Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market Size By Component (Power Management, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)), By Application (Commercial, Military), By Geographic Scope And Forecast

Radiation Hardened Electronics Market Size And Forecast

Radiation Hardened Electronics Market size was valued at USD 1153.1 Million in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 1762.15 Million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 4.82% from 2023 to 2030. The market for Radiation Hardened Electronics is growing with applications such as space and military. The Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.

Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market Definition

Radiation hardening can be defined as the act of manufacturing electronic components and systems that can withstand damage or failure caused by ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high-energy electromagnetic radiation) such as occurs in space and during high-altitude flights in nuclear reactors and particle accelerators or in nuclear accidents or nuclear war. Radiation hardened products are classically tested for one or more resulting effect tests, including total ionizing dose (TID), enhanced low dose rate effects (ELDRS), neutron and proton drift damage, and single event effects (SEE, SET, SEL, and SEB).

Radiation-hardened natural philosophy refers to numerous electronic parts, packages, and products that are primarily used for high-altitude applications. The materials used for the production of such parts embrace elements, carbide, metallic element chemical compounds, and modify the amorphous element. These parts are proof of the harm caused by ionizing and high-energy radiation, and gamma and ionizing radiation emitted by nuclear reactors. They are widely utilized in satellites, aircraft, and atomic energy plants within the style of switch regulators, microprocessors and power provide devices. As a result of this, they realize in-depth applications across numerous industries, together with aviation, space, military, and defense.

The rapidly growing medical equipment manufacturing industry across developed and developing countries is predicted to contribute to the radiation-hardened natural philosophy market growth. The high investment by government bodies to push infrastructural development across medical facilities and equip an equivalent with the most recent medical devices contributes to the high medical instrumentation production across the world. for example, developing countries like Peru and Chile have intimated an increase in demand for medical instrumentation and products due to government initiatives.

Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market Overview

These radiation resistant devices are primarily used in high altitude applications where factors such as radiation could damage the overall functioning of the electronic components. Radiation resistant components are often used in applications such as satellite system power, switching regulators and microprocessors in military and space applications. The market for radiation hardened electronics is seen to grow with applications such as space and military. With the growth of the market comes the ease of application of these devices in demanding environments.

Radiation-hardened electronics are crucial for safeguarding equipment from physical injury and failure caused by harmful radiation in space. Moreover, widespread product adoption for producing power management devices is making a positive impact on the market. These electronics are mainly used to manufacture diodes, transistors, and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) for numerous defense and military applications. In addition, numerous technological advancements, like the event of extremely reliable integrated circuits and enhancements within the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology, are making a positive outlook for the market.

Alternative factors, as well as vital growth within the industry and intensive analysis and development (R&D) activities, are projected to drive the market. The increasing demand for reconfigurable radiation-hardened devices creates a market chance for the players. These devices enable satellite users to switch their scope of operation while in orbit, majorly reducing the reconfiguration value. Major corporations operative within the vertical is collaborating on the development of recent software-defined radiation-hardened electronic elements.

Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market: Segmentation Analysis

The Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market is Segmented on the basis of Component, Application, and Geography.

Radiation Hardened Electronics Market, By Component

• Power Management
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
• Memory
• Logic
• Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

Based on Component, the market is segmented into Power Management, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Memory, Logic, and Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The power management sub-segment is expected to dominate the component in the Radiation Hardened Electronics Market during the forecast period. Power devices constitute an integral part of any electronics system as the entire operation is dependent upon them.

Radiation Hardened Electronics Market, By Application

• Space (Satellites)
• Commercial
• Military
• Aerospace & Defense
• Nuclear Power Plants

Based on Application, the market is segmented into Space (Satellites), Commercial, Military, Aerospace & Defense, and Nuclear Power Plants. The space application segment is expected to dominate the Radiation Hardened Electronics Market throughout the forecast period. It is further expected to grow at a higher CAGR during the forecast period. The increased global ISR operations, along with the growing number of space missions, are influencing radiation-hardened electronics providers to offer more reliable and robust electronic components for space applications.

Radiation Hardened Electronics Market, By Geography

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Rest of the world
• On the basis of Geography, the Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the world. North America is expected to hold the largest share of the Radiation Hardened Electronics Market throughout the forecast period. This growth is attributed to the large presence of leading companies such as Honeywell Aerospace & Defense (US), Microchip Technology (US), and Xilinx, Inc. (US) and renowned space research institutes such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Florida Space Research Institute (FSRI).

Key Players

• The "Global Radiation Hardened Electronics Market" study report will provide valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players in the market are
• Honeywell Aerospace, Microsemi Corp, Microchip Technology Inc., Xilinx Inc, Texas Instruments Inc, BAE Systems Plc, Microelectronics NV, Maxwell Technologies Inc, Linear Technology Inc, etc.

Our market analysis also includes a section dedicated exclusively to these major players, where our analysts provide insight into the financial statements of all the major players along with their product benchmarking and SWOT analysis. The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share, and market evaluation analysis of the aforementioned players globally.

Key Developments

• In March 2022, STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) announced the launch of its new series of radiation-hardened power, analog, and logic ICs with a low-cost plastic package. The new series will include radiation-hardened devices such as voltage regulators, data converters, logic gates, as well as LVDS transceivers that are utilized in various space applications such as telemetry start trackers and onboard computers.