Global MEMS Based Oscillator Market - Segmented by Type (Screening and Scanning, Communications, Surveillance and Tracking), End-User, and Region - Growth, Trends and Forecasts (2022 - 2030)

MEMS-based oscillator market was worth USD 138.51 billion in 2017 and is projected to grow to USD 1,286.71 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 40.58% over 2018-2023 the (forecast period). The report discusses the type of oscillators deployed in various end-user industries. While the regions considered in the scope of the report include North America, Europe, APAC, Latin America, and MEA. Apart from this, the report also discusses how the growing demand for electronic device miniaturization and customization drives the market.

The MEMS-based oscillators have been making rapid progress and gaining a dominant share in the market. Advances in further developing quartz crystal-based oscillators have reached a plateau, while there has been an increase in demand for higher performance, size, and cost. The disruptive MEMS-based technology has challenged the predominant quartz crystal, by providing a viable alternative solution, which is highly affordable, and can perform in accordance to the requirements posed by the wide range of industrial applications. MEMS has witnessed a significantly high penetration across different applications, such as sensing pressure, motion, and acceleration.
Significant cost-reduction and a host of functional advantages have rendered MEMS-based oscillators fit to replace the quartz crystal oscillators in commercial applications. Critical technical issues, such as silicon’s frequency temperature coefficient and the drift caused, due to packaging contamination (which is evident in MEMS-based oscillators), have been major restricting factors for the wide-scale adoption of these oscillators.

Growing Demand of Smartphones and Wearables to Drive the Market

MEMS-based oscillator's increasing penetration in applications that require higher accuracy and longer battery life, such as wearables, IoT, and mobile devices, is expected to drive the market. Wearables are expected to witness a double-digit growth, year-over-year this year, which encompasses a variety of device types and form factors, from smart watches to body-worn cameras and even head-mounted displays. Moreover, smartphones are also expected to witness a healthy growth, due to a surge in sales in countries, such as India and China. In addition, advent of technologies, such as 5G, is further expected to push the demand for smartphones, in turn, driving the MEMS-based oscillator market.

Increasing Demand for Automotive Applications to Augment Growth

Digitization and increasing automation have revolutionized the automotive sector. These factors give rise to several disruptive technology-driven trends in the automotive sector, diverse mobility, autonomous driving, electrification, and connectivity. Moreover, MEMS oscillators help in delivering the maximum performance and best robustness. They are designed for ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Level) compliant automotive applications, like electronic control units (ECUs), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and in-vehicle Ethernet and powertrain.

Apart from this, the automotive industry is witnessing a massive transformation, with new features, such as advanced safety and driver assistance systems, electrification, automation, and real-time big data analytics. MEMS technologies play a significant role in this transformation, further driving the demand in the segment.

North America to have the Highest Market Share

North America accounts for the largest market for MEMS-based oscillators, reinforced by the presence of an established industrial sector and booming automotive and consumer electronics industries. The volume of automobile production in the region has witnessed a growth in the 2014-201 period. In addition, the growth of connected and driverless cars in the region and IoT applications in the automotive segment are also expected to drive the demand for MEMS-based oscillators. Moreover, the gradually increasing demand for smartphones in the region, specifically due to the local player Apple's product, iPhone, is further expected to drive the demand for MEMS-based oscillators.


Key Developments in the Market

• December 2017 - SiTime Corporation announced new MEMS-based oscillators for automotive networking in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). These solutions are expected to propel the automotive industry forward in the development of driverless cars.
• July 2017 - IQD’s launched MEMS-based oscillators, which are designed for applications that require AEC-Q100 qualified automotive grade products. There are four models in the range to cover variations in package style, supply voltage, and frequency range. All are factory programmable, which ensures very short lead-times for both design-in volume and full production.

Major Players: SITIME CORPORATION, MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC., VECTRON INTERNATIONAL INC., ABRACON HOLDINGS, LLC, TXC CORPORATION, IQD FREQUENCY PRODUCT LTD, ECLIPTEK CORPORATION, ILSI AMERICA LLC, amongst others.

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