LED raiders upgrade in August triggered replacement of lighting products

LED troubles: The lack of standards becomes a big obstacle to scale
With the rapid decline in the cost of LEDs and the continuous advancement of technology, the speed of LED replacement for traditional lighting has significantly accelerated in 2013. According to the “Semiconductor Lighting Industry Energy Conservation Plan” jointly issued by the six national ministries in February of this year, it is clearly pointed out that by 2015, the market share of LED lighting products will exceed 20%, and the output value of LED lighting energy-saving industry will reach 450 billion yuan (among them, LED lighting applications 180 billion yuan), an average annual increase of about 30%.

As a green, environmentally friendly new generation light source, it brings unlimited plasticity to the lighting industry. However, there are also uncertainties in its rapid development.

It is understood that at present, most of the "components" of LED lighting products exist in non-standardized forms. The lack of standards leads to product design without evidence and the confusion of product technology patterns leads to difficulties in upstream and downstream support. There are still phenomena such as poor product interchangeability and poor compatibility. Obstructed the large-scale application of products and industrial development.

"The LED light source must be rapidly regulated in terms of safety, organization, electrical, and light characteristics. The LED lighting industry can grow healthily to form a true industrial scale." said Lin Jiliang, general manager of the Lighting Division at Mulinsen Co., Ltd.

Standard optical components, crack LED product standardization problems

Recently, the “LED Lighting Standard Optical Component Technology and Management System” expert demonstration meeting was held in Guangzhou. Through the research and discussion, the experts unanimously adopted the system. This means that the LED standard optical components are about to enter the stage of comprehensive promotion. The traditional LED supply chain system has been replaced by the "standardization of industrial middleware" product model. The problems of product standardization, normalization, serialization and interchangeability that have long plagued the development of the industry are expected to be solved. .

The so-called standard optical component refers to the LED chip as the basic luminous body, with the specified light, color, electrical and thermal properties, as well as the specified external dimensions, mechanical matching forms, application interface and the use of specifications and other characteristics for lighting products Lighting system and lighting unit. In layman's terms, standard optical components are equivalent to standard devices that are compatible with each other in the computer market and used to assemble computers.

"The LED industry standard research and development work carried out in some countries and regions is different. The standard optical components use the thinking mode of LED lighting electronic equipment, and emphasize the standardization of industrial middleware. It is the coordination and compatibility of various product parts. A standard.” Director of the Guangdong Semiconductor Lighting Industry Co-Innovation Center Miao Shirong said that the terminal form is not fixed, focusing on the standardization and standardization of industrial middleware. This is the biggest innovation in LED lighting standard optical component technology.

It is understood that, in addition to technological innovation, LED lighting standard optical components have also been in the management of innovation, the establishment of a strict management system. Optical components will be evaluated based on the six principles of design advancement, cost optimization, application versatility, demand clarity, series expansion, and manufacturing versatility, and the samples will be market tested and dynamically updated. Inappropriate component products are naturally eliminated by the market, and excellent component products continue to be promoted in the form of optical components. In addition, the standard optical components have also set up promotion offices and executive offices to conduct field-related evaluations of optical component product application projects and implement product consistency checks.

Standard light component LED industry a timely rain

The promotion of standard optical components has been greatly recognized by the industry. Prof. Peng Wanhua of the Semiconductor Lighting Standards Working Group of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that the LED lighting standard optical component technology and management system are closely linked to the urgent needs of the LED industry to promote and apply the standard specification, starting from the standardization of industrial middleware, based on the research ideas of “chain standardization” of semiconductor lighting products. , Actively establish the technical specifications and management specifications of the hierarchical classification system, and put forward the “six-character” evaluation standard of standard optical components, which is a major innovation in the path of China's LED industry standardization.

Wang Hao, Deputy General Manager of R&D Department of Guangdong Zhaoxin Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., stated that the LED lighting standard optical components will standardize the specifications and performance of LED lighting middleware, form standard middleware with unified specifications and interfaces, and effectively integrate and control the industry. The process will enable many of the original middleware that have not been formed into an industrial scale to be marketized, and further improve the compatibility of products to form a “maber” system, which is a timely rain for the current LED lighting industry.

It can be predicted that with the full promotion and popularization of LED lighting standard optical components, or will accelerate the traditional LED supply chain system will be replaced by the "standardization of industrial middleware" product model, LED products exchange and interoperability between companies will become a reality.

It is understood that the LED industry standard research and development work carried out in some countries and localities is currently focused on different directions. The standard optical components adopt the thinking mode of LED lighting electronic equipment, emphasizing the standardization of industrial middleware, and it is the mutual coordination between various product components. Compatible with a standard. Referring to the original intention of implementing LED lighting standard optical components, GSC Director Yu Shirong said that the terminal form is not fixed, focusing on the standardization and standardization of industrial middleware. This is the biggest innovation in LED lighting standard optical component technology.

"The LED lighting standard optical components are based on the LED industry chain's own development law, mainly divided into four levels of packaging devices, light source modules, lighting modules, integrated lights, based on the chain of standardization, the formation of product lineage, to achieve interchangeability between products Sex and compatibility to solve the market disorder.” Wu Ligang, a member of GSC's Technical Department and a member of the Standard Optical Component Experts Group, added that industrial support is more important. For enterprises, they can effectively adopt the standard optical components, implement the standardization of industrial middleware, and take advantage of agglomeration technology to form an industry "de facto standard."

Dr. Xu Chen of Guangdong Provincial Institute of Standardization also pointed out at the review meeting: “The same module of lighting module can be applied to functional LED lighting products such as LED street light, tunnel light, flood light, and high pole lamp. Standard light component project implementation It is beneficial to establish an electro-optical, electro-mechanical and thermal integration, serialization and general-purpose interchangeable platform for LED lighting products, which will guide the development direction of the semiconductor lighting industry."