The future for IC temperature sensors appears positive. There are a wide variety of applications for IC temperature sensors, including high volume and fast growing items such as computers, mobile phones, LCDs, and personal electronics such as cameras and MP3 players. Other applications include power supplies, white goods, and HVAC. Also IC temperature sensors are found on many printed circuit boards and in most devices that have a hard drive. For now, it appears that the automotive market will yield more attractive opportunities for temperature sensor suppliers because of the advancements in technology, the emphasis upon improving fuel economy and lowering emissions, and the wide range of possible applications.

One current design trend in temperature sensors is the popularity of wireless sensors specifically for use in making surface temperature measurements - these can be devices with very wide temperature ranges. Recently, there was released for the first time a family of temperature sensors which included non-volatile registers and serial EEPROM memory. The addition of integrated memory allows for user settings to be saved across the different power cycles.

Researchers estimate that the current market for temperature sensing ICs is valued at $573 million, and it is growing at a compound annual rate of 5 percent, which should increase market size to $739 million by year 2016.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Significant Findings
   Sensors Overview
   Temperature Sensors Market

Regional Forecast
   Americas
   Europe
   Japan
   Asia Pacific

Applications Consumption Forecast
   Market Segment Share
   Automotive
   Computer
   Consumer
   Communications
   Industrial

Suppliers
   Market Share Summary
   Analog Devices
   Texas Instruments
   National Semiconductor
   Maxim Integrated Products
   STMicroelectronics
   Infineon Technologies
   Microchip Technology

Methodology

Market and Product Segmentation Definitions
   Market Segmentation
         Automotive
         Computers
         Consumer
         Communications
         Industrial
   Product Segmentation
         Discretes
         Optoelectronics
         Sensors and Actuators
         Logic
         Analog
         Memory
         Processors

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Worldwide Sensor Revenue Forecast by Product Type
Table 2: Worldwide Temperature Sensors Market Forecast (Revenue, Units, ASP)
Table 3: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Region
Table 4: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast by Region
Table 5: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Market Segment
Table 6: Worldwide Automotive Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 7: Worldwide Automotive Electronics Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 8: Worldwide Automotive Electronics Shipment Forecast by Application
Table 9: Worldwide Computer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 10: Worldwide SSD Market (Revenue, Units, and ASP)
Table 11: Worldwide Computer Electronics Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 12: Worldwide Computer Electronics Shipment Forecast by Application
Table 13: Worldwide Consumer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 14: Worldwide Consumer Electronics Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 15: Worldwide Consumer Electronics Shipment Forecast by Application
Table 16: Worldwide Communications Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 17: Worldwide Communications Equipment Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 18: Worldwide Communications Equipment Shipment Forecast by Application
Table 19: Worldwide Industrial Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Application Market
Table 20: Worldwide Industrial Electronics Revenue Forecast by Application Market
Table 21: Worldwide Industrial Electronics Shipment Forecast by Application Market
Table 22: 2010 and 2009 Worldwide Temperature Sensor Market Share
Table 23: 2010 and 2009 Americas Temperature Sensor Market Share
Table 24: 2010 and 2009 Europe Temperature Sensor Market Share
Table 25: 2010 and 2009 Japan Temperature Sensor Market Share
Table 26: 2010 and 2009 Asia Pacific Temperature Sensor Market Share

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Worldwide Sensor Revenue Forecast by Product Type
Figure 2: 2011 and 2016 Worldwide Sensor Revenue Share by Product Type
Figure 3: Worldwide Temperature Sensors Market Forecast (Revenue, Units, ASP)
Figure 4: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Region
Figure 5: 2011 and 2016 Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Share by Region
Figure 6: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast by Region
Figure 7: 2011 Worldwide Temperature Sensor Shipment Share by Region
Figure 8: Americas Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast
Figure 9: Americas Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast
Figure 10: Europe Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast
Figure 11: Europe Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast
Figure 12: Japan Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast
Figure 13: Japan Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast
Figure 14: Asia Pacific Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast
Figure 15: Asia Pacific Temperature Sensor Shipment Forecast
Figure 16: Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Market Segment
Figure 17: 2011 Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Share by Market Segment
Figure 18: Worldwide Automotive Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Figure 19: 2011 Worldwide Automotive Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Share by Application
Figure 20: Worldwide Computer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Figure 21: 2011 Worldwide Computer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Share by Application
Figure 22: Worldwide SSD Market (Revenue, Units, and ASP)
Figure 23: Worldwide Consumer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Forecast by Application
Figure 24: 2011 Worldwide Consumer Temperature Sensor IC Revenue Share by Application
Figure 25: Worldwide Communications Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Application
Figure 26: 2011 Worldwide Communications Temperature Sensor Revenue Share by Application
Figure 27: Worldwide Industrial Temperature Sensor Revenue Forecast by Application Market
Figure 28: 2011 Worldwide Industrial Temperature Sensor Revenue Share by Application Market
Figure 29: 2010 Worldwide Temperature Sensor Revenue Market Share