LED demand is expected to rebound in the third quarter of 2018

Demand in the second quarter of this year was lower than expected due to high inventory levels. As the capacity of AlGaInP LED chips has been fully utilized, the corresponding revenue ratio has also increased from 25 in 2017 to 30-40. In 2018, Jingyuan Optoelectronics plans to further expand its production capacity by 10-Natural 20. It is reported that LED epitaxial wafer and chip manufacturer wafer Optoelectronics said recently that as relevant customers will replenish a large amount of inventory to cope with the peak demand in the fourth quarter, demand for LED chips for lighting and backlight is expected to rebound in third quarter of 2018. Demand in the second quarter of this year was lower than expected due to high inventory levels. As the capacity of AlGaInP LED chips has been fully utilized, the corresponding revenue ratio has also increased from 25 in 2017 to 30-40. In 2018, Jingyuan Optoelectronics plans to further expand its production capacity by 10-Natural 20. The demand for LED chips in automobile display screens, general lighting, horticultural lighting and infrared LED chips is strong. It is estimated that the shipment volume of LED chips used for horticultural lighting will increase by about year on year in 2018. In 2018, wafer Optoelectronics is expected to deliver a total of 5629. 9. 8 billion LED chips. In addition to LED chips, wafer Optoelectronics has begun to produce VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Epitaxial wafer is mainly used for manufacturing optical data transmission components. In addition, wafer Optoelectronics will increase the production capacity of 6 inch VCSEL epitaxial wafers in the third quarter of this year to manufacture 3D sensors and sensing elements. The production capacity will reach 1500 wafers in the first month, and then small batch production will begin in the fourth quarter. Although wafer Optoelectronics is preparing to start producing Mini LED chips for backlighting of smart phones and game liquid crystal displays, potential customers all hope to reduce the number of chips and reduce the overall production cost, as a result, the development of new products using Mini LED backlight lighting has been postponed. At present, the yield rate of producing Mini LED chips is not satisfactory, so wafer Optoelectronics plans to cooperate with potential customers and local, US and South Korean equipment manufacturers to solve this problem, it is expected that a solution will be proposed in the second half of 2018 and may be certified in 2019. Therefore, Mini LED applications are expected to soar from the second half of 2018 to 2019.