FORT WASHINGTON, USA: Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. announced the formal launch of ConnX-LEDPSTM automatic ball bonder -— an extension of the company’'s leading ConnXPSTM bonding platform.
With new features and enhancements specifically designed for LED applications, ConnX-LED will help K&S customers increase their efficiency and productivity, and meet the challenges of the fast-paced, high growth LED market.
ConnX-LED offers all of the features required for bonding LED packages, including accuracy to +/- 3.5 m, automatic recovery paths for common production stoppages, programmable back-up power and many others—providing customers with reduced cost of ownership in a highly competitive market space.
ConnX-LED joins iStackPSTM, ICONNPSTM ConnX, and ConnX-VLEDPSTM in Kulicke & Soffa’s Power Series platform, the next generation of semiconductor assembly equipment for today’s most challenging applications. Driven by the most powerful X-Y-Z motion control system available on the market, Power Series products deliver the highest levels of speed, accuracy and throughput for reduced cost of ownership for the segment that the respective model serves.
Scott Kulicke, Chairman and CEO of Kulicke & Soffa: said, “Recent industry research projects a 20 percent annual growth rate in total LED demand through 2012, as LED backlight displays and energy-saving lighting solutions continue to penetrate their market niches. The launch of ConnX-LED is just one of the steps we’ve taken recently to optimize our product portfolio and distribution approach to address this market, one we have not traditionally served. We believe that we are now well positioned with the right products and sales infrastructure to gain meaningful share in this important and growing segment.”
ConnX-LED will debut at the 11th China International Optoelectronics Expo, held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, PRC September 6-9, 2009.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
LED backlight penetration rate in monitors to reach 35 percent by 2012
This article appeared on LEDInside. Reproduced here for readers.
Author: Judy Huang, LEDInside
TAIWAN: Recently, LED-backlit LCD monitors are more frequently showing up in the market, indicating the increasing application of LED backlight in monitor field — the slowest growing section among the three major LED backlight application fields. According to LEDinside, the specialized market research house, LED backlight penetration rate in monitors will be no more than 1 percent in 2H09, while is expected to rise to 35 percent by 2012.
Vendors are promoting LED monitors; Are consumers ready to buy?
LED backlight technology has been introduced to monitor field for a long time. However, early products which were flawed in color rendering and uniformity and sold at high prices were not very popular in customers. However, LED technology has been keeping advancing, which brings the advantages of LED backlit monitors more noticeable, thus more and more manufacturers are developing LED backlit monitors and launching new products.
After Dell and AOC, many leading monitor suppliers including Samsung, LG, BenQ and Philips all launched new LCD monitors with LED backlight. And other vendors are also following suit. According to LEDinside, ASUS is to introduce its 20” plus LED LCD monitor by the year end, and CHIMEI plans to release such products in the first quarter of 2010.
Though having begun shipping LED backlit products, due to the high price, few monitor makers are shifting their major capacities to this new technology. For example, a 22’ high-end CCFL monitor currently available on the market is priced at around US$275; a LED-backlit product, however, is sold for around US$ 335, 20 percent higher comparing with top CCFL backlit one. Are consumers willing to pay for the 20 percent price gap? Thus, LEDinside projects the LED backlight penetration rate in monitors will not substantially grow in the short term.
Panel makers are aggressively introducing LED backlight; LED cost is expected to drop
In the same time, panel makers are actively developing LED backlit products. Industry insiders generally hold that 2009 should be the commencement year of LED backlight application in LCD monitors, and the leap will be seen in 2010.
Panel supplier AUO is to use LED backlight for 10 percent to 15 percent of its monitor panels, and INNOLUX president Duan Xingjian said the company targeted 50 percent monitor panels with LED backlight. In the same time, HannStar CEO Zhou Dinghui said the company plans to use LED backlight in all its monitor panels by 2010.
LCD panel cost accounts for a large part of the overall cost of a monitor. The backlight module of LCD monitor needs dozens of LEDs, which cost approximately 30~60 dollars, comparing with no more than 20 dollars for CCFL backlight. The cost gap of dozens of dollars is crucial for monitor.
However, mass production of LED panels could boost production capacity of LEDs, sequently cutting cost. Meanwhile, some companies are actively developing LED backlight modules with lower cost; there are even forecasts that LED backlight module price would drop to the level of general CCFL ones in just three years. According to LEDinside, cost of LED backlight module will necessarily drop under mass production, while when will it equal the cost of CCFL still remains uncertain.
LED backlight penetration rate is expected to reach 35 percent in 2012
The growing application of LED backlight in monitors is the result of notebook and TV vendors aggressively launching LED backlit products. According to LEDinside, LED backlight currently are mostly used in 19”- or larger-sized monitors, which means the backlight modules used in these monitors can also be applied to small-sized LCD TVs.
Due to the current short supply of LED and the price issue, LED backlight may not be popularized in monitors in the short term, while it can be expected that by the later half of 2010, when LED price drops after upstream LED chipmakers ramping up capacities, general acceptance of LED monitors is expected to be boosted.
