LED Tape Light Rug Image courtesy of IMU Design LED tape light crocheted into a carpet? A unique application for LED tape light that can be walked on, sat on and even slept on. These are not your average uses for LED tape light. In ...
The LED consists of a chip of semiconducting material doped with impurities to create a p-n junction. As in other diodes, current flows easily from the p-side, or anode, to the n-side, or cathode, but not in the reverse direction. ...
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Switching your energy supplier could save homeowners between £200 and £300 on their annual energy bill, according to one leading energy efficiency service. As the National Energy Action's (NEA) Sarah Wright notes, a number of ...
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Come winter, come the need for light. But whether it's a firework or a bonfire lighting up the cold, dark evenings or festive coils of lighting designed to lure shoppers in to the pre-Christmas sales, there are a host of illuminating ...
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UK-Syncrolite has three major systems in action at the Olympic Games in London. (The first system-Olympic Ceremonies-features curved lighting poles that extend over the edge of the playing field.They hold the Syncrolites,FOP lights and ...
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China's LED industry has begun to take shape, and entering a period of rapid development. LED industry annual sales revenue of over 150 billion yuan, the production growth of nearly 50% over 8000 enterprises engaged in the LED industry, has ...
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Solid-state devices such as LEDs are subject to very limited wear and tear if operated at low currents and at low temperatures. Many of the LEDs made in the 1970s and 1980s are still in service today. Typical lifetimes quoted are 25,000 to ...
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Many LED semiconductor chips are potted in clear or colored molded plastic shells. The plastic shell has three purposes: Mounting the semiconductor chip in devices is easier to accomplish. The tiny fragile electrical wiring is ...
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Australia In February 2007, Australia enacted a law that will, in effect, by legislating efficiency standards, disallow most sales of incandescent light bulbs by 2010. The Australian Federal Government announced minimum energy performance ...
European Union The initial Europe wide ban only applies to general-purpose, non-directional incandescent bulbs, so does not affect any bulbs with reflective surfaces (e.g. spotlights and halogen down lighters) or special purpose bulbs ...
Dept of Energy's Antineutrino Detector Image courtesy of the Department of Energy All sorts of ideas may pop into your head about the above image featuring the Department of Energy's Photo of the Day, including possibilities of new outer ...
Image courtesy of thepowerpot.com Electricity It's what's for dinner.Inventors David Toledo and Paul Slusser of Salt Lake City have made generating electricity as simple as making a meal with the Power Pot,a portable cooking pot that ...
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LED, a kind of semiconductor diode, can transfer electrical energy to optical energy, and emit yellow, green, blue and other visible light as well as infrared and ultraviolet invisible light. Compared with small incandescent bulbs and neon ...
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Current bright blue LEDs are based on the wide band gap semiconductors GaN (gallium nitride) and InGaN (indium gallium nitride). They can be added to existing red and green LEDs to produce the impression of white light, though white LEDs ...
LED industry chain can be divided into five parts. First, the raw materials. Second, LED upstream industries, including epitaxial materials and chip manufacturing. Third, LED midstream industry, including a variety of LED accessories and ...
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