Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012 for its new MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs). The winners were announced at the ...
Tags: standard silicon substrates, sapphire, silicon carbide, industry standard
Recently, the United State has announced the release of LED lighting development plan for 2012. According to the plan, the major purpose for LED solid state lighting is to reduce cost, improve the luminous efficiency as well as reduce ...
Luminaire makers that want to compete in the 2013 Next Generation Luminaires SSL competition must submit a written intent to enter by January 18, and submit actual products by February 8. The US Department of Energy (DOE), the ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Indoor LED Lighting
Market research firm Strategies Unlimited has unveiled the top-ten list of HB-LED manufacturers in 2010, ranked by revenue from packaged LED sales. Topped by privately-held Japanese manufacturer Nichia, the list also contains 2 other ...
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The China LED industry has developed at a breakneck pace over the last two years, thanks largely to a clear government policy on solid-state lighting (SSL) and the inclusion of LED as one of the key areas of industry for development within ...
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Supertex, a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced HV9973 -- a patented, isolated, constant current LED driver for use in high voltage solid-state lighting applications such as ...
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According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, major lighting markets in the world have been affected by the European debt crisis in varying degrees. Certain Chinese LED firms whose businesses rely heavily on overseas ...
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With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
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Optogan opens lamps and luminaires sales office in Varese, Italy, by signing a distribution agreement with the company LEDisOne srl. At the Grand Opening event in Varese, close to Milan, LEDisOne hosted more than 100 official guests, ...
LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore,CA,USA has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list.Ranked 17 on the list,Bridgelux was selected because of ...
Tags: LED chip, Bridgelux Inc., private companies, GaN-on-Silicon technology
Dialight plc ("Dialight") announces that its US subsidiary, Dialight Corporation, has completed the acquisition of the assets of Airinet Inc ("Airinet"), a lighting controls company, for upfront consideration of $2.6m with additional sums ...
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Smart-energy-focused research firm says that 95%of the municipalities in the US that have installed SSL street lights are satisfied with the results. Northeast Group has published a study entitled"United States smart infrastructure:LED ...
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Marl Manufacturing announced a ‘concept to manufacturing’ service for businesses who need to introduce a technology based product but have no technical skills or resources in-house. The product realisation service is a complete ...
Adaptive-controls specialist Daintree Networks has expanded its ControlScope Connected Community program to include component manufacturers and has released an open-source ZigBee protocol stack that can be integrated into LED drivers and ...
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The new Johnson County Sheriff's Office Criminalistics Laboratory (JCCL), located in Olathe, KS, has installed Lusio SSL fixtures for energy savings and reduced maintenance costs. Completed this spring, the new 62,500 sq ft facility is ...
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