
CMOS Image Sensor Market By Technology (Front side-illuminated (FSI) CMOS Image Sensor and Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS Image Sensor), By Application (Mobile & Computing, Industrial/Aerospace/Defense, Automotive, Medical, Security & Surveillance, and Others), and By Region (Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA) – Global Forecast up to 2025
- August, 2019
- Domain: Electronics & Semiconductors - Electronics & Semiconductors






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This market research report includes a detailed segmentation of the global CMOS Image Sensor Market by technology (Front side-illuminated (FSI) CMOS image sensor and Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor), by application (Mobile & Computing, Industrial/Aerospace/Defense, Automotive, Medical, Security & Surveillance, and Others), and by region (Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA). The market research report identifies Sony, Samsung, OmniVision, and ON Semiconductor as the major players operating in the global CMOS image sensors market.
Overview: Global CMOS Image Sensor Market
Infoholic’s market research report predicts that the global CMOS image sensor market will grow at a CAGR of more than 8.4% during the forecast period 2019–2025. CMOS image sensors have become the digital eye of vision-based intelligent systems. The market for image sensors is driven by various factors which includes:
(1) Rising adoption of smartphones with a dual and triple-camera system
(2) Increasing potential of vision-based ADAS applications
(3) Ongoing transition towards intelligent video surveillance solutions
Image-based sensing has become the key component of data source for many applications and the need for image-driven data is expanding across industries. Market share for image sensors for automotive applications is certainly gaining market share due to increasing adoption of image sensor based advanced driver assistance system and growing interest in commercializing autonomous vehicles. Some of the key applications of where the image sensor is used in automobiles include driver state monitoring, night vision, object detection, parking assistance, lane change assistance, and others. For example, high dynamic range CMOS sensor-based cameras are used to identify vehicles during fog and identifying vehicles/objects despite glare due to headlights.
Sony dominates the global CMOS image sensor market in 2018 because of its established leadership position in the mobile phone product segment. Till 2016, the major scope of the CMOS image sensor market was majorly limited to smartphone applications. Currently, the scenario is changing due to the increasing use cases of CMOS image sensor for applications such as automotive, surveillance AR/VR, and others. As a result, emerging players are focusing on strengthening their market position with differentiated technology and product innovation dedicated to specific applications.
Additionally, the transforming landscape of driver assistance solutions is increasing the market potential of the global CMOS image sensor market. Image sensor manufacturers are increasingly focusing on developing automotive-grade image sensor product line with advanced functionalities such as dual conversion gain (DCG) technology, artifact-free motion capture, LED flicker mitigation (LFM), and others.
Market Segmentation: Global CMOS Image Sensor Market
The global CMOS image sensor market is segmented on the basis of technology, application, and region. Based on technology, the global CMOS image sensor market is segmented into Front-illuminated (FSI) CMOS, and Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS sensor. The backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor was the dominant segment in 2018 and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. The growth of this segment is majorly attributed to its superior performance in low light conditions. The BSI segment is projected to be the fastest-growing segment growing at a CAGR of 10.0% during the forecast period 2019–2025.
Based on application, the global CMOS image sensor market is segmented into mobile & computing, industrial/aerospace/defense, automotive, medical, security & surveillance, and others. The mobile & computing segment was the dominant segment accounted for more than 75% of the market share in 2018 and is projected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. This is mainly due to the increasing adoption of smartphones with tri/four cameras and OEMs are increasingly focusing on strengthening product appeal by introducing mobile handsets featuring 3D sensing technology.
Regional Outlook: Global CMOS Image Sensor Market
Regionally, the global CMOS image sensor market is segmented into the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2018, the Asia Pacific was the dominant region in the global CMOS image sensor market and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. This is mainly due to increasing smartphone penetration and the presence of majority of smartphone manufacturing companies in this region.
Competitive Analysis and Key Vendors: Global CMOS Image Sensor Market
The report covers and analyzes the CMOS images market. Vendors are increasingly focusing on expanding their product portfolio for various application segment. On the technological front, it is observed that vendors research and development are focused on the development of smaller pixel technologies, global shutter CMOS image sensor with dual in-pixel charge domain memory, and ultra-thin designs.
Few of the Key Vendors in the Global CMOS Image Sensor Market
- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- SAMSUNG
- OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- ON Semiconductor
- STMicroelectronics
- Panasonic Corporation
- SK HYNIX INC
- GalaxyCore Inc.
- Himax Technologies, Inc.
