The CMOS image sensor is used in applications such as automotive, consumer electronics, security & surveillance, and industrial owing to its features such as high speed, low cost, high dynamic range, and random access. It also delivers application-specific designs of pixels and readout electronics. This has increased the demand for CMOS image sensors in various applications. The automotive application is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2015 and 2020, followed by the security & surveillance application. Automotive and security and surveillance are the key revenue pockets of the CMOS image sensor market.
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The automotive application accounted for share of 3% of the market in 2014; is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 21% between 2015 and 2020. This growth is highly attributed to the rising demand for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and the development of 3D image sensors to serve human machine interface (HMI) in the automotive systems. Another development driving the market is the emergence of self-driving cars which are equipped with sensors for smooth driving and to avoid accidents. CMOS image sensor used in the automotive application has shifted from display to sensing, and the manufacturers of software, processor, and sensor design thus play a major role in the automotive CMOS image sensor market. Infineon Technologies AG (Germany), Toshiba Corporation (Japan), OmniVision Technologies Inc. (U.S.), and Sony Corporation (Japan) are some of the companies working in the field of automotive CMOS image sensor products.
The security & surveillance application of the CMOS image sensor market accounted for a share of ~6% in 2014. The rising need for security, especially due to the growing threat of terrorism and crimes in secure facilities, national borders, commercial transport centers, and regions of mass transportation, is boosting the adoption of CMOS image sensors. The increasing demand for high-definition resolution in IP networking for high quality of visibility for image processing is expected to drive the security & surveillance market. In October 2015, OmniVision Technologies Inc. launched the OV788 for smart home and security applications. Some of the players in the security & surveillance application of CMOS image sensor market are Forza Silicon Corporation (U.S.), BAE Systems Imaging Solutions (U.S.), Toshiba Corporation (Japan), and Aptina Imaging Corporation (U.S.).
The companies involved in the development of CMOS image sensor include CMOSIS N.V. (Belgium), e2v technologies plc. (U.K.), GalaxyCore Inc. (China), OmniVision Technologies Inc. (U.S.), ON Semiconductor Corporation (U.S.), Panasonic Corporation (Japan), PixArt Imaging Inc.(Taiwan), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea), Sharp Corporation (Japan), SK Hynix Inc. (South Korea), Sony Corporation (Japan), STMicroelectronics N.V. (Switzerland), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd (Taiwan)., Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (U.S.), and Toshiba Corporation (Japan).
