Automotive Sensor Technologies: Global Markets

SUMMARY

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Although some sensor subsectors are relatively mature and growing at a fairly consistent rate, the automotive sensor industry as a whole is growing much faster than automotive sales. Therefore, BCC believed it was time to reexamine this market to find the reasons for this accelerated growth and bring forth any meaningful trends that could be found.

SCOPE OF STUDY

This report contains:

• Descriptions of various types of automotive sensor technologies, with current and potential applications for each type
• The current global market status of automotive sensor technologies, trends and forecasts of growth over the next 5 years
• Technological issues, including the latest breakthroughs
• A discussion of global research and development initiatives
• An examination of major companies in the automotive sensor technologies industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

• Automotive Sensor Technologies: Global Markets
• Chapter 1 - SUMMARY
  • Summary Table: GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS MARKET AND FORECASTS BY MAJOR APPLICATION GROUPS, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Summary Figure: GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS MARKET AND FORECASTS BY MAJOR APPLICATION GROUPS, 2005-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
• Chapter 2 - OVERVIEW
  • OVERVIEW
• Chapter 3 - AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MAJOR APPLICATIONS OF AUTOMOBILE SENSORS
    • POWER TRAIN
    • CHASSIS
    • BODY
  • KEY CONCEPTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE MARKET
    • KEY TERMS IN UNDERSTANDING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
      • KEY TERMS IN UNDERSTANDING (CONTINUED)
    • MAJOR TYPES OF AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
      • ROTATIONAL MOTION SENSORS
        • Hall Effect
        • Wiegand Effect
        • Magnetoresistor
        • Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Sensors (AMR)
        • GMR Magnetoresistive Sensors
        • Variable Reluctance (VR) Sensors
        • Applications for Rotational Motion Sensors
        • Market Forecasts Through 2012
        • Market Forecasts Through 2012 (Continued)
  • Table 1 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECAST FOR ROTATIONAL MOTION SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • OXYGEN SENSORS
      • Unheated Thimble
      • Heated Thimble
      • Heated Planar
      • Wideband
      • Applications for Oxygen Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 2 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR OXYGEN SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 1 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR OXYGEN SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, 2005-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • ANGULAR AND LINEAR POSITION SENSORS
      • Potentiometric
      • Hall Effect
      • AMR Anisotropic Magnetoresistive
      • Optical Encoder
      • Magnetostrictive Pulse Transit Time
      • Applications for Angular and Position Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 3 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR ANGULAR AND LINEAR POSITION SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 2 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR ANGULAR AND LINEAR POSITION SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, 2005-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MASS AIRFLOW (MAF) SENSORS
      • Vane Meter Sensor
      • Hot Wire Mass Airflow Sensor
      • Hot-Film Mass Airflow Sensor
      • Applications for Mass Airflow Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 4 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MASS AIRFLOW SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • LINEAR ACCELERATION SENSORS
      • Piezoresistive MEMS
      • Capacitive MEMS
      • Resonant-Beam MEMS
      • Discrete Ceramic
      • Applications for Linear Acceleration Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 5 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR LINEAR ACCELERATION SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • PRESSURE SENSORS
      • Piezoresistive Micromachined
      • Capacitive Touch-mode Micromachined
      • Capacitive Ceramic Module
      • Piezoresistive Polysilicon-on-Steel
      • Applications for Pressure Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 6 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR PRESSURE SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • GYROSCOPES
    • MEMS GYROSCOPE TECHNOLOGY
      • Tuning Fork Gyroscopes
      • Vibrating Wheel Gyroscopes
      • Wineglass Resonator Gyroscopes
      • Applications for Gyroscope Sensors
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 7 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE GYROSCOPE SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 3 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE GYROSCOPE SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, 2005-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • TEMPERATURE SENSORS
      • Silicon Integrated Circuit
      • Thermistor
      • Resistive Temperature Detector (RTD)
      • Applications for Temperature Sensors
      • Market Forecast Through 2012
  • Table 8 GLBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • OTHER TASK SPECIFIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES
      • Engine Knock
      • Solar, Twilight, and Glare Optical Detectors
      • Moisture/Rain
      • Near-Distance Obstacle Detection
      • Far-Distance Obstacle Detection
      • Far-Distance Obstacle Detection (Continued)
