China's LED driver chip development status and trends

Driven by the wave of green and low-carbon economy in China and even in the world, led by the rapid development of LED downstream applications, China's LED Driver chip market has achieved stable and high-speed growth even during the economic crisis. In 2010, the total size of China's LED driver chip market reached 1.34 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 35.5%. From 2007 to 2010, China's LED driver chip market reached an average annual growth rate of 30.1%, achieving rapid market growth in the economic crisis and becoming the fastest growing sub-sector in China's integrated circuit (IC) market.

Why LED driver chips are not affected by the financial tsunami? Because the design, manufacture, packaging, and testing of LEDs are all part of the IC industry chain, the market application of LED driver chips is synchronized with applications such as displays, lighting, backlights, etc., in the downstream of the LED industry. Being in the IC industry, hand reaching into the LED market is the biggest feature of the LED driver chip industry, which also ensures that the LED driver chip industry is still driven by the LED market in the financial crisis, and it can maintain high-speed growth compared to other industries. In the area of IC subdivision, the impact has been minimal.