Total shipments of charge-coupled devices (CCDs) and CMOS image sensors are expected to grow 31% this year, reaching 1.

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9 billion units worldwide, and that will be enough to push sales up 12% and across the $7 billion mark, says IC Insights.

In 2005, image sensor sales grew a little more than 11% to $6.3 billion with unit shipments rising 45%. The optoelectronics chapter of the O-S-D Report shows average selling prices (ASPs) collapsing by 24% in 2005 and then dropping another 15% in 2006.

Image sensor revenues are now expected to increase at a CAGR of 15%, with unit volumes growing at a 20% average rate in the 2005-2010 time period. By 2010, image sensor sales are expected to reach $12.8 billion with unit shipments topping 3.6 million, according to the IC Insights O-S-D forecast.

In the image sensor arena, CMOS-based devices continue to grab share away from CCDs due to the strong growth in camera cell phones and the ability to integrate more circuit functions with pixel arrays on a single chip. CMOS devices are forecast to account for more than 60% of the total image sensor market in 2006, up from 45% in 2003. According to IC Insights’ outlook, CMOS image sensors will claim more than 80% of the total revenues and over 90% of the units in 2008.