LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATORS MARKET SIZE AND SHARE ANALYSIS - GROWTH TRENDS AND FORECASTS (2024-2031)

The availability of efficient switching regulators is posing a significant challenge for the growth of the global linear voltage regulators market. Switching regulators offer considerable advantages over linear regulators such as higher efficiency, smaller size, lighter weight, and ability to supply higher load currents. Switching regulators can achieve efficiencies as high as 90% compared to around 70-80% for linear regulators. This efficiency advantage results in lower power losses, reduced heat generation, and improved thermal characteristics for switching regulators. Moreover, switching regulators are much smaller in size as they do not require heat sinks for heat dissipation like linear regulators. Their compact size and lighter weight make switching regulators a preferable choice for applications where space and form factor are a major constraint.

Another major concern for the linear voltage regulators market is the ability of switching regulators to supply higher load currents. Switching regulators have become increasingly powerful and can support load currents from a few amps to tens of amps or even higher depending on the application requirement and switching technology used. On the other hand, linear regulators are limited in their ability to source high currents due to resistive power losses. They are generally preferred for supplying load currents up to a few amps. The increasing demand for power supplies with multiple ampere current capacity from applications like server racks, electric vehicles, industrial machinery, etc. favors switching regulator technology over linear regulators.

Market Opportunities: Integration of IoT in industrial equipment

The convergence of industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies and operational equipment offers a major opportunity for the linear voltage regulators market globally. As industrial machinery and assets become increasingly connected and intelligent, there will be higher demand for voltage regulation components that can reliably operate in harsh industrial environments while enabling new IoT-enabled use cases.

Linear voltage regulators installed in IIoT devices can help optimize asset performance and utilization. Equipment integrated with sensors, networking capabilities as well as voltage regulation can generate and transmit operational data in real-time. This facilitates predictive maintenance by enabling remote equipment monitoring. Manufacturers can track machine runtimes, failures, and downtimes.