Abstract
Highlights
This report:
- Provides an overview of Power Electronics (PE) technology
- Describes technology drivers such as the increased use of flexible ac
transmission systems and high-temperature superconducting materials that are
fostering a shift to PE
- Determines the current market status for PE, and makes forecasts over a
five-year period from 2008 to 2013
- Includes a thorough patent analysis
- Discusses potential applications for PE technology.
SCOPE OF REPORT
At the component level Power Electronics: Technologies and Global Markets
forecasts the demand for power electronics devices that make use of one of
four solid state technologies:
- Power diodes
- MOSFET
- Thyristors
- Insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTS)
At the applications level Power Electronics: Technologies and Global Markets
forecasts the demand for power electronics devices in 327 NAICS-defined
end-user industries. (See list at the end of this section.)
INFORMATION SOURCES
BCC Research studied more than 250 companies and university-based electrical
and electronics engineering programs to obtain data for this report. It also
reviewed reports and studies prepared for peer-reviewed professional
literature, and reports by the technical staffs of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of
Transportation, Energy Information Administration, Environmental Protection
Agency, National Academy of Sciences, and National Science Foundation; their
European counterparts, and the United Nations and the World Bank. Other data
came from presentations at scientific and technical conferences.
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