LED lighting, as a new generation of green light sources, has received high attention from all parties since its birth in the 1990s and is also achieving rapid development. In the face of severe competition in economic globalization, the global LED industry has also realized that product standardization and normalization have become the key to promoting the sustainable development of the industry. The efficient LED light engine technology based on the Zhaga standard is gaining favor in the LED industry due to its high comprehensive cost-effectiveness. Under the hot demand in the market, light engine technology is ushering in broad development space.
According to statistical data, the market size of LED light engines in China reached 218 million yuan in 2015, and it is expected to reach 2.832 billion yuan by 2017. In the future, as more companies participate in the LED light engine market, its market growth is expected to accelerate. It is understood that the development of LED light engine technology began around 2010. Initially, people integrated LED light source chips and driving power chips on an aluminum or ceramic substrate to form a "photoelectric engine" that combines LED light source boards and LED power supplies.
After years of development, today's LED light engine refers to a complete combination of LED packaging (components), LED arrays (modules), LED drivers, and other brightness, thermal, mechanical, and electrical components. The Zhaoga International Alliance, an LED industry cooperation organization founded in 2010 by nine international lighting companies including Philips, Osram, Panasonic, and Toshiba, aims to promote standardization of lighting products and achieve interchangeability of LED light source products from different manufacturers. The biggest advantage of adopting the new LED light engine solution is that it can eliminate the need for transformers, inductors, and electrolytic capacitors that require a large number of manual connections during production. LED lighting companies no longer need to consider the development of driving power and light sources, greatly saving manpower, material resources, and financial resources required for the development process, and can achieve higher light efficiency.
