Sensors, Haptics & Displays

Functionality is at the heart of in-mold electronics - a technology concerned with creating seamlessly integrated electronic functions into hardware, particularly within automotive interiors. This article covers the latest innovations within IME and the role it can play in the automotive sector.

IDTechEx's Sensors report provides extensive analysis of the global sensor market, including 58 company profiles and insights collected from over 20 related sensor reports. Summarizing IDTechEx's extensive sensors report portfolio, this research contains over 35 sensor technology SWOT analyses, 24 technology readiness level roadmaps, material requirements and supplier information across future mobility, IoT, wearables, biomedical, edge computing, environmental sensing and more.

The market for remote battery monitoring is expected to continue to grow over the next decade, fueled by demand from mobility and energy storage system managers. This trend is tied to increasing interest in wireless battery management systems (wBMSs) to save on wiring costs and reduce battery pack complexity, though the majority of the market will continue to be made up of wired BMSs using gateways to convert to wireless communications protocols.

As the trend of vehicle intelligence enhancement rises, in-cabin sensing systems will be largely responsible for increased communication, sensitivity, and smart features within cars. This article explores new developments within the sector and the ways AI is shaping smart interiors.

The battery management system acts as the 'brain' of the battery pack, and is responsible for monitoring, control, and communication. This article covers advancing technologies and benchmarking of different sensor types.

IDTechEx summarises the progress of MEMS speakers.

As semiconductor packaging surges toward 2.5D and 3D architectures, managing thermal resistance at the interface becomes mission-critical. With traditional thermal interface materials (TIMs) no longer sufficient, the next generation of TIMs offers the opportunity to gain a quantum leap in thermal efficiency, reliability, and market growth. The market size of next-generation TIM1 and TIM1.5 for advanced semiconductor packaging will exceed at a CAGR of 31% from 2026 to 2036.

This new report "Critical Material Recovery 2026-2046: Technologies, Markets, Players" characterizes secondary source critical material recovery markets, technologies, and players. Market roadmaps for emerging secondary sources, value chain analysis, and twenty-year market forecasts from 2026 to 2046 are provided. IDTechEx identifies a significant value opportunity, with the critical material recovery market forecast to grow to over US$66 billion annually by 2046, at a CAGR of 9.2%.

Inertial measurement units, or IMUs, form the backbone of the physical layer of modern navigation systems. IMUs are continually evolving to serve a diverse and challenging set of performance requirements from industry.

Growing hype and synergistic development with quantum computing and communications are driving interest and investment into the quantum technology sector unlike ever before. Quantum sensors are anticipated to generate revenues of over US$1.9 billion by 2046, with an average CAGR of 9.0% over the next twenty years.