ITRI announces innovative LED and OLED lighting applications

Innovative technology brings new opportunities for the lighting industry. From today (8th), the Industrial Research Institute exhibited a number of smart lighting innovation applications at the 2019 Taiwan International Lighting Technology Exhibition, including "circadian table lamp", "portable UVC LED flowing water module", "OLED Advanced environmentally friendly car lights for vehicles, "step-down active power factor correction device" and "power supply adjustment circuit" technology to create the next generation of LED and OLED innovative technologies and applications, with complete development of energy and mass production technology to assist domestic lighting industry to shorten the process time to increase production capacity and creates diversified smart lighting value.

Wu Zhiyi, director of the Institute of Electro-Optical Systems of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, said that with the maturity of LED technology development, the application scope of the LED lighting market has gradually expanded. The Industrial Technology Research Institute has invested in the field of lighting for many years with the support of the Technical Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and has possessed complete technical energy and Mass production technology, many of the technologies exhibited this year are innovative applications in LED lighting, hoping to combine the advantages of LED and ICT to open up a new high-value blue ocean for the lighting industry.

Lighting has a great influence on the circadian rhythm system of life, and is an important factor to regulate the biological physiological response. The Institute of Industrial Technology's "Homochromatic Circadian Rhythm Lamp Series" exhibited at the "Advanced Lighting Theme Pavilion" provides different physiological stimuli under the same visual experience to achieve the health effect of regulating melatonin secretion.

"Emotional Health Management System" after detecting heart rate and determining stress index through the health bracelet, through the APP or remote control to select the situation function, the wearable device will automatically provide suitable personal care light to achieve the effect of soothing emotions or invigorating the spirit.

"Portable UVC LED Flowing Water Module" is developed with unique UVC LED , and is designed with a patented water flow mechanism. It is applied to drinking fountains to achieve instant sterilization effect. "VLC optical communication" uses LEDs to transmit digital signals, so that the same lamp provides lighting and also transmits signals through visible light to achieve accurate indoor positioning and information transmission.

In addition to various LED innovative technology applications, LED lighting measurement technology is another highlight of the scene! Lin Zengyao, director of the Measurement Center of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, said that in order to assist the industry to quickly enter the global market, the Industrial Technology Research Institute built an internationally recognized LED lighting test laboratory to provide CBTL lighting certification under the "one test and multiple certificates" method. Domestic players accelerate their entry into the international market.

The "glare measurement" exhibited on the spot can provide light environment measurement services for indoor lighting, road lighting, and tunnel lighting to avoid the glare problem of passers-by who cannot identify the signal lamp due to strong light. "DALI Testing System" is a testing and verification system established based on the IEC62386 DALI luminaire communication interface standard, which provides communication standard interface testing services for smart lamp controllers to ensure the high compatibility and stability of the exported LED lamp smart system.

According to the latest global OLED lighting market forecast published by UBI Research, the global OLED lighting market is expected to grow to approximately US $ 1.9 billion by 2021. In addition, the compound annual growth rate is expected to be 85% from 2017 to 2025, and a market of US $ 5.8 billion will be formed by 2025.

Therefore, if Taiwan invests in the OLED lighting industry, it can continue the growth of LED and complement each other with LED lighting in the field of solid-state lighting.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute has complete OLED lighting development energy and trial production capacity, integrating 8 Taiwan equipment and 4 OLED light source material suppliers, etc. to jointly build a 30 cm wide roll-to-roll trial production and use this trial production line to successfully introduce new high-end FOLED products to overcome the difficult issues such as flexible substrate transfer, roll-to-roll process integration, and flexible light source system design faced by the roll-to-roll process, greatly reducing the current manufacturing process and cost. At present, it has reached a monthly production capacity of 50,000 pieces, and can assist the industry in the customization of OLED lighting, and spread its innovative capabilities to new field applications.

The "Hui" exhibited in the lighting exhibition this time, its radiation structure formed by the assembling of 27 rotatory OLEDs, which is is high compatibility drive design developed by establishing specifications and modular systems from a cooperation between the Industrial Technology Research Institute and Ya Di Optoelectronics, who leading the way for OLED lighting products.

In addition, the "Advanced Environmental Lights for OLED Vehicles" jointly developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute and Dibao uses OLED light sheets, eliminating the need for light guide plates. The combination is simple, not only lightweight, but also thin and light, anti-glare, which can reduce size and thickness, and can invisibly increase the space of the rear luggage compartment, and to attack the niche market of automotive lighting. It has won the attention of international manufacturers.

Hu Yaozu, director of the Green Energy and Environment Research Institute of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, said that with the support of the Energy Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, the Industrial Technology Research Institute promoted the development and promotion of LED smart lighting technology. From 104 to 107, it was in universities, health centers, household administration offices, etc. Set up 129 demonstration fields to establish energy-efficient, glare-free, blue-harmless, and flicker-free high-quality and intelligent lighting fields. Compared with the past, LED lamps save an average of 60% of electricity. In addition to implementing the government's lighting energy-saving policies, and to promote the development of LED smart lighting industry and technology upgrades, the most special is through the establishment of smart systems, which can reduce the power consumption of lighting due to demand and suppress peak power consumption.

This time, we created the "Optimal Lighting Theme Pavilion" to show how optimal lighting can improve people's lives with three major areas of optimal lighting application experience area, elderly care optimal lighting and LED advanced lighting promotion results.

The "Optimal Lighting Theme Pavilion" exhibits ultra-short throw wide-angle LED flood lights jointly developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute and Delta Electronics. It develops square and uniform brightness projections for advertising, billboards and display cabinets. Lamp I to improve the problem of glare, shadow and uneven illumination caused by the round bright light of the traditional projection lamp.

The power supply of this product uses two innovative technologies, "Step-Down Active Power Factor Correction Device" and "Power Adjustment Circuit" of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, to achieve the effect of no flickering lights and high power conversion efficiency.

Another smart LED luminaire, also jointly developed with Delta, can be driven by Bluetooth intelligently to achieve indoor positioning and personnel tracking. This luminaire also incorporates the "step-down active power factor correction device" of the Industrial Technology Research Institute and "Power adjustment circuit" technology to achieve ultra-low flash frequency below 2%, so that the light output is stable and comfortable, long-term use will not be tired or hurt your eyes.

Institute of Industrial Technology launched the "Advanced Lighting Theme Pavilion" and "Optimal Lighting Theme Pavilion" at the 2019 Taiwan International Lighting Technology Exhibition, presenting various lighting applications and technical achievements, and demonstrating the technical strength of the Industrial Technology Research Institute. The booth numbers of ITRI are "Advanced Lighting Theme Pavilion" J0126, and "Optimal Lighting Theme Pavilion" is J0308, welcome to visit.

In addition, the annual event of the lighting industry "Taiwan Solid State Lighting (tSSL) 2019" hosted by the Institute of Industrial Technology and Engineering was also unveiled at the Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei on May 8th. The conference was invited to Taiwan and the United States. Well-known experts from countries such as Germany, Britain, Japan, etc. conducted a brilliant analysis of the latest international LED lighting innovation and development and the next wave of OLED applications and market prospects, assisting upstream, middle and downstream players to invest in new market applications and explore emerging technologies.