High-Brightness LED Market to Reach $10.8 Billion by 2010

CIR: By 2010 the combined market for high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) will enter a new phase of its evolution,. The combined market for standard HB-LEDs and the new ultra-high brightness LEDs (UHB-LEDs) will grow from $ 5.0 billion in 2006 to $10.8 billion in 2010 and reach $ 17.4 billion in 2013.

• UHB-LEDs appear. LEDs with an output greater than 250 lumens are being commercialized, making HB-LEDs a practical solution for many lighting, photographic and medical applications. In 2010 the market for UHB-LEDs alone will total $3.6 billion.

• General illumination taking off. General illumination will become the fastest growing application for HB-LEDs between now and 2010. By 2010 much of the $3.6 billion in UHB-LEDs sold will be for general illumination applications, to which must be added an additional $860 million in regular HB-LEDs.

• Displays and signage -- the OLED factor. Because of similar market and technical requirements, displays and signage represent a natural diversification for HB-LED manufacturers currently selling into the mobile phone market. Thanks to HB-LEDs, displays will be bigger and use less power. OLEDs are a wild card, since OLED displays and signage will not require HB-LED backlighting. By 2010, displays and signage will account for approximately $2.2 billion in HB-LED sales.

• Improved materials and production technology. New developments in materials and production technologies will help drive cost points lower and quality higher. Among the areas discussed are the impact on HB-LEDs of silicon photonics, thin-film technology, nanotechnology and pure Gallium Nitride substrates, as well as the evolution of better packaging and fabrication technologies.

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The Global Market for HB-LEDs Publ. 20051108