Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has announced availability of its next-generation gallium nitride -on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) mid-power LEDs. The product family doubles the luminous efficacy of the firm’s first-generation MAGIC ...
Currently 80 percent of sapphire applications are used in sapphire substrate while the other 20 percent is for non-substrate materials, according to Chinese-language online media Finance.com.cn estimations. Sapphire that is used in ...
The possible blue light hazards in LEDs on the eyes have become a hot global topic. The expanding application field for LED lighting has raised consumer awareness towards the possible risks of blue LEDs. In order to clarify the consumers ...
Tags: Blue Light Use, LED package
PhotonStar customers will have the option of ordering many of the company’s high performance LED lighting products with a prewired Lutron Ecosystem driver, straight from the factory. Lutron’s EcoSystem protocol seamlessly ...
Tags: LED Product, Lighting
Following the rise in the automotive electronics market, Excellence Opto. Inc. (EOI) is trying to make a mark for itself in the automotive LED lighting market. The company’s single month consolidated revenue for October reached NT ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Automotive Lighting
PhotonStar LED Ltd