MEMS: Biosensors and Nanosensors Market Report [2015]

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Report on Biosensors and Nanosensors Industry
2015
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Summary
The global market for microsensors reached nearly
9.9 billion in 2014 and totaled almost 10.9
billion in 2015. The market should reach more
than 18.9 billion in 2020, a compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7 between 2015 and
2020. This report provides -An overview of the
global market for microelectromechanical systems
(MEMS), which consist of sensing devices that
integrate mechanical elements, sensors,
actuators, and electronics on a common silicon
substrate, and typically have dimensions in the
1-micron to 100-micron range as well as
biosensors and nanosensors -Analyses of global
market trends, with data from 2014, estimates for
2015, and projections of compound annual growth
rates (CAGRs) through 2020
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INTRODUCTION STUDY BACKGROUND This report is an
update of an earlier published in 2013.
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), biochips,
and nanosensors (referred to collectively in this
report as microsensors) make up one of the
fastest-growing technology areas, with sales of
nearly 8.9 billion in 2014 that are expected to
grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
11.7 between 2015 and 2020. Microsensors have
proven to be a key enabling technology for
developments in sectors such as transportation,
telecommunications and health care, but the range
of microsensors applications covers nearly every
sector. The most significant advantage of
microsensors is their ability to communicate
easily with semiconductor chips.
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The report has surveyed individual segments of
the microsensor industry previouslyfor example,
in its recent studies of the global market for
MEMS, automotive sensors, medical device sensors
and environmental sensors. This report initiated
the present study to bring together these related
markets as well as to update the findings and
conclusions of the earlier reports. The range of
microsensor products and applications has grown
rapidly in the past few years, but it is
important to avoid hyping their prospects.
Although some types of microsensors (airbag
accelerometers, for example) have had great
commercial success, other types (such as most
types of nanosensors) have enjoyed less success.
Still other technologies remain at the discovery
and developmental stages, and their eventual
commercialization will require the commitment of
substantial resources, with long payback periods
and substantial financial risk.
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To the extent that hype results in exaggerated
investor expectation, it can divert investment
from microsensor technologies that have real
commercial potential. In the worst case,
disappointed expectations can lead to a drying up
of investment funds, similar to the one that
occurred in the dot-com sector after 2000. This
report takes a hard look at the market for
microsensors and tries to provide a road map for
the technologies and applications that are likely
to enjoy the greatest commercial success in the
years through 2020. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The
goal of this report is to provide investors and
others with information on the commercial
potential of various microsensor technologies and
applications to assist them in making key
business decisions.
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INTENDED AUDIENCE While it contains descriptions
of microsensor technologies, this report is
intended especially for microsensor marketing
executives and other executives charged with
asset allocation and corporate strategy, as well
as entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists,
and other readers with a need to know where the
market for microsensors is headed in the next
five years. The report is written primarily for
lay readers rather than technologists, but it
should also be useful to readers in the research
and development community who seek to anticipate
future flows in research and development (RD)
funding. Officials of related government programs
such as the U.S. National Nanotechnology
Initiative should also find the report
interesting.
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SCOPE OF REPORT The report addresses the global
market for microsensors, including the
following MEMS Sensing devices that integrate
mechanical elements, sensors, actuators, and
electronics on a common silicon substrate, and
typically have dimensions in the 1-micron to
100-micron range (1 micron 1 millionth of a
meter). Biochips Silicon chip-based detection
devices that integrate a living organism or
product derived from living systems (e.g., an
enzyme or an antibody) and a transducer to
provide an indication, signal, or other form of
recognition of the presence of a specific
substance in the environment. Biological
detection devices that do not generate an
analytical signal, such as pregnancy tests or
conventional glucose test strips, do not meet
this reports definition of sensors. Nanosensors
Sensors that are nanoscale or incorporate
nanoengineered structures such as nanotubes.
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The study format includes the following major
elements -Executive summary -Definitions -Mile
stones in the development of microsensors -Curren
t and developmental microsensor technologies and
applications -Microsensor technologies and
applications with the greatest commercial
potential through 2020 -Global microsensor
market trends, 20142020 -Microsensor market
shares and industry structure
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METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES The
methodologies and assumptions used to develop the
market projections in this report are discussed
at length in the detailed market estimates and
projections for each microsensor technology. The
report carefully documents data sources and
assumptions. This way, readers can see how the
market estimates were developed and, if they so
desire, test the impact of changing assumptions,
such as about price, on the final numbers. This
section makes some general observations
concerning the reports approach to estimating
the market for developmental technologies whose
commercial potential has not been demonstrated,
which is always a challenging task. The report
used a multiphase approach to identify the
microsensor technologies with the greatest
commercial potential and to quantify the market
for these applications, as described below.
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION Complimentary 2 EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY 3 MICROSENSORS OVERVIEW 4 ENABLING
TECHNOLOGIES FOR MICROSENSORS 5
ACCELEROMETERS 6 GYROSCOPES 7 PRESSURE
SENSORS 8 CHEMICAL AND GAS SENSORS
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