DUBLIN, IRELAND: Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Southeast Asian Power Semiconductor Markets" to its offering.

This research service offers an in-depth analysis of different types of power discretes and integrated circuits (ICs) such as metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), battery management ICs, and motor control ICs. It reviews the important drivers, restraints, and challenges and explores the future growth of the power semiconductor market in southeast Asia. In this research, expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: discrete power semiconductor and power management IC.

Market overview
The introduction of several types of power semiconductor devices to control output parameters such as voltage, current, or frequency over the last few decades have seen the role of these devices expand. They have become the most broadly used components in the semiconductor industry and their applications have extended to a variety of electronic applications, consumer electronics, communications, networking and storage equipment, industrial power supply as well as instrumentation equipment, and automotives.

Among power discretes and ICs, the MOSFET segment is likely to expand steadily in the next four years. IGBTs have also been making waves, particularly in the automotive industry, over the last three to four years and are likely to maintain this good form in the future.

The growth of the IGBT and MOSFET segments has put BJTs in the shade, mainly because of the lack of technology innovation in this segment. However, the overall market stands to gain from the declining prices brought about by improvements in technology, more efficient manufacturing, commoditization, and increasing manufacturing capacity. Most of the revenue growth is expected to stem from DC-DC switching regulators and switching controllers.

"Meanwhile, power management IC makers are engaging in partnerships with OEMs to develop next-generation power solutions," says the analyst of this research. "Close partnerships among different parties along the value chain has become common due to the need to achieve higher system performance and manage costs."

Discrete power devices experience high demand
Discrete power semiconductors have found the going good in the Asia Pacific, especially in China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, where the sales revenue has been increasing year-on-year. To maintain this advantage, discrete power semiconductor suppliers should offer a richer mix of integrated propriety products.

With applications increasingly converging and getting smaller while simultaneously offering higher performance and efficiency, suppliers are compelled to innovate and design products that provide complete power control and conversion solutions. The major application segments in Southeast Asia are wired/wireless communications and automotive, which demand discrete power semiconductors with smaller footprint, improved efficiency, and better integration.

"Power semiconductor suppliers continue to introduce products by enhancing their process technology and packaging needs to suit the needs of popular power supply applications," notes the analyst. "The recent power devices introduced by the leading power semiconductor suppliers deliver low conduction and switching losses and also allow operation at higher-than-normal switching frequencies."

There is also greater demand for higher performance MOSFETs due to the use of point-of-load converters and voltage regulators modules in computing and fixed telecom applications. Consumers are increasingly demanding products with multi-layered functions. To stay ahead of the competition in such a scenario, market participants will have to invest substantially in R&D. By developing new technologies and improving existing ones, they can make better performing MOSFETs available at lower costs.