Now that the price of crystal oscillators is rising so fiercely, when will it be a head?

    The price of ordinary chip crystal oscillators is good, although they have risen, but the increase is not particularly large; the most obvious increase is the 32.768K crystal oscillator and the TCXO crystal oscillator and VC-TCXO crystal oscillator during this period; The amount of money I bought a few years ago was only 40 to 50 cents. Looking at the current price, it is more than 1 yuan, which is a shockingly high price; CXO crystal oscillators have been sold out of stock these days, and the price has gone from more than 1 yuan to 45 yuan. .

    Last year, I learned a lot of information about the price increase of crystal oscillators, but they are only some products, and I just think about 2520 SMD crystal oscillators and 2016 thermal crystal oscillators, which will be relatively higher.

    The number of points corresponding to the points depends on the manufacturer's decision, and the outside world also has their own opinions. Last year, I learned that the demand for 5G equipment has increased, and some electronic equipment has increased the use of crystal oscillators.

    There is a relationship between supply and demand. Judging from the outbreak of the epidemic this year, the overseas supply is also becoming less and less. There is also a supply and demand gap for domestic electronic components. Industry insiders also reported that they will rise again.

    The price rumors are that some products need more than 20 points more than the original basis, which is more than 20% as everyone said.

    Affected by the global epidemic, overseas original factories stopped production and exhausted the previous inventory. At the same time, during the epidemic, the demand for high-end consumer products broke out, such as the increase in shipments of TWS Bluetooth headsets. The overseas original factories focused on small size (1612,1610) The crystal oscillator production capacity has been transferred, and the original mainland factory is expanding the 2016 crystal oscillator production line, resulting in insufficient production capacity of conventional quartz crystal oscillators.

    This situation is especially serious for some types of products. The growth rate of different crystal oscillator products is not consistent, which is mainly affected by three factors: first, the global crystal oscillator market has entered a new generation, and domestic suppliers have increased their production capacity, technical capabilities and quality levels. All aspects have improved rapidly, and a situation of three pillars of Japan, mainland China, and Taiwan has gradually emerged; second, in addition to the original factory, upstream raw material suppliers have also stopped work due to the epidemic, which directly led to tight industrial supply and increased costs; third Third, driven by domestic substitution and 5G commercial use, the growth of terminal demand for crystal oscillators has become inevitable. Many manufacturers have already made arrangements in advance, and the temporary supply shortage will not have much impact on the price trend.

    Although the prevention and control measures taken by China in the early stage of the epidemic limited the production capacity of the original crystal oscillator factories in East China and West China, the impact on domestic suppliers was short-lived. At present, the domestic supply chain has generally recovered. Many Southeast Asian countries have adopted closures due to the epidemic. The strategy has limited the production capacity of Japanese suppliers, and the price of 32.768KHz and thermistors/crystal oscillators fluctuates greatly. It is worth noting that because the domestic manufacturing industry has just resumed work, the demand for crystal oscillators for 5G applications abroad is still in the remote office stage temporarily. At the end of the year, there was an obvious increase, but the orders of some export-oriented and exhibition-oriented customers dropped sharply, which brought trouble to the payment collection of upstream crystal oscillator companies. From the overall point of view, the current supply and demand of crystal oscillator products are relatively balanced, and the prices are also tending to be stable, and the price increase only involves Some models.

   From the overall point of view, the price of four-legged 2016 crystals continues to rise due to these reasons, the change in supply and demand, and the arrival of some variable factors. The popularity of 5G in the past two years has increased the need for high-frequency crystal oscillators for related equipment, such as- Some large-sized crystal oscillators do not change much, and the ones with relatively large price changes are small quartz crystal oscillators, 2520 crystal oscillators, and 2016 crystal oscillators. These are commonly used by electronic manufacturers. Digital products of wireless routers are also becoming more and more miniaturized. Large is also one of the reasons why the price of quartz crystals continues to rise.