LED Driver ICs: Application Drivers, Technology Developments & Product Introduction Trends

Table of Contents

• LED Driver Product Introduction Trends
• Sub-Markets Shaping Opportunities
• Digital Still Cameras and Video Lighting
• Handsets, Media Players and Organizers
• Digital Picture Frames
• Ultramobile Personal Computers
• Projectors
• Obstruction Lighting
• Channel Letters and Small Marquees
• LCD Backlight Units
• Traffic Signals
• Outdoor Advertising, Signs and Digital Billboards
• Automotive Lighting
• Approval Situation for LEDs in Headlamps
• General Illumination Market Size and Characteristics
• CFLs Move Ahead of LEDs in General Illumination
• Medical Lighting
• Street Lights
• Architectural and Landscape Lighting
• Lighting in Hazardous Environments
• Performance and Pricing Factors for LEDs in General Illumination
• LED Driver Feature Trends
• AC Mains LEDs and Drivers
• LED Dimming Challenges
• OLED Driver Trends
• Creating White Light with LEDs
• Advances in HB-LEDs
• Regulations and Incentives
• US Energy Independence and Security Act
• Safety Standards for LEDs
• Threats to Continued HB-LED Growth
• The Continued Evolution of Emissive Displays
• Large OLED Developments
• Flash and Illumination Application Threats
• Alternative Approaches to Improved Illumination Efficiencies

• Appendix A - LEDs at the Beijing Olympics
• Appendix B - Glossary of Lighting Terms
• Appendix C - Companies Included in "LED Driver Product Introduction Trends"

• Figure 1 - Application Targets by Percentage vs Number of LED Driver Introduced 4
• Figure 2 - Changing Application Drivers of LED Market Growth 6
• Figure 3 - Zylight Z90 Adjustable Color Temperature Video Lighting Source 9
• Figure 4 - 8-inch LED Backlight Digital Picture Frame from Digital Foci
• Figure 5 - OQO Model 02 UMPC
• Figure 6 - Sony' s LED Projector Employs 14 LEDs
• Figure 7 - 38-inch Long "Rope" of 96 HB-LEDs for Channel Lighting
• Figure 8 - Samsung 40-inch LCD TV with LED Backlighting
• Figure 9 - LEDtronics' Traffic Signals
• Figure 10 - LED "Fish Tank" in Beijing Mall
• Figure 11 - LED Terminal Sign from AgiLight
• Figure 12 - LEDtronics LED Automotive Bulbs Include 24 5mm LEDs
• Figure 13 - LED headlamps in Cadillac Escalade Feature LEDs from OSRAM
• Figure 14 - Citroen C4 Picasso with LED Tail Lights
• Figure 15 - Color Temperature Scale
• Figure 16 - Color Rendering Index
• Figure 17 - Cree Luminaire for Parking Garages
• Figure 18 - Lexel Lighting System from the TIR Division of Philips
• Figure 19 - iLED 5 Surgical Light from TRUMPF Includes 184 HB-LEDs
• Figure 20 - Medical Applications for LEDs
• Figure 21 - LED Street Light in Taipei Consumes 100W per "Lamp" for a total of 600W
• Figure 22 - General Illumination Technologies
• Figure 23 - Critical Performance Level 100 lm/W
• Figure 24 - Luminaire Pricing, General Illumination
• Figure 25 - Relative Pricing and Performance
• Figure 26 - TIR LED Light Pipes in Callahan Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts
• Figure 27 - Full Moon Tower, Galaxy Park in Tianjin, China
• Figure 28 - Acriche AC-Powered White HB-LED from Seoul Semiconductor
• Figure 29 - LED Elevator Light Prototypes from Westinghouse Lighting
• Figure 30 - Recessed LED Light from LEDWaves Uses Three 3W LEDs to Provide White Light with a CCT Between 3,000K (warm) and 6,000K (cool)
• Figure 31 - Diamond DRAGON LED from OSRAM Opto Semconductor
• Figure 32 - Lumileds K2 Power LED
• Figure 33 - IEC 60529 Ingress Protection Ratings
• Figure 34 - ebook Prototype from LG
• Figure 35 - Beijing Olympics Water Cube