Home appliance market: The demand for crystal oscillators exceeds 2.34 billion per year

    According to statistics from the Bureau of Statistics, the home appliance market (color TVs, air conditioners, washing machines, and refrigerators) has maintained a high level of shipments every year. In 2018, the output of color TVs, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators were 204 million, 205 million, 72 million and 78 million units, respectively. Household appliances have relatively low requirements for crystal oscillator miniaturization and accuracy. Generally, kilohertz piezoelectric quartz crystal or ceramic crystal oscillator is used. Without considering other types of home appliances, we assume that a single color TV needs 8 crystal oscillators, and a single air conditioner, washing machine and refrigerator need 2 crystal oscillators, and the annual demand for crystal oscillators by home appliance manufacturers exceeds 2.34 billion.

    Automotive electronics: It is estimated that there will be 1.54 billion automotive crystal oscillators nationwide in 2020

    Automotive electronics have become the main application scenarios for crystal oscillators. China is a big country in automobile production and sales. According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the cumulative sales of automobiles in my country in 2018 was 28,080,600, which was basically the same as the same period last year. In addition, the trend toward electrification, intelligence, and networking of automobiles is becoming more and more obvious, and the penetration rate of automobile electronics is gradually increasing. The scale of my country's automotive electronics market is growing year by year at a growth rate of more than 10%, and in 2019 it has reached 96.2 billion U.S. dollars.

    The electrification of automobiles has brought about the expansion of demand for components, and each automobile needs to be equipped with dozens of crystal oscillators. According to the data disclosed in the NDK annual report, low-end models are equipped with 10-20 crystal oscillators, economy cars need 30-40 crystal oscillators, and luxury cars need 70-110 crystal oscillators. According to the "Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Roadmap", in 2020, the proportion of new smart cars will reach 50%; in 2025, the assembly rate of new smart cars will reach 80%. We use 30 crystal oscillators for each economical car and 80 crystal oscillators for smart cars. It is estimated that by 2020, the number of crystal oscillators used in automobiles will reach 1.5 billion, and by 2025, it will increase to 2.87 billion.

    Demand for crystal oscillators in the 5G field:

    In 2020, the construction of 5G base stations will accelerate, and the demand for quartz crystal oscillators will increase. Quartz crystal oscillator is the core electronic component in 5G technology. Its function is to provide high-end reference clock signal and receive transmission signal. 5G technology must be very accurate in all aspects. Ordinary quartz crystal resonators alone are not enough to support 5G operation. It must be equipped with TCXO (temperature compensated crystal oscillator) and VCXO (voltage controlled crystal oscillator) that require higher accuracy and stability. ), OXCO (constant temperature crystal oscillator) and other products. We expect that after 2021, the number of orders for active crystal oscillators will increase accordingly.