Active and Passive Electronic Components - Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts (2024 - 2029)

The Active and Passive Electronic Components Market size is estimated at USD 0.7 trillion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 1.07 trillion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 8.79% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

Active and passive electronic components are any semiconductor/electronic device's building blocks. With their simple functionalities, these components play a crucial role in powering an electronic system. While active components are part of an electronic circuit that relies on an external power source to modify/control electrical signals, passive electronic components do not need an external power source to function. They use other properties to control the electrical signal.

Key Highlights

• The active and passive electronics market witnessed significant growth over the past few years, primarily due to the increasing digitalization of various sectors. This resulted in the growing adoption of consumer electronics across sectors and the rising need for connectivity and mobility. With these developments, the complexity of electronic products also increased. This accelerated the need for components, especially in the automotive and consumer electronics industries.
• One of the current trends in the consumer electronics industry is the growing demand and need for smaller, lighter, and higher-performing electronics, i.e., the miniaturization of electronics and components. Rapid technological advances have led to the availability of products that incorporate multiple features on a single platform.
• The consumer electronics industry is among the major consumer of active and passive electronic components. These components are among the fundamental building blocks of the circuitry in devices such as computers, cell phones, and several other electronic devices. For instance, a transistor performs various functions such as amplification, voltage regulation, switching, signal modulation, and oscillators.
• The raw materials prices, such as silicon, iron, nickel, and molybdenum, have recently seen significant changes. With the pandemic's influence, the global precious metal market is further witnessing adverse effects of supply chain issues, which also impact the market prices. This increase in the price of palladium, nickel, and ruthenium impacts the overall cost of production for specific large-volume components, challenging the market's growth.
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for active and passive components increased significantly across the medical and healthcare sector to speed up the detection and treatment process as well as to enhance remote patient monitoring capabilities; healthcare institutions significantly invested in advanced electronic devices, which in turn drove the demand for components such as transistors, capacitors, amplifiers, etc.
• For instance, the demand for electrochemical transistors with a modular architecture witnessed a notable increase in use in sensing devices for the rapid quantification of single-molecule-to-nanomolar levels of specific antigens in complex bodily fluids. Furthermore, various use cases of laser-induced graphene field-effect transistors (LIG-FET) for detecting SARS-CoV-2 were also observed during the COVID period. With these components proving beneficial, further technological innovations are expected to open new growth opportunities in the post-COVID-19 period.

Active & Passive Electronic Components Market Trends

Increasing Adoption of 5G Technology is Driving the Market

• 5G has been a groundbreaking innovation not just for the communication industry but is expected to significantly impact the growth of various industries, including consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, etc., as the fast and low latency connectivity offered by 5G will significantly expand use cases across these industries.
• According to Ericsson, the global number 5G subscriptions are expected to expand rapidly, growing up from a mere 12.69 million in 2019 to 4,372.73 million by 2027. Furthermore, Northeast Asia is expected to hold the largest number of 5G subscribers, reaching 1,705.6 million subscribers by 2027.
• Such trends are expected to open up a new world of possibilities for every tech industry as the low-latency and fast speed offered by 5G is what is needed for further advances in intelligent automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous cars, extended reality, blockchain, and several other technologies yet to be explored.
• According to a study by Qualcomm, 5G will generate more than USD 2.4 trillion across the automotive industry by 2035. As millions of vehicles leverage mobile technology for real-time navigation, emergency services, connected infotainment, etc., the advent of 5G will spawn a new range of applications such as Vehicle-2-Vehicle, Vehicle-2-Network (V2N), Vehicle-2-Infrastructure (V2I), and Vehicle-2-Pedestrian (V2P) communications.
• Furthermore, 5G is also expected to have a similar impact on the growth of the consumer electronics industry. The demand for IoT-connected consumer devices will grow due to the availability of low latency and fast connectivity networks. Such trends combinedly will support the growth of the studied market during the forecast period.

Asia Pacific is Expected to Witness Significant Growth

• The growing electronics industry is attracting several MNCs to set up manufacturing plants in Asian countries either independently or through a joint venture with different regional companies. This includes large global organizations such as Tyco Electronics, FCI OEN, Molex, Vishay, and EPCOS. This is further anticipated to boost the local manufacturing activity of resistors in the Asia Pacific region.
• In China, the growth of the studied market can also be attributed to the booming electronics industry. Electronics is one of the largest industries in China and is a significant contributor to the country's overall economic growth. For instance, as per the State Council of the People's Republic of China, during the two months from January to February 2022, the added value of major electronics manufacturers rose 12.7% year-on-year, compared with the 7.5% growth seen in the overall industrial sector in the country. China is the world's leading producer of electronic devices such as TVs, smartphones, laptops and PCs, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
• Japan's electronic products industry, which is one of the largest in the world, is the most significant factor driving demand for sales of semiconductors in the country. As per the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), in 2021, the production value of electronic devices in Japan grew by 10.6% compared to the previous year, reaching a value of about JPY 3.94 trillion in 2021. The rising disposable income of the people and their preferences for smart homes and smart business environments are important drivers for the growth of consumer electronics in Japan.
• Korea acquired a prominent position in the global semiconductor memory market. The data center market in Korea is one of the fastest growing and is attracting increasing investments from many foreign players. For instance, in April 2022, Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd planned to develop a data center in Incheon, South Korea, through a partnership with the SK eco plant. The companies will jointly build and promote a 120MW hyper-scale data center development project in the National Industrial Complex in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon.
• Electronics manufacturing is a significant contributor to Taiwan's total Gross domestic product (GDP). Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the most important semiconductor manufacturer in the region. Recently TSMC reported its Q2 2022 earnings results, presenting a strong revenue growth of 36.6% year over year. As per the company, one of the most important reasons for this remarkable growth was the rapid expansion of its customers in the high-performance computing (HPC) industry. These include artificial intelligence researchers, data centers for cloud providers like Amazon's Amazon Web Services, and edge computing networks. HPC revenue grew 14% quarter over quarter in Q2 and now makes up 43% of TSMC's overall revenue.

Active & Passive Electronic Components Industry Overview

The active and passive electronic components market comprises long-standing established players who have made significant investments in the product. The new players entering the market require high investments. The companies can sustain themselves through powerful competitive strategies. Product innovations can also work in favor of new players as they can target emerging and less explored application areas to expand their market presence further. The degree of competition is high in the market and is expected to remain the same for the forecasted period.

In December 2022, ModCap HF, a modular capacitor designed for DC link applications that can operate at extremely high switching frequencies, was offered by TDK Corporation. The six newly created power capacitors in the B25647A* series are rated for between 900 to 1600 volts and have capacitance ranges between 640 to 1850 microfarads. The highest allowable hot spot temperature is 90 °C, and the rated currents range from 160 A to 210 A depending on the kind.

In October 2022, YAGEO Group, the world's top supplier of passive components, released the automotive grade thin film chip resistor - RP Series. The RP series' unique passivation design creates a waterproofing interface. This cover shields the resistive layer, preventing moisture from entering from the outside. With this defense, the RP Series can maintain high resistance stability in challenging conditions, making it ideal for power systems, industrial/medical equipment, telecommunications, industrial/automotive electronics, and industrial/industrial equipment.

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