Global High Resistivity Silicon Wafers Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global High Resistivity Silicon Wafers Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

High resistivity silicon wafers are the most efficient semiconductor substrate on the market. They offer a long-term solution to heat-resistant and insulator challenges, making them ideal for thermal insulators with longer service life.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market finds that the global High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market reached a value of USD 1038.79 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 1765.91 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 9.25% during the forecast period.

Market Drivers

Application of High Resistivity Silicon Wafers in IPD devices
The resistivity of the silicon wafer affects and influences the operation of devices mounted on the surface of the silicon wafer. High Resistivity Silicon Wafers tend to reduce the influence of parasitic capacitance between wafer devices, allowing devices to be packed more closely on the wafer surface while reducing signal transmission losses between devices. High Resistivity Silicon Wafers have several characteristics. First, the resistivity is uniform across the thickness of the wafer. Second, acceptable radial and axial resistivity gradients. Third, stable resistivity is maintained throughout device processing. At present, the processing of integrated passive devices (IPD) usually adopts advanced wafer manufacturing technology, including thin film technology and photolithography process. IPD processes usually require high metal conductivity and high substrate resistivity to realize high-performance passive devices. High Resistivity wafers with stable low Oi offer perfect platform to drive the insertion losses lower. Pairing these with proprietary parasitic suppression layer enabled by Engineered High Resistivity wafers will give the highest effective resistance, record low insertion losses, superi or 2nd harmonic values as well as excellent linearity over temperature. The application of High Resistivity Silicon Wafers in the field of IPD devices is one of the driving forces driving the development of the industry.

Market Challenges

Customer Certification Barriers
Downstream product manufacturers are cautious about introducing new suppliers and the certification cycle is long. High Resistivity Silicon Wafers are important raw materials for chip manufacturers to produce semiconductor products. Chip manufacturers are cautious about introducing new suppliers. In order to ensure the stability and consistency of product quality, a long certification cycle is required. Usually, chip manufacturing companies will require suppliers of High Resistivity Silicon Wafers to provide some silicon wafers for trial production. After passing internal certification, chip manufacturing companies will send the products to downstream customers. The silicon wafer supplier conducts certification, and finally formally signs the purchase contract. High customer authentication barriers are one of the challenges facing the development of the industry.

Region Overview:

In 2022, the share of the High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market in Asia Pacific stood at 58.09%.

Company Overview:

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.got its start on September 16, 1926 as Shin-Etsu Nitrogen Fertilizer Co., Ltd. The company's initial main business was the production of chemical fertilizers and lime nitrogen. Since then, the company has grown and diversified its markets across the whole spectrum of organic and inorganic chemicals, as well as precision-specification industrial intermediates and final-use products, while remaining a leader in such fundamental goods of everyday life as polyvinyl chloride. Presently, the company supplies peerless high-tech materials in such fields as synthetic quartz, optical fiber preforms and semiconductor silicon. Shin-Etsu was first in the world to produce 300mm wafers commercially and is the world market leader in wafers of all sizes. Shin-Etsu Chemical has become the manufacturer holding the world's top market share in a number of key fields, while challenging for the lead in many more. January 11, 2023, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has developed new process technologies that can be applied for the manufacturing of Micro LED displays. The size of a Micro LED chip is not visible to the naked eye, with the length of one side being less than 50 μm (micrometers). For example, in order to manufacture one 4K display that has 4 times the resolution of a conventional high-definition screen, it is necessary to precisely array about 24.90 million chips.

SUMCO Phoenix Corporation

SUMCO Phoenix Corporation manufactures electronic-grade silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. SUMCO wafers are used by companies all over the world to make integrated circuits and semiconductor devices that power a myriad of electronic products, from computers to cell phones, digital watches to automobile engine systems. Japanese wafer maker SUMCO plans to spend 228.7 billion yen (13.438 billion yuan) to speed up the production of advanced 300mm (12-inch) semiconductor wafers, the Nippon Keizai Shimbun reported on Oct. 1, 2021.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. is one of the major players operating in the High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market, holding a share of 28.75% in 2023.

Segmentation Overview:

Single Side Polished Wafers
Polishing reduces the thickness of the silicon wafer and flattens the semiconductor. Refers to the polishing of only one side of the silicon wafer. Single Side Polished Wafers offer a perfect platform for surface MEMS, capping as well as RF and Power devices.
Double Side Polished Wafers
Polishing reduces the thickness of the silicon wafer and flattens the semiconductor. Refers to the polishing of both sides of the silicon wafer.
Insulator Wafers
This type refers to SOI wafers. SOI works by placing a thin, insulating layer, such as silicon oxide between a thin layer of silicon and the silicon substrate.

By type, Single Side Polished Wafer segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Application Overview:

According to the difference of High Resistivity Silicon Wafers application terminal products, it is divided into Detectors & Sensors, Power Semiconductors, MEMS Devices, RF Devices, etc. For example, in the field of RF Devices, High Resistivity Silicon Wafers can reduce insertion losses of RF filters and devices. In the field of Power Semiconductors, products are used in products such as power amplifiers.

By application, the MEMS Devices segment occupied the biggest share from 2018 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market covered in Chapter 3:

Soitec
Sumco Corporation
Okmetic
Wafer Works Corporation
GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. (Topsil)
Siltronic AG
SK Siltron
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Wafer World, Inc.

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Single Side Polished Wafers
Double Side Polished Wafers
Insulator Wafers
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the High Resistivity Silicon Wafers market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Detectors & Sensors
Power Semiconductors
MEMS Devices
RF Devices
Others

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)