The Future of LED Lighting

Published:2011/5/10 3:25:00 Author:Phyllis From:SeekIC

LED light still has a long way to become the mainstream. What’s on the market nowadays are the early solid-state lighting products in various form factors and designs. It’s still too early to predict how LEDs will develop and what features and applications will appear in the following years.

At present, the LED lamp market is still in its early stage with uncertain demand due to high prices and unclear product road maps. Governments are pursuing a variety of special energy policies that beyond the range of the fundamental issues.

It is undeniable that LED plays a vital role in life-science applications to enhance our health as the LED light technology are applied in rehabilitative therapy. LEDs are now regarded as emerging light sources for general illumination, but it turns out that LED lighting can also been used in a wide range of life-science applications. The American Academy of Dermatology has identified a number of uses for LED lighting in skin-related therapies. These life-science applications will help to further expand the demand for LEDs.

Statistics showed that Chinese Taiwan took more than 60 percent of LED products in the world, while its product class was not even enter first echelon. The electricity consumption of global illumination occupies 20 percent to total annual consumption, and 90 percent electrical energy is converted into heat energy consumption, it isn’t cost effective. Taking environmental protection and energy saving into consideration, LED lighting is becoming more popular. Governments actively promulgating laws and regulations on environmental protection, under market and regulations double stimulating, the global LED industry scale will surely grow up quickly.

The LED light area layout have been changed by two companies Osram and Philips who promoted the rapid development of LED lighting in the market as well as accelerated the progress pace of LED technology in recent years.

LED, with high luminous efficiency and long lifespan, its advantages are obvious. Its luminous efficiency can reach 2.5 times of incandescent lamp, 13 times of fluorescent lamp. The luminous efficiency of incandescent lamp is very low with only 5 percent of the electric energy transfers into light energy while 95 percent heat, it is wasted. With the development of LED lighting industry, the traditional lighting giants hope to design more rich innovation by introducing new source of illumination products. The related integrated circuit is LA9215.

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