Global RF Acoustic Wave Filters Patent Landscape Report 2017: Annual Growth Rate of 8% is Set to Make the Filter Market Worth $16 Billion in 2022

21 Dec 2017

DUBLIN, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

The "RF Acoustic Wave Filters Patent Landscape" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

Since the development of analog radio frequency (RF) communication in the early 1990's, front end modules have become key components. Among all front end module devices, filtering will be the strongest growing market over the next five years. A compound annual growth rate of 8% is set to make the filter market worth $16 billion in 2022

Acoustic wave technology has become the best way to deliver high performance, small and low-cost filters in analog RF communication. And today, as 5G communication protocols take shape, acoustic wave filter players have consolidated their position. They are now developing filters that will address the requirements of the upcoming 5G mass market.

In the 1990s, SAW filter patent publications grew rapidly, heralding the development of the RF acoustic wave filter market in the 2000s. Since 2010, the market has consolidated, while we have witnessed of the flattening of the patent activity growth and the strengthen of the IP position of several companies. It is now essential to understand the RF acoustic filter patent landscape, the key patented technologies and players' IP positions. Such knowledge can help anticipate the upcoming revolution, detect business opportunities, mitigate risks and make strategic decisions to strengthen one's market position.

In this report, Knowmade has thoroughly investigated the patent landscape for RF acoustic wave filters dedicated to mobile applications, including SAW, TC-SAW, BAW-FBAR, BAW-SMR, duplexers, multiplexers and diplexers. We have evaluated the IP position of key players through detailed analysis of their patent portfolios, including the legal status of the patents, their geographic coverage, their claimed inventions and their prior art contribution. We also study their IP strategy and their IP blocking potential.

More than 6,550 RF acoustic filter inventions have been published worldwide up to July 2017 by more than 630 patent applicants. The related patenting activity started in the 1970s in Japan, with the emergence of surface acoustic filters for Intermediate Frequency (IF) TV applications. They have rapidly became a worldwide topic for which the major IP players come from Japan, like Japan Radio and NEC, and the U.S., like Motorola. In the 2000s, the number of BAW-related patent publications increased strongly with the development of applications for smartphones and 3G. Today, IP activity has settled down and Japanese players like Murata or Taiyo Yuden lead the SAW patent landscape, while American players like Qorvo, Qualcomm and Broadcom lead the BAW patent landscape.

Know The Key Players' IP Positions

More than 630 patent applicants are involved in the RF acoustic filter-related patent landscape. Knowmade has analyzed the IP position of key players in detail. This report provides an understanding of their patented technologies and IP strategy. We also reveal the relative strengths of the top patent owners, derived from their patent portfolio sizes, patent citations, countries of patent filings, enforceable patents and pending patent applications. Thanks to market data and quantitative/qualitative IP analyses, we make projections for both the SAW and BAW related patent landscapes and analyze the main changes that could occur in the next five years.

Understand Key Players' Patented Technologies And IP Strategies

The >6,550 patent families selected for the present study have been categorized by technology into SAW, FBAR and SMR, and type of device, into duplexers, multiplexers and diplexers. They have also been categorized by type of packaging, into flip-chip, through silicon via (TSV)-based 3D integration and wafer level packaging, and technical challenges such as thermal drift compensation. This report reveals the IP strategies and the technical choices of the main patent assignees.

We depict the IP profile of the key players: Murata, Broadcom, Qualcomm/NXP, Skyworks, Taiyo Yuden, Qorvo, TDK, Akoustis, Resonant, Wisol, JCET and Intellectual Ventures. Each profile includes IP dynamics, current legal status of the patents, countries of filing, key patents and the most recent patented technologies. Moreover, a short patent-to-product mapping is presented and exhibits the patents linked to the commercial products of the major market players.

Useful Patent Database

The report also includes an Excel database containing the >6,550 patent families analyzed in the study. This useful patent database allows multi-criteria searches and includes patent publication number, hyperlinks to the original documents, priority date, title, abstract, patent assignees, technological segments and current legal status for each member of the patent families.

Key Topics Covered:

1. INTRODUCTION

Scope of the report
Key feature of the report
Objectives of the report

2. CONTEXT

Market data
Technology definitions
Mergers and Acquisitions

3. METHODOLOGY

Patent search, selection and analysis
Search equations
Terminologies for patent analysis

4. IP LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW

Time evolution of patent publications
Main countries of filings
Time evolution of publication countries
Main patent assignees
Priority countries of main patent assignees
Publication countries of main patent assignees
World mapping of patent applications
Time evolution of patent assignees
Legal status of patents
SEGMENT ANALYSIS
Methodology for patent categorization
SAW, FBAR, SMR, duplexers, multiplexers,
diplexers, temperature-compensated acoustic
wave, flip-chip, TSV-based 3D integration,
wafer level packaging
For each segments :
Definition
Time evolution of patent publications
Main patent applicants
Key patents

5. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF IP PLAYERS

Degree of specialization
IP leadership
IP blocking potential
IP enforcement potential
IP position of key players
Strength index
Comparison of the patent portfolios
Projection at T+5 years

6. KEY PATENTS

Key patents related to SAW filters
Key patents related to BAW filters
Granted patents near expiration date
Patents involved in litigation

7. IP PROFILE OF KEY PLAYERS

Murata, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Skyworks,
Taiyo Yuden, Qorvo, TDK, Akoustis, Resonant,
Wisol, JCET and Intellectual Ventures
For each player:
IP dynamics
Legal status of patents
Countries of filings
Key patents
Recent patented technologies
Patent-to-product mapping

8. CONCLUSION

Companies Mentioned

Alps Electric
Beijing Zhongxun Sifang Science Technology
Broadcom
Canon
CEA
Chinese Electronics Technology Research Institute
Clarion
Clarisay
CTS
Epson
Ericsson
Hitachi
Institute of Acoustics - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Intel
Intellectual Ventures
Japan Radio
Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology
Kyocera
LG
MEMS Solution
Mitsubishi
Motorola
Murata Manufacturing
NEC
NGK
NGK Spark Plug
Nihon Dempa Kogyo
Northrop Grumman
NTT
Philips
Qorvo
Qualcomm/NXP
Resonant
Samsung
Sanyo
Seiko Epson
Siemens
Skyworks
Sony
STMicroelectronics
Taiyo Yuden
TDK
Texas Instruments
Thomson
Tianjin University
Toyo Communication Equipment
UBE Industries
Wisol
Zenith Radio

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