As long as LED cost drops, monitor makers are likely to speed up introducing LED backlight, as in the case of LED NBs. Therefore, LEDinside estimates that LED monitors could account for 35 percent of the whole monitor market by 2012.
Author: Judy Huang, LEDInside
TAIWAN: Recently, LED-backlit LCD monitors are more frequently showing up in the market, indicating the increasing application of LED backlight in monitor field — the slowest growing section among the three major LED backlight application fields. According to LEDinside, the specialized market research house, LED backlight penetration rate in monitors will be no more than 1 percent in 2H09, while is expected to rise to 35 percent by 2012.
Vendors are promoting LED monitors; Are consumers ready to buy?
LED backlight technology has been introduced to monitor field for a long time. However, early products which were flawed in color rendering and uniformity and sold at high prices were not very popular in customers. However, LED technology has been keeping advancing, which brings the advantages of LED backlit monitors more noticeable, thus more and more manufacturers are developing LED backlit monitors and launching new products.
After Dell and AOC, many leading monitor suppliers including Samsung, LG, BenQ and Philips all launched new LCD monitors with LED backlight. And other vendors are also following suit. According to LEDinside, ASUS is to introduce its 20” plus LED LCD monitor by the year end, and CHIMEI plans to release such products in the first quarter of 2010.
Though having begun shipping LED backlit products, due to the high price, few monitor makers are shifting their major capacities to this new technology. For example, a 22’ high-end CCFL monitor currently available on the market is priced at around US$275; a LED-backlit product, however, is sold for around US$ 335, 20 percent higher comparing with top CCFL backlit one. Are consumers willing to pay for the 20 percent price gap? Thus, LEDinside projects the LED backlight penetration rate in monitors will not substantially grow in the short term.
Panel makers are aggressively introducing LED backlight; LED cost is expected to drop
In the same time, panel makers are actively developing LED backlit products. Industry insiders generally hold that 2009 should be the commencement year of LED backlight application in LCD monitors, and the leap will be seen in 2010.
Panel supplier AUO is to use LED backlight for 10 percent to 15 percent of its monitor panels, and INNOLUX president Duan Xingjian said the company targeted 50 percent monitor panels with LED backlight. In the same time, HannStar CEO Zhou Dinghui said the company plans to use LED backlight in all its monitor panels by 2010.
LCD panel cost accounts for a large part of the overall cost of a monitor. The backlight module of LCD monitor needs dozens of LEDs, which cost approximately 30~60 dollars, comparing with no more than 20 dollars for CCFL backlight. The cost gap of dozens of dollars is crucial for monitor.
However, mass production of LED panels could boost production capacity of LEDs, sequently cutting cost. Meanwhile, some companies are actively developing LED backlight modules with lower cost; there are even forecasts that LED backlight module price would drop to the level of general CCFL ones in just three years. According to LEDinside, cost of LED backlight module will necessarily drop under mass production, while when will it equal the cost of CCFL still remains uncertain.
LED backlight penetration rate is expected to reach 35 percent in 2012
The growing application of LED backlight in monitors is the result of notebook and TV vendors aggressively launching LED backlit products. According to LEDinside, LED backlight currently are mostly used in 19”- or larger-sized monitors, which means the backlight modules used in these monitors can also be applied to small-sized LCD TVs.
Due to the current short supply of LED and the price issue, LED backlight may not be popularized in monitors in the short term, while it can be expected that by the later half of 2010, when LED price drops after upstream LED chipmakers ramping up capacities, general acceptance of LED monitors is expected to be boosted.
As long as LED cost drops, monitor makers are likely to speed up introducing LED backlight, as in the case of LED NBs. Therefore, LEDinside estimates that LED monitors could account for 35 percent of the whole monitor market by 2012.
Friday, July 31, 2009
LED backlight penetration in LCD TVs to grow to 40pc in 2013
AUSTIN, USA: The LED backlight market has rapidly emerged in the TFT LCD industry and is expected to continue growing for the next five years, according to DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly LED & CCFL Backlight Report.
Specifically, DisplaySearch forecasts the penetration rate of LED backlights for LCD TVs to grow from less than 3 percent in 2009 to 40 percent in 2013 and surpass CCFL backlights in 2014 with more than 50 percent penetration rate.
Meanwhile, large-area LED backlight shipments for all applications will grow from 84.9 million units in 2009 to 434.8 million units in 2013, when LED backlights will be used in 54.3 percent of 10”+ TFT LCD panels. Thus, LED backlights will become mainstream in the TFT LCD industry.
While LED backlights for LCD TVs are growing rapidly, notebook PCs are the leading application for large-area LED backlight units. DisplaySearch forecasts that 100 percent of all new notebook models will have LED backlights by 2012. Fig. 1 shows the large-area LED backlight penetration in each application.
Fig. 1: Large Area LED Backlight Unit Penetration Rate by Application
Source: DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly LED & CCFL Backlight Report
Backlight units for LCD TV are expected to be the next growth opportunity for the LED industry, with leading brands such as Samsung, LG, Sharp and Philips all expected to mass produce LED backlit LCD TVs in 2010. As a result, LED backlight units for TVs will grow to 3.6 million units in 2009 and 15.1 million units in 2010.
