they switch to LEDs across the board

While LED backlighting is a short-term market trend, the market for LED general lighting applications will take off only in the mid-term. Before this application will achieve a major breakthrough, the LED technology has to overcome certain technological hurdles, especially with respect to their efficiency. Pickert pointed out  that the led flood light is not yet fully competitive against sodium discharge lamps and fluorescent lamps in widespread use for street lighting, in ten years it certainly will be the dominant lighting source but we do not expect a strong market demand before 2012/2013. However, what Pickert did not say is that manufacturers of lighting devices such as Germany's Osram or Dutch Lumiled probably intend to exploit the market potential for today's energy saving lamps before they switch to LEDs across the board.

Nevertheless, Pickert does not see LED production overcapacities comparable to the DRAM market since the short- and mid-term growth factors are tangible. He noted "Energy saving is not only popular in Europe. If you take a look to California, you will see great advances towards this direction. For instance, all traffic lights are equipped with LEDs. Also in China, the demand for energy-saving lighting solutions is rising; the Chinese government recently has launched a Solid State Lighting initiative that aims at replacing light bulbs and similar energy hogs by LEDs. All these factors however will create demand only in about three to five years.”

Aixtron claims to control about 70 percent of the global market for Metal Oxide Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) equipment used to produce III/V semiconductors and thus LEDs. The market volume for this type of led high bay light equipment currently is estimated to about $300 million per year. Aixtron regards US-based Veeco Instruments as its only competitor in international markets; besides Veeco, there are several smaller MOCVD vendors in Japan which however are serving only local markets.

the consumer electronics market

He said the investment was an estimate and details were not yet decided. The investment is in anticipation of a move to the new technology from the now more common liquid crystal displays.OLEDs use light-emitting organic compounds similar to those found in fireflies. TVs using led high bay light panels don't require a backlight and can be made thinner than those based on liquid crystal or plasma displays.

The key to success was a perfectly matched system of optimized chip technology, a highly advanced and extremely efficient light converter and a special high-performance package. By far, Osram has already applied for patents for the technologies that lie behind these records.According to the company's analysis that with high CRI, superior lumens per watt and long life, its new top-view LEDs are poised to dominate the lighting market segments where high-performance light sources are a trend.

According to Scientists, the OLED display, means high-quality images, so it’s difficult to make, but one day could become a display standard for the consumer electronics market. Samsung Electronics will spend 935.8 billion won to acquire 50 percent of the new company, to be named led flood light, and Samsung SDI will spin off its OLED division to form the joint venture in September.According to analysts at the Darnell Group market research firm in Corona, Calif, LED will rapidly accelerate over the next few years in general illumination applications.

LED lighting for outdoor use such as street lamps

In addition to the combination of high brightness, long life and low profile height, Avago's ASMT-Mx00 1W Power LED series also provides a significant advantage in the production environment: They can be easily soldered using conventional surface mount techniques to minimize production costs.Avago's ASMT-Mx00 series LEDs is capable of being driven to a high current of 350 mA to deliver up to 42 lumens output making this product an ideal for use in solid state lighting applications. Moreover, the ASMT-Mx00 series is compatible with IR soldering processes.Samples and production quantities are available now through Avago's direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners.

The LED lamp is 100% compatible with current sockets (E27) and is similar in appearance to compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) of the same wattage. The lamp is easily installed and readily replaces CFL and incandescent lamps. Advantages of the Delta High Brightness LED Lamp include: power-saving, excellent thermal dissipation & color rendering index (CRI), high efficiency, and long life. Of special note is the lamp's outstanding energy-efficiency, especially at lower environment temperatures. In addition to the 5W/9W/12W LED Lamp, Delta is demonstrating LED lighting for outdoor use such as street lamps and floodlights that is based on the same technology. The show signals Delta's entry into the general LED lighting market.


"In the spirit of Delta's commitment to energy-efficiency, we use superior technology in optical design, thermal modules, key components, and lighting techniques to successfully develop a high brightness LED lamp that has power-saving, excellent thermal dissipation & CRI, high efficiency, and long life. Its performance is much better than traditional lamps and CFLs," said Mr. Sean Chang, director of the CPBG Optical Component Business Unit at Delta. To bring about a better living environment, Delta continues to create exceptional LED products for solid-state lighting solutions.

the instrumentation evolves from the laboratory to higher performance

LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industry leading OEMs, today announced that it will place an increased emphasis on medical market business development in 2008 that will leverage its investments in medical product research and development.

Mark W. Blodgett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StockerYale, stated, "StockerYale's key objective in 2008 is to substantially expand sales to the medical instrumentation markets across all three of our product lines - lasers and specialized optics for the bioinstrumentation market, specialty optical fiber (SOF) for the medical laser market, and LED systems for dermatology and dental equipment, to name a few. Sales to the medical vertical increased from less than 5 percent of StockerYale's total revenues in 2006 to approximately 12 percent in 2007, and we expect that they will represent approximately 20 percent of 2008 revenues given our existing customer relationships and multiple sales initiatives under way.

"Demand for bioinstruments is growing rapidly as the instrumentation evolves from the laboratory to higher performance, lower cost commercial clinical applications," Blodgett continued. "The size of our addressable market for bioinstrumentation lasers and optics alone is estimated to be approximately $100 million, and revenue streams in the biomedical, dermatology and dental markets tend to be highly repeatable once a product has been designed-in. Increasing our percentage of sales to these markets will be a key factor in driving the operating leverage in our financial model. There is a large market opportunity for StockerYale in these markets and we believe we are well positioned with both our technology and products to be key provider."