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Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) Splitters Global Market Forecast & Analysis 2018-2028

Report code: SDMREL1132583 | Industry: Electrical & Electronics | Published On: 2021-01-08


The use of component-level PLC splitters reached 33.48 million units, in 2018. According to the market review and forecast report, the worldwide consumption volume (quantity) of PLC component-level (bare-fiber) splitters reached an estimated 33.481 million units in 2018. PLC component splitters will continue to contribute an important role in deploying optical fiber closer to the subscriber (Fiber-to-the-Home/Building/ Premises), by allowing a single passive optical network (PON) interface to be shared among many subscribers. PLC splitters distribute optical signals from an input optical fiber port to multiple optical fibers output port.

This ElectroniCast study report quantifies PLC splitter compact devices (bare fiber PLC components) and in-turn; PLC splitter devices used in factory-installed/fabricated PLC splitter modules (such as ABS Box modules and other types).

There are several piece-parts that are needed to produce a typical PLC splitter, such as 1 or 2 input optical fibers with an input fiber containment unit, a planar (splitter) chip, a fiber array containment unit, and several output optical fibers (2 or more), as well as the housing/exterior package. PLC splitters are available in several configurations; the report provides market data on 11-separate configuration (port-count) for the years 2018-2028.

PLC splitter compact devices (component-level) used in FTTx, which include Passive Optical Networks (PONs) and other Telecom (and CATV) service provider network applications, led in global consumption volume (quantity) with 97.1 percent in relative market share or 32.504 million units in 2018. PLC splitter compact devices used with testing and monitoring applications are forecast to reach nearly 1.28 million units in 2028, up from 890-thousand units last year. Market forecast data in this study report refers to consumption (use) for a particular calendar year; therefore, this data is not cumulative data.

10-Year Market Forecast

This market forecast report, which is available immediately, is part of a consultant service from ElectroniCast Consultants to our clients. This is the ElectroniCast analysis and forecast of global market consumption of planar lightwave circuit (PLC) splitters used in optical communication applications. For the purposes of this study, ElectroniCast specifically addresses the PLC splitter, using waveguide circuits and aligned fiber optic pigtails, integrated inside a package.

The 2018-2028 quantitative market review and forecast data presented in this report are segmented into the following geographic regions, plus a Global summary:

• America (North America, Central and South America)
• EMEA (Europe, Middle Eastern countries, plus Africa)
• APAC (Asia Pacific)

PLC Splitter Applications analysis covered in this report:

• Service Providers - Telecommunication and Cable TV (CATV)
• Fiber Optic Test/Measurement
• Private Enterprise/Data Centers/Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Harsh Environment (Military, Industrial, Other)

The forecast for each product-level is presented by function:

• Consumption Value ($, Million)
• Number of Units (Quantity in 1,000)
• Average Selling Prices ($, each)





PLC splitters will continue to contribute an important role in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks by allowing a single passive optical network (PON) interface to be shared among many subscribers. PLC splitters are available in compact sizes; therefore, they can be used in aerial apparatus, pedestals or in-ground as well as rack mount or other module-based value-added product. Installation is simple using a variety of connector types or splicing.

This report provides a detailed market and technology analysis of PLC splitters, which are largely driven by FTTX / Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and are trending towards commodity manufacturing processes. The ElectroniCast market forecast is segmented by the following product categories and split configurations:

Hierarchy of Selected PLC Splitters, by Fabrication-Level

Component Device (compact)
Modules

Hierarchy of Selected PLC Splitters, by Splitter Configuration

1xN
1×2
1×4
1×8
1×16
1×32
1×64
2xN
2×4
2×8
2×16
2×32
Other (miscellaneous MxN)

The information is presented in easy-to-follow illustrations and text. The reasons for the forecasted trends are discussed. The report also outlines the market research methodology followed and the key assumptions made. Terms, acronyms, and abbreviations used are defined. A list of fiber PLC splitter manufacturers and related companies is provided, along with description of the types of PLC splitters and related technologies that they address. The technology trends of other pertinent fiber optic components and devices in the fiber optic marketplace are presented.

Optical communication networks combine voice, audio, data at high and low speeds, video, television (including interactive 3D high resolution television), and other specialized transmission into a single integrated infrastructure.

Included within the infrastructure is business Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, unified messaging, web-assisted call centers, and a variety of small-business infrastructures. Residential use includes smart-TV (Internet-based TV), cloud-based video on demand (Netflix/Amazon), e-commerce, small office/home office telecommuting, advertising, medical monitoring, elder care monitoring, childcare monitoring, home and office security. Most existing communications will be built upon an Internet backbone during the period of this study. Reasons for this transition are rooted in demand. The customers are demanding greater speed, more functionality and reliability, and naturally, they expect “perfect” quality of service.

Planar waveguide circuits (PWCs) also referred to as planar lightwave circuits (PLCs), incorporate numerous active and passive functional uses for packaged modules. The long-term trend is for a larger share of discrete-circuit (single-function) based PWCs/PLCs being displaced by equivalent performance hybrid (multiple-function) planar devices.

