Taiwanese LED maker Everlight Electronics Co Ltd says that, on 22 April, the jury before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found that all asserted claims of the white LED patents of Japan's Nichia Corp are invalid ...
Tags: LED Patents, Everlight
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the LR22 LED troffer, a fully luminous, highly diffused architectural fixture that incorporates a recessed flat-panel design to blend into any ceiling. Featuring ...
LED chip maker Tyntek has reported gross margin of 21.8% for the first quarter of 2015, the highest quarterly level in the past 10 years. Tyntek posted consolidated revenues of NT$861 million (US$27.3 million), pre-tax profit of NT$99 ...
Tags: LED chip, Tyntek, communication devices
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to end-February 2015), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $4.6m, continuing the rebound from the low of $2.3m in fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 and up 56% on ...
The LED industry is now fully embracing the fast-growing lighting market as (based on revenues) LED lighting has become the largest sector among LED applications, surpassing LCD backlighting in 2014, and is expected to be the major driver ...
Tags: LEDs MOCVD, LED Chip
LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.178 billion (US$37.4 million) for March, increasing 11.78% sequentially and 4.92% on year, and its January-March consolidated revenues totaled NT$3.502 billion, growing ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafers, LED chips
A fully optimized production concept for LED components and light modules in which all the process steps are coordinated with one another could give rise to completely new types of LED and also reduce their manufacturing costs. The declared ...
Tags: LED components, crystal growth, Lights
Supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the 'Photonic Process Chains' initiative, the project 'Integrated High-Volume Production along the LED Value-Added Chain for Large Wafers and Panels' (InteGreat) ...
Tags: Osram HB-LEDs, BMBF, Electronics
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its LED bulb portfolio with the TW Series LED T8 tube replacement for consumers. Designed for simple, wire-free installation and available as 32-watt replacements, ...
Tags: Cree LED, lighting fixtures, LED chip
China-based LED packaging service provider MLS has extended production to own-brand LED lighting and began to sell LED light bulbs and tubes in the US market in 2014, and expects LED lighting revenues from the US in 2015 to grow on year by ...
Tags: LED Lighting, US market, LED
Patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) maker Rigidtech Microelectronics is seeing strong orders in March and expects continued growth into April, with 4-inch units expected to be at the forefront, according to company president Hung Wen-ching. ...
Tags: Sapphire, LED Chip, epitaxial wafer
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the LED Rural Utility Light (RUL) Series, designed to deliver a combination of price, performance and quality to accelerate adoption of LED lighting across rural ...
Tags: LED Luminaire, Utility Lighting
In booths N0326 & N0328 at LED Taiwan 2015 in Taipei (25-28 March), Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) is ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its $1.5m commitment to provide LED lighting for new homes built in the USA by Habitat for Humanity (a non-profit Christian housing organization founded in 1976 that ...
Tags: LED, CREE, Electronics
As prices for 6-inch sapphire wafers are on the decline and China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers are increasing their use of 4-inch sapphire wafers, Taiwan-based LED makers are poised to shift mainly to 6-inch wafers to reduce ...
Tags: 6-Inch Sapphire Wafers, LED