At the 10th China International Exhibition and Forum on Solid State Lighting (CHINASSL2013) in Beijing, LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA won three LED lighting industry awards. The China SSL Alliance ...
Tags: Cree LEDs, Electrical, Electronics, LED
Thank you to all who participated in the eighth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop, held November 12?4 in Portland, OR. More than 200 attendees gathered to share the latest updates and strategies for successful ...
The US Department of Energy concluded that all 38 models of PAR38 lamps tested surpass halogen lamps in terms of energy efficiency. Subjective testing of some models by IES members determined that single emitters performed best. The US ...
Tags: DOE, LED PAR38 lamps, energy efficiency
While Digital Lumens focused its SIL Europe presentation on adaptive controls as expected, it was surprising to hear both Dialight and Xicato make lighting networks and controls a central theme of their Investor Forum presentations. ...
Tags: SSL controls, Strategies in Light Europe, Investor Forum
In applications such as operating rooms, high-CRI SSL products render colors naturally for more accurate procedures, and the new Osram product also supports color tuning. Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced the Osram Ostar Medical LED ...
Tags: Osram Ostar Medical LED, 95-CRI LED, medical lighting applications
Feit has already delivered a three-way 150W-equivalent LED lamp, through retailer Lowes, that utilizes the new Intematix optic, adding to lower-lumen packages announced earlier. Phosphor specialist Intematix has added to its ...
During the Strategies in Light Europe Investor Forum, TSMC discussed its phosphor-on-die approach to LEDs while Seoul Semiconductor discussed the market opportunity and homogenous substrate development. The Strategies in Light (SIL) ...
Tags: LED, SIL Europe, Strategies
Soraa, the world leader in the development of GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that it has been awarded several million dollars in funding by U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN Substrates
The new Z5-M1 family of high-power LEDs offers SSL product developers 132 lm/W in warm white and 150 lm/W in cool white in a standard 3535 surface-mount package. Seoul Semiconductor has added to its Z5-M series of high-power packaged LEDs ...
Tags: High-Power LED, Semiconductor
Zhaga has made the Book 7 specification for square or rectangular SSL modules, for use in indoor fixtures such as troffers, and the Book 8 specification for downlight LED modules available for public use. The Zhaga Consortium has ...
Tags: LED Module, Book 7 specification
Xicato announced that Harvard Engineering will now offer extended 5 year warranties on its LED drivers used with Xicato based luminaries that are thermally validated by Xicato. Luminaire Thermal Validation is a complimentary program offered ...
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Philips Lumileds Luxeon T/TX LEDs combined with an Intematix remote-phosphor optic deliver light source efficacy of 203 lm/W in an SSL module developed by the duo as a technology demonstration. Intematix has announced that one of its ...
The combination of LED light engine, heat sink, and driver in the CertaFlux DL-S module enable SSL product developers to deliver SSL downlights to market quickly. Philips has announced the CertaFlux LED module for solid-state lighting ...
Tags: Philips Lighting, LED Downlight
LED-based lighting will enable higher illuminance levels on iconic artwork in famed Rome cathedral while preserving the historically-significant work and utilizing 60% less energy. Osram's lighting business has announced that it will be ...
Tags: Osram LEDs, Lighting
Products with digital dimming technology and communications with switches and sensors with no new wires are realizable with the new Dialog Semiconductor SmarteXite family of Ledotron-compatible ICs. Dialog Semiconductor has announced the ...
Tags: LED Lighting, IC-Level Platform