TrendForce Micro LEDforum 2023

 

 

Overview

Apple's reported plans to integrate Micro LED into future Apple Watch models has reignited interest in field of micro-display. Aiming to seize burgeoning opportunities from various micro-display applications, companies involved in the display industry are now ramping up efforts to develop and promote related products.

TrendForce predicts that the launch of Apple's new Apple Watch with Micro LED display will drive the growth of the Micro LED market. The market value for Micro LED chips in wearable device displays is expected to surge to US$172 million in 2024 and US$463 million in 2025. This release will inspire other electronics companies to invest in developing and promoting wearable devices with similar display technology. TrendForce forecasts a strong CAGR of 873% for the market value from 2022 to 2027.

LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, will host the Micro LEDforum on September 5th. The forum will cover key topics including Metaverse trends, Micro LED technology advancements, and innovative applications. Industry experts will share market insights, company progress updates, and notable technological breakthroughs in 2023.

About Micro LEDforum 2023

Date

September 5th, 2023

Time

09:30-17:00
(Check-in: begin at 8:45 am)

Venue

Room 401, National Taiwan University Hospital International Convention Center.
(No. 2, Xuzhou Road, Zhongzheng District 100, Taipei City)

Language

Chinese / English
(Simultaneous Interpretation will be available)

Agenda

09:20-09:40

2023 Next Generation Display Market Trend

Eric Chiou
TrendForce / Senior Research VP

Despite the overall economic environment affecting the demand for large-scale displays and the Micro LED's explosive growth not meeting initial market expectations as the earliest application to enter mass production, its crucial role persists in various aspects of chip size miniaturization and transfer technology attempts.
On the other hand, driven simultaneously by both Apple and non-Apple ventures, smart wearables are expected to become the emerging application that will sustain Micro LED demand in the next 2 to 3 years. This not only serves as a validation platform for the large-scale production of Micro LED but also plays a significant role in observing the trends and advancements in vertical and horizontal chip integration, 6-inch or 8-inch technologies, and production techniques.
In addition, Micro LED has gained interest in entirely new markets such as micro-projectors for AR glasses and transparent displays for automotive applications, attracting more investments from various companies. This favorable situation accelerates the overall development of the Micro LED industry.
This presentation will delve into three aspects: technological development, application expansion, and market potential, analyzing the current progress of Micro LED and its future prospects.
09:40-10:10

Online Section Mojo Vision's Reliable and Scalable AR µLED Display Technology - Empowering AR Products for the Future

Grace Lee
Mojo Vision / Head of Product Management

The display plays a crucial role in creating immersive and interactive experiences for Augmented Reality (AR). In this presentation, we will showcase Mojo Vision's cutting-edge uLED full-color display technology for AR, featuring high-efficiency small uLEDs, proprietary high-performance and reliable Quantum Dots (QDs), and our robust manufacturing strategy and capability at 300 mm.
10:10-10:40

AR/MR Adoption in Various Scenarios: What Are Trade-offs of Major Display Technologies?

Dr. Yen-Hsiang Fang
ITRI / Division Director

The presentation will focus on the transition of AR/MR headsets from professional niches to mainstream markets. We'll discuss the advantages and trade-offs of micro-LED technology in diverse applications like sports, culture, and esports, with aspects including visual experience, interactivity, power needs, communication, and user comfort. The talk will conclude with prospects for lightweight AR glasses suitable for all-day wear.
10:40-11:10

Online Section The Technical Trend of Reflective Waveguide Technology

Dr. Yochay Danziger
Lumus / CTO

11:10-11:40

Rapid Testing of µLEDs & Microdisplays on Wafer

Jack Hwang
Instrument Systems-Rapitech Enterprise. / Vice President

Two-dimensional high-speed measurement of on-wafer PhotoLuminescence and ElectroLuminescence and their single-pixel evaluation.
11:40-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:30

Micro LED Technology and Platform Trend

Sam Chen
UniKorn / Senior Director

In this presentation, the focus will be on how COW (chip on wafer) platform satisfies various selective mass transfer types and monolithic type. In addition, the presentation will introduce the key technology development trend for different platforms and highlight the challenges in realizing mass production of Micro LED.
13:30-14:00

