Abstract
MARKET TREND
From a commodity technology initially developed to replace bulky discrete
passive components, thin-film Integrated Passive Devices (IPD' s) are now a
growing industry trend driven by RF, High Brightness LEDs, Digital & Mixed
Signal applications.
Yole' s new research study on Thin-film Integrated Passive and Active devices
estimates the total IPD market to grow from more than $600M this year to over
$1B by 2013. Whether it is to reduce space on the application board, to
enhance performance or to reduce cost at the system level, IPD' s are spreading
to most electronic sectors, from low volume to mass market businesses in
aerospace, military, medical, industrial, lighting, communications, and PC
applications.
Over the past few years, IPD' s have become an essential enabler of
System-in-Packages (Sip) realizations. Looking to tomorrow, IPD' s have become
an essential enabler of System-in-Packages (Sip) realizations. Looking to
tomorrow, IPD' s are paving the way to the bright future of the "More than
Moore" heterogeneous integration as they contribute greatly to bridging
technologies. IPD' s enable the assembly of shrinking geometries of CMOS IC' s
and the lagging packaging technologies. IPD' s enable the assembly of
increasingly complete and autonomous systems with the integration of diverse
electronic functions such as sensors, RF transceivers, MEMS, power amplifiers,
power management units and digital processors.
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