In view of this, the car is by far the largest market for magnetic sensors, accounting for more than 50% of the total market of $ 1.64 billion in 2016. Today, 20-30 magnetic sensors are used in traditional ICE cars.In hybrid vehicles, this May rise to 35, which requires additional current sensor magnetic sensors to facilitate location and speed sensing, switching, current sensing, and robust operation due to non-contact advantages. Therefore, magnetic sensors Has made a significant contribution to the electrification of automobiles and will continue to be the dominant powertrain and auxiliary brushless motor over the next few years and will increase as the reliability requirements for autonomous vehicles increase.
In the meantime, Yole analysts believe it will be the second market segment to include industrial plants, transportation, home appliances, consumer electronics, etc. Yann de Charentenay from Yole elaborates: 'The market is obviously very fragmented, Smaller volumes, more products, and more expensive than what's needed for vehicle applications. "But trends similar to those in the automotive industry are now driving the market, while developing for brushless motor motors and the Internet of Things The transition period is driving the market by providing intelligence and the Internet of Things for 'Industry 4.0' or smart home consumers. 'At Yole, we expect this business to have double-digit growth and be the highest in the magnetic sensor market. Yann de Charentenay added.
Due to the rapid price declines and the saturation of the smart phone market, after several years of shrinking, the ecompass electronic compass market has become more stable. The widespread use of 3D magnetic sensors enables most smartphones to provide pedestrian directions precisely through digital maps, And has been supporting Assisted GPS applications for years since the satellite signal was unavailable.Market growth will return to active levels due to the rise of new applications such as wearables, robots and drones, but still more modest compared to other businesses.
The development of the magnetic sensor market has also been driven by dynamic technology, and the advent of magnetoresistive (xMR) technology has fueled and exacerbated the increasingly complex technological environment, including AMR, GMR, and more recently TMR. Based on or combined with historical Hall-effect technology.The main advantage of xMR technology is the higher sensitivity and is therefore mainly used for position measurement, especially for precise angles.Most major major manufacturers introduce xMR technology into Yole's analysis traced the following vendors: AKM, Infineon Technologies, Allegro Microsystems, Melexis, TDK (especially after the acquisition of Micronas by the end of 2015), Diodes and Honeywell Yole points out that the market share of xMR technology will increase from 27% in 2016 to 33% in 2022.