Epitaxial Wafer Market : Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2018-2026

 

A silicon wafer that has undergone the epitaxial process is placed over another silicon wafer. A silicon wafer's polished crystal surface is covered with a layer of monocrystalline silicon through the process of epitaxy. For use in photovoltaic, photonic, and microelectronic devices, this wafer serves as a semiconducting substrate. Homoepitaxy and Heteroepitaxy are two different types of epitaxial wafer.

Single-crystalline silicon is found in silicon epitaxial wafers. Heteroepitaxy or homoepitaxy can occur in its many atoms. Epitaxial Wafer Market layer may be covered by a noncrystalline film, for instance. The same atoms that make up the silicon layers also make up these layers.

The Epitaxial Wafer Market use of semiconductors in electronic applications across numerous business sectors is responsible for the expanding market for epitaxial wafers. The market for epitaxial wafer is expanding as consumer electronics like laptops and smartphones become more widely available. Rapid industrialization, technological advancements, and rising disposable incomes are causing the market demand for power electronics to rise, which is why power electronics are being used in the production of many semiconductor components. Therefore, the use of an epitaxial wafer in consumer electronics is fueling market expansion.

A semiconducting wafer made by Epitaxial Wafer Market growth or epitaxy is known as an epitaxial wafer and can be used in photonics, spintronics, microelectronics, or photovoltaics. Epitaxy is the procedure used to deposit very thin layers of semiconductor materials on top of a substrate made of a single crystal. The term "epilayer" refers to each of these layers. Wafers undergo epitaxy primarily to improve their functionality.

Key Players

Several well-known companies that are active in the global epitaxial wafer market are EpiWorks Inc., Global Wafers Japan Co. Ltd., Nichia Corporation, SHOWA DENKO K.K., Siltronic AG, Desert Silicon Inc., and Electronics and Materials Corporation Ltd. Silicon Valley Microelectronics Inc., Jenoptic AG, MOSPEC Semiconductor Corporation, Norstel AB, Ommic S.A., Intelligent Epitaxy Technology Inc., IQE plc., and SVT Associates Inc. Wafer Works Corporation, Xiamen Powerway Advanced Materials Co. Ltd., Universal Wafer Inc., and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co. Ltd.