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Technology Trends for Inertial MEMS
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Infrared detectors present in our daily environment
Infrared detectors are used as motion detectors since decades in our daily life for lighting controls and alarms. This business is very important in terms of volume with 150 million units sold in 2010, but the price of the detectors is very low (less than $ 1).
Even if this motion detector business is mature, it will continue to grow at a significant rate (CAGR 2010-2016 in value: + 9 %) driven by the concern for energy savings. In the coming years it will be increasingly used to switch off/on automatically lighting and appliances such as HVAC, TVs, appliances…
Another common use of infrared detectors is for non-contact temperature measurement for applications like human ear thermometer, or industrial pyrometers. IR detectors can also be used to detect gas, fire or to analyze materials. For those applications, the detector price can vary very much from single dollars to tens of dollars each. Here also, the business is growing driven by interest in IR detection: very robust non-contact measurement with a long lifetime.
The technology behind those applications is quite mature and use small detectors from one to 4 IR sensitive elements that can be made with two technologies: Pyroelectric sensors or thermopile sensors.
Large market players are entering the market
The Infrared detector industry was quite stable up to now with a few players dominating the business specially for motion detection: Perkin Elmer who sold its IR detector branch that became Excelitas (DE), Nicera (JP), Murata (JP) and Heimann (DE).
Some niche players (Pyreos, Irisys) have also developed innovative pyroelectric technologies (thin film, ceramic hybrid) that enable arrays of sensitive elements, but the volume sold are still limited to niche markets (counting people, gas detection, spectroscopy).
Large MEMS manufacturers are entering the IR detector business in 2011: Texas Instruments, Omron, Panasonic, Hamamatsu. These companies who have substantial revenues and resources, have developed thermopile detectors which are processed on their MEMS large production line (6 to 8''). In that position, they have very competitive production costs that will provide access to new applications. For instance Texas Instruments target temperature measurement function for portable consumer electronic applications (notebook, tablet…).
New large detector applications are adding further market growth
Large detectors (from 16 x 16 to 64 x 64 pixels) are developed to obtain advanced person detection functionalities meaning it is possible to locate the position of a person precisely in a space, to identify immobile persons (not possibly with motion sensors) or to monitor large areas. The end markets will be for home automation, for healthcare, or security businesses. On this "large detector" market, several technologies will compete: pyroelectric, thermopile and microbolometers. Pyroelectric and thermopiles are well advanced thanks to their position on small detectors, but need still to increase their detector size. Microbolometer technology is leading the infrared imager business where image resolution is higher than 10,000 pixels and prices of several hundred dollars. Microbolometer players (Ulis, Flir, NEC, DRS) have started to develop or investigate large detector applications, but the low cost target will be a big challenge for those players. Next year will be crucial to determine which technology will be the most adopted.
All in all, with the arrival of new MEMS players and the emergence of large detector applications, we expect that the overall IR detector business will grow from $ 152M in 2010 at a rate of + 11 %/ year to reach $ 286M in 2016.
Key features of the report
Provide market data on IR detector business
- IR detector unit shipments and revenues
- Sales forecast by application and by technology (pyroelectric and thermopile small detector, large detector with any technology)
- Market shares of IR detector manufacturers for both pyroelectric and thermopiles (Excelitas, Nicera, Murata, Heimann).
Provide an overview of the IR detector applications
- Applications: Motion detection, high end pyrometer, low end temperature sensors,
- Applications profile: application description, technologies used, size of the detectors, integrators profiles with name of the key companies, average pricing and main trends.
Analyze the IR detector players position
- Comparison of current players (Excelitas, Nicera, Murata, Heimann) and new entrants
- Analysis of new MEMS players strategies : Omron, Texas Instruments, Panasonic, Hamamatsu
Provide a technological overview of IR technologies
- Description of the main technologies: pyroelectric crystal, pyroelectric ceramic, pyroelectric thin films, thermopiles, microbolometers
- Comparison of the technologies and market share by application
Analyze the large detector emerging applications
- What are the main competing technologies and players
- What are the challenges to access to these applications and success chances for the various technologies
Who should buy the report
IR detector and IR imager manufacturers
- Identify and evaluate IR detectors markets with market size, growth and key customers
- Analyse the threads and opportunities of new market entrants
IR detector systems manufacturers
- Get the list of the top IR detectors manufacturers
- Spot the new potential suppliers with disruptive technologies
Equipment & Material manufacturers
- Understand the IR detector supply chain and its evolution
- Identify new opportunities and prospects
Financial & Strategic investors
- Understand the main market dynamics and main technological trends
- Get the list of the key players and emerging start-ups of the camera and detector industries.
Companies mentioned in the report
3S pocketnet, Agilent, Ametek, BAE, Bosch security, Cerberus, CSST, Delphi, Dias Infrared, DRS, Dostmann, E+e, Excelitas, FLIR, Fluke, Fuji Piezo, G&E, Hager, Hamamatsu, Heimann, Heitronics, Honeywell security, ICX FLIR, Infratec, Intex, Irisys, Korea digital, L3com, Land, Legrand, Leister Axetris, Lumasense ITC, Melexis, Memstech - Ann arbor, Merten, Mitsubishi Electric, Murata, NEC Avio, Nicera, Omega, Omron, Panasonic, Perkin Elmer, Pyreos, Raytheon, Ritsumeikan University, Samsung, SCD, Schneider Electric, Selex galileo, Sensair, Senseair, Sensource, Shimadzu, Somfy, Sony, Symetrix, Telaire, Texas Instrument, Thermofisher, Tyco security, Tyndall, Ulis, UTC fire & security, Visonic, Winsen, Wuan Cubic, Yongsheng, ZB sensor
Table of Contents
Glossary
Companies Cited in this Report
Definitions
Market Research Scope and Methodology
Executive Summary p 9
Overview of Infrared Detector Markets p 22
Current IR detecting systems and pricing
IR detector supply chain with current key players
Infrared detector Market Forecast by Application
From 2010-2016 (in Munits)
Infrared Detector Market Forecast by Application
From 2010-2016 (in M$)
Infrared Detector ASP by Application
2010-2016 price evolution
Infrared Detector Breakdown by Application
Pyroelectric vs. Thermopile
Infrared Detector Market Forecast by technology
From 2010-2016 (in Munits)
Infrared Detector Market Forecast by technology
From 2010-2016 (in M$)
Overview of Current Infrared Detection Technologies p 32
Infrared Current Detector Technologies Overview
Technologies positioning
Pyroelectric sensor
Pyroelectric crystal detector – fabrication process
Pyroelectric hybrid ceramic arrays (Irisys)
Pyroelectric thin-film detectors/arrays (Pyreos)
Pyroelectric thin films arrays
Pyroelectric thin-films processing techniques
Pyroelectric film arrays - construction
Thermopile detector
Sensitive elements materials
Microbolometer
Microbolometer Technology history
Microbolometer : aSi and Vox materials
Microbolometer process flow example
Technologies comparison
Infrared Detector Technologies
Application vs. Technology in 2010
Overview of Manufacturers Positioning and Technologies p 52
Players & Technologies for Thermopiles and Pyroelectic IR detectors
Players for Thermopiles and Pyroelectic IR detectors
Size vs. Maturity
Infrared Detector Players for Thermopiles and Pyroelectic IR detectors - Players HQ location
Main current pyroelectric and thermopiles manufacturers production data
Infrared Detector Players : Pyroelectric and thermopiles Market Share
Worldwide production
Thermopiles detectors MEMS manufacturers activity : Melexis
Thermopiles detectors MEMS manufacturers activity : OMRON
Thermopiles detectors MEMS manufacturers activity : Texas Instrument
Thermopiles detectors MEMS manufacturers activity : Hamamatsu
Thermopiles detectors MEMS manufacturers activity : Panasonic
Microbolometer Main Players Locations
Microbolometer Players Profiles
Microbolometer Players production for Imagers applications
Analysis of Infrared Detectors' Current Applications p 67
Infrared Detector Applications : Price vs. Performance
IR Detector Technologies : Wavelength segmentation
People & Motion detection (1)
People & Motion detection (2) – Emerging energy saving market
People & Motion detection (3) - Synthesis
High-end pyrometer/ temperature measurement system
Low-end temperature sensors
People/Door counting (1)
Queue management (2)
People/Door counting (3) - Synthesis
Gas & fire detection
Spectroscopy
Large detectors for advanced presence detection p 80
Advanced Presence Detection Applications
Analysis of Large Detectors Applications
Technologies positioning
Current status of the potential technologies
Analysis of Large Detectors Applications
Technologies positioning
Large detectors for Advanced Presence Detection Applications accessibility
Challenges to access to these new applications
Optics critical role
Players developments of large format detector for advanced presence detection
Microbolometer Players position - NEC Avio
Microbolometer Players position - Ulis
Players positions
Large detectors for Advanced Presence Detection Applications Market
Conclusions on Large detectors for Advanced Presence detection
General conclusions p 94
General conclusions (1/2)
General conclusions (2/2)
Company profiles p 97
Main current pyroelectric and thermopiles manufacturers Market Data
Murata (JP)
Excelitas (DE)
Nicera (JP)
Heimann (DE)
Irisys (UK)
Pyreos (UK)
Current Microbolometer Foundries
FLIR systems (US)
Ulis (FR)
DRS technologies (US)
NEC Avio (JP)
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