LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched the LUXEON 3535L Color Line (joining its existing 3535L White LEDs), giving makers of emergency vehicle lights, signs, color tunable bulbs and architectural lamps access to single-color mid-power LEDs in Red, Red-Orange, Phosphor-Converted (PC) Amber, Lime, Green and Blue.
Picture: The LUXEON 3535L Color Line, in 3.5mm x 3.5mm packages.
"The tremendous success our customers have had with our high-power color emitters convinced us that multiple markets could benefit from similar colors in the mid-power performance range," says LUXEON 3535L Color Line product manager David Cosenza.
For example, the LUXEON 3535L PC Amber LED can replace three 2200K LEDs in a warm dimming lamp while also delivering what is claimed to be best-in-class flux and hot/cold factor (flux at 85C relative to flux at 25C). The result is higher lumens per Watt and lumens per dollar for makers of warm dimming bulbs.
Also, the LUXEON 3535L Lime LED is said to make color-changing bulbs, such as the Philips hue, much more affordable. "When mixed with Red, Lime's unique color point enables much warmer white light to be created than off-white plus red combinations," says Cosenza. The 3535L Lime LED features a typical flux of 56lm (100mA, 25C) and an efficacy of 190lm/W.
Lumileds says that the LUXEON 3535L Color Line demonstrates the increased flexibility of its color family through smaller lumen offerings. With the LUXEON 3535L Colors, existing customers aiming to broaden their product line can realize the optimum amount of color every time — even using the same optics as the LUXEON Rebel Color LEDs and LUXEON Z Color emitters to quickly take their new products to market, says the firm.
