Consistent Demand from Application Markets and Increasing Importance of Electrical Control are Influencing Growth in the Mature Analog to Digital Converters Market.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

Analog to digital converters cater to a broad range of applications and the constant demand from these end-use markets has been compelling a steady growth in the global ADC markets. Further, the progressively increasing transition from mechanical to electrical control of various processes and the increasing importance of parameter monitoring aids in sustaining the growth of ADCs.

To keep pace with evolving demands, manufacturers of analog-to-digital converters are increasingly deploying finer line-width production processes to fabricate smaller-sized devices with higher speed and better resolution.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.electronics.frost.com), World Analog to Digital Converters Market, reveals that this market generated revenues worth $1.08 billion in 2002 and is likely to reach $1.26 billion by 2006.

The manufacturing advancements in the form of finer line width processes, though capable of enhancing the speed of converters, contain the accuracy of the ADCs. This has instigated the adoption of effective correction mechanisms to maintain the required accuracy levels.

"ADC manufacturers need to have a clear understanding of the error sources to achieve a balance between speed and accuracy," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Deepa Doraiswamy. "The desired performance can be obtained by employing efficient error correction techniques that use certain algorithms or matrices to operate the ADCs at a preferred accuracy level while maintaining speed."

Meanwhile, participants are striving to lower costs as the demand for different types of less expensive ADCs is the dominating market trend. End users have become extremely cost-conscious in the wake of exacting economic conditions, placing further pressure on companies to adopt cutting-edge technologies to deliver required performance at reduced costs.

"Dwindling demand from the communications industry had compelled ADC suppliers to explore different markets," says Doraiswamy. "However, they continue to reinforce their faith in the communications industry, which is showing signs of revival with the advent of 3G services."

Many ADC manufacturers have also started designing converters for alternate applications such as the video and imaging products, following the recent downturn in the communications industry that had been their largest end-user and revenue contributor.

"The growing importance of preventive healthcare and the development of several disease-screening devices such as computer tomography equipment, X-ray radiography instruments, and resonance imaging devices are expected to increase demand for ADCs considerably in the future," says Doraiswamy. "Video imaging is also expected to trigger substantial demand for ADCs."

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The World Analog to Digital Converters Market is part of the Semiconductors Subscription. This research provides a comprehensive demand analysis for the different types of ADCs -- flash, successive approximation register (SAR), pipeline, Sigma Delta, and dual scope -- in the communications, industrial, and consumer markets. The study also provides unit shipment and revenue forecasts for each type of ADC based on the in-depth analysis of drivers, restraints, and technology trends prevailing in the market. Executive summaries and interviews are available to the press.

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