Companies like Samsung are focusing on the development of edge-lit LED backlights, which can reduce the bill of materials by 30-40 percent compared to direct-lit models. “Edge-lit LED backlight units for LCD TV are a temporary solution to drive costs down to open market acceptance for ‘LED TV’ as short-term marketing strategy,” noted Luke Yao, DisplaySearch Research Director.
“Consumers want a low-cost solution with acceptable picture quality, but aren’t always willing to pay a higher premium—making edge-lit LEDs an ideal near-term solution.”
For the monitor segment, cost and performance remain bottlenecks for panel manufacturers creating LED backlit monitors. Taiwanese panel makers like AUO and Innolux have been the most aggressive in developing LED monitor panels.
Since LED monitor panel sizes (18.5”W, 21.5”W, 23.6”W and 24”W) are also used for TV, DisplaySearch refreshed its forecasted penetration rate for LED monitor backlight units to 21 percent in 2013.
Currently panel makers are putting efforts into shrinking the LED backlight premium to $3-5 for 18.5”W panels. From 2010, we expect that LED backlight monitors will be developed and supported by brand name makers.
Specifically, DisplaySearch forecasts the penetration rate of LED backlights for LCD TVs to grow from less than 3 percent in 2009 to 40 percent in 2013 and surpass CCFL backlights in 2014 with more than 50 percent penetration rate.
Meanwhile, large-area LED backlight shipments for all applications will grow from 84.9 million units in 2009 to 434.8 million units in 2013, when LED backlights will be used in 54.3 percent of 10”+ TFT LCD panels. Thus, LED backlights will become mainstream in the TFT LCD industry.
While LED backlights for LCD TVs are growing rapidly, notebook PCs are the leading application for large-area LED backlight units. DisplaySearch forecasts that 100 percent of all new notebook models will have LED backlights by 2012. Fig. 1 shows the large-area LED backlight penetration in each application.
Fig. 1: Large Area LED Backlight Unit Penetration Rate by Application
Source: DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly LED & CCFL Backlight ReportBacklight units for LCD TV are expected to be the next growth opportunity for the LED industry, with leading brands such as Samsung, LG, Sharp and Philips all expected to mass produce LED backlit LCD TVs in 2010. As a result, LED backlight units for TVs will grow to 3.6 million units in 2009 and 15.1 million units in 2010.
Companies like Samsung are focusing on the development of edge-lit LED backlights, which can reduce the bill of materials by 30-40 percent compared to direct-lit models. “Edge-lit LED backlight units for LCD TV are a temporary solution to drive costs down to open market acceptance for ‘LED TV’ as short-term marketing strategy,” noted Luke Yao, DisplaySearch Research Director.
“Consumers want a low-cost solution with acceptable picture quality, but aren’t always willing to pay a higher premium—making edge-lit LEDs an ideal near-term solution.”
For the monitor segment, cost and performance remain bottlenecks for panel manufacturers creating LED backlit monitors. Taiwanese panel makers like AUO and Innolux have been the most aggressive in developing LED monitor panels.
Since LED monitor panel sizes (18.5”W, 21.5”W, 23.6”W and 24”W) are also used for TV, DisplaySearch refreshed its forecasted penetration rate for LED monitor backlight units to 21 percent in 2013.
Currently panel makers are putting efforts into shrinking the LED backlight premium to $3-5 for 18.5”W panels. From 2010, we expect that LED backlight monitors will be developed and supported by brand name makers.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
LEDs’ bright green future!
AUSTIN, USA: Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been a hot topic in the TFT LCD market due to their rapid adoption in notebook PC displays and the high potential in LCD TV panels.
As consumers and businesses across the globe look for greener alternatives, five key applications are adopting LEDs within LCD backlight applications: small/medium, notebook PC, desktop monitors, industrial applications, and most notably TV.
The newly released Display LEDs: Lighting Up the Display World report covers:
* LED development roadmaps.
* LED manufacturing technology.
* Supply chain relationships and application information.
* LED market forecasts of price and demand by application.
* Detailed forecasts of shipments of LED backlights by application, size and LED type through 2012.
* Analysis of LED backlight value chain by panel maker.
This unique report is the most comprehensive way to learn about LED technology and access the latest market outlook for LEDs by application, making it a key guide for branded vendors, panel buyers, LED application product planners, and LED makers.
As consumers and businesses across the globe look for greener alternatives, five key applications are adopting LEDs within LCD backlight applications: small/medium, notebook PC, desktop monitors, industrial applications, and most notably TV.
The newly released Display LEDs: Lighting Up the Display World report covers:
* LED development roadmaps.
* LED manufacturing technology.
* Supply chain relationships and application information.
* LED market forecasts of price and demand by application.
* Detailed forecasts of shipments of LED backlights by application, size and LED type through 2012.
* Analysis of LED backlight value chain by panel maker.
This unique report is the most comprehensive way to learn about LED technology and access the latest market outlook for LEDs by application, making it a key guide for branded vendors, panel buyers, LED application product planners, and LED makers.
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