LED home lighting products are expected to be reduced to $2 within 5 years

According to statistics, the global annual lighting market size of up to $70 billion, of which the general lighting market of about $40 billion, but the current penetration of LED products is only about 1%. American IC design company Power Analog MicroELectronics (PAM) said, LED lighting products have to meet the lighting standard in technology, but limited to the price cost is too high, so that can not be into the general household lighting, forecast the next 5 years, LED home lighting products will be reduced to $2.

Due to the promising LED lighting applications, there are many enterprises have invested in LED lighting R & D, limited to LED DC power must be converted to alternating current, can not change in the existing lighting product structure conversion, so LED will drive toward direct integration in the bulb, has become the trend of development of the industry.

Compared with the traditional drive IC industry have entered the field of LED, PAM said, is now actively developing the 700V LED driver is designed for LED lighting products, do not need to through the current conversion, simple structure, product parts is more streamlined, can further promote the LED lighting products into the price, output power of up to 10W. The highest voltage up to 700V, to meet U.S. safety standards, but also can provide automotive lighting applications 8V voltage, the estimated 2008 will be completed by the end of 2009 entered the production design samples.

LED to enter the general lighting has been the ultimate goal of the next generation of light source market, but high technology and high cost limit barriers, lighting market growth, PIDA estimates, around 2015, LED luminous efficiency will reach more than 150lm/w, the cost is expected to drop to about 1/5. But PAM believes that in the current international manufacturers of LED lighting products priced at about $10~20, the next 5 years, LED lighting products and energy-saving light bulbs can be reduced to $2 not much difference between the price.

PAM was established in the United States for more than 3 years, by the development of TSMC, investment, 700V LED drive production technology from TSMC together, in the "rich dad" s PAM in 2008, will begin shipping to Taiwan LED packaging manufacturers, LED backlight 11.4 inch notebook computer a drive moonrise, the volume of about 10 million units, and is expected to complete the registration in Taiwan in 2008 2Q.

Source: Digitimes- Optoelectronics