Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing (SFCS) (Touche) Market- By Technology (Surface capacitance, projected capacitance, self-capacitance, mutual capacitance) & By Application (Smartphones, Laptops, Tablets, Others); By End user By Geography - Forecast (2024 - 2030)

Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing (SFCS) (Touche) MarketSize is forecast to reach $398.4 Million by 2030, at a CAGR of 34.60% during forecast period 2024-2030.The Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing Market (SFCS) was found to be in R&D phase from 2015. The market is estimated to commercialize in 2018 generating a revenue of $21.1 million and is expected to rise at a CAGR of 35.3% during 2019-2023. The various technologies used in SFCS include surface capacitance, projected capacitance, self-capacitance and mutual capacitance. The surface capacitance is anticipated to generate maximum revenue in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.90%. The adoption of touch interface in smartphones and laptops is significantly contributing to the growth of swept frequency capacitive sensing market. The application of swept frequency capacitive sensing in automotive industry for safety and security purposes is another factor which is driving the market.

 

Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing (SFCS) can infuse gesture sensitivity and touch into a variety of analogue and digital objects. It has the ability to detect touch events and also recognize complex configurations of the hands and body. SFCS has wide range of applications from conventional touchscreens to unique contexts and materials, including the human body and liquids. Devices involving Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing are safe, less expensive, consume low power and are compact in size. These devices can be easily embedded or attached anywhere touch and gesture sensitivity is desired.

 

Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing has wide range of applications in Smartphones, Laptops, Tablets, Wearable Devices, Interactive Monitors, Touch Based Human Machine Interface, Digital Signage and others. Swept frequency capacitive sensing has been widely used in almost all the smartphones. A large number of laptops have touch functions along with the hard keyboard keys. The automotive sector has also started employing touch interface for driver’s safety. It has been employed in many of their models with the aid of haptic technology. Based on the requirement, swept frequency capacitive sensing is applied to different applications like finger print detection and drivers’ safety. 

• Safety is one of the major concerns while driving. Many companies are focusing on developing a smart steering wheel that uses swept frequency capacity sensing technique for drowsiness detection, driving technique improvements, and for customization of the driving settings. Hence, the demand for SFCS in automotive industry is continuously rising. 
• Several women experience sexual violence around the world. In order to bring down the number, companies are manufacturing new devices for women safety. The latest trend is the manufacturing of miniaturized, portable and user friendly devices along with the use of swept frequency capacity sensing technique. This technology will be of great use to safeguard the women as it can distinguish the intruder’s touch of forceful grab from the normal sense of touch.
• SFCS has a wide scope in healthcare as the demand for sensor based wearable devices is rising. Companies are trying to incorporate SFCS in devices such as wristband and chest patch to monitor skin hydration and other health parameters. This noninvasive, low‐cost, wearable, and wireless system has potentials to help detect dehydration among athletes, military personnel and the elderly people. This provides insight into athletic performance and other physiological parameters, assist the cosmetic scientists for the development of moisturizers, and benefit the diagnosis of skin diseases.

 

The companies referred in the market research report are Analog Devices, Inc. (U.S.), Cirque Corporation (U.S.), Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (U.S.), Infineon Technologies AG (Germany), STMicroelectronics N.V. (Switzerland) and 10 other companies.

 

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Key Market Players:

The Top 5 companies in the Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing (SFCS) (Touche) Market   are:
1 NXP Semiconductors
2. STMicroelectronics
3. Texas Instruments
4. Synaptics
5. Renesas Electronics