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Substrate-like PCB Market to Reach $2.6 Billion by 2024
January 18, 2019 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
The substrate-like PCB market is expected to grow from $1.1 billion in 2018 to $2.6 billion by 2024, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6% during the forecast period. The substrate-like PCB market is driven by various factors, such as the high adoption of SLPs by leading OEMs, the surge in demand for smart consumer electronics and wearable devices, and impactful benefits of SLPs. However, higher setup costs associated with SLPs can hinder the growth of the market.
The line spacing of the copper track embedded into the PCB is important as it is directly related to the size of the PCB and eventually the size of the product.As miniaturization of the product has become an important factor in applications such as consumer electronics, medical, and computing and communications, the line spacing is expected to decrease further.
With modified semi-additive method (mSAP), manufacturing smaller size PCBs can be achieved by reducing the track width, which ultimately makes it possible to have more number of electrical connections on the same area of the PCB. The PCB industry is striving continuously to improve the mSAP process capability and achieve unprecedented densities, which, in turn, helps fabricators to offer SLPs with line/space of less than 25/25 µm.
AOS technology helps to remove excess copper and complete PCB tracks (patterns) on the SLP board where copper is missing.With this technology, PCB manufacturers can benefit from common problems observed on PCB boards such as short tracks and open tracks as this technology has the potential to remove the short tracks and connect the open tracks automatically.
Due to the additional benefits of AOS as compared to other inspection technologies, it is expected that AOS will grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.
APAC to Record Highest Growth Rate During Forecast Period
APAC is an emerging market for substrate-like PCBs.APAC has become a global focal point for large investments and business expansion opportunities.
More than 50% of the global mobile subscribers live in APAC—mostly in China and India.There has been a paradigm shift of users from 3G to 4G technology in this region.
Key factors that drive the SLP market growth in APAC include the increasing adoption of smartphones, a growing number of internet users, rising demand for connectivity solutions, expansion of telecommunications infrastructure, and expanding bandwidth-intensive applications in the region.As most of the smartphone providers are from the APAC region, it is expected that there would be a major demand for SLP in the APAC region during the forecast period.
Taiwan has become one of the center places for the development of SLP technology.
In-depth interviews were conducted with chief executive officers (CEOs), marketing directors, other innovation and technology directors, and executives from various key organizations operating in the substrate-like PCB marketplace.
- By Company Type: Tier 1 = 35%, Tier 2 =45%, and Tier 3 = 20%
- By Designation: C-Level Executives = 35%, Directors = 25%, and Others = 40%
- By Region: North America = 30%, Europe = 20%, APAC = 45%, RoW = 5%
The substrate-like PCB market comprises major players, namely, AT & S (Austria); TTM Technologies (US); Samsung Electro-Mechanics (South Korea); Korea Circuit (South Korea); Kinsus Interconnect Technology (Taiwan); Zhen Ding Technology (Taiwan); Unimicron (Taiwan); Compeq (Taiwan); Ibiden (Japan); Daeduck (South Korea); ISU Petasys (South Korea); Tripod Technology Corporation (Taiwan); and LG Innotek (South Korea).
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