Conductive Inks

IDTechEx Report on PV, 5G, Automotive, Power Electronics, and Electronic Packaging

BOSTON, April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Conductive ink business is inherently wonderfully diverse, which has allowed the industry to rejuvenate itself time and again and to remain relevant through generations of product lifecycles. This diversity, however, presents a market segmentation, evaluation, and prioritization challenge for many small and large players across the world.

IDTechEx's research is designed to help you with that; allowing you to identify and assess existing and emerging markets, to gain deep insights into the business dynamics, to know the key competitors and potential customers, to learn application requirements, and to understand market size and future market potential.

The global market research firm have captured this research in the report "Conductive Ink Markets 2020-2030: Forecasts, Technologies, Players", which is unrivalled in its depth and breadth. It is based on more than eight years of research. The authors have had first-hand industry experience, and the information herein is based on extensive primary research. Indeed, more than 150 interviews, 35 conferences and tradeshows, multiple projects, etc. underpin the research. The report covers numerous existing and emerging applications. For nearly every application covered, it describes the market dynamics, assesses the drivers, identifies key technologies, highlights key prototypes and products, mentions vital players, reviews addressable markets, and offers market sizing and projection.

In this article, IDTechEx Analysts briefly discuss applications in automotive, 5G, conformal metallization, and photovoltaics. In subsequent articles the research firm will cover; In-Mold Electronics, stretchable electronics, flexible hybrid electronics, skin patches, 3D printed electronics, printed sensors (piezoelectric, piezoresistive, biosensor, dielectric strain sensors, etc.), RFID, PCB printing, and many other existing and emerging applications.

5G: IDTechEx receive many enquiries about conductive ink opportunities in 5G. There are several interesting opportunities here. First lies in the filter technology, current filter technologies will need to stretch to meet requirements in sub-6GHz 5G and will fall short on mmWave 5G. A range of candidates are emerging, such as microstrip on PCB or ceramic as well as multilayer LTCC filters. The latter offers reasonable filter properties at mmWave while maintaining a small footprint, which is vital for mmWave 5G implementation where large closely spaced antenna lattices will be used to increase gain and to beam form. It is early days, but multilayer LTCC seems a potential front-runner candidate if tight tolerance can be achieved at high volume production. This would translate into significant paste opportunities.