Microled displays market

Published May 2021 | 152 pages, 31 tables, 62 figures | Table of contents

The Global Market for MicroLEDs 2021 analyses and forecasts the commercial potential of the MicroLED market. In this report, we also provide strategic analysis of the key players in the microLED industry which include large global consumer electronics producers, major equipment and materials suppliers, national laboratories and universities and small start-ups.

Since 2020 the development of microLED has been accelerating, with new chips, packaging, and downstream display applications emerging one after another, and market acceptance is also increasing. Several electronics manufacturers including Samsung and LG are bringing new microLED TV products to the market in 2021.

Micro-LED display technology offers a huge improvement on standard display panels due to its optimum brightness, efficiency and image definition, as well as improved lifetime. These benefits are crucial for near-to-eye applications such as augmented reality (AR) and head-mounted displays. They are also game changing technologies for a range of other applications – from large area displays and TVs to mobile phones and wearable devices such as smartwatches.

Applications include:

Displays
- Head mounted displays (HMDs)
- Large flat panel displays for TVs and monitors.
- Large sized MicroLED RGB displays for outdoor signage
- Smartphones
- Smartwatches
- Flexible displays.
Automotive
- Head-up displays (HUD).
- Automotive panels.
Augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR)
- Three-dimensional/augmented reality/virtual reality (3D/AR/VR) displays
- Pico-projectors
- Smart glasses.
Biotechnology & medicine
- Wearable biomedical devices.
- Light sources for the neural interface and optogenetics.
- Bioimaging.
- Cochlear implants.

Visible light communication (Li-Fi)
- Flexible lighting.

Report contents include:

Latest technology and supply chain information.
Industry trends and growth drivers.
Assessment of technology challenges.
Current and planned microLED products.
Analysis of markets and applications for microLEDs. Markets covered include TVs, AR and VR, smartphones, automotive, wearables and smartwatches, medical displays, flexible and foldable displays and transparent displays.
Assessment of competitive landscape.
MicroLED technology and market challenges.
Units shipments for microLEDs, by market, 2020-2026.
MicroLED industry developments 2020-2021.
Profiles of 63 companies. Companies profiled include Aledia, AU Optronics Corporation, China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), Ennostar, Inc., Glō, Jade Bird Display, Japan Display Inc. (JDI), Konka Group, LedMan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Leyard OptoElectronics, LG Display Co., Ltd., MICLEDI Microdisplays, Micro Nitride Co., Ltd., Mikro Mesa Technology Co., Ltd., PlayNitride, Inc., Rohinni LLC, Samsung, Seoul Semiconductor/Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd., Sony, Vuzix Corporation, TCL Electronics, Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and VueReal.

1 REPORT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 13

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 14

2.1 The MiniLED market 14
2.2 The MicroLED market 14
2.3 The Global display market 15
- 2.3.1 Display technologies assessment 16
2.4 Motivation for use of MicroLEDs 18
2.5 MicroLEDs applications 19
2.6 Market and technology challenges 21
2.7 Industry developments 2020-2021 23
2.8 CES 2021 25
2.9 Market activity in China 25
2.10 Global shipment forecasts for MicroLEDs to 2027 27
- 2.10.1 Units 27

3 TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS 29

3.1 MiniLED (mLED) vs MicroLED (µLED) 29
3.2 Development 30
- 3.2.1 Sony 31
3.3 Types 32
3.4 Comparison to LCD and OLED 32
3.5 MicroLED displays 34
3.6 Advantages 35
- 3.6.1 Transparency 36
- 3.6.2 Borderless 37
- 3.6.3 Flexibility 37
3.7 Costs 37
3.8 Manufacturing 38
- 3.8.1 Epitaxy and Chip Processing 39
  - 3.8.1.1 Uniformity 39
- 3.8.2 Assembly Technologies 40
  - 3.8.2.1 Monolithic fabrication of microdisplays 40
  - 3.8.2.2 Mass transfer 41
  - 3.8.2.3 Mass Transfer Processes 43
    - 3.8.2.3.1 Elastomer Stamp Transfer 44
    - 3.8.2.3.2 Roll-to-Roll or Roll-to-Panel Imprinting 45
    - 3.8.2.3.3 Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) 46
    - 3.8.2.3.4 Electrostatic Transfer 47
    - 3.8.2.3.5 Micro vacuum-based transfer 48
    - 3.8.2.3.6 Adhesive Stamp 48
    - 3.8.2.3.7 Fluidically Self-Assembled Transfer 48
- 3.8.3 Full colour conversion 49
  - 3.8.3.1 Phosphor Colour Conversion LEDs 51
  - 3.8.3.2 Quantum dots colour conversion 52