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 9 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR OTHER TASK SPECIFIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 4 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR OTHER TASK SPECIFIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES BY TECHNOLOGY, 2005-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • GLOBAL MARKET FORECASTS THROUGH 2012
      • Global Market Forecasts by Technology Through 2012
  • Table 10 GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS MARKET AND FORECASTS BY TECHNOLOGY THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Global Market Forecasts by Application Through 2012
  • Table 11 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS BY MAJOR APPLICATION GROUPS, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
      • INTRODUCTION
      • KEY CONCEPTS IN AUTOMOTIVE MEMS
      • MEMS MATERIALS
        • Silicon
        • Polymers
      • Metals
    • METHODOLOGIES FOR MEMS FABRICATION
      • Deposition Processes
      • Photolithography
      • Etching Processes
      • Wet Etching
      • Reactive Ion Etching
      • Deep Reactive Ion Etching
      • Bulk Micromachining
      • Surface Micromachining
    • MEMS TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
      • MEMS PRESSURE SENSORS
        • Absolute Pressure Sensor
        • Gauge Pressure Sensor
        • Vacuum Pressure Sensor
        • Differential Pressure Sensor
        • Market Forecasts Through 2012
        • Market Forecasts Through 2012 (Continued)
  • Table 12 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MEMS GYROSCOPES
      • Tuning Fork Gyroscopes
      • Oscillating Wheel Gyroscopes
      • Wineglass Resonator Gyroscopes
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 13 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE GYROSCOPE SENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MEMS ACCELEROMETERS
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 14 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE ACCELEROMETER SENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MEMS AIRFLOW SENSORS
      • Hot-Film Mass Airflow
      • HVAC Control
      • Market Forecasts Through 2012
  • Table 15 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR MEMS AUTOMOTIVE AIRFLOW SENSORS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • GLOBAL MEMS MARKET FORECAST THROUGH 2012
  • Table 16 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEMS BY APPLICATION THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • THE GROWTH AND MIGRATION TOWARD MEMS
      • The Growth and Migration Toward MEMS (Continued)
• Chapter 4 - GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS
  • TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS
    • THE TREAD ACT
    • DIRECT SYSTEMS
      • The Battery Issues and Opportunities
    • INDIRECT SYSTEMS
    • MARKET FORECASTS FOR TPMS SENSORS
  • Table 17 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • ENERGY HARVESTING-SPIN-OFF OPPORTUNITIES?
      • Energy Harvesting-Spin-off Opportunities? (Continued)
  • ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
    • U.S. ESC REGULATIONS
    • ESC TECHNOLOGY
    • MARKET FORECASTS FOR ESC SENSORS
      • Market Forecasts for ESC Sensors (Continued)
      • Market Forecasts for ESC Sensors (Continued)
  • Table 18 GLOBAL MARKET AND FORECASTS OF NEW SENSOR GROWTH FOR ESC SYSTEMS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
    • HYBRID VEHICLES
      • EMERGING HYBRID MARKETS AND ACTIVITY
        • Wal-Mart Moves Toward Hybrids
        • Google Goes Hybrid
        • EPRI Hybrid Assessment Report-2007
        • Toronto Launches Hybrid Pilot Project
        • Toyota Prius Sets Record Sales of Hybrid Vehicles
        • General Motors Accelerates Hybrid Development
        • Hybridfest 2007
      • HYBRID POWER TRAINS
        • Hybrid Power Train Design and Management
        • Hybrid Power Train Design (Continued)
        • Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
        • Vehicle to Grid Technology
      • THE ROLE OF SENSORS IN HYBRID VEHICLES
      • HYBRID VEHICLES AND SENSOR DEMAND
      • MARKET FORECASTS FOR HYBRID VEHICLE SENSORS
  • Table 19 NEW SENSOR GROWTH FOR HYBRID VEHICLES MARKET AND FORECASTS BY TECHNOLOGY GROUPS THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
• Chapter 5 - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
  • INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
    • KEY CONCEPTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE SENSOR INDUSTRY
  • Table 20 AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR COMPANY PROFILES
    • ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
      • ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    • AUTOLIV
      • AUTOLIV, INC.-CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
    • BOSCH
      • BOSCH (CONTINUED)
      • BOSCH GMBH
    • CONTINENTAL AG AUTO SYSTEMS
      • CONTINENTAL AG AUTO SYSTEMS (CONTINUED)
    • CONTINENTAL AG
  • DELPHI CORP
    • DELPHI CORP
  • DENSO CORPORATION
    • DENSO CORPORATION (CONTINUED)
    • DENSO CORPORATION
  • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (CONTINUED)
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (CONTINUED)
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (CONTINUED)
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (CONTINUED)
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. (CONTINUED)
    • FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR HEADQUARTERS
  • HONEYWELL SENSOTEC
    • HONEYWELL SENSOTEC
  • INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    • INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG (CONTINUED)
    • INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG IFX
  • KAVLICO
    • KAVLICO (CONTINUED)
    • KAVLICO CORPORATION, USA
  • MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES, INC. (MSI)
    • MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES, INC.
  • MELEXIS
    • MELEXIS NV HEADQUARTERS
  • SCHRADER ELECTRONICS, LTD.
    • SCHRADER ELECTRONICS, LTD.
    • SIEMENS VDO
  • SIEMENS VDO (CONTINUED)
    • SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE AG
  • SILICON SENSING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    • SILICON SENSING SYSTEMS JAPAN, LTD.
  • ST MICROELECTRONICS
    • ST MICROELECTRONICS (CONTINUED)
    • ST MICROELECTRONICS (CONTINUED)
    • ST MICROELECTRONICS NV HEADQUARTERS
  • SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
    • SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION (CONTINUED)
    • SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION (CONTINUED)
  • VTI TECHNOLOGIES
    • VTI TECHNOLOGIES (CONTINUED)
    • VTI TECHNOLOGIES (CONTINUED)
• Chapter 6 - SENSOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
  • Table 21 SENSOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
    • ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
      • ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
    • AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
      • AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    • AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CENTER (ARC)
      • AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CENTER
    • BERKELEY SENSOR AND ACTUATOR CENTER (BSAC)
      • BERKELEY SENSOR AND ACTUATOR CENTER
    • BOSCH RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
      • ROBERT BOSCH, LLC
    • CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH (CAR)
      • CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE (CONTINUED)
      • CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH
    • ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS (WIMS ERC)
      • ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS (CONTINUED)
      • ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS (CONTINUED)
      • CENTER FOR WIRELESS INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS
    • LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
      • LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
    • PHEV RESEARCH CENTER
      • PHEV RESEARCH CENTER
    • TOYOTA CENTRAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABS (TCRDL)
      • TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS, INC.
• Chapter 7 - PATENT ANALYSIS
  • PATENT ANALYSIS BY SENSOR TYPE
  • Table 22 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR SENSORS BY SENSOR TYPE, 2004-2006
  • Figure 5 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR SENSORS BY SENSOR TYPE 2004-2006 (%)
    • PERSPECTIVE ON PATENTS
    • PATENT ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
  • Table 23 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR POSITION SENSORS, 2004-2006
  • Table 23 (CONTINUED) 138
  • Table 24 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR PRESSURE SENSORS, 2004-2006
  • Table 24 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 24 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 25 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR TEMPERATURE SENSORS, 2004-2006
  • Table 26 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR ACCELEROMETERS, 2004-2006
  • Table 27 U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS FOR GYROSCOPES 2004-2006
  • Table 27 (CONTINUED)
• Chapter 8 - AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
  • Table 28 GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MARKET PRODUCTION BY COMPANY, 2006 (VEHICLE UNITS)
  • Table 28 (CONTINUED)
  • Table 29 GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2005-2006 (VEHICLE UNITS)
  • Table 29 (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TRENDS
• Chapter 9 - SENSOR MARKET-SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND FORECASTS
  • SENSOR DEMAND
  • MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
  • SAFETY SYSTEMS
  • TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS
  • ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
  • HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
  • WIRELESS NETWORKING
  • COMPETITION
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
  • GLOBALIZATION
  • GOLDEN PONY AWARDS
  • Table 30 AUTOMOTIVE ORGANIZATIONS
    • ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS
      • ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS
    • AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS COUNCIL (AEC)
      • AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS COUNCIL
    • AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ACTION GROUP (AIAG)
      • AIAG HEADQUARTERS
    • FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES SOCIÉTÉS D'INGÉNIEURS DES TECHNIQUES DE L'AUTOMOBILE (FISITA)
      • FISITA
    • INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTERERS
      • INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS
    • MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (MEMA)
      • MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
    • SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (SAE)
      • SAE AUTOMOTIVE HEADQUARTERS
    • SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS OF JAPAN (JSAE)
      • SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS OF JAPAN
    • VERBAND DER AUTOMOBILINDUSTRIE (VDA)
      • VERBAND DER AUTOMOBILINDUSTRIE
• Chapter 10 - AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY
  • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
    • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR GLOSSARY (CONTINUED)
• Chapter 11 - AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR REFERENCES
  • AUTOMOTIVE SENSOR REFERENCES