Solar PV, Inverter, and UPS drives India's MOSFET semiconductor market

Total India MOSFET market in 2014 is estimated in the range of 15-20 Million US$. In this around 80-90% is imported and the rest is expected to be made locally. There is 12% growth in 2014 in the Indian MOSFET market. Around 65% of MOSFETs are used in UPS and inverters. The second big market is solar lighting. The other market includes portable power adapters, power supplies for automotives, medical electronics, Aerospace/defence, and industrial systems (motor controllers). Key global and India specific technology trends in MOSFET: The super junction MOSFETs and also technology called trench gate structure is helping to reduce the on-resistance of MOSFETs, and increasing the efficiency of total system. STMicroelectronics and Infineon are strong in this technology. Modules are becoming more popular than individual MOSFETs. It’s not even modules even more advanced devices where, part of analog electronics and MOSFETs are integrated in a single package. Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are increasingly used in solar inverters, UBS and other DC/DC converters. SiC MOSFETs offer higher power conversion efficiency, small size and higher speed of operation resulting in reduction of Power MOSFETs size as well as the inverters size. MOSFETs made out of another semiconductor material called Gallium Nitride (GaN) are also preferred in the market for high-efficiency, high-speed, sm...