4 MICROLED TVs 53

4.1 The market in 2021 53
- 4.1.1 Comparison of microLED to other LED TV technologies 53
- 4.1.2 Samsung 54
  - 4.1.2.1 Wall display and microLED TV 54
- 4.1.3 LG 54
  - 4.1.3.1 MAGNIT MicroLED TV 54
4.2 Unit shipments 2020-2027 55

5 SMARTWATCHES AND WEARABLES 57

5.1 Products and prototypes 57
5.2 Unit shipments 2020-2027 58

6 SMARTPHONES 59

7 FLEXIBLE AND FOLDABLE MICROLED DISPLAYS 60

7.1 Foldable microLED displays 61
7.2 Product developers 62

8 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL DISPLAYS 63

8.1 Applications 63
8.2 Product developers 64

9 AUTOMOTIVE 65

9.1 Applications 65
- 9.1.1 Head-up display (HUD) 68
- 9.1.2 Headlamps 69
9.2 Product developers 70

10 VIRTUAL (VR) AND AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) 71

10.1 Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (HMDs) 71
10.2 Product developers 72

11 TRANSPARENT DISPLAYS 73

11.1 Applications 73
11.2 Product developers 74

12 SUPPLY CHAIN 76

13 COMPANY PROFILES 78 (63 COMPANY PROFILES)

14 REFERENCES 148

Tables

Table 1. Summary of display technologies. 16
Table 2. MicroLED applications. 19
Table 3. Market and technology challenges for microLED. 21
Table 4. Micro and MicroLED industry developments 2020-2021. 23
Table 5. MiniLED and microLED product announcements at CES 2021. 25
Table 6. MicroLED acivity in China. 26
Table 7. MicroLED display forecast (thousands of units) to 2027. 27
Table 8. Comparison between miniLED and microLED. 30
Table 9. Comparison of MicroLEDs to conventional LEDs. 31
Table 10. Types of microLED. 32
Table 11. Comparison to LCD and OLED. 33
Table 12. Schematic comparison to LCD and OLED. 34
Table 13. Commercially available microLED products and specifications. 34
Table 14. microLED-based display advantages and disadvantages. 35
Table 15. Mass transfer methods, by company. 42
Table 16. Comparison of various mass transfer technologies. 43
Table 17. Comparison of LED TV technologies. 53
Table 18. Flexible miniLED and MicroLED products. 62
Table 19. Medical display MicroLED products. 64
Table 20. Automotive display & backlight architectures 65
Table 21. Applications of microLED in automotive. 66
Table 22. Automotive display MicroLED products and prototypes. 70
Table 23. Comparison of AR Display Light Engines. 71
Table 24. VR and AR MicroLED products. 72
Table 25. Applications of miniLED and microLED transparent displays. 73
Table 26. Companies developing MicroLED transparent displays. 74
Table 27. microLED supply chain. 76
Table 28. LG mini QNED range 113
Table 29. Samsung Neo QLED TV range. 128
Table 30. San’an Mini and Micro LED Production annual target. 129
Table 31. NPQDTM vs Traditional QD based Micro-LEDs. 132

