Custom Technology & Market Briefing 6:
Micro auto focus and zoom market
With camera phones moving to higher resolution, auto focus and
optical zoom are needed particularly in the range beyond 3 mega pixel
to guaranty a satisfying image quality. We expect 650 million cell
phones to have an auto focus in 2010. Liquid lenses and silicon MEMS
solutions are emerging which provide a very low height and low power
consumption. However, three conventional technologies are already on
the market - namely voice coils, stepper motors and piezo actuators -
and numbers of other concepts are in development. What are real
opportunities and challenges for liquid lenses and MEMS? What market
share can these technologies expect by 2012?
Core part of the briefing
- Market volume for camera phones and requirements for auto focus and zoom function
- Overview of technologies and suppliers
- Established actuator technologies
- Liquid lenses
- MEMS actuators
- Wave front coding
- Exotic solutions
- Comparison of the main technologies
- Opportunities and challenges
- Business models
- Single source issues
- Opportunities for 2 mega pixel cameras and above
- Key players, latest developments
- Market forecasts, detailed by technology and by segment
Principle of the custom market briefing
- You prepare your specific questions in advance (techniques and economics)
- We build on our existing knowledge and carry out additional specific research to answer your strategic questions (3 to 4 weeks)
- We present and discuss the result in a custom briefing at WTC in Munich, at your company or in a teleconference