Global Power Transistor Market 2016-2020

Overview of power transistor market

Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global power transistor market to grow at a CAGR of more than 5% during the forecast period. The growing demand for power-efficient electronic devices has been driving the growth of this market. Power conservation mandates such as the one by the Obama government in 2008 and the twelfth five-year plan from China have indicated that there is a need to cut down on power usage and to ensure that power is used efficiently and effectively. Power transistors improve switch performance and efficiency while enhancing system reliability and robustness, thereby increasing the power efficiency of electronic products. The higher efficiency of power conversion lowers CO2 emissions and electricity costs, thereby accelerating the demand for power transistors.

The development of GaN transistors is also expected to aid market growth by the end of 2020. Cambridge Electronics, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched a line of GaN transistors with the promise of reducing power consumption in electronic devices by nearly 20%. The new GaN transistors have at least one-tenth the resistance of silicon transistors, making them far more energy efficient. Further, new fabrication technologies are being used in which gold materials are switched with materials compatible with silicon fabrication and develop a technique to deposit GaN on the large wafers used in silicon foundries. These GaN power transistors are being used to develop laptop power adapters of about 1.5 cubic inches in volume and ensure better power electronics for data centers, which consume much electricity

Product segmentation and analysis of the power transistor market

• Low-voltage FETs
• IGBT modules
• RF and microwave power
• high-voltage FET power
• IGBT power