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As white LED applications are becoming more widely accepted and common in the market and China makers push more price-competitive solutions, the 2015 global high-brightness LED output value is expected to only grow 7.5% on year. It is not surprising that in a market with limited growth, makers are turning to applications such as UV LEDs to increase profits. This DIGITIMES Research Special Report analyzes the developments, supply chain and makers associated with UV LED technology.

Compared with traditional mercury-based lighting products, UV LED has the following advantages over the competition: a quicker turn-on response time, more efficient energy consumption, smaller sizes and a longer lifespan. Due to these qualities, Digitimes Research estimates the technology will be the new mainstream in applications used in medical, sterilization and printing fields. In 2015 alone, the UV LED market is estimated at US$113 million, and is estimated to reach US$320 million in value by 2018.

• LED wavelengths and scope of applications

•     UV-A LED - Applications and market share

•        Chart 1: Wavelength distributions for various types of light

•        Chart 2: UV LEDs and UV-A LEDs, market share by application, 2014

•     Wavelength distributions and scope of applications for deep UV LEDs (broad definition)

•        Chart 3: Wavelengths and scope of application for deep UV, 255-350nm (broad definition)

•        Table 1: Deep UV application scope, 255-350nm

•     UV LEDs in the IT industry

•        Table 2: Scope of UV LED applications in the IT industry

• Major global UV LED vendors

•     UV-A LED vendors - technologies and products

•        Table 3: Products and technologies, by Japan UV LED vendors

•        Table 4: Products and technologies, by Europe and South Korea vendors

•     UV-C LED vendors - technologies and products

•        Table 5: Products and technologies, by major UV-C LED vendors

•        Chart 4: Direction of Asahi Kasei capital investment, 2011-2015 (JPYb)

•     Traditional mercury lamps versus UV LEDs

•        Table 6: Comparison of traditional mercury lamps and UV LEDs

•     Deep UV LEDs versus Blue LEDs

•        Table 7: Comparison of Blue LEDs and deep UV LEDs

•        Chart 5: Comparison of luminous efficiency, blue LEDs and UV LEDs

• Pricing and market forecast

•     Unit prices of various types of UV light sources

•        Chart 6: Unit pricing for various types of UV light sources, 2015

•     Application scope of various UV light sources

•        Table 8: Scope of applications for various UV light sources

•        Progress of UV-A LED development

•        Chart 7: Comparison of unit prices and light intensities for various types of near UV light source applications

•        Progress of UV-C LED application development

•        Chart 8: Comparison of unit prices and light intensities for various deep UV light source applications

•     Market forecasts for various UV light sources

•        2015 market scale and market share forecast for various UV light sources

•        Chart 9: Market scale forecast for various UV light sources, 2015 (US$m)

•        Chart 10: Market share distribution forecast for various UV light sources, 2015

•        Forecast for various UV light source applications in 2018

•        Chart 11: Market scale forecast for various UV light applications, 2018, (US$m)

•        Chart 12: Market share distribution forecast for various UV light applications, 2018

•        Changes in market scale for UV LED market, 2011-2018

•        Chart 13: UV LED market scale, 2011-2018 (US$m)

•        Chart 14: UV LED market scale and share of total UV light market, 2011-2018 (US$m)