Porotech's Game Changing Dynamic Pixel Tuning Technology For Full Color Display

Daniel HE
Porotech / Director of Product and Marketing Taiwan Branch Manager

With the booming development of AR, micro-displays are progressively pursuing smaller form factors to achieve more display options.
The DPT® (Dynamic Pixel Tuning) technology by Porotech is a solution created to balance the technological limits and full-color demand of microLEDs. Temporal modulation replaces the conventional RGB sub pixel mixing method to achieve full-color displays within the limited manufacturing process. This monolithic full-color panel approach significantly reduces the difficulties of the assembly of light engines.
This time, we will delve into Porotech's achievements in AR applications, breakthroughs in commercializing MicroLED technology, and the company's positioning and business model in the industry.
14:00-14:30

Luminex from K&S , the ultra high speed LED transfer platform for miniLED and microLED

Alex Tseng
Kulicke&Soffa / Senior Manager, Technical Solutions

Laser transfer technology is a well-developed technology for high speed LED transfer. Not limited to the high speed and high yield transfer on mini LED, laser technology is well suited for micro LED transfer compared to mechanical LED transfer technology. K&S is providing a reliable tool, the LUMINEX, for mini LED and micro LED mass transfer process.
14:30-14:45

The progress of UV micro LED display: A Photonic Crystal on UV Micro LEDs

Yoshihiko Muramoto
Nitride Semiconductor / Founder President & CEO

Our group has succeeded to fabricate a Photonic Crystal on UV micro LED.
A photonic crystal is a structure in which the refractive index changes periodically, and is used to confine light in a small area and enhance the interaction between light and materials. By artificially creating a periodic structure with a size that matches the wavelength of UV light, it is possible to realize metamaterials with optical properties that are not possible with ordinary materials. In recent years, due to advances in semiconductor microfabrication technology, basic operation with low power consumption has been confirmed in optical devices such as optical switches, lasers, optical memories, and laser light sources.
As a light source for micro-LED displays, our group has been actively developed the full-color displays by combining UV micro LEDs and RGB phosphors. Optical lens control of the light emitted by a micro-sized UV-LED chip not only increases the cost, but also makes it difficult to fabricate a fine lens array. Therefore, by using photonic crystals, UV-light can be controlled efficiently at low cost.
14:45-15:00

The progress of UV micro LED display: Next Generation FPD with UV Micro LED's

Koichi Kajiyama
Tohoku University / Project Professor of New Industry Creation Hatchery Center

Technologies to make current FPD have been matured and they are used to produce a fixed shape (Rectangular) and fine resolution FPD's mainly. On the other hand, the flexible and high dynamic range FPD's are expected as new generation FDP especially for automobile or wearable applications. Though OLED is expected as the next generation one, the performances of OLED are not enough, due to the low performances of light intensity and environmental resistance. Recently, the display with micro-LED or mini-LED are developed as next generation FPD instead of OLED. Micro LED's（generally smaller than 50 μm） are used for direct emission type FPD and Mini-LED's are used for backlight of local dimming type LCD. But considering the high dynamic range of LED, mini-LED on backlight will be replaced by the cheaper micro-LED.
Currently, the white fluorescent light excited by Blue LED is used for local dimming light source. The local dimming with R, G, B independent light sources would be better than the white one, but we should consider the cost. To generate 3 colors, we are employing UV-micro LED's that excite R, G, B fluorescent materials. It would be useful for not only high conversion efficiency but also cost effective one. In this presentation, comparison of these technologies will be discussed.
15:00-15:20

Break

15:20-15:45

The Challenges and Advanced Laser technology Enabling Micro LED Displays Manufacturing

Joe Lin
Coherent / General Manager

- Challenges in MicroLED Display Manufacturing
- LTPS Backplane for Emissive OLED and MicroLED Displays
- MicroLED Laser Processes
- Laser And Optics by coherent – Deep UV and Mask imaging System
- Laser Assisted Bonding (LAB)
- Summary
15:45-16:05

Online Section Commercializing microLED Technology with High-throughput EL Inspection for microLED Wafers

David Lewis
InZiv / Founder and CEO

- Introduction
- Challenges in microLED manufacturing
- Key measurements in microLED testing
- High-throughput EL inspection for microLED wafers
16:05-16:30

Transparent Micro LED Display Technology and Product Application

Dr. Mingchi Hsu
AUO / Special Assistant

16:30-16:55

Tianma Micro-LED Application Explore and Roadmap

Kerui Xi
Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute / Vice Dean

The report focuses on the exploration of Tianma in Micro-LED vehicle, PID and consumer application fields from Micro-LED Market trend, Micro-LED applications and challenges, and the layout of Tianma in Micro-LED, and shows Tianma's contributions and prospects to the Micro-LED industry in combination with Tianma's production line construction plan.

