Microwave and Millimeter Wave High-Power Vacuum Electron Devices and the Gallium Nitride Threat

The Coming Clash of Technologies

This study examines the microwave and millimeter wave high power vacuum electron device market and assesses how emerging gallium nitride (GaN) devices could affect that business. Microwave and millimeter wave VEDs have been in existence since World War II but this marketplace has been overlooked to a great extent by sexier technologies. Nevertheless, without these devices many defense systems, space communications, energy research, medical electronics systems and even the lowly microwave oven wouldn’t exist. The basic technology for these VEDs is based on the vacuum tube that was invented at the turn of the 20th century but this critical market is much larger than one would think and for the first time high performance GaN semiconductor devices are poised to grab a piece of it.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

  • Who uses these devices?
  • Who are the major manufacturers?
  • How long will this market continue?
  • How big is this business?
  • Will there be new market entrants?
  • Why have RF power semiconductors been unable to penetrate the high power microwave and millimeter wave VED marketplace?
  • Will Gallium Nitride devices start to erode the VED dominance of high power microwave and millimeter wave amplifiers?

Who Needs This Report?

  • Defense electronics companies
  • Energy and scientific research organizations
  • Spacecraft and spacecraft electronics manufacturers
  • Vacuum electron device manufacturers
  • RF power semiconductor users
  • RF power semiconductor manufacturers
  • Governmental agencies

Table of Contents


Section 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Microwave and Millimeter Wave High Power Vacuum Electron Devices in 2008
1.2. The Threat from GaN Devices
1.3. Market and Forecast Implications
1.3.1. GaN and the TWT Market
1.3.2. Forecast Summary

Section 2.
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS
2.1. Microwave and Millimeter Wave High Power Vacuum Electron Devices
2.1.1. TWTs
2.1.2. Klystrons
2.1.3. Magnetrons
2.1.4. Crossed-Field Amplifiers
2.1.5. Gyrotrons
2.1.6. Other High Power Vacuum Electron Devices
2.1.7. Component and Industry Issues
2.2. GaN Description and Industry Summary

Section 3.
MARKET ASSESSMENT AND FORECASTS
3.1. The Present Market Environment
3.2. The Vendor Landscape
3.3. Five-Year Forecasts
3.3.1. Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs)
3.3.2. Klystrons
3.3.3. Magnetrons
3.3.4. Crossed-Field Amplifiers (CFAs)
3.3.5. Gyrotrons
3.3.6. Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Forecast
3.3.7. Market Share by Device Type
3.3.8. Sales Breakout and Market Share by Vendor
3.3.9. GaN Penetration
3.4. Summary Considerations

Section 4.
VENDOR PROFILES
4.1. Albacom Ltd.
4.2. Beam Power Technology
4.3. Beijing Jienengda Electronic Co., Ltd.
4.4. Burle Industries, Inc.
4.5. Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI)
4.6. Cree, Inc.
4.7. Eudyna Devices
4.8. e2v
4.9. L-3 Communications
4.10. MPD Components, Inc.
4.11. NEC Microwave Tube, Ltd.
4.12. New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
4.13. Nitronex Corporation
4.14. RFMD
4.15. Teledyne Technologies
4.16. Thales Components & Subsystems
4.17. TMD Technologies Ltd.
4.18. Toshiba (Semiconductor)
4.19. Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
4.20. TriQuint Semiconductor
4.21. Triton Services Electron Technology

Section 5.
ACRONYMS
COMPANY DIRECTORY
SCOPE OF STUDY
SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
NOTES
Forecast: 2008 to 2013
World Market: 2008 to 2013
World Market: 2008 to 2013



Tables
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total GaN Device TWT Application Replacement Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total TWT Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total TWT Device (w/o Space) Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Klystron Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Magnetron Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Crossed-Field Amplifier Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Gyrotron Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device (w/o Space) Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Device Type, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Space) by Device Type, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Device Type, World Market, 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Space) by Device Type, World Market, 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Sales by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Sales (w/o Space) by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Space) by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Space TWT Sales by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Space TWT Market Share by Vendor, World Market, 2008
  • Percentage of TWT Application Sales Vulnerable to GaN Device Replacement, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Total GaN Device TWT Application Replacement Sales, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Percentage of TWT Application Sales Replaced by GaN Devices, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013
  • Percentage of Total Microwave and Millimeter VED Application Sales Replaced by GaN Devices, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2013

Charts
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device Sales, World Market,
  • Total GaN Device TWT Application Replacement Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total TWT Device Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total TWT Device (w/o Space) Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Klystron Device Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Magnetron Devices Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Gyrotron Device Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave Vacuum Electron Device (w/o Space) Sales,
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Device Type, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Space) by Device Type, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Device Type, World Market 2013
  • Microwave and Millemeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Space) by Device Type, World Market: 2013
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Sales by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Sales (w/o Space) by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Market Share (w/o Spade) by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave Space TWT Sales by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave Space TWT Market Share by Vendor, World Market: 2008
  • Percentage of TWT Application Sales Vulnerable to GaN Device Replacement,
  • Total GaN Device TWT Application Replacement Sales, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Percentage of TWT Application Sales Replaced by GaN Devices, World Market: 2008 to 2013
  • Percentage of Total Microwave and Millimeter Wave VED Application Sales Replaced by GaN Devices, World Market: 2008 to 2013