COVID-19 Impact on Integrated Passive Devices in Semiconductors and Electronics Industry
The pandemic started with its epicenter in China in 2019 and has been continuously spreading by then to all over the world, so far 216 countries and territories have been affected with COVID-19, the U.S. being on the top with cases reaching to about 5.61 million, followed by Brazil, India and then by many European countries such as Russia, Spain, Italy among others.
The COVID-19 cases reaching to the big named countries with strong dominance in the global market which has adversely affected the economy globally. The spread of Coronavirus has led to the global recession, many companies are being bound to take stringent actions of laying of their employees, small business are being shut, manufacturing facilities are being put on hold.
There has been a disruption in supply chain of many industries due to restriction in logistics and closing of manufacturing facilities. In addition, the slowdown in economy has lowered the spending capability of individuals and people are saving money for emergencies.
Integrated passive device aids in miniaturization of devices by integrating various functional blocks such as impedance matching devices, baluns, couplers and harmonic filters to form a single silicon wafer which saves the chip space and enhances the device performance. The use of integrated passive devices is highly varied as per the applications.
It is used in reducing the number of parts which are to be assembled in an electronic system, it aids in miniaturization to be used in electronics, RF, wearable and mobile phones. It also helps in reducing the weight of the electronic assembly and is being extensively used in the unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones. Continue...