The rapid rise of domestic LED photoelectric detection equipment companies

LED photodetection equipment is widely used in the development of various LED products, quality control of the production process, and inspection of the optoelectronic properties of end products. It plays an important role in protecting the rapid and sound development of the LED industry. With the rapid development of the semiconductor lighting industry in recent years, the continuous expansion of the application field, the rapid increase in production automation requirements, and the related field of photoelectric detection equipment has become a hot spot for corporate investment. LED photodetection equipment products and technologies are continuously enriched and diversified, and the market scale has grown rapidly.

Photoelectric detection equipment for production is the main driving force

In general, LED photoelectric detection equipment products are summarized according to their functional characteristics and application places for the two major systems of laboratory photoelectric detection and analysis equipment and production of photoelectric detection equipment. LED laboratory photoelectric detection and analysis equipment is mainly used for research and development, manufacturing enterprise quality control, testing service agencies and quality inspection institutions of various types of laboratories, with product development and quality control purposes; and LED production with photoelectric detection equipment Compared to laboratory photodetection and analysis instruments, it should be the need for large-scale production. It means that it is embedded in the production process of LED manufacturing enterprises. Real-time testing and control of LED light, color, electricity and other performance parameters in the production process. The testing equipment has high requirements for automation technology. In the past two years, with the continuous enlargement of the scale of semiconductor lighting production, continuous improvement of the level of technology and production automation, focusing on real-time control and rapid grading of product quality, combined with the production and inspection, integrated design, detection speed, high degree of automation The technology of photodetection equipment for LED production has developed rapidly, and the market has grown rapidly. It has become a development area and a new business growth point for various types of testing equipment companies.

Rapid rise of local equipment companies

In 2011, the global market size of LED photoelectric detection equipment and instruments reached nearly 507 million U.S. dollars, and nearly 100 manufacturers engaged in the production of LED photoelectric detection equipment. As Asia and its neighboring countries and regions have been the main production bases for global electronic packaging, the photoelectric detection equipment technology for LED production has a good development base and has achieved relatively rapid development. The technical level of photoelectric detection equipment for production in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan has been gradually synchronized with the development of Europe and the United States, and has entered the world's leading ranks. China's mainland is close behind, with rapid progress in recent years, and the technical indicators of some testing equipment are also close. International level.

China's semiconductor lighting industry is at the forefront of the world's development speed, driving the rapid development of China's production of photoelectric detection equipment industry. In 2011, China's production of photoelectric detection equipment market reached 1.53 billion yuan, attracting many companies involved in LED production with photoelectric detection equipment Production and sales, the number of domestic companies has reached nearly 40, and several companies such as Opto-electronics, Han's Optoelectronics, Huateng Semiconductor, Hangzhou Xingpu, etc., have enhanced their independent technology research and development to develop high-end production testing equipment products. Gradually formed its own brand, and establish a certain market position in the domestic market. In 2011, sales of photodetection equipment for LED production in domestic companies reached 428 million yuan.

At the same time, the rapid development of the semiconductor lighting industry in China has also brought tremendous demand to the market for LED photodetection and analysis instruments used by laboratories. Some traditional lighting and semiconductor testing equipment manufacturers in China are driven by the market and have also actively strengthened independent research and development and technology introduction. Upgrade the product to the direction of LED professional testing and transformation and upgrading. In 2011, the market size of China's LED laboratory photoelectric detection and analysis instruments reached 280 million yuan. With the exception of a few high-end testing laboratory equipment, domestic equipment and equipment products have been able to meet the accuracy requirements of most companies' product inspection and inspection. Domestically produced products (LED detection, excluding traditional lighting) have a domestic sales of about 160 million yuan, accounting for 57 percent of the total. %the above. Due to the high technical threshold in this field, there are no more than 15 domestic LED laboratory testing instruments and equipment enterprises, and only 3 large-scale enterprises with an annual output value exceeding 10 million yuan, namely Hangzhou Yuanfang, Zhongwei Optoelectronics and Zhejiang University. Several companies have also gradually formed their own brands in China and formed a good reputation in the industry.

Packaging and Application Links Become Competitive Focus

At present, the photoelectric detection equipment for LED production has entered a global competition stage, especially driven by the rapid development of global LED backlight and general lighting applications, and the photoelectric detection equipment used for production in the packaging and application areas has become a hot area for market competition.

In the field of small and medium-power SMD LED product line photodetection equipment, Japan's NIHONGARTER, SHIBUYA, Hong Kong ASM PT, Taiwan Changyu, Taiwan Tripod and other companies have been able to provide more mature SMD LED Separation of color separation products, and these companies continue to strengthen technology research and development, to a higher level of product development and upgrades, has now supplied the market with high-power LED package production of photoelectric detection equipment for automatic and semi-automatic products. In the application of photoelectric detection equipment used in production, LED lighting production process in the latter part of the aging degradation test, light color detection and other aspects of the product began to develop in recent years. So far, the market is still dominated by manual and semi-automated equipment. The number of companies that have the capability to develop and manufacture post-segment LED lighting automated production line testing equipment is still less than 5, and automation products are still in the molding stage. Great potential.

At present, there are only a small number of LED chip splitters that are capable of producing competitive products in the field of small and medium power SMD LED product line photodetection equipment. Representative companies include China Optoelectronics and Han's Optoelectronics. , Huateng Semiconductor, Taiwan Industrial Electronics, etc.; in the field of high-power LED production photoelectric detection equipment, the domestic companies involved in this field are more, including China Optoelectronics, Hangzhou Star Spectrum, Huizhou Detian Automation, Taigong Electronics, Dongguan University钜 钜 钜 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 但是 但是 但是 但是. As this type of product is currently an innovative product in the market, domestic companies are actively developing this type of product. In China, Optoelectronics has taken the lead in realizing the industrialization of a high-power LED automatic spectrophotometer with independent intellectual property rights, with a good price/performance ratio, directly Competing with international manufacturers, it gains a relatively large share of the domestic market; in the field of LED photo-detector production and supporting equipment, due to the great prospects of China's lighting production base and future industrial transformation and upgrading, the production R&D of such equipment Other countries are on the same starting line. In China, manual and semi-automated equipment for photoaging and photo-detection of LED lighting products has been basically domesticated, and fully automated products have also been actively deployed by companies. However, there are only a few companies in China that can automatically produce and sell LED modules, arrays, and application products.