DisplaySearch:LED backlight chip market in three years to see the 34 billion

June 24th news, in the emphasis on light and energy saving trend, the LCD panel adopts LED as backlight source can be a trend which cannot be halted! Market research firm DisplaySearch pointed out that in 2012 there are 34 billion LED is estimated to be applied to the LCD backlight, accounting for all LED shipments of 20%.

DisplaySearch pointed out that the estimated 8 billion LED is applied to the liquid crystal panel in 2012 last year, estimates LED backlight will be widely applied to the 70 inch LCD panel in 1 inch, and 34 billion LED for LCD backlight, compared with 2008 growth will exceed 300%, LCD display backlight source for the huge business opportunities LED the.

According to statistics, last year LED global shipments of a total of 70 billion 800 million or so, in the display field application mainly for outdoor billboards and LED backlight LED. Outdoor LED billboards for active display (Active Display) LED, is expected to take the initiative to display outdoor billboards in the last year, a total of 11 billion LED, accounting for all LED shipments of about 15%. LED backlight for LCD panels consume a total of 8 billion LED, estimated to account for all shipments of LED 11%.

With the trend of rapid, LED outdoor billboards and LCD backlight DisplaySearch growth forecast, 2012 LED shipments will reach 167 billion, in the application of the LED outdoor billboard estimated 24 billion, LCD backlight will reach 34 billion, the total of all LED shipments of 34.7%.

DisplaySearch prediction, number of the use of LED backlight in 2012 10 inch LCD group will be more than 36 million 800 thousand, compared with 2008 growth 25 times more. DisplaySearch estimates this year in the notebook PC LED backlight penetration will reach 52%, 2010 will quickly grow to 81%; LCD TV, 2009 LED backlight shipments estimated at 3 million 600 thousand, accounting for about 3% of all LCD TV rate, estimated in 2010 will grow 15 million, market share reached 10%.

Is now in the leading TV brand manufacturers such as Samsung, PHILPS, SHARP, SONY, Toshiba, Vizio and LG, will be in the second half of this year to improve the usage of LED backlight, one of the main reasons for the LED backlight by direct type light source into the side light structure, significantly improved cost structure. In the monitor application, DisplaySearch estimated that in 2012 there will be about 31 million monitor panels using LED backlight.