RF Power Semiconductor Market Will Near $1 B in 2012

摘要

By 2012, the total high power RF semiconductor market will be nearing $1 B, with the markets outside the wireless infrastructure starting to take up the slack, reports a new study from ABI Research. But, according to research director Lance Wilson, "The shape of the industry five year hence will depend on three critical questions. At the manufacturing level, will the introduction of gallium ni-tride and silicon carbide RF power devices mean the demise of Si LDMOS? With mobile/3G infrastructure markets in decline, will they continue to drive the RF power semiconductor industry as they have in the past? Will the market segments outside the wireless infrastruc-ture shore-up this market space?"