The majority of optical functions, such as splitters, variable optical attenuators (VOAs) and array waveguides (AWGs) are currently developed and implemented forming discrete (single function/monolithic) component integration. The combination of the packaging and integrated optics aspects of PWC technology provides for an attractive and powerful technology for devices/modules, which will hold multiple (two or more) functions (integrated multifunction devices); thereby, reducing size, weight, and cost versus larger, bulkier discrete devices/modules.

As the demand for larger quantities of optical communication components evolve, technologies, which are friendly to automation assembly processes, will have a competitive manufacturing/cost advantage. Use of silicon wafers, for example, draws extensively on the mass-production techniques of the commercial integrated circuit (IC) production whelm, since the fabrication of PWCs incorporates many of the same pieces of equipment and processes.

Fiber-to-the-Home passive optical networks (FTTH/PONs) integrated PLCs, with multiple functions, have promise for a sizable market. The biplexer, an all-in-one transponder that includes the two wavelengths, 1310nm upstream and 1490nm downstream, is one end-use modules based on planar waveguide technology that is required for PON. And some networks will use a 1550nm wavelength for a cable TV overlay, creating the need for triplexers.

1. PLC  Splitter  Market  Forecast  Executive  Summary 1-1
1.1 Overview 1-1
1.2 Fiber  Optic  Networks  
2.   PLC  Splitter  Market  Forecast,  by  Fabrication-Level  and  Port-Count  Configuration 2-1
2.1   Overview 2-1
2.2   PLC  Splitter  –  Component  Device  (compact  devices) 2-36
2.3 PLC  Splitter  Modules   2-43   
3. PLC  Splitter  Market  Forecast,  by  Fabrication-Level,  Split  Ratio  and  Application 3-1
3.1     Overview
3.2   Passive  Optical  Network  (PON)  -  FTTX  Networks  /  Service  Providers  (Telco/CATV) 3-7
3.3   Fiber  Optic  Test/Measurement  &  Specialty  Applications   3-22
3.4   Private  Enterprise  Networks   3-30
3.5 Harsh  Environment  (Military,  Industrial,  Other) 3-44
4.   PLC  Splitter  Technology 4-1  
4.1   Overview 4-1
4.2   PLC  Splitter  –  Component  Device  (tube  or  compact  box) 4-11
4.3 PLC  Splitter  Modules   4-17
5. PLC  -  Related  Product  Suppliers  Company  Profiles  –  Company  Profiles 5-1
Accelink  Technologies  Co.,  Ltd.   5-3
AC  Photonics,  Incorporated 5-4
AD-net  Technology  CO.,  LTD 5-4
ADTEK  (Shenzhen  ADTEK  Technology  Co.,  Ltd.) 5-5
AFL  (subsidiary  of  Fujikura  Limited) 5-6
AiDi  Corporation   5-7
Amphenol  Telect,  Inc. 5-8
Broadex  Technologies   5-10
Calix,  Incorporated 5-10
ColorChip 5-11
The  Coretec  Group  Inc.  (Coretech)   5-14
Corning  Incorporated 5-15
Enablence  Technologies  Inc.   5-16
Fiber  Optic  Communications,  Inc.  (FOCI) 5-18
Fibre  Optical  Component  GmbH  (FOC)   5-19
Fiber  Cable  Solution  Technology  Co.,  Ltd  (FCST)   5-22
Fiberon  Technologies,  incorporated   5-23
Fi-ra  Photonics  Company,  Limited   5-24
Fraunhofer  Heinrich  Hertz  Institute  (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft)   5-26
FS.COM   5-26
Fujikura  Limited 5-27
Furukawa  Electric  Company  Limited   5-28
Gigalight  (Shenzhen  Gigalight  Technology  Co.,  Ltd)   5-29
Go!Foton  (NSG)   5-30
Gold  Pacific  Co.,  Ltd  (CoreCross)   5-32
Gould  Fiber  Optics   5-33
Haphit  Limited   5-34
Hataken  Company,  Limited   5-35
Huawei  Technologies  Co.,  Ltd. 5-36
Huihong  Technologies  Limited   5-37
Kaiam  Corporation   5-38
Kington  Optic  Company,  Ltd.  (Shenzhen)   5-39
KINSOM  Technology  Limited   5-40 LEAD  Fiber  Optics  Company,  Limited  (LFO)   5-41
Lumentum  Operations  LLC  (JDSU)   5-43
Melbye  Skandinavia  (Raycore)   5-45




