Despite technological leaps in modern electronics, the quality of lighting they provide still leaves much room for improvement. A collaborative team — led by Jian Li, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in ...
Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser with light output power of 4.5W (continuous wave). Even at 60oC (the maximum operating temperature for lasers in general), this is 1.5 times higher than the 3W ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON FlipChip White LED, which uses chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology. After spearheading the adoption of CSP in LEDs, Lumileds has shipped more than 500 million LED emitters ...
Tags: Lumileds, LUXEON FlipChip White LED, high-lumen applications
NXP Semiconductors N.V. of Eindhoven, The Netherlands has agreed to sell its RF Power business for $1.8bn to Jianguang Asset Management Co Ltd (JAC Capital, a subsidiary of China state-owned investment company JIC Capital). NXP's RF Power ...
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South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has announced the availability of Acrich3 modules for a wide range of residential and commercial lighting applications. The firm says that Acrich3 enables the next generation of smart-lighting ...
The LED industrial lighting market scale will be worth US$2.366 billion in 2015, and by 2018 will reach US$3.935 billion, according to findings from LEDinside. Compared with home lighting products, industrial lighting products operate for ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany claims that it has achieved one of the best values in the world in terms of forward voltage for blue high-current chips, leading to an increase in efficiency of up to 8%. Optimized ...
RS Components (RS) has signed a global authorised distributor agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor. The agreement strengthens an existing collaboration between the two companies to deliver a portfolio of discrete semiconductor devices and ...
Microscan, a global technology leader in barcode, machine vision, and lighting solutions announces three new barcode verification solution kits for inline or offline applications. These dynamic and compact kits include Microscan's Vision ...
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Taiwanese LED package manufacturer Ledtech consolidated revenue forDecember reached NT $170 million (US $5.6 million), a monthly increase of 39.72 percent and YoY growth of 25.74 percent. Growth was from client orders for low temperature ...
Efficiency, service life and light quality are all reasons why facility managers are increasing choosing LED luminaires over more traditional lighting technologies. In fact, according to market research firm Strategies Unlimited, the LED ...
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Kemet Corp., a global supplier of electronic components, announced the expansion of its High Voltage Surface Mount Multilayer Ceramic capacitor portfolio.According to a release, Kemet has successfully developed several new part types with ...
Taiwan based LED package manufacturer Everlight had successful lighting revenue growth in 2013 due to gradually maturing LED lighting applications. Although, 4Q is typically a slack season for the LED industry, the company’s revenue ...
It's tough to shop for techies. They already own everything with a plug or rechargeable battery. But fear not, a slew of unique technology gifts have hit the market just in time for Christmas. Here's a roundup of some of the season's most ...
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Celebrating 40 years of success, Barron Lighting Group recently purchased a new 80,000 sq. ft. production facility. The Barron Team is expected to be thriving in its new location in Glendale, Arizona January 2014. "This is truly an ...