Some thoughts on the current situation of LED industry standards

According to statistics, at present, the domestic LED and semiconductor lighting involving a total of 193 standard projects, and has been basically covering epitaxial chips, packaging devices, product applications, test equipment and other industrial chain links. In the 193 standard project, including the implementation of the 54 standards have been issued (41 national standards and industry standard 13), the general material and equipment standard 2, standard 13, standard 16 chips and devices, lighting equipment and system standards 23. In the 54 standards have been published, the current effective standard of 50, the need for further amendments to the standard has 4. Research and development of the standard 73 (GB 52, line standard of the 21), including materials and equipment standards of the 40, chip and device standards of the 12, lighting equipment and system standards of the 21. To study the development of the standard 66, which urgently need to develop the 32 (GB 28, line standard of 4).

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Some thoughts on the current situation of LED industry standards:

1, the standard should be based on relatively mature products or technology

At present, the domestic semiconductor lighting industry technical standards in certain areas but because some seemingly lack of technology and products has not been completely finalized, if eager to develop standards for product development and technology development limited the future. Therefore, it is possible to give priority to the introduction of technical terminology, testing methods as the representative of the basic norms and standards, in order to regulate the market, the end of disorderly competition.

2, should be encouraged at all levels of standard setting bodies to coordinate the work of promoting the standardization of semiconductor lighting

The standard system includes national standards, industry standards, industry standards and enterprise standards, the four complement each other. The continuous introduction of local standards has laid a good foundation for the establishment of national standards, enterprise standards, local standards is an important part of the national standard system. For example, enterprise standards, specific to the characteristics of the enterprise product standards, the national and local standards and the specific embodiment of refinement. Therefore, the development of enterprises and local standards should be more detailed, corporate standards should generally be higher than the national standard. As part of the future strategic layout, the strength of the enterprise should be in the development of technology and product strength at the same time, through the establishment of their own enterprise standards to promote and enhance the national standard.

3, the establishment of the standard system, should give full play to the production, learning and research cooperation

Play production and research in all aspects of the industry chain advantages, in accordance with the project task form launched a number of advantages of the unit coordinated research, sufficient research and testing, research and establish standards and improve the detection mechanism. To draw lessons from international standards and establish a standard system which is suitable for the development of China's industry. Standard setting is to escort the industry, can not be part of the business for the interests of enterprises and set the threshold.

4, should strengthen the publicity and implementation of standards

The introduction of standards, especially the introduction of mandatory standards, the standards should do propaganda work rapidly, organized the semiconductor lighting standards will strengthen the propaganda, standard application consultation and service work organization of the standard, the standard unit.

LED future trends

In 2013, the mainland government development LED attitude is still firm, out incandescent roadmap will be fully implemented, and actively promote the industry in the end of the channel, will help to obtain stable growth in the mainland LED industry; but behind the growth inevitably manufacturers to compete for market, launched a fierce price, channel and the war for talent. LED industry on the mainland manufacturers, has bid farewell to the era of high margin, how to maintain and expand their own profits, is a problem for manufacturers. Overall, the price competition and cooperation, and enhance corporate profits will be the main theme of the development of LED industry, 2013; industry chain trend, will surround the epitaxial wafer, in power devices, the patterned substrate, LED backlight application pathway, five issues of development.

1, the amount of epitaxial wafer price war detonated

2012 in the first half of the order to bring back to the mainland LED epitaxial wafer factory confidence, which led to the use of equipment to be placed on the purchase order on the agenda, not installed equipment have also entered the operation. As of the end of October 2012, MOCVD machines 823 taiwan. Production capacity, the total production capacity of the mainland LED chip production line to 2 inches epitaxial film, up to 40 million 220 thousand / year. Capacity utilization in some parts of the equipment has not yet completed assembly, staffing is still insufficient, market demand and other factors, the average remained at 65%.

Despite the launch of the LED epitaxial wafer project has been caused by the oversupply of mainland chips, but optimistic about the future market size, there are still manufacturers continue to invest in the mainland in 2012 LED epitaxial wafer project. The larger Guangzhou Jingxing (plans to introduce 60 sets of MOCVD), Foshan Qili photoelectric (plans to introduce 20 MOCVD production lines and supporting the wafer production equipment) and Foshan nationstar LED epitaxial wafer (project plans to introduce 50 MOCVD).

It is not difficult to predict, 2013, manufacturers will release more LED chips in the market, coupled with the chip mainland companies are mostly concentrated in the low order, so the good price war, manufacturers, is bound to set off a new round of battle. Mainland chip manufacturers are mostly local government financial subsidies, even if the chip business losses, but also through government subsidies to whitewash earnings. However, to enter the market late, so in order to snatch competitors market, manufacturers are often at a lower price to launch the impact. As the mainland's largest three chip factory as an example, directly put forward more than EPISTAR, Asia's first "slogan, will be directed at EPISTAR, not only significantly more poaching, with cheap 20 to 30% of the price to sell the products to the downstream packaging manufacturers. In the market downturn, the low price strategy is indeed effective, REFOND, honglitronic and other mainstream country star power, LED packaging manufacturers are beginning to use an optoelectronic chip. In addition, three also significantly enhance the capacity and through the red chip price, in order to exclude the single product and the same for the mainland manufacturers of dry light, so had to rely on product differentiation to achieve better performance of the dry light in recent years, a serious decline in performance.

2, the rise of power LED devices in price stabilization

In 2011, prices of LED device market suffered cold and rapid decline in 2012 with the warming of the market and inventory gradually returned to normal level, the decline tends to be stable, the quarterly decline is about 6%, the current price of LED devices has been at a low level, while considering the LED chip price due to the price war is still down space, but other raw material prices more stable, and labor and operating costs and rising trend, topology prediction, 2013 prices will further decline in quarterly LED device control in less than 3%.

In the case of the decline in the price of LED devices has been getting smaller and smaller, LED manufacturers tend to adopt medium power devices (0.2 ~ 0.5W), gradually replacing the traditional small power devices (0.06 ~ 0.1W), applied to indoor lighting. A 16WLED lamp, for example, if the 0.06W 3528 white light devices, the need for a total of $270, the total cost of 32.9 yuan (about NT $158), and the luminous flux is only 7lm. And if the 0.4W 5050 white light device, only need to be 40, the total cost of RMB 14.3 yuan (about NT $69), and the luminous flux of up to 38lm, can be seen in the use of power chip packaging will be the future development trend.

3, LED into the private electricity supplier platform springboard

Despite the global economic downturn in 2012, the mainland LED lighting civilian market is not scale, but the LED industry still maintained more than 20% growth, mainly due to the intensive policy of the mainland government. The central government in 2011, has announced the 12th Five-Year development goals planning LED, LED lighting clearly pointed out: to 2015 LED into people's lives, LED in common?? the market penetration rate reached 30%, in 2015 to complete the elimination of incandescent lamps; then in 2012, the ministries has introduced the development of LED lighting planning focus.