2009 Q3 mainstream white LED price trends

The third quarter of 2009 due to the Notebook LED duration heating, plus LED backlight LCD TV demand rapid growth, let LED chip supply, which makes LED chip prices stable, but the price is only LED white also appeared to decline slightly. And in the fourth quarter, due to the upstream chip production capacity failed to open, and the market in great demand could not be met, the chip estimates are still in short supply, prices remain stable; white LED prices fell space is limited. This demand and price stability, is expected to continue at least until the first quarter of 2010.

According to LEDisnide survey data show that the current high-power LED, luminous efficiency of more than 80Lm/W of the products due to the demand for good, and the majority of major suppliers of international manufacturers, the price is relatively low. The third quarter prices only fell slightly to about 4%, the price range between about 1.5 to 2 dollars; as for the products of LED high power 60-70Lm/W, because the more mature products, many manufacturers supply, so the price decline is about 8%, the current price of about 0.6 to $1.1 range.

LEDinside further pointed out that because the LED chip supply is tight, the recent LED in the large-size backlight application and LED lighting demand remained strong, sustained by LED chip supply chain was tight phenomenon, let the light product price stability; especially in the LCD TV backlight LED LED chip, not only in short supply, even white LED are facing shipments the shortage, so the price should be stable and will not fall; however, the future in the new application market, such as computer display LED backlight part, it is possible because of competition with CCFL, open the application market, and face greater downward pressure on prices, and the price dropped significantly.

LED 2009 Q3 Notebook application NB backlight penetration continued to spread LED demand will continue to increase

Due to the positive situation of Notebook brand manufacturers to import LED backlight, LEDinside survey shows that the third quarter LED NB backlight penetration has been greatly improved, is expected this year, Notebook LED backlight penetration will reach 52%

Currently in NB applications, suppliers or Japanese manufacturers, especially the highest market share of Nichia. The main specifications of the NB to 2000 to 2300mcd based, quoted at between $0.07 to $0.12. Japanese brands and Taiwan brand price gap is still very large. Due to the high brightness blue chip LED out of stock, coupled with the Japanese factory price strategy, making the third quarter of the white LED application in the Notebook price, there is not much decline in about 5%.

As for the Netbook backlight, the current mainstream specifications between about 1800 to 2000mcd. Although demand is still strong, but due to the land factory is also actively promoting sales, so prices fell significantly. LEDinside survey, quoted price range of about 0.05 to $0.07, the price decline in the third quarter at around 10%.

Due to the increase in the proportion of smart phone shipments also support mobile phone backlight LED shipping prices, third prices fell by only about 5%. Due to the increase of the proportion of intelligent mobile phone shipments, not only led to enhance the brightness of LED, LED shipments need heating, plus the chip shortage affecting the supply chain, therefore, white packaging factory prices pressure is relatively slow, estimated in the third quarter fell about 5%, priced at about $0.03~0.07.

The third quarter of 2009, high power LED prices steady

In terms of high-power LED, although the rapid increase in efficiency, but the price is still slightly lower. Because the LCD TV LED backlight demand rise, the upstream chip manufacturers will LED chip specifications to the capacity of power, thus crowding to the original high power LED chip production capacity in the upstream chip tight supply situation, the third quarter of the high power LED prices steady state.