According to the latest report from market research organization Strategy Analytics, the revenue from semiconductor components used in electric vehicles will grow fourfold between 2011 and 2018, reaching a scale of US$2 billion.

Strategy Analytics reports that 92% of the chips used in electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles (HEVs) are analog ICs; it is estimated that between 2011 and 2018, the total value of analog ICs for EV/HEV applications will be 23 The composite annual average growth rate (CAGR) of % is much higher than the CAGR of 7.2% predicted by the standard vehicle simulation and linear components in the same period.

Strategy Analytics estimated that the ratio of the power and non-power simulation components in the power control application semiconductor components of electric vehicles/hybrid vehicles was 78% and 14%, respectively; among them, AC main motor inverters (traction motor inverters) The required high-power IGBTs continue to occupy the largest proportion of power analog ICs for electric vehicles/hybrid vehicles.

"The digital logic chip can be used as the brain of an electric vehicle/hybrid vehicle, but the analog chip plays the role of interface, measurement, protection and power control in the power system of this type of vehicle, and also brings to the analog chip supplier. Many new business opportunities," said Chris Webber, vice president of automotive marketing research at Strategy Analytics.