- SmartSens Technology
Benefits:
The report on the CMOS image sensor market contains an in-depth analysis of vendors, which includes financial health, business units, key business priorities, SWOT, strategies, and views, and competitive landscape. The study offers a comprehensive analysis of the “global CMOS image sensor market”. Bringing out the complete key insights of the industry, the report aims to provide an insight into the latest trends, current market scenarios, and technologies related to the market. In addition, it helps the venture capitalists, CMOS image sensor manufacturers, packing foundries, assembly and test service companies to understand revenue opportunities across different segments to make better decisions.
Key Segments of the Report Include:
- Global CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Technology
- Frontside-illuminated (FSI) CMOS Sensor
- Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS Sensor
- Global CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Application
- Mobile & Computing
- Industrial/Aerospace/Defense
- Automotive
- Medical
- Security & Surveillance
- Others
- Global CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Geography
- Americas
- Asia Pacific
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
1 Executive Summary
2 Industry Outlook
2.1 Industry Overview
2.1.1 Industry Trend
2.1.1.1 Rising interest on CMOS image sensor with on-chip motion detection for low-power, always-on applications
3 Market Snapshot
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 PEST Analysis
3.1.2 Porter’s Five Force Analysis
3.2 Related Markets
4 Market Characteristics
4.1 Market Distribution Structure
4.2 Market Developments
4.3 Market Segmentation
4.4 Market Dynamics
4.4.1 Drivers
4.4.1.1 Rising adoption of smartphones with a dual and triple-camera system
4.4.1.2 Increasing potential of CMOS image sensors in automotive applications
4.4.1.3 Ongoing transition towards intelligent video surveillance solutions contributing to the rising demand for CMOS Image sensors with higher pixel performance
4.4.2 Restraints
4.4.2.1 Deteriorating profit margins tied to rising product development cost
4.4.3 Opportunities
4.4.3.1 Emerging AI applications reliant on advanced image sensing technologies
4.4.3.2 Expanding urban infrastructure in developing economies coupled with rising demand for video surveillance solutions
