Global Capacitive Touch Sensor Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Capacitive Touch Sensor Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Capacitive touch technology works by directly sensing the electrical properties of the human body. Capacitive touch sensors can be embedded below specific points on a surface to create individual buttons, or over a large area, sensing the exact position of a finger on a display or other surface. Capacitive is the most common type of touch-sensing technology in smartphone displays. Capacitive touch sensors are generally designed to respond to direct contact with human tissue, or objects with similar electrical properties. In capacitive touch sensors, a finger trip forms the capacitance between the sensing electrode and reference plane.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Capacitive Touch Sensor market finds that the global Capacitive Touch Sensor market reached a value of USD 1522.77 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 2313.59 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.22% during the forecast period.

Increasing demand

The growing integration of sensors due to the increasing number of touch screen displays and devices may augment the global capacitive touch sensor market growth. Rising demand for consumer electronics such as smart televisions, speakers, and home automation systems is supplementing the market growth. Also, the growing demand for interactive digital signage in retail stores and malls, which reduces manual labor and acts as self-help for consumers, further accelerates the market growth. The rapid progression of capacitive touch sensor technology and increasing use of touch screens in the educational and corporate sector to increase interactivity boost the market's growth. The automotive segment has massive potential to lead the demand for capacitive touch sensors owing to the rapid integration of touch panels in vehicles.

Wide application

Capacitive touch sensors are used in various applications, including consumer electronics, and automotive, industrial, due to their numerous advantages. Consumer electronics devices range from entertainment systems such as speakers to communication devices such as mobiles to smart homes and home automation. In recent years, there has been an increased demand for consumer electronic devices such as smartphones, gaming consoles, smart wearables, and portable media players. Consumers are increasingly demanding devices with touch screens, which is a major factor that contributed to the dominance of the segment. Capacitive touch sensing will become increasingly popular, not only for consumer products but also white goods and industrial applications, for reasons of usability, robustness and cost efficiency. The technology and available products are mature and allow the design of reliable solutions. The implementation of touchscreen display systems as human-machine interaction by end-users, such as consumer, industrial, automotive, and medical, is also anticipated to drive the demand for capacitive touch sensor. Additionally, the increasing factory automation of production processes is expected to spur the demand for capacitive touch sensor in the healthcare and automotive industries.

Region Overview:

In 2022, the share of the Capacitive Touch Sensor market in North America stood at 40.30%.

Company Overview

Microchip is one of the major players operating in the Capacitive Touch Sensor market, holding a share of 21.63% in 2022.

Microchip

Microchip Technology Inc. is a publicly-listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Its products include microcontrollers (PIC, dsPIC, AVR and SAM), Serial EEPROM devices, Serial SRAM devices, embedded security devices, radio frequency (RF) devices, thermal, power and battery management analog devices, as well as linear, interface and wireless products.

Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1999, when the semiconductor operations of the former parent company Siemens AG were spun off. Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. Infineon bought Cypress in April 2020.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Projected Capacitive Sensing segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Surface Capacitive Sensing

There are two types of capacitive touch sensors: surface capacitive sensing and projected capacitive sensing. In surface capacitive sensing, an insulator is applied with a conductive coating on one side of its surface. On top of this conductive coating, a thin layer of insulator is applied. Current is applied to all the corners of the conductive coating. When an external conductor like a human finger comes in contact with the surface, a capacitance is formed between them and draws more current from the corners. The current at each corner is measured and their ratio will determine the position of the touch on the surface.

Projected Capacitive Sensing

In projected capacitive sensing, the whole surface is not charged, but an X-Y grid of conductive material is placed between two insulating materials. The grid is often made of Copper or Gold on a PCB or Indium Tin Oxide on glass. An IC is used to charge and monitor the grid. When a charge is pulled by external conducting object like a finger(s) from an area on the grid, the IC calculates the location of the finger on the touch surface. Touch sensors, made of projective capacitive technology can be used to sense a finger that is not touching its surface. They act as near proximity sensors.

Application Overview:

By application, the Consumer Electronics segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Capacitive Touch Sensor market covered in Chapter 3:

RenesasSilicon LaboratoriesInfineonISSION SemiconductorTexas InstrumentsAzoteqNan Ya Plastics CorporationMicrochipROHM Semiconductor

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Capacitive Touch Sensor market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Surface Capacitive Sensing

Projected Capacitive Sensing

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Capacitive Touch Sensor market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Consumer ElectronicsAutomotiveIndustrialOthers

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)