Dublin, Oct. 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/87dj9r/sic)
has announced the addition of the "SiC
Single-Crystal Technology Trend and Market Forecast
(2010-2020)" report to their offering.
SiC wafers have been drawing attention for their applications to
high efficiency LEDs and power semi-conductor substrates, but there
have been obstacles to the market growth such as high prices and
insufficient suppliers, which are attributed to technical
difficulties. Since the U.S. company, Cree, is not only dominating
the SiC wafer supply for high efficiency LED applications but also
holding many related patents, it is hard for other companies to
enter the SiC-based LED market. With the world emerging issues such
as global environmental and energy problems, one of pressing issues
the power semi-conductor industry is facing is to develop
technologies for electric energy, which accounts for about 35% of
the total energy consumption.
Since power semi-conductors, which are used in power supply units
or power converters to save energy and reduce product sizes, play a
great role in improving energy efficiency, system stability and
reliability through unique functions, they are expected to
contribute to solving the global issues in environmental production
and energy saving.
In particular, SiC power devices, which theoretically consume 1/100
of the energy conventional silicon power devices do, are expected
to save energy drastically. In addition, since they can not only
save system costs but also be used under extreme conditions, when
applied as high temperature devices, a great ripple effect is
expected. Due to the excellent properties, SiC semi-conductor
technologies have reached a significant level, and single crystal
substrates have already been deployed in a commercial level in
technologically advanced countries such as the United States,
Japan, and Europe SiC semi-conductor devices. These countries are
spurring research through huge projects.
Thus, the global SiC
Wafer market is expected to grow from a $52.6M business in 2012
into a $58.6M business in 2013. The market is expected to continue
to grow rapidly with the annual growth rate of 2801%, hitting
$87.9M in 2015 and $552.5M in 2020.
This report is dedicated to examining SiC technologies from SiC
powder to pellets and single crystals, and analyzing the current
SiC single crystal growth technologies and industry trends. In
addition, it provides forecasts for the SiC market and each SiC
wafer application market until 2020.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Overview of SiC
2. SiC powder
3. SiC Pellet
4. SiC single crystals
6. Company trend
7. SiC Wafer market forecast (2010-2020)
8. Index
Companies Mentioned
- Bridgestone
- CREE
- Crysband-SKC
- Denso
- Dow Corning
- Nippon Steel
- Norstel
- SiC Systems
- SiCrystal(Rohm)
- TankeBlue
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