Many LED driven IC manufacturers concentrated in the field of signal signs outdoor development

Signal signs, including outdoor display, is an important market for LED applications. Many LED driven IC vendors focus on the development of this field.

The latest research on IMSResearch data show that in 2008 the global LED market reached $770 million, signs, outdoor display, IC market and the traffic lights in the application fields of LED driving accounted for about 1/7, to $110 million. Although affected by the financial crisis, but the medium-term development of the market is expected to be healthy.

Compared to other technologies, such as LCD, plasma screen, LED display screen can be displayed on a larger size of high-quality full-color images. Many large outdoor display | display device, such as sports events, concerts, outdoor advertising, using LED. This kind of large screen to use a lot of LED and driver IC.

Although the backlight is still the most important market for LED driven IC applications, signal signs market has become a huge growth potential, strong market growth. The world's leading LED driver IC vendors include Macroblock, Toshiba and TexasInstruments.