RF Power Semiconductor Market to Reach $1B by 2012

(Top News, 3 Jan 2008)

By 2012, the total high power RF semiconductor market will be nearing $1 billion, according to a new study from ABI Research. However, research director Lance Wilson said that the shape of the industry five years hence will depend on three critical questions: At the manufacturing level, will the introduction of gallium nitride and silicon carbide RF power devices mean the demise of Si LDMOS? With mobile/3G infrastructure markets in decline, will they continue to drive the RF power semiconductor industry as they have in the past? Will the market segments outside of wireless infrastructure shore up this market space?

ABI Research undertook a market sizing study for all RF power semiconductors with power outputs above 5W, operating at frequencies of 3.8GHz and below. The study sizes the RF power semiconductor market into six usage-based segments and 24 sub-segments, providing a highly detailed, market-driven analysis.

The six major segments are: wireless infrastructure, military, ISM (Industrial/Scientific/Medical), broadcast, commercial avionics, and non-cellular communications. Each of these is subdivided into between two and six specialty segments.

Click here for more information on the report "RF Power Semiconductor Devices" by ABI Research