The multi-layer ceramic capacitor market will advance at a rate of 12.3% in the years to come, to reach USD 34.6 billion by 2030.

The automotive category led the industry, with USD 4.8 billion revenue in the past, which will grow at a rate of about 12.4% in the future.

The major factors powering the requirement for MLCCs in the automotive sector are the snowballing acceptance of EV and autonomous vehicles, regulations of the government for compulsory ADAS systems, and the growing implementation of smart technologies for manufacturing of vehicles.

X7R dielectric type led the industry with a share of about 30.1% in the past, as X7R capacitors have a supreme working temperature and are temperature steady. 
Furthermore, this kind of ceramic dielectric capacitors are suitable for frequency discriminating circuits, along with decoupling and bypass applications.

These dielectric MLCCs are also used for filtration and transient voltage suppression. Hence, these factors are responsible for the growth of the industry.

Conversely, the X5R category will grow the fastest in the years to come powering at a rate of 14.2%. This has a lot to do with its increasing acceptance in mobile devices, for instance wearables, portable gadgets, smartphones, and vehicle mounted electronics, and gaming machines, which will surge the requirement for X5R MLCCs.

The high-range voltage category had the largest share, of 48.2%, in the past
This is due to the fact that cutting-edge ceramic dielectric thin-layers and multi-layering approaches are put to use in high-range voltage MLCC capacitors for delivering high capacitance and high voltage to electronic systems.

These are also used in numerous applications, as well as high-voltage coupling capacitors, inverter circuits, lighting ballasts, and switched-mode power supply systems.

APAC led the multi-layer ceramic capacitor market in the past, with USD 5.1 billion, and this trend will continue in the years to come, powering at the highest rate of 13%.

This is because of the growing use of MLCC-based electronic mechanisms and products of renewable energy in the automobile industry. This is also as a result of the growing requirement for MLCCs from end-use industries, on account of their enhanced capacitance levels and capacitor shrinking.

Also, regional MLCC producers are putting efforts toward the adoption upgraded technology for completing efficiently. China is among the big manufacturers of MLCCs, with a substantial presence in the local circuit.

Chinese MLCC producers are expanding quickly in the recent past, emphasized consumer electronics supply.

It is because of the introduction of modern technologies such as IoT, cloud and AI, the demand for multi-layer ceramic capacitor will continue to grow in the years to come, all over the globe.

Source: P&S Intelligence