Table  of  Contents  -  Continued

NeoPhotonics  Corporation   5-46
NTT  Electronics  Corporation  (NEL)   5-49
Oplink  Communications,  Inc.  (Molex)   5-51
Opterna 5-52
Optone  Technology  Limited 5-52
Optotec   5-54
OZ  Optics  Incorporated 5-55
Photeon  Technologies 5-56
Photonic  Manufacturing  Service  Ltd. 5-57
PPI  Incorporated   5-58
Prysmian  Group 5-59
Reliable  Photonics  (Shenzhen)  Company,  Limited 5-60
Rollball  International  Company,  Limited 5-60
SENKO  Advanced  Components 5-61
Shenzhen  Aminite  Technology  Co.  Ltd  (Aminite  Technology  Co.  Ltd.)   5-61
Sindi  Technologies  Co.,  Ltd.   5-62
Sopto  Technologies  Co.,  Ltd  (Hongan  Group)   5-63
SQS  Vláknová  optika  a.s. 5-64
Sun  Telecom  Comunication  Company  Limited 5-68
Sunma  International  Industry  Ltd. 5-68
SYLEX,  s.r.o. 5-69
T&S  Communications  Co.,  Ltd.   5-70
Tatsuta  Electric  Wire  &  Cable  Co.,  Ltd.   5-70
3M  Company  –  Communication  Markets  Division  (also  see  Corning) 5-71
Vertiv  Company 5-72
WOORIRO  Optical  Telecom  Company,  Limited   5-73
Yilut  Optical  Communication  Company  (Wuhan)   5-74
Zhaoye  Optic-Electronic  Technology  Co.  Ltd.  (Hangzhou) 5-75
6. ElectroniCast  Research  and  Analysis  Methodology 6-1
7. Definitions:  Acronyms,  Abbreviations,  and  General  Terms 7-1
8. ElectroniCast  Consultants  -  Market  Analysis  and  Forecast  Data  Base  (2018-2028) 8-1


10-Year  Market  Forecast  Data  Base  –  Excel  Spreadsheets:   Addendum

Global
America
Europe,  Middle  East,  Africa  (EMEA)
Asia  Pacific  (APAC)




INFORMATION BASE

This study is based on analysis of information obtained continually over 20 years, but updated through the middle of March 2019. During this period, ElectroniCast analysts performed interviews with authoritative and representative individuals in the fiber optics industry plus telecommunications, cable TV, private datacom, military/aerospace & other communication industries, instrumentation/ laboratory – R&D and factory/manufacturing, from the standpoint of both suppliers and users of planar waveguide circuits. The interviews were conducted principally with selected:

 Engineers, marketing personnel and management at manufacturers of fiber optic couplers/splitters, PON/FTTH components/devices, optical fiber, AWGs/optical waveguide and other components, cable assemblies, test/measurement equipment, Fiber optic connectors, mechanical splices splice and installation apparatus

 Design group leaders, engineers, marketing personnel and market planners at major users and potential users of optical communication devices, including passive optical devices and active/transceivers, such as telecommunication transmission, switching and distribution equipment producers, data communications equipment producers, harsh environment, military systems, aircraft and spacecraft electronic equipment producers, optical instrumentation system producers and others

 Other industry experts, including those focused on standards activities, trade associations, and investments.

The interviews covered issues of technology, R&D support, pricing, contract size, reliability, documentation, installation/maintenance crafts, standards, supplier competition and other topics.

Selected customers also were interviewed, to obtain their estimates of quantities received and average prices paid, as a crosscheck of selected vendor estimates. Customer estimates of historical and expected near term future growth of their application are obtained. Their views of use of new technology products were obtained.

The analyst then considered customer expectations of near-term growth in their application, plus forecasted economic payback of investment, technology trends and changes in government regulations in each geographical region, to derive estimated growth rates of quantity and price of each product subset in each application. These forecasted growth rates are combined with the estimated baseline data to obtain the long-range forecasts at the lowest detailed level of each product and application.

A full review of published information was also performed to supplement information obtained through interviews. The following sources were reviewed:

 Professional technical journals and papers
 Trade press articles
 Technical conference proceedings
 Product literature
 Company profile and financial information
 Additional information based on previous ElectroniCast market studies
 Personal knowledge of the research team.

In analyzing and forecasting the complexities of the worldwide markets for planar waveguide circuits and related devices, it is essential that the market research team have a good and a deep understanding of the technology and of the industry. ElectroniCast members who participated in this report were qualified.
Note: Market forecast data in this study report refers to consumption (use) for a particular calendar year; therefore, this data is not cumulative data.

Bottom-up Methodology ElectroniCast forecasts are developed initially at the lowest detail level and then summed to successively higher levels. The background market research focuses on the amount of each type of product used in each application in the base year (last year), and the prices paid at the first transaction from the manufacturer. This forms the base year data. ElectroniCast analysts then forecast the growth rates in component quantity use in device type, along with price trends, based on competitive, economic and technology forecast trends, and apply these to derive long term forecasts at the lowest application (use) levels. The usage growth rate forecasts depend heavily on analysis of overall end user trends toward digital broadband communication equipment usage and economic payback.

Cross-Correlation Increases Accuracy The quantities of fiber optic attenuators, DWDM, optical fiber/cable, connectors, transceivers, transport terminals, optical add/drop MUX, couplers/splitters, isolators, photonic switches and other products used in a particular application are interrelated. Since ElectroniCast conducts annual analysis and forecast updates in each fiber optic related product field, accurate current quantity estimates in each application are part of this corporate database. These quantities are cross-correlated as a “sanity check.”
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