4.4.4 DRO – Impact Analysis
5 CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Application
5.1 Overview
5.2 Mobile & Computing
5.3 Industrial/Aerospace/Defense
5.4 Automotive
5.5 Medical
5.6 Security & Surveillance
5.7 Others
6 CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Technology
6.1 Overview
6.2 Front-side illuminated (FSI) CMOS image sensor
6.3 Backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensor
7 CMOS Image Sensor Market, By Region
7.1 Overview
7.2 Americas
7.2.1 Overview
7.2.2 By Technology – Market Size and Analysis
7.2.3 By Application – Market Size and Analysis
7.3 Asia Pacific
7.3.1 Overview
7.3.2 By Type – Market Size and Analysis
7.3.3 By Component – Market Size and Analysis
7.4 Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
7.4.1 Overview
7.4.2 By Technology – Market Size and Analysis
7.4.3 By Application – Market Size and Analysis
8 Vendors Profile
8.1 Sony Corporation (Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation)
8.1.1 Company Description
8.1.2 Business Analysis
8.1.2.1 Strategic snapshot
8.1.2.2 Business impact analysis
8.1.2.3 Operational snapshot
8.1.2.4 Product/service portfolio
8.2 SAMSUNG
8.2.1 Company Description
8.2.2 Business Analysis
8.2.2.1 Strategic snapshot
8.2.2.2 Business impact analysis
8.2.2.3 Operational snapshot
8.2.2.4 Product/service portfolio
8.3 OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
8.3.1 Company Description
8.3.2 Business Analysis
8.3.2.1 Strategic snapshot
8.3.2.2 Business impact analysis
8.3.2.3 Operational snapshot
8.3.2.4 Product/service portfolio
8.4 ON Semiconductor
8.4.1 Company Description
8.4.2 Business Analysis
8.4.2.1 Strategic snapshot
8.4.2.2 Business impact analysis
8.4.2.3 Operational snapshot
8.4.2.4 Product/service portfolio
8.5 STMicroelectronics
8.5.1 Company Description
8.5.2 Business Analysis
8.5.2.1 Strategic snapshot
8.5.2.2 Business impact analysis
8.5.2.3 Operational snapshot
8.5.2.4 Product/service portfolio
9 Companies to Watch for
9.1 Panasonic Corporation
9.1.1 Company Description
9.1.2 Business Analysis
9.1.2.1 Strategic Snapshot
9.1.2.2 Business impact analysis
9.1.2.3 Operational snapshot
9.1.2.4 Product/service portfolio
9.2 SK HYNIX INC.
9.2.1 Company Description
9.2.2 Business Analysis
9.2.2.1 Strategic snapshot
9.2.2.2 Operational snapshot
9.2.2.3 Product/service portfolio
9.3 GalaxyCore Inc.
9.3.1 Company Description
9.3.2 Business Analysis
9.3.2.1 Operational snapshot
9.3.2.2 Product/service portfolio
9.4 Himax Technologies, Inc
9.4.1 Company Description
9.4.2 Business Analysis
9.4.2.1 Strategic snapshot
9.4.2.2 Operational snapshot
9.4.2.3 Product/service portfolio
9.5 SmartSens Technology
9.5.1 Company Description
9.5.2 Business Analysis
9.5.2.1 Strategic snapshot
9.5.2.2 Operational snapshot
9.5.2.3 Business impact analysis
9.5.2.4 Product/service portfolio
10 Annexure
10.1 Report Scope
10.2 Research Methodology
10.2.1 Data Collation & In-house Estimation
10.2.2 Market Triangulation
10.2.3 Forecasting
10.3 Study Declarations
10.4 Report Assumptions
10.5 Abbreviations
TABLE 1 GLOBAL CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY APPLICATION, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 25
TABLE 2 GLOBAL CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 31
TABLE 3 GLOBAL CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY REGION, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 34
TABLE 4 AMERICAS CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 35
TABLE 5 ASIA PACIFIC CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 38
TABLE 6 ASIA PACIFIC CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY APPLICATION, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 39
TABLE 7 EMEA CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY TECHNOLOGY, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 41
TABLE 8 EMEA CMOS IMAGE SENSOR MARKET VALUE, BY APPLICATION, 2018–2025 ($MILLION) 42
TABLE 9 SONY CORPORATION (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION): OVERVIEW 44
TABLE 10 SONY CORPORATION (SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION) : STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 45
TABLE 11 SONY CORPORATION (SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION) : BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 45
TABLE 12 SONY CORPORATION (SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION) : OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 46
TABLE 13 SONY CORPORATION (SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION) : PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 46
TABLE 14 SAMSUNG: OVERVIEW 46
TABLE 15 SAMSUNG: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 47
TABLE 16 SAMSUNG: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 48
TABLE 17 SAMSUNG: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 48
TABLE 18 SAMSUNG: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 48
TABLE 19 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: OVERVIEW 49
TABLE 20 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 49
TABLE 21 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 50
TABLE 22 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 50
TABLE 23 OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 51
TABLE 24 ON SEMICONDUCTOR : OVERVIEW 51
TABLE 25 ON SEMICONDUCTOR: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 52
TABLE 26 ON SEMICONDUCTOR: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 53
TABLE 27 ON SEMICONDUCTOR: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 53
TABLE 28 ON SEMICONDUCTOR: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 53
TABLE 29 STMICROELECTRONICS: OVERVIEW 53
TABLE 30 STMICROELECTRONICS: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 54
TABLE 31 STMICROELECTRONICS: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 54
TABLE 32 STMICROELECTRONICS: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 55
TABLE 33 STMICROELECTRONICS: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 55
TABLE 34 SWOT ANALYSIS 55
TABLE 35 PANASONIC CORPORATION: OVERVIEW 58
TABLE 36 PANASONIC CORPORATION: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 59
TABLE 37 PANASONIC CORPORATION: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 59
TABLE 38 PANASONIC CORPORATION: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 59
TABLE 39 PANASONIC CORPORATION : PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 60
TABLE 1 SK HYNIX INC: OVERVIEW 60
TABLE 2 SK HYNIX INC.: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 61
TABLE 3 SK HYNIX INC. OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 61
TABLE 4 SK HYNIX INC. PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 61
TABLE 5 GALAXYCORE INC.: OVERVIEW 61
TABLE 6 GALAXYCORE INC: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 62
TABLE 7 GALAXYCORE INC: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 62
TABLE 8 HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC: OVERVIEW 63
TABLE 9 HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 64
TABLE 10 HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES: OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 64
TABLE 11 HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 65
TABLE 12 SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY: OVERVIEW 65
TABLE 13 SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY: STRATEGIC SNAPSHOT 65
TABLE 14 SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONAL SNAPSHOT 66
TABLE 15 SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK 66
TABLE 16 SMARTSENS TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT/SERVICE PORTFOLIO 66
Research Framework
Infoholic Research works on a holistic 360° approach in order to deliver high quality, validated and reliable information in our market reports. The Market estimation and forecasting involves following steps:
- Data Collation (Primary & Secondary)
- In-house Estimation (Based on proprietary data bases and Models)
- Market Triangulation
- Forecasting

Market related information is congregated from both primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources
Involved participants from all global stakeholders such as Solution providers, service providers, Industry associations, thought leaders etc. across levels such as CXOs, VPs and managers. Plus, our in-house industry experts having decades of industry experience contribute their consulting and advisory services.
Secondary sources
Include public sources such as regulatory frameworks, government IT spending, government demographic indicators, industry association statistics, and company publications along with paid sources such as Factiva, OneSource, Bloomberg among others.