Sector Briefing · India
Semiconductors
613 startups mapped and 5,402 patents tagged in this sector; full briefing coming soon.
India has 613 semiconductors startups mapped; 5,402 patent applications analysed, of which 2,031 are granted; 474 foreign filers are active in the sector.
- Startups:
- 613
- Patents:
- 5,402
- Granted:
- 2,031
- Foreign share:
- 53%
- Inventors:
- 13,600
- In opposition window:
- 416
Why this page exists — and how to read it
A one-page brief of this sector: its filing trend, the problems being worked on, the technologies in play, who files most, foreign interest, and a sample of the startups we've mapped to it. Each panel is a door — most drill into a fuller view.
- Investors
- Read the trend and foreign share first — momentum plus outside interest — then scan the roster for patent-backed startups.
- Founders & operators
- The problems list is a whitespace map: crowded themes are validated demand, thin ones are open ground.
- Corporate & R&D
- Top filers and technologies show who to benchmark and where the sector is consolidating.
- Policy & TTO
- The domestic-vs-foreign filing split signals where Indian players lead — and where outside applicants dominate.
613
Startups
5,402
Patents
2,031
Granted
474
Foreign filers
13,600
Inventors
Who's filing
Indian companies lead — institutes & foreign kept separate
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.IN · 123
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.IN · 123
- QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDIN · 113
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.IN · 51
- SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.IN · 44
- Samsung Display Co., Ltd.IN · 40
Educational institutes (6) — high filing volume, separate from company R&D
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCEIN · 43
- VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYIN · 43
- GRAPHIC ERA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITYIN · 36
- LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITYIN · 32
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHIIN · 22
- CVR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGIN · 20
Foreign applicants — 53% of filings
- QUALCOMMUS · 589
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICSKR · 159
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUPCN · 153
- LG DISPLAYKR · 135
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICESUS · 131
- SAMSUNG DISPLAYKR · 104
Filing trend
Chart starts at 2022 — earlier years reflect granted-only survivorship, not full filing volume.
View data
| Year | Domestic | Foreign | Granted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 133 | 473 | 0 |
| 2023 | 196 | 601 | 10 |
| 2024 | 271 | 680 | 721 |
| 2025 | 319 | 730 | 272 |
| 2026 | 172 | 308 | 307 |
Problems being solved
Patents mapped · click to see the filers
Technologies in play
Patents mapped
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| display panel | 912% |
| machine learning | 461% |
| thin film transistor | 451% |
| display device | 451% |
| semiconductor packaging | 431% |
| display substrate | 421% |
| finfet | 411% |
| pixel circuit | 381% |
| power gating | 361% |
| thermal management | 351% |
| array substrate | 351% |
| sram | 341% |
| integrated device packaging | 321% |
| memory controller | 270% |
| gate driving circuit | 270% |
| encapsulation layer | 260% |
| atomic layer deposition | 260% |
| oled display | 250% |
| thin-film transistor | 250% |
| clock gating | 250% |
| interposer | 230% |
| semiconductor manufacturing | 230% |
| semiconductor fabrication | 220% |
| non-volatile memory | 210% |
| pixel driving circuit | 210% |
| reinforcement learning | 210% |
| cmos | 200% |
| high-k dielectric | 200% |
| vlsi design | 200% |
| fpga implementation | 200% |
Foundational level
Click a level to see the filers
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| incremental | 4,61986% |
| foundational | 30% |
| substantial | 78014% |
Maturity
Click a stage to see the filers
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| prototype | 1,76733% |
| product | 1,89035% |
| theoretical | 1,74532% |
Filing quality
Drafting quality of the sector's filings
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| high | 99018% |
| medium | 2,81952% |
| junk | 1593% |
| low | 1,43427% |
Where startups are mapped
| State | Startups mapped |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 209 |
| Telangana | 70 |
| Maharashtra | 59 |
| Tamil Nadu | 59 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 52 |
| Gujarat | 33 |
| Delhi | 32 |
| Kerala | 18 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 |
| Rajasthan | 11 |
| Haryana | 10 |
| Odisha | 10 |
Startups · 14 of 613
Classified into Semiconductorsby their primary technology focus (shown under each name). IP chips count a company's total matched patents, designs and trademarks — across all sectors.
SILICONCH SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED
semiconductors
SiliConch Systems was established in April 2016 with a strong team to deliver next gen USB Type-C based products. SiliConch is the only Indian company to be part of the USB contributors group
Bengaluru Urban
KRUTRIM SI DESIGNS PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
To carry on the business of designing and development of artificial intelligence applications for various industries including but not limited to engaging in research, semiconductor designing and development, cloud infrastructure development for provide unique AI solutions to lar
Bengaluru Urban
MMRFIC Technology Pvt Ltd
Technology Hardware
MMRFIC Technology Pvt Ltd - A company with MMwave, RF, DSP, Analog IC Design Expertise focused on end to end solution delivery in areas of• Strategic and Defence Electronics • Industrial Electronics • Automotive Electronics Focused on improving the Core Talent Pool in the
Bengaluru
STERADIAN SEMICONDUCTORS PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
SteradianSemi (steradiansemi.com) is a start-up developing 4D Imaging Radar Products in the milli-meter wave band for the world-wide Automotive and Industrial Market. Company is located in Bangalore City, India. We are the world leader in 4D imaging Radar technology. Steradian
Bengaluru Urban
TRISPACE TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD
Telecommunication & Networking
TriSpace Technologies offers patented technology solution to lower BoM cost and optimize power consumption in platform SoC of mobile devices to enable longer battery life of device usage. The solution is applicable to previous, current and next generation products. The solution
Bengaluru Urban
SIGNALCHIP INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
Signalchip is an exciting fabless semiconductor company established in 2010 with the vision of building an organization of highly motivated people working on cutting edge technologies creating differentiated semiconductor products. We work on extremely innovative chips to enable
Bengaluru Urban
FERMIONIC DESIGN PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
FermionIC Design is a fabless semiconductor company developing chipsets for digital and hybrid beam-forming, signal-integrity products across multiprotocol communication standards and custom die-to-die communication and Industrial IoT application. FermionIC’s innovative archite
Bengaluru Urban
AAGYAVISION PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
Technology Startup working on semiconductor based imaging and sensing
Bengaluru Urban
REZONENT MICROCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
REZONENT MICROCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED
Thrissur
Sensesemi Technologies Private Limited
IT Services
A fabless chip design company designs semiconductor chips and outsources manufacturing, enabling innovation, faster development, and cost efficiency.
Bengaluru Urban
Morphing Machines
Technology Hardware
Morphing Machines is a fabless semiconductor company building a novel processor for future workloads that will transform the chip design landscape
Bengaluru
ISOC SEMICONDUCTORS PRIVATE LIMITED
IT Services
ISOC is Started with an aim to develop first pass silicon High speed interface digital controller IP’s and silicon chips such as UCIE, PCIE, CXL, MIPI, Memory Digital controllers, AI Accelerators chips and others. There is huge demand and potential in the market for low power,
Chennai
DV2JS Innovation
Technology Hardware
DV2JS Innovation is a start-up founded in 2019. DV2JS Innovation, work toward research and development of indigenously made CMOS Image Sensors in India. We develop specialized ASICs for advanced ISR applications including NIR sensors and large format sensors. Their capability ext
South Delhi
CHIPSPIRIT TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Technology Hardware
Chipspirit is working on the hardware encryption solution which will enable our defense forces to have a secure data transfer with graded security. Chipspirit presented the idea with details to the Defense forces already and is the winner of DISC-1 challenge. Chipspirit is honore
Bengaluru Urban
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