Mobile: 2021 to see a big increase vs. 2020
According to Gartner, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users will total 1.5B units in 2021, a 11.4% growth year over year. After recording a 10.5% decline in 2020 due…
3D: Coherent 3D Imager
A Nature paper “A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform” by Christopher Rogers, Alexander Y. Piggott, David J. Thomson, Robert F. Wiser, Ion E. Opris, Steven A.…
Mobile: 2021 Market Forecast
According to Sigmaintell, Apple’s total production of iPhone in 2020 has increased to about 244M units. In 2021, the total production is expected to be about 251M units. (Sigmaintell report)…
Fingerprint Sensor: slight increase in 2020
According to IDC, the proportion of smartphone shipments equipped with biometric solutions in the Chinese market has increased from 85.08% in 2017 to 94.18% in 2020. In 2020, the Chinese…
Tablet: 164M unit in 2020
The worldwide tablet market had an outstanding 4Q20 with 19.5% YoY growth and shipments totaling 52.2M units, according to IDC. Impacted by the pandemic, the tablet market reached shipment levels…
Auto: Auto Drive-Up Sensor Markets
Thanks to the increase in the level of autonomous driving, the number of demand for on-board cameras, ultrasonic & millimeter-wave radars, and lidars continues to increase, which in turn drives…
Auto: China EV Market 2020
Since 2020, NIO has received a total of CNY41.5B (USD4.68B) in equity / bond financing; Li Xiang has received a total of CNY20.7B (USD2B) in equity financing; XPeng has received…
Display: low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) display
Apple’s new Apple Watch has a display unlike any other smartwatch. A low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) display is a special kind of backplane technology designed for OLED screens and developed…
CIS: CMOS Imaging Sensor Market Update in 2019
Albert Theuwissen delivered a keynote at 2020 IEEE Sensors conference titled “Deep-Trench Isolation is Here to Stay!” Below are the highlights on the market update in 2019. Only Sony is showing…
Display: Types of OLED
1. Passive-matrix and active-matrix OLEDs. -Passive-matrix OLED (PMOLED) PMOLEDs have strips of cathode, organic layers and strips of anode. The anode strips are arranged perpendicular to the cathode strips. The intersections…