LED drive power market development trend analysis

The golden age is coming soon? Experts are optimistic about the future development of LED driver power supply market

According to domestic and foreign experts, the next three to five years will be the "golden period" for the rapid growth of the LED lighting industry. As a result, the LED driver power industry, which is a key component of LED lighting, will usher in a good time for development. Market analysts generally expect that the market size of China's LED driver power supply will expand by billions this year and next, and there will be a certain degree of breakthrough in technology, especially in the field of high-power LED driver power supply, because of the strong LED street lights . Demand-driven, it is likely to show a good growth trend.

LED lighting industry insiders know that LED driver power is a power converter that converts the power supply into a specific voltage and current to drive LED illumination. It seems to be inconspicuous in the design of the entire lighting product, but it is extremely critical. Statistics show that the domestic LED driver power supply market in 2012 was 10.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37%. Thanks to the huge prospects of the LED lighting market, more and more companies have begun to enter the LED driver power supply field, and the market size is expected to further expand in the future. In fact, after experiencing competition and reshuffle between enterprises, the LED power industry is also in need of such a stable growth environment to carry out some internal enhancements and resource optimization.

Of course, from the overall point of view, under the influence of the “Matthew effect”, the LED power supply industry will continue to reshuffle the market while optimizing resources and upgrading technology. Some industry critics believe that this is because high-power LED large enterprises have brand advantages and scale advantages, which makes SMEs unable to compete with them. But this is only a superficial phenomenon, because large enterprises cannot fully occupy the entire market, and the market segment is precisely the opportunity for SMEs to grow.

As a new generation of light source, LED's plasticity on the light source naturally provides a differentiated development idea for many LED manufacturers. So can this different approach be applied to the LED power startup field as well? The answer is yes. We can observe the market and find out that channel distributors and original companies have already positively responded and responded to the trend of intelligent and segmentation of such markets. For example, the recently famous electronic distributor Datongda Group passed Its network platform - Dalian United Cloud provides a number of innovative lighting solutions and power drive IC products to small and medium-sized LED companies, including smart light control, wireless colorful lighting management, power IC manufacturer Richtek RT73xx, RT84xx series products, and so on. In addition, relying on the strong background strength of the Grand United Group, the United Nations Cloud can also help small and medium-sized enterprises solve the problem of supply of small and medium-sized LED electronic components, so that small and medium-sized LED companies can concentrate on market segment development and Channel construction.

After years of rapid development of LED drive power, the development bottleneck of domestic enterprises includes product specifications, brand, price, channel construction, and marketing model. With the rapid expansion of the industry's market, the price war between enterprises can only be lost in the end. This is almost the consensus of all LED companies. Then, in order to better survive in this increasingly cruel market, find the blue ocean. It is the top priority for all LED power companies.

This year, the number of LED driver power supplies in China will exceed 7 million units.

LED lighting has become a global trend with its advantages of energy saving and environmental protection. The market is growing rapidly. At the same time, the market potential of LED as an indispensable driving power source is considerable. The market expects the number of LED driving power sources in China in 2013. It has reached more than 7 million units.

China's LED industry started in the 1970s. After more than 30 years of development, China's LED industry has initially formed a relatively complete industry including LED epitaxial wafer production, LED chip preparation, LED chip packaging and LED product application. chain. Under the impetus of “National Semiconductor Lighting Project”, seven national semiconductor lighting engineering industrialization bases in Shanghai, Dalian, Nanchang, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Yangzhou and Shijiazhuang were formed.

The Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Triangle and the North have become the gathering places for the development of China's LED industry. Among LED products, LED lighting has become a global trend with its advantages of energy saving and environmental protection. In recent years, with the support of national policies, the market value of the entire LED lighting industry has shown explosive growth. As a key component of LED lighting, the LED driving power industry has naturally ushered in development.

The LED driving power supply is a power converter that converts the power supply into a specific voltage and current to drive the LED to emit light. Generally, the input of the LED driving power source includes high-voltage power frequency alternating current (ie, commercial power), low-voltage direct current, high-voltage direct current, low voltage high. Frequency communication (such as the output of an Electronic Transformer). The output of the LED driver is mostly a constant current source that changes the voltage as the LED's forward voltage drop changes.

At present, driven by the strong LED lighting market, the LED driver market is also growing. The scale of LED drivers is gradually rising. According to market research organizations, the LED driver IC market revenue will be nearly 2 billion US dollars in 2010, reaching nearly in 2015. The annual compound annual growth rate was US$3.5 billion. The agency also pointed out that LED driver ICs required for LED lighting will be the main growth force of the market. The emerging application markets of LEDs such as lighting and automotive headlights have emerged in large numbers, setting off another wave of application frenzy of LEDs.

However, the use of LED driver power, StrategiesUnlimited also pointed out that while the LED driver market is expanding, it may be accompanied by a decline in product prices. In addition, AC-LED products reduce the number of required driver ICs, even without the need for driver ICs, but not It will have a significant impact on the market revenue during the forecast period, and even help accelerate the market penetration of LED lighting products. StrategiesUnlimited estimates that the LED driver IC market for lighting will grow by 40% between 2010 and 2015; the challenges facing technology in this area include dimming technology, power efficiency, power factor and price.

Statistics show that the market size of LED indoor general lighting driver power supply in 2012 was 4.58 billion yuan, an increase of 87% over the same period of last year, exceeding the scale of LED landscape lighting power supply market, ranking first in all major fields. In 2012, LED indoor general lighting was widely used in commercial and office fields. The annual domestic LED indoor general lighting output value was 33.5 billion yuan, an increase of 80%. LED indoor lighting is in its infancy, and the market is huge in the future.

In fact, after years of rapid development of LED drive power, enterprise development needs to break through the bottleneck: including product specifications, brand, price, channel construction, and marketing model. With the expansion of the industry market and the constant competition among enterprises, the LED power industry will experience a stable situation after the reshuffle.

In the next 3-5 years, LED lighting will be a fast-growing stage. LED lighting power supply will also explode at this stage. The relevant departments expect that the number of LED driving power sources in China will reach 7 million units in 2013, and the market scale will expand. To 1.75 billion.

Nowadays, in the development of LED power supply, the modularization and intelligentization of LED power supply has also caused a lot of heated discussion. In fact, modularization refers to packaging with standardization and industrialization, and through the innovation of technology and process to reduce costs and achieve large-scale manufacturing. Intelligentization generally means that the brightness of the luminaire can be adjusted and the light can be turned off.

For the problem of modularity and intelligence, it is the views of each family. Mainly for the industrial lighting power industry, the industry said that after the modularization of LED power supply, the cost will be lower, and the intelligence can meet people's living needs, such as dimming and temperature adjustment. General Manager Chen of Skyworth Lighting, which deals with indoor and outdoor lighting, said that modularity and intelligence are a trend in general lighting, and that this development in the future is good for the entire LED lighting. Just like a mobile phone charger, if you can use one, it's very good to change the control. After the intelligence, the advantages of LED can be better.