Now everything seems to be getting smarter around us. Not only can they bring more new capabilities to the Internet but also move closer to the electronic world. In recent years, innovations in semiconductor technology are driving the rapid growth of new products in the personal electronics, automotive, manufacturing and many other markets. Next, we will introduce some of the most noteworthy technology trends, and the role of the semiconductor industry in which these trends will further promote innovation in many new markets.
1- Smart Power and High Voltage:
All along, the industry's demand for higher power efficiency has never stopped. Optimization of circuit topology, power devices, and advanced packaging technologies has resulted in higher power densities above 1KW / in3. There are several very clear trends in power management:
· The server farm is growing in size to meet the needs of new cloud services and social networks. As server and data traffic grow rapidly, the power management efficiency is also becoming more and more critical. From high-voltage to point-of-load (POL), server power management has spawned new converter architectures and circuit topologies for more efficient use with the goal of increasing power density and eliminating conversion stages.
Demand for smaller, faster chargers is also on the rise for portable devices. The combination of higher switching frequency and improved power devices helps achieve higher efficiencies, reducing the overall size of the adapter even as the space required for the regulator in the adapter increases.
Intelligent power solutions have been adopted in many applications such as LED array controllers in automobiles, high performance server and battery management for high power and high torque UAVs and ebike. By using digital and analog hybrid control loops, higher efficiencies can be achieved at different load currents. In addition, very low standby current and sleep mode currents that support fast start-up also play a significant role in many power solutions.
Markets for alternative energy sources, such as solar and electric or hybrid vehicles, are experiencing healthy growth. What follows is an ever-growing semiconductor content for higher voltage applications, especially in 600V to 1200V applications. The advent of III-V materials such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide, which are highly anticipated by the people, will make new applications possible.
2- Industry 4.0:
Manufacturing and inventory management are moving towards an intelligent transition. Technologies that drive intelligent transitions such as low-power connections, embedded processing, and embedded sensing have seen tremendous advances in areas such as providing low-power, intelligent network interconnect sensing solutions. However, security and reliability are the issues of most concern in order to achieve a more widespread and rapid deployment of Industry 4.0. Multi-mode sensing solutions such as humidity, temperature and pressure sensing are often integrated in many industrial and building automation systems. From extending battery life to ultimately energy harvesting, ultra-low power consumption is the key. Thanks to efficient power management and signal chain technology, we were able to achieve standby power of less than 1 microwatts and sleep mode currents below 100nA. Integrated ultrasonic and millimeter wave sensing solutions, including analog and digital signal processors, offer new multi-mode capabilities in flow metering, diagnostics and many other industrial applications.
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