Abstract
Study Summary
“Printed Circuit Board: World Outlook,” examines the PCB industry
today and the challenges the industry faces tomorrow in emulating the
innovations and efficiency being developed by many of the end markets they
serve.
Challenges inherent to designing and manufacturing even more miniature and
complex boards and meeting the escalating demands from increasing the number
of pins in a chip, the growth in high speed serial data streaming
technologies, the use of bussed interfaces and clock rates higher than 400
MHZ, among other particulars, are examined in the study.
To meet these needs, the industry is now using Microvias and High Density
Interconnects as well as mixed signal hybrid circuits and utilizing more
sophisticated and multipronged design and development activities. The report
provides details on these market facets as well as global revenues through
2012 for HDI/Microvia PCBs and the same for PCBs categorized by the sector
they are intended for, such as telecommunications, PC hardware and peripherals.
The growth of PCBs is also being largely driven by the large use of
multi-layered, flexible PCBs. In the report, the growth rate and revenues for
PCBs are broken down into a multitude of categories, including whether they
are built on rigid, flex, or rigid-flex boards, are single, double and
multi-layer and which type of circuit design, analog, digital or mixed-signal,
the board is intended for. The study also examines and provides growth rates
and revenues for PCBs using different substrates such as Alumina, FR4,
Beryllium Oxide, BT-Epoxy, Polyimide or PTFE/woven fiberglass.
The fate of PCB industry is closely tied with that of the overall electronics
and semiconductor equipment market and the industry is easily influenced by
competition as well as fluctuations in market demand. The report examines
these factors and gives and analysis of future growth within the industry due
to these influences.
PCB regional production and usage analysis of North America, Europe, the Asia
Pacific Region, and the rest of the world is provided, noting the revenues
brought in for PCB production in each region yearly through 2012 as well as
the expenditures on PCBs for each region during the same time period.
“Printed Circuit Board: World Outlook” also examines the
end-product for each type of board when broken down into flexibility,
substrate and signal criteria as well as the advantages and disadvantages to
each type of PCB characteristic, such as the use of a single board or Alumina
as a substrate, and also provides the latest on CAD and contemporary PCB
design tools.
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