Figures

Figure 1. The progress of display technology-LCD to MicroLED. 18
Figure 2. MicroLED display forecast (thousands of units) to 2027. 28
Figure 3. Display system configurations. 29
Figure 4. MicroLED schematic. 30
Figure 5. Pixels per inch roadmap of µ-LED displays from 2007 to 2019. 32
Figure 6. Comparison of microLED with other display technologies. 35
Figure 7. Lextar 10.6 inch transparent microLED display. 36
Figure 8. Transition to borderless design. 37
Figure 9. Schematics of a elastomer stamping, b electrostatic/electromagnetic transfer, c laser-assisted transfer and d fluid self-assembly. 44
Figure 10. Schematics of Roll-based mass transfer. 46
Figure 11. Schematic of laser-induced forward transfer technology. 47
Figure 12. Schematic of fluid self-assembly technology. 49
Figure 13. Schematic of colour conversion technology. 50
Figure 14. Process flow of a full-colour microdisplay. 51
Figure 15. Samsung Wall display system. 54
Figure 16. LG MAGNIT MicroLED TV. 55
Figure 2. MicroLED display forecast for TVs (thousands of units) to 2027. 56
Figure 17. microLED wearable display prototype. 57
Figure 18. APHAEA Watch. 57
Figure 2. MicroLED display forecast for smart watches (thousands of units) to 2027. 58
Figure 19. AU Optonics Flexible MicroLED Display. 60
Figure 20. Schematic of the TALT technique for wafer-level microLED transferring. 61
Figure 21. Foldable 4K C SEED M1. 61
Figure 22. MicroLEDs for medical applications 63
Figure 23. MicroLED automotive display. 66
Figure 24. Issues in current commercial automotive HUD. 68
Figure 25. Rear lamp utilizing flexible MicroLEDs. 69
Figure 26. Vuzix microLED microdisplay Smart Glasses. 72
Figure 27. Different transparent displays and transmittance limitations. 74
Figure 28. 7.56" high transparency & frameless MicroLED display. 74
Figure 29. WireLED in 12” Silicon Wafer. 79
Figure 30. Typical GaN-on-Si LED structure. 80
Figure 31. 300 mm GaN-on-silicon epiwafer. 81
Figure 32. MicroLED chiplet architecture. 82
Figure 33. 1.39-inch full-circle microLED display 83
Figure 34. 9.4" flexible MicroLED display. 84
Figure 35. BOE MiniLED display TV. 85
Figure 36. BOE miniLED automotive display. 86
Figure 37. Image obtained on a blue active-matrix WVGA (wide video graphics array) microdisplay. 87
Figure 38. Fabrication of the 10-µm pixel pitch LED array on sapphire. 88
Figure 39. A 200-mm wafer with CMOS active matrices for GaN 873 × 500-pixel microdisplay at 10-µm pitch. 88
Figure 40. IntelliPix™ design for 0.26″ 1080p microLED display. 89
Figure 41. C Seed 165-inch M1 microLED TV. 91
Figure 42. Flexible microLED. 103
Figure 43. Jade Bird Display microdisplays. 104
Figure 44. JBD's 0.13-inch panel. 105
Figure 45. Prototype microLED display. 106
Figure 46. APHAEA MicroLED watch. 107
Figure 47. Lextar 2021 micro LED and mini LED products. 112
Figure 48. LSAB009 microLED display. 113
Figure 49. Schematic of Micro Nitride chip architecture. 118
Figure 50. 9.4" flexible MicroLED display. 123
Figure 51. 7.56-inch transparent Micro LED display. 123
Figure 52. 48 x 36 Passive Matrix microLED display. 124
Figure 53. The Wall. 127
Figure 54. Samsung Neo QLED 8K. 128
Figure 55. NPQD™ Technology for MicroLEDs. 131
Figure 56. Wicop technology. 133
Figure 57. B-Series and C-Series displays. 136
Figure 58. Photo-polymer mass transfer process. 138
Figure 59. Vuzix uLED display engine. 139
Figure 60. The Cinema Wall MicroLED display. 140
Figure 61. 7.56” Transparent Display. 141
Figure 62. VueReal Flipchip microLED (30x15 um2). 145

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Published May 2021 | 152 pages, 31 tables, 62 figures | Table of contents

1 REPORT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 13

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 14

3 TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS 29

4 MICROLED TVs 53

5 SMARTWATCHES AND WEARABLES 57

6 SMARTPHONES 59

7 FLEXIBLE AND FOLDABLE MICROLED DISPLAYS 60

8 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL DISPLAYS 63

9 AUTOMOTIVE 65

10 VIRTUAL (VR) AND AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) 71

11 TRANSPARENT DISPLAYS 73

12 SUPPLY CHAIN 76

13 COMPANY PROFILES 78 (63 COMPANY PROFILES)

14 REFERENCES 148

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