LED lighting products standardization, South Korea took the lead in the development of what? (2)

Focus on investment in research and development in 2012 totaled 4 trillion won

For the second goal - the establishment of global core technology, the Korean government will focus on R & D investment. As soon as possible to grasp the global common, promising core technology. Plan in 2012, to invest a total of 4 trillion won R & D, the luminous efficiency increased from 60lm/W in 2007 to 140lm/W in 2012.

About technology, South Korea considers its technical level is about 80% of the developed countries. The main reason is that the source technology is less than LED's three strong - Japan, Germany, the United states. But South Korea also believes that in some areas it has successfully developed an independent source technology. For example, GaN/Si (to promote the bottom of the Si light-emitting layer - GaN crystal growth technology), light-emitting wavelength of 380nm UV LED chip technology, as well as LED backlight with large LED module technology (Table 4).

In order to get more of the world's core technology, improve technical capabilities, South Korea is ready to continue to focus on the new technology is expected to become the core technology investment. And to accurately grasp the development trend of technology for the purpose of building a monitoring system. Analysis of the trend of technology patents belong to this category. Technical support center

For the third goal - to build a stable foundation for development, the Korean government in many ways to support. The first is to establish a regional LED specialized clusters, expand aid and investment. The focus of the region and the integration of LED, building LED specialized clusters. To activate the regional industry, create new added value, and build the foundation for the development of LED industry 4.

With the above measures, South Korea will be Kwangju's "Light Institute of technology as the main, in Suwon optical constructed LED fusion technology support center", in the Qing Shan City to establish "LED fusion Industry Research Center, in the North University to establish" LED fusion center "(Figure 3). And also scheduled in the country, local, civil support, in order to expand the LED industry for the purpose of the 2009 year in won the development of technology and personnel training and other undertakings.

Figure 3: overview of regional LED integration technology support center cluster services. Granage according to the Ministry of knowledge economy

Some local governments are also interested in the development of LED lighting industry. Kwangju is in April 2001 to create the Han Guoguang Institute (Korea Photonics Technology, KOPTI) as the core, in order to become a lighting industry incubation area actively carry out activities. The city in March 2008 to play the "LED city" slogan. In the investment from 2008 to 2012 of 5 years about 300 billion won (except for the city, and the national and enterprise investment), Kwangju City confidently said: "I hope that through the 5 year plan, the LED lighting industry scale reached 10 trillion won". LED technical support center will work with Kwangju's light industry development areas to provide support to LED personnel training and technology development.

As part of the collaboration with the LED specialized clusters, building an indispensable foundation for stable development, the South Korean government is working to promote the improvement of laws and systems, providing technical support. To put it bluntly, "LED friendly".

LED lighting and the existing lighting technology is different, the existing lighting design and safety standards can not be applied to LED (Note 6). Therefore, the South Korean government believes that in various laws, conditions and technical standards necessary to "LED friendly", and in 2008 introduced a package of technical analysis and improvement of key issues, to convene the relevant departments in consultation in 2009 on laws and regulations were revised.

(Note 6) in various design and safety standards for existing lighting, lighting standards for building energy conservation shall be specified in a variety of fluorescent lamp standards.

There are still some problems in standardization

Although South Korea to develop LED lighting industry has taken the lead in the development of standards, expand the cluster business, to provide support and many other measures, but the real activation of the industry still need to solve some problems. In addition to the technology mentioned above is still in the development of the problem, but also bear the responsibility of the industrial development of the scale of enterprises, LED lighting to replace the existing lighting problems, procurement of materials, etc..

South Korea's LED industry has more than 450 enterprises, and its number is still increasing, the market is gradually formed. With the strengthening of energy-saving awareness, engaged in LED lighting business increased rapidly. In addition to the long-term operation of fluorescent lamps, incandescent bulbs lighting components manufacturers, lighting equipment, electrical equipment industry, risk companies have joined in. Even electronic component manufacturers and IT companies are on the list (Table 5).

For example, sales extension (crystal growth) and LED chip is Samsung LED, LG, EpiValley, inord Seoul semiconductor (Seoul Semiconductor) and other 13 large enterprises. Sales package (LED chip package module (after), composed of a plurality of LED package) products such as Seoul semiconductor, into the semiconductor (Iljin Semiconductor), Daejin DMP, Kumho motor (Kumho ELectric) and other 80 companies, sales of LED products with Namyung Lighting, KDT Korea, FawooTechnology and other 360 companies.

However, although there are a large number of enterprises in Korea, but the vast majority of only 5 to 10 employees. Therefore, these small and medium enterprises do not have sufficient personnel to produce KS certification standards, management information. Moreover, the cost of receiving KS certification is also a burden.

In order to solve the above problems