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DOMESTIC METERING: THE MARKET IN EUROPE<br />
TABLE 2<br />
Estimated Semiconductor Content for an Electronic Meter and Teleswitch<br />
Function<br />
8-Bit MicnxxntiDUer widi LCD<br />
Connolter<br />
1-Kbit EEFROM<br />
Analog Power Multi{dier anid frequency<br />
Conversian<br />
Discrnes<br />
Total Semiconductor CcHUent<br />
Average Selling Price<br />
I/O Rado<br />
F^inctioQ<br />
8-Bit MioDoomroUer<br />
RF Front-End/Reamplifier<br />
Reoeiver/Filter/Deooder<br />
Disoetes (Relay DnveR &. LED)<br />
Total Semiamductor Ccnuent<br />
Average Selling Price<br />
I/O Ratio<br />
Elednnic Meter (Wldi LCD Display)<br />
IMuioiogy<br />
Stanlaid CMOS<br />
Standanl NMOS<br />
Linear CMOS ASIC<br />
Bipolar<br />
Tuiir Teieswitdi*<br />
l^chnolDgy<br />
Staiviaid CMOS<br />
Analog ASIC bipolar<br />
Analog/digital ASIC CMOS<br />
Mixed<br />
Cost<br />
$4.00<br />
0.65<br />
3i0<br />
0.80<br />
$ 8.95<br />
$42.00<br />
21.3%<br />
Cost<br />
$4.00<br />
3.00<br />
5i0<br />
0.90<br />
$13.40<br />
S60.00<br />
•Content estimated for U.K. 198-kHz radio tcieswitch Source: Dataquest<br />
October 1989<br />
estimate the semiconductor content of these units to<br />
be $13.40, which is 22 percent of an average<br />
selling price of $60.00.<br />
At present, most teleswitches are designed to<br />
complement double-rate Ferraris disk meters,<br />
which are less expensive to supply than electronic<br />
versions. As Table 2 indicates, there is a significant<br />
scope for the combination of meters and teleswitches<br />
into one unit, allowing sharing of the<br />
same MCU and integration of the ASIC fiinctions<br />
onto one IC.<br />
Market Analysis<br />
Table 3 shows the major companies that have<br />
commenced domesdc electronic metering equipment<br />
manufacture in Europe. In addition, many<br />
smaller national suppliers of conventional meters<br />
are developing electronic versions too.<br />
By region, France and the United Kingdom<br />
currently lead Europe in domestic electronic meter<br />
implementation. The public utility Electiicite de<br />
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ESAM Volume (I, Newslctlen 1989-19<br />
22.3%<br />
France (EDF) is the most ambitious, with plans to<br />
build its initial trial of 90,000 electronic meters<br />
(supplied by Sauter and Schlumberger) to full electronic<br />
metering across all of France by 1995.<br />
In 1989, Dataquest estimates that only<br />
330,000 electronic meters will be sold out of<br />
7.4 million meters shipped to Europe each year.<br />
Most of these units are electronic budget meters<br />
that replace vulnerable coin meters in the United<br />
Kingdom. By 1994, we expect electronic meters to<br />
account for 40 percent of all meters shipped.<br />
This year, we estimate that 1.1 million<br />
teleswitch units will be fitted in Europe. Of these,<br />
430,000 are radio versions for use in the United<br />
Kingdom and the rest are ripple controllers going<br />
mainly to France, West Germany, and Austria.<br />
We predict that this volume of teleswitch shipments<br />
will have risen to 4.1 million units within five<br />
years; one-half of these units will be integrated<br />
with an electronic electricity measurement<br />
function.<br />
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