The Agenda is preliminary and subject to change without notice.

Speakers

Eric Chiou

TrendForce / Senior Research VP

2023 Next Generation Display Market Trend

TrendForce Senior Research Vice President, Eric Chiou, previously working at the panel maker and TV brand, Eric Chiou directly participated in panel sales business and product design and is specialized in fields including upstream components, BLU modules, and touch applications. He offers analysis on the industry development from various perspectives with his people connection in the segment and professional knowledge regarding sales, technology, and supply chain management.

Grace Lee

Mojo Vision / Head of Product Management

Online Section Mojo Vision's Reliable and Scalable AR µLED Display Technology - Empowering AR Products for the Future

Grace Lee is an established leader in the development of display technologies with a remarkable career spanning over 20 years. She has been at the forefront of driving advancements in display manufacturing techniques and spearheading the creation of innovative products and processes. Her contributions have encompassed a wide range of displays, including those for TV, monitor, notebook, tablet, as well as immersive VR and AR experiences.
As VP Product Management at Mojo Vision, Grace brings her 20 years of experience leading the development of display solutions for the world's greatest technology companies.
Before joining Mojo, Grace was the director of IT new product integration division in manufacturing technology center at AUO, manager of iPad display TPM at Apple, Moonshot project display-optics manufacturing solution TPM in Google [x], tech lead of VR/AR display-optics development programs, and hardware engineer manager initiating and leading the AR Micro-LED display program at Google.
Grace received PhD and BS degrees in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University; MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Dr. Yen-Hsiang Fang

ITRI / Division Director

AR/MR Adoption in Various Scenarios: What Are Trade-offs of Major Display Technologies?

Director：
- Research on Micro LED / RF (GaN on Si) / Power (GaN on Si & SiC) / VCSEL / Silicon Photonics
- Government mission coordination and execution / Business negotiation & - collaboration
- Division running (100+ colleagues)
- Major achievements :
(1) In 2013 : demonstrated the product with the highest PPI micro display in the world
(2) In 2016 : built up a world largest and only Micro LED alliance
(3) In 2017 & 2020 : won the largest contract for the business unit in 10 years.
(4) In 2021 : achieved 10-year record high in revenue and profit of the business unit
(5) In 2022 : achieved 10-year record high in revenue of the business unit
- Prize :
(1) Outstanding Manager of Chinese Professional Management Association of Hsinchu (2017)
(2) The Top 100 Innovative Elite of ICT Month (2018)
(3) The 6th National Industrial Innovation Award (2019)
(4) R & D 100 AWARDS (2022)
(5) The Youth Medal of the Youth Corps (2023)

Dr. Yochay Danziger

Lumus / CTO

Online Section The Technical Trend of Reflective Waveguide Technology

Jack Hwang

Instrument Systems-Rapitech Enterprise / Vice President

Rapid Testing of µLEDs & Microdisplays on Wafer

He is currently working as the vice president of the optical business of Rapitech Co., Ltd., and also serves as the manager of the ISO 17025 Independent Testing Laboratory(IECQ-L ULTW 09.0029).

Sam Chen

UniKorn / Senior Director

Micro LED Technology and Platform Trend

Mr. Chen received his master's degree (2006) at the Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing Hua University. He served as R&D Director at EPISTAR from 2006 to 2018 and has been the Senior Director and Quality Representative at Optoelectronic Device Center, Unikorn since 2018.
From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Chen focused on AlInGaP LED research and his team developed the Aquarius-series LED, breaking the worldwide record for efficiency with 180 lm/w in 2010. Since 2012, he has been studying Micro LED and VCSEL devices and has obtained over 136 patents for optoelectronics devices, including fields in LED, Micro LED and VCSEL.
In 2018, EPISTAR created a spin-off called Unikorn for foundry service. Mr. Chen joined the new company and was in charge of fab manufacturing, process module and integration team in the early stages. Currently, he is responsible for the Optoelectronics Device Center and serves as the Quality Representative. His team has successfully developed VCSEL technology and has produced over 500kk chips through the foundry service. Furthermore, his team has also developed Micro LED technology and collaborated with other display module companies to realize mass production of Micro LED in 2023.

Daniel HE

Porotech / Director of Product and Marketing Taiwan Branch Manager

Porotech's Game Changing Dynamic Pixel Tuning Technology For Full Color Display

Alex Tseng

Kulicke&Soffa / Senior Manager, Technical Solutions

Luminex from K&S , the ultra high speed LED transfer platform for miniLED and microLED

Yoshihiko Muramoto

Nitride Semiconductor / Founder President & CEO

The progress of UV micro LED display: A Photonic Crystal on UV Micro LEDs

Yoshihiko Muramoto is Founder, President & CEO of Nitride Semiconductors Co., Ltd. Our group developed the world first Ultraviolet LED in 2000 and we developed many UV-LED related applications, UV sensing, UV curing, UV sterilizing etc. Furthermore, now we are developing UV micro LED display to get full color by exciting Red, Green and Blue phosphor by UV micro LEDs for VR & AR glasses. We have many patents and we wrote many papers and especially Semiconductor, Science & Technology Vol.29 Number8 August2014. Invited paper ”Development and Future of Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes ~UV-LED will replace UV Lamp~ was selected as highlights of SST 2014

Koichi Kajiyama

Tohoku University / Project Professor of New Industry Creation Hatchery Center

The progress of UV micro LED display: Next Generation FPD with UV Micro LED's

1972-1985: Komatsu Co., Ltd
- Technical Research Center
- Non-linear Laser spectroscopy with Giant Pulsed Laser
- Narrow spectrum Excimer Laser for Semiconductor Exposure system.

1985-1999: Admon Science Co.,Ltd
- Automatic Optical Inspection System for Compact Disc and LCD.

1999-2023: V-Technology Co., Ltd

1999-2017: In situ, alignment system for large glass size exposure system

2017-2022:
- Development of Micro LED Display.

2022- : Project Professor of Tohoku University
- Development of Micro LED Display

Joe Lin

Coherent / General Manager

The Challenges and Advanced Laser technology Enabling Micro LED Displays Manufacturing

Since 1998, he has been engaged in the field of laser technology, which is applied in the Semiconductor industry, Display panel industry, PCB industry and Optoelectronic industry, as well as various material processing industries. He is currently the general manager of Coherent Taiwan.
Coherent is the world's leading manufacturer of laser sources and optical lenses. Coherent provides a variety of laser applications in advanced semiconductor packaging and Micro LED applications. In addition to laser software and hardware. We look forward to working more closely with customers for the testing of various applications and solving the difficulties customers face in the manufacturing process.

David Lewis

InZiv / Founder and CEO

Online Section Commercializing microLED Technology with High-throughput EL Inspection for microLED Wafers

David Lewis is Founder and CEO of InZiv. He served previously as VP Sales & Marketing at Nanonics Imaging, a leading nano-optical company, where he led the global sales team. With over a decade of experience in managing complex high-tech sales, David is an expert in nano-technology & nano-optical tools, and specifically in the field of microLED testing and inspection. He holds multiple patents and has published multiple peer-reviewed papers in the field of nano-optics and nano-technology.

Dr. Mingchi Hsu

AUO / Special Assistant

Transparent Micro LED Display Technology and Product Application

Kerui Xi

Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute / Vice Dean

Tianma Micro-LED Application Explore and Roadmap

Kerui, Xi, currently serves as the Technical Director of the Smart Sensor Department and Vice President of Micro LED Research Institute at Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., with over 10 years of experience in display technology development. Led the team to complete the development of TP In-cell technology, heterotypic display, 3D printing, digital microfluidic technology, Micro-LED and other technologies, applied for more than 550 domestic and foreign invention patents, and has authorized more than 290. Received the 22nd China Patent Excellence Award; The third National "Central Enterprise Youth Innovation Excellence Award", the second prize of "Science and Technology Invention Award" in Shanghai in 2016, and the third prize of "Science and Technology Progress Award" in Shanghai in 2019.

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