Sapphire Substrate Market 2008

Glossary

Executive summary

• 2005-2012 sapphire total market size in $ and sq. in. (LED & SoS)

Sapphire substrate market

• Introduction
• Main applications of Sapphire-based devices
• Sapphire properties
• Sapphire characteristics per applications
• Growth methods of sapphire substrates
• Map of sapphire suppliers location
• Company business model
• Overview of the company' s products
• 2007 Total sapphire vendor revenues (split by Optics & Electronics)
• 2007 sapphire vendor revenues breakdown by region
• 2007 sapphire for electronics. Vendor revenues (split ingots + blanks & epi-ready)
• 2007 sapphire for electronics. Vendor revenues split by LED vs. SoS
• Supply-chain of the sapphire business
• Sapphire wafer diameter roadmap. Time to market

Sapphire for Nitride LEDs

• Market segmentation
• LED market volume as a function of LED type
• LED market revenues as a function of LED type 2005-2012 GaN-LED market status and forecast for packaged LED devices
• Average retail price of a conventional packaged LED
• Estimated substrates volume for GaN-based LED production (SiC & Sapphire) 2005-2012
• 2007 sapphire substrate market for LED: price, units and diameter analysis
• Sapphire substrates for LED 2005-2012 price projection, split by diameter
• 2005-2012 Sapphire substrates market for LED in volume, by diameter & related market size
• 2005-2012 Sapphire substrates market for LED in value, split by diameter Regional usage breakdown 2007 and 2008
• Conclusion and perspectives

Silicon-on-Sapphire

• Antenna Switch Module (ASM) market
• Comparison of cell-phone antenna switching module (ASM) technologies
• Antenna Switching Module (ASM) market data and main players
• Comparison of Si CMOS vs. SoS UltraCMOSR architectures
• Comparison of main specifications of GaAs vs. SoS antenna switches
• 2005-2012 RF switch technology breakdown
• Main data of the SoS UltraCMOSR switch manufacturing process
• 2005-2012 sapphire substrate market size and volume for SoS applications
• Conclusions and perspective

Sapphire supplier profiles

• Atlas (Ru)
• Crystal GmbH (D)
• Crystal Systems (US)
• Crystal Wise (TW)
• CrystalQ (N)
• Epistone (CN)
• Honeywell (US)
• Interoptec/Fujimi (J)
• Kyocera (J)
• Monocrystal PLC, Inc. (Ru)
• Namiki (J)
• Rubicon Technology (US)
• Saifei (CN)
• Saint-Gobain Crystals (F & US)
• Shinkosha (J)
• SilianTech (CN)
• Sino American Silicon (TW)
• Sumitomo Metal Fine Technology (J)
• Tera Xtal Technology (TW)

Conclusions

Annexes:

• State-of-art in SiC crystal growth
• From powder to SiC epi-ready wafers. Sublimation (PVT) technique
• SiC crystal growth techniques comparison table
• Main SiC material manufacturing site locations Bulk or epi-foundry
• 2007 estimated SiC substrates monthly production
• Material polytypes, doping & orientation commercially available
• 2006 & 2007 SiC substrate vendors revenues & related market shares
• Wafers diameter evolution in production for HB-LED
• Average $/mm2 price for SiC row substrates
• Estimation of the CREE captive SiC substrates market for LED
• Current status of the LED performance and related technologies p104
• Number of lumens requested for various applications and related time-to-market for mass-production
• Main manufacturing steps and related options for GaN-based LED
• Examples of current LED companies process flow-chart (in production or R&D)
• Global LED efficiency is the ratio of the final luminous output power over the wall-plug input power Internal QE has now reached ~73% for low power LED (I=20mA).....
• ..... but this value significantly drops as the current (and the power) increases !
• How is the input power dissipated? 1.1 Watt HB-LED generates ¾