The increasing use of FD-SOI in digital electronics creates opportunities for new IoT devices and applications as this technology ensures ultra-low power consumption, ultra-low current leakage, small and dense packaging, and the cost-efficiency of IoT devices. FD-SOI wafer-based devices have reverse bias characteristics, which help them operate at low voltages without area or cost penalties.


The Silicon on Insulator Market share is projected to reach USD 2.9 billion by 2027 from an estimated USD 1.4 billion in 2022, at a CAGR of 15.0% from 2022 to 2027.


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There are several disadvantages associated with Silicon on Insulator wafers—reduced breakdown voltage, floating body, and self-heating effects in SOI wafer-based devices. Reduced breakdown voltage levels severely limit the maximum supply voltage at which SOI wafer-based circuits and devices can operate. When the parasitic device turns on, the SOI wafer-based transistor cannot be switched off by changing the gate bias.


The complex semiconductor manufacturing process poses hurdles in establishing the processes required for next-generation SOI technology, reducing the process’s systematic errors. Another issue with SOI has been circuit design, which necessitates new techniques from a technical standpoint. The SOI circuit designer must better understand the underlying device physics and processes; not doing so will present challenges during fabrication due to manufacturing and metrology problems.


SOI-based wafers are used in consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets, wearables, laptops, cable modems, televisions, and set-top boxes to reduce their size, lower their power consumption, increase their operational speed, and extend their battery life, among others. These wafers also offer enhanced performance and are less dependent on device temperature. SOI-based microprocessors also require lesser space than conventional embedded memory. As a result, the demand for SOI in consumer electronics is increasing rapidly. In 2021, the consumer electronics segment accounted for the largest share of the SOI market.