, thereby offering higher

efficiency in electronic systems. The major application segments of GaN power

semiconductors currently are the inverters (& converters), RF devices, power

supply modules and motor drives being used across all the end user sectors.

For GaN power semiconductor devices, the current market growth is primarily

due to penetration in the medium-voltage power electronics market, mainly

among medium voltage range (300V to 1KV) applications across all the major

end-user verticals. So, it is obvious that most of the market revenue comes

from the rising number of advanced -power applications of industrial, power,

solar & wind sector and the sector's development globally. Currently, GaN

power devices draw most of their revenue from the ICT sector, as they have

been solely focusing on replacing their Si counterparts in various RF power

devices, particularly in RF communication applications over the past few years.

With respect to features, the GaN devices are much smaller, lighter but tougher

and efficient than silicon semiconductor devices and serve as perfect

replacements for their silicon counterpart devices which have hit maturity. With

additional features offered by GaN in these devices such as low sensitivity to

ionizing radiation, better stability in some radiation environments, GaN devices

also have a future in solar cell arrays, satellites and high-end power appliances

in the Military, Defense & Aerospace sector. Apart from this sector, these

devices also have huge revenue potential in the automotive and transportation

sector, mainly in the electric vehicles & hybrid electric vehicles segment of the

automotive sector.

The market's total competitive landscape currently has only a handful of

players, but the number of players is expected to increase quickly over the

coming years, with several power semiconductor industry giants and new start-

ups entering into the field of GaN power semiconductors. Currently, the overall

GaN power semiconductors market accounts for less than 1% of the total

power semiconductors market (currently at

$34 billion

including power

discretes and power ICs), but over the next ten years, the entire base for power

semiconductors & electronics players is expected to penetrate this new value

chain, thereby rapidly increasing the percentage share.

Today's world includes numerous suitable power applications for GaN in several

application segments, such as power distribution systems, industrial systems,

heavy electrical systems, turbines, heavy machinery, advanced industrial

control systems, electro-mechanical computing systems, and so on; also

inclusive of several new power applications (clean-tech) such as High-Voltage

Direct Current (HVDC), Smart Grid Power Systems, Wind Turbines, Wind Power

Systems, Solar Power Systems, Electric & Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Another

application sector is ICT, with several communication application segments

such as RF, RADAR, and Satellite communication offering huge revenue

potentials owing to the unbeatable ability of GaN to operate at high-frequency

ranges, including microwave frequencies. The potential market size of these

massive applications is currently in trillions, making the total addressable

market for the GaN power semiconductors worth billions.

Due to this vast addressable market, the GaN power semiconductors market is

quickly gaining pace, several transistors and diodes (& rectifiers) have been in

the market since 2008, with extraordinary growth in the volume of power

discretes (HEMTs, Diodes & Rectifiers and FETs) boosting the total revenue of

the GaN power semiconductors market. Another factor for revenue growth was

from GaN power ICs, where new power ICs such as MMICs and RFICs were

launched commercially every year by industry players after extensive R&D

efforts on developing new technologies to enable the same. The complete GaN

power semiconductors industry has shifted to a mass-production scenario in

2011 with the success and revenue potential drawing the focus of several

power semiconductor market giants.

The

Gallium Nitride Semiconductor Devices Market

is expected to reach

$12.60 million

by the end of 2012. The phenomenal growth rate of

approximately 60 to 80% year-on-year is expected to continue for the following

years. The forecasted revenue for GaN power semiconductors is

$1.75 billion

by end of 2022 (after 10 years) at an explosive CAGR of 63.78% from 2012 to

2022. Apart from power semiconductors, GaN is predominantly used in

optosemiconductors, for LEDs and laser diodes. The total GaN semiconductors

(including both, power and optosemiconductors) market revenue is expected to

reach

$2.6 billion

by 2022.

This report, based on the extensive research study on GaN semiconductors

market and industry, is aimed at identifying the entire market of the GaN

semiconductor devices, and all its sub-segments through extensively detailed

classifications, in terms of both - revenue and shipments. This report is focused

on giving a bird's eye-view of the upcoming GaN semiconductors industry with

regards to GaN semiconductor market from both - technical and market-

oriented perspectives; combined with qualitative analysis at each and every

aspect of the classifications done by design architecture & materials, device

technology, products, devices, applications, and geography. The report

specially focuses on the fast growing GaN power semiconductors - mainly, next

generation discretes and ICs and their sub-markets, along with shares of each

in their respective parent markets. All the numbers, both - revenue & volume,

at every level of detail, are forecasted till 2022 to give a glimpse of the

potential revenue base in this market. Lastly, the report analyzes the complete

value chain, supply chain and competitive landscape with key players (of both

power semiconductors & optosemiconductors markets) and their market

shares with respect to the GaN semiconductors market.

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