World AC-DC SPS Market

Published by: Frost & Sullivan

Published: Jul. 2, 2007 - 160 Pages

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Market Overview

Introduction

Competitive Analysis

Technologies

Major Market Findings

Opportunities and Forecasts

Market Segmentation Analysis

Conclusions

2 WORLD AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Engineering Measurements

Market Drivers

Market Restraints

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Market Revenue and Unit Forecasts

Geographic Analysis

Power Level Analysis

End-user Segment Analysis

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

Market Share Analysis

3 LOW RANGE AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Drivers

Market Restraints

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Revenue Analysis and Unit Forecasts

Pricing and Distribution Trends

Technology Trends

Geograhical Revenue Analysis

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Rest-of-World

End User Market Revenue Analysis

IT/Telecom

Industrial

Aerospace and Defense

Medical

Others

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

4 MEDIUM RANGE AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Drivers

Market Restraints

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Revenue Analysis and Unit Forecasts

Pricing and Distribution Trend

Technology Trends

Geographic Revenue Analysis

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Rest-of-World

End User Market Revenue Analysis

IT/Telecom

Industrial

Aerospace and Defense

Medical

Others

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

5 HIGH RANGE AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Drivers

Market Restraints

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Revenue Analysis and Unit Forecasts

Pricing and Distribution Trend

Technology Trends

Geographic Revenue Analysis

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Rest-of-World

End User Revenue Analysis

IT/Telecom

Industrial

Aerospace and Defense

Medical

Others

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

6 VERY HIGH RANGE AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Driver

Market Restraint

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Revenue Analysis and Unit Forecasts

Pricing and Distribution Trend

Technology Trend

Geographic Revenue Analysis

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Rest of World

End User Market Revenue Analysis

IT/Telecom

Industrial

Aerospace and Defense

Medical

Others

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

7 EXTREMELY HIGH RANGE AC-DC SPS MARKET

Market Overview

Introduction

Market Drivers

Market Restraints

Revenue Forecasts and Trends

Revenue Analysis and Unit Forecasts

Pricing and Distribution Trend

Technology Trend

Geograhic Revenue Analysis

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

Rest-of-World

End User Market Revenue Analysis

IT/Telecom

Industrial

Aerospace and Defense

Medical

Others

Competitive Analysis

Competitive Structure

8 DEFINITIONS

Terms and Definitions

List of Abbreviations

Glossary of Terms

9 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

DSD - 1

Annual Telecom Investments

DSD - 2

World Semiconductor and Semiconductor Equipment Market

DSD - 3

Total Healthcare Expenditure

DSD - 4

Total Mainlines

DSD - 5

PC Installed Base

AbstractThis Frost & Sullivan research service titled World AC-DC SPS Market provides an overview of this market, providing unit shipments and revenue forecasts for various power range and end-user segments as well as current and future market trends. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following end-user segments: IT/telecommunications, industrial, aerospace and defense, medical, and others.

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Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

By Power Level:

• Low Range (1 to 300 watts)
• Medium Range (301 to 750 watts)
• High Range (751 to 1500 watts)
• Very High Range (1501 to 2000 watts)
• Extremely Very High Range (above 2000 watts)

By Application:

• IT/Telecom
• Industrial
• Aerospace and Defense
• Medical
• Others

Technologies

The following technology is covered in this research:

• AC-DC Switching Power Supplies (SPS): These are devices that use switching semiconductors to convert AC power input into DC power output. SPS products use the switcher technology of increasing the actual frequency of the main’s AC power and then rectifying it to obtain DC output. Only SPS products are covered in this study, excluding linear design rectifier products.

Market Overview

Thriving Electronic Goods Market Drives Demand for AC-DC SPS

Increasing consumption of electronic goods globally continues to generate strong demand for AC-DC switching power supplies (SPS). Electronic goods require high-quality power, and AC-DC SPS are able to meet these needs due to their multiple output features. Lean manufacturing methods used for AC-DC SPS reduce the size and weight of the power unit, making them end-user friendly. With their superior quality, better performance, and smaller size, AC-DC SPS products are extensively used in the telecommunications industry and increasingly in the industrial and automation sector.

"However, the new system design of intermediate bus architecture (IBA) is expected to penetrate the telecommunications and industrial application sectors," says the analyst of this research service. "This is likely to result in the replacement of centralized AC-DC SPS systems by a network of DC-DC converters." While this has affected the consumption of centralized multi output systems, continued demand for AC-DC SPS products as front ends offsets this to some extent. Additionally, the emergence of new technologies such as 3G, general packet radio service (GPRS), power over Ethernet (PoE), and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is expected to drive fresh demand for power supplies in telecom infrastructure.

SPS Preferred over SCR for Critical Applications

Technologically, SPS products have remained more or less the same except for a change in switching semiconductors, which has helped enhance their functionality, portability, and efficiency. SPS products offer superior output performance compared to the older silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR)-based design and are generally preferred for critical applications despite being more expensive than SCR. On the other hand, non-critical, high-power applications usually favor SCR-based power supplies, particularly in cost-conscious regions such as Asia Pacific.

"AC-DC SPS products are considered more efficient and reliable compared to SCR-based and diode-based type power supplies," says the analyst. "Economies of scale have allowed SPS products to overcome competition from SCR-based design even SCR products are less expensive." Standardization of power supplies in Europe is now allowing SPS products to be used in both critical and high-power, non-critical applications in this region. This could result in an increase in demand for SPS in Europe, particularly Eastern Europe.

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