The LCD panel to be great friends of their own R & D and production of LED

Recently, Taiwan Optronics announced the formation of a led by senior vice president David Su LED project, the media predicted LCD panel makers plan to start their own R & D and production of LED.

AUO said, at present in the LCD panel backlight using LED is still in the early stages. AUO is a leading producer of small to medium size panel, the company had said earlier this year is expected to reach 10% in the notebook computer LED backlight penetration.

It is understood that at present, about 5%~6% panel by AUO supplier. IT display business unit senior vice president and general manager Paul (Shuang-Lang) Peng, said the company's target growth of 20% in 2008. As the top third notebook panel suppliers, the company's current monthly supply of 2500~2700 panels.

More importantly, AUO is also expected in 2012 before all the LED backlight notebook computer panel will not contain mercury. By that time, the global notebook demand will reach 250 million, each laptop needs about 45 LED, when the laptop LED backlight group penetration will reach 75%.

There are reports that AU Optronics has purchased 5 sets of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, and in January reported 10 or even just the other 100, AUO refused to plan to buy 100 sets of these reports to respond. Panel makers have recently said that it has never been officially announced how many units will be purchased.

Source: LEDinside