The Acrich2 combination of AC-LED driver IC and mid-power LEDs that have been sold on modules are now to be offered to companies that want to build their own unique light engines. Seoul Semiconductor has announced what it calls "LED ...
Tags: IC Form, AC-LED Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily shut down the Energy Star program, impacting LED lighting, other lighting, and many other products and cancelled the annual Partners Meeting. The ongoing skirmish between the ...
Tags: EPA, Energy Star Program
Combining an LED circuit board and an optical package, the FastFlex LED module enables rapid development of luminaires for high-output SSL products targeted at industrial or outdoor usage. Philips Lighting has announced the Gen2 FastFlex ...
Smaller light-emitting surfaces allow for better beam control in the Bridgelux V Series COB LEDs to enable solid-state lighting applications such as PAR and MR16 retrofit lamps and small-aperture downlights. Bridgelux has expanded its ...
Tags: Retrofit Lamps, LEDs
The small-footprint LED family offers a 110° beam and will serve in portable, directional, architectural, and vehicle applications with white and red, green, and blue LEDs available. Cree has announced another small-footprint LED in ...
Tags: LED family, small-footprint LED
The new Kia AutoSport dealership in Columbus, Georgia has achieved 20–33% in energy savings using SSL fixtures from GE Lighting, while maintaining the light levels and color rendering needed to make a great first impression on ...
Tags: GE Lighting, LED Fixtures, KIA Front Line
The Federal Trade Commision won a federal court ruling against Lights of America, while Intematix announces new green aluminate phosphor patents, and Veeco buys Synos to support OLED manufacturing. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ...
The new Luxeon Q family is based on the company's flip-chip die announced back in February that, combined with new light extraction and conversion features, delivers high efficacy especially at high drive currents. Philips Lumileds has ...
Tags: Luxeon Q LED, Philips Lumileds
The compact Oslon Black Flat LED can serve in headlamp or daytime-running-lamp applications while the Ostar Headlamp Pro integrates five emitters for adaptive beam control. Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced two new LED families for ...
Tags: Automotive Headlamps, Lighting
Contract IC fabricator TowerJazz and power management IC vendor DMB Technology have announced an AC-LED driver IC while analog IC specialist Linear Technology has developed a DC LED driver with spread-spectrum frequency modulation that ...
Tags: LED Driver ICs, 110V Controller
The newest 9-mm chip-on-board LED array from Cree can enable the equivalent of a 39W ceramic metal-halide PAR30 lamp while consuming half the power, and extends the range of retrofit lamps enabled by the CXA1500 family. Cree has announced ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED
Novaled and Colnatec hope to control film thickness with novel sensing technology on OLED roll-to-roll production lines, while researchers at the University of Utah have tuned a plastic polymer that could yield true white OLEDs. While ...
Tags: White OLEDs, Lighting
The company has stated that its latest Acrich2 modules are on par in efficacy with LED light engines designed for DC drive and the new modules provide LED patterns designed for specific applications such as ceiling lighting. Seoul ...
Tags: LED Light Engine, Semiconductor
Texas Instrument Product Engineer David Zhang shares insights on LED color tuning technology in a recent blog post. As Tim Sullivan indicated in an earlier blog as well, LED lighting is a relatively new technology. Engineers that used to ...
Tags: LED color tuning PWM technology, LED, Lights, Lighting
Nichia wins round in LED IP battle with Everlight, Dominant says it settled an IP skirmish with Osram, Cree introduces a 93-CRI SSL A-lamp, and Silver Spring partners with Sunrise Technologies on adaptive controls. The global LED ...
Tags: Lighting, LED Business