Abstract
The market for high-brightness LED driver ICs is increasingly diverse and presents significant growth opportunities. The dollar market is projected to grow significantly faster than unit sales. The higher dollar growth rate is a reflection of high growth rates for higher-cost LED driver ICs such as those used in LCD backlighting, signs, and automotive applications, compared with lower growth rates for lower-cost driver ICs used in mobile phone handsets and other portable applications. Among other important and surprising results, the report finds that 2008 will be the first year that the use of LED lighting exceeds the use of neon in general-purpose channel letter signs in North America.
These forecasts are based on a detailed analysis of 53 application sub-segments in the following areas: small LED backlight units (BLUs), (<7"); medium LCD BLUs, (7" to 15"); large LCD BLUs, (>15"); automobiles; light trucks; commercial trucks and buses; signs, signals and billboards; illumination; projection displays; and photographic lighting. In addition to developing the detailed unit sales forecasts, this analysis provides a detailed projection of average selling prices for LED driver ICs in each of the 53 application sub-segments. Those pricing forecasts, combined with the unit sales analysis, produce a detailed forecast of dollar sales trends in each of these application sub-segments.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Worldwide Forecast Overview
- Pricing Assumptions
- LCD BLU Forecasts
- Small LCD BLUs
- Medium LCD BLUs
- Large LCD BLUs
- Automobile, Truck and Bus Forecasts
- Automobiles and Light Trucks
- Commercial Trucks and Buses
- Automotive Application Sub-segments
- Signal, Sign and Billboard Forecasts
- Illumination Forecasts
- Projection Display Forecasts
- Photographic Lighting Forecasts
- Forecasts by Power Source
- Battery-Powered Application Forecasts
- AC Line-Powered Forecasts
- Appendix A - Forecast Methodology
- Appendix B - Characterizing General Illumination Lighting
TABLES
- Table 1 - Worldwide Forecasts, by Application Segment, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 2 - Worldwide Forecasts, by Application Segment, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 3 - Automotive LED Drivers, Pricing Assumptions ($/unit)
- Table 4 - Non-Automotive LED Drivers, Pricing Assumptions ($/unit)
- Table 5 - Worldwide LCD BLU Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 6 - Worldwide LCD BLU Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 7 - Worldwide Small LCD BLU (<7") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 8 - Worldwide Small LCD BLU (<7") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 9 - Worldwide Medium LCD BLU (7" to 15") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 10 - Worldwide Medium LCD BLU (7" to 15") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 11 - Worldwide Large LCD BLU (>15") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 12 - Worldwide Large LCD BLU (>15") Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 13 - Worldwide Automobile, Truck and Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 14 - Worldwide Automobile, Truck and Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 15 - Worldwide Automobile Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 16 - Worldwide Automobile Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 17 - Worldwide Light Truck Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 18 - Worldwide Light Truck Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 19 - Worldwide Commercial Truck & Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 20 - Worldwide Commercial Truck & Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 21 - Worldwide Automobile, Truck and Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers, by Application (millions of units)
- Table 22 - Worldwide Automobile, Truck and Bus Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers, by Application (millions of dollars)
- Table 23 - Worldwide Signal, Sign & Billboard Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 24 - Worldwide Signal, Sign & Billboard Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 25 - Worldwide Illumination Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 26 - Worldwide Illumination Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 27 - Worldwide Projection Display Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 28 - Worldwide Projection Display Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 29 - Worldwide Photographic Lighting Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 30 - Worldwide Photographic Lighting Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 31 - Worldwide Forecasts, by Power Source, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 32 - Worldwide Forecasts, by Power Source, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 33 - Worldwide Battery-Powered Forecasts, excluding Automotive, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 34 - Worldwide Battery-Powered Forecasts, excluding Automotive, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table 35 - Worldwide AC Line-Powered Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of units)
- Table 36 - Worldwide AC Line-Powered Forecasts, HB-LED Drivers (millions of dollars)
- Table B-1 - Color Temperature Scale
- Table B-2 - Color Rendering Index
GRAPHS
- Graph 1 - Application Segment Unit Market Share
- Graph 2 - Application Segment Dollar Market Share
- Graph 3 - Small LCD BLU Unit Sales (millions)
- Graph 4 - Small BLU Dollar Sales (millions)
- Graph 5 - Medium BLU Unit Sales (millions)
- Graph 6 - Medium BLU Dollar Sales (millions)
- Graph 7 - Large BLU Unit Sales (millions)
- Graph 8 - Large BLU Dollar Sales (millions)
- Graph 9 - Automotive Unit Sales (millions)
- Graph 10 - Automotive Dollar Sales (millions)
- Graph 11 - Top 5 Automotive Application Sub-segments (percentage of unit sales)
- Graph 12 - Top 5 Automotive Applications Sub-segments (percentage of dollar sales)
- Graph 13 - Signal, Sign & Billboard Units (millions)
- Graph 14 - Signal, Sign & Billboard Dollars (millions)
- Graph 15 - Illumination Unit Sales (millions)
- Graph 16 - Illumination Dollar Sales (millions)
- Graph 17 - Projection Display Units (millions)
- Graph 18 - Projection Display Dollars (millions)
- Graph 19 - Photographic Lighting Units (millions)
- Graph 20 - Photographic Lighting Dollars (millions)
- Graph 21 - Power Source Unit Market Share
- Graph 22 - Power Source Dollar Market Share
- Graph 23 - Top 5 Battery-Powered Sub-segments (percentage of unit sales)
- Graph 24 - Top 5 Battery-Powered Sub-segments (percentage of dollar sales)
- Graph 25 - Top 4 AC-Powered Sub-segments (percentage of unit sales)
- Graph 26 - Top 4 AC-Powered Sub-segments (percentage of dollar sales)
