IR LED high margin market applications and business dynamics

China LED Reuters] when the blue light LED lighting market increasingly Red Sea, companies have to seek to expand the high margin blue ocean market. As recently as the UV LED with the IR LED market is also sung as a blue ocean. What is the future of the market? What are the application market? Why is the blue ocean market?

In fact, the fundamental research, the general shape of the IR LED and general visible light LED is similar to the issue of infrared. The pipe pressure is generally reduced by about 1.4V, the working current is generally less than 20mA. In order to adapt to the different working voltage, the loop is often connected with the upper limit current resistance.

Band range of infrared LED application

There are two ways of transmitting and receiving infrared light, one is direct and the other is reflection. The direct type refers to the light-emitting tube and the receiving tube placed on opposite ends of emission and controlled the middle distance; reflective refers to the light tube and receiving tube tied together, usually receiving tube always no light, only encountered reflection in infrared light emitted by light emitting diodes, infrared light receiving tube receives the reflected i work. Double tube infrared emission circuit, can improve the transmission power, increase the role of infrared emission distance.

According to the characteristics of the IR LED chip, according to different wavelengths can be more widely used

Development prospect of infrared LED Market

According to the TrendForce's green energy division LEDinside released the latest "2015 second quarter of the global LED market supply and demand analysis" report shows that in 2014 the infrared LED in security surveillance applications market size of $94 million, is expected to reach $120 million in 2015.

The foreign report also shows that the infrared LED market will grow at a CAGR of 8% during 2014-2020. Its growth is mainly due to mechanical products, CCTV high-power infrared LED and stable growth of smoke detectors.

Due to the slowdown in the growth of the consumer market, 2015 infrared LED revenue is expected to decline 5%. In the global economy, in 2015, only 3% of the infrared LED revenue growth. With the CCTV camera as the main market growth point, the growth rate is expected to rise to a healthy value of 5%.

Among them, the Asia Pacific region accounted for 69% of the infrared revenue in 2014-2020 (based on local shipments). Different applications revenue will be different, in the field of consumer applications, remote control of low-cost launch tube will lead the market, the dominant position in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, CCTV cameras and smoke detectors in western countries, especially in Europe, has a broader market.

Not only for the growth of infrared LED market space is very large, and its current gross profit is also high. In this regard, crystal electric R & D Center Deputy Chief Xie Mingxun also said that IR LED is a niche in the market, the current demand for small but despite a better profit, by IR LED, the single price is about the same size blue LED 8- 16 times.

In the field of security monitoring, in addition to the network surveillance camera with IR 850 nm, 940 nm LED band, and arranged in the headlights of night vision (Night Vision) system, driving as Yeda 150 to 200 meters, but also more clearly. And Xie also said that the night vision system IR LED demand should be the largest, and this piece of OSRAM has been in the leading position in the industry.

In addition to the monitoring field, it is widely used in the field of sensors. In addition to the proximity sensor intelligent mobile phone (Proximity Sensor) module, wearable devices, also contains the prospect is good biosensor (Bio-Sensor) applications, such as the detection of heart rate and blood oxygen, the former uses IR 530 nm, 660 nm, 940 nm LED, which uses IR to 660 nm and 940 nm LED. In addition, the need for special wavelength of iris recognition applications, generally IR 810 nm LED can be matched, in the competitive advantage.

Manufacturers dynamic list

The luminous power of infrared LED is larger than that of visible light, which is often used in the field of communication and sensor. But because the remote control of home appliances market is becoming saturated, remote demand growth have decreased significantly, the current IR LED manufacturer focus from the application market of remote controller, mouse, communication etc. with low added value, in the mobile phone, car, security products, medical infrared infrared surveillance high added value market application.

In addition to the above mentioned application field, and relates to health care, suitable for the manufacture of infrared LED chip in red light, can choose 780nm to 1200nm IR LED, used for anti-inflammatory and analgesic, promote the quantity of chlorine, the detection of blood The new supersedes the old.

Many vendors have said that the current application of IR LED pulse, blood oxygen, blood sugar can be seen in the health management, optimistic about the potential of IR LED wearable device market. (text / China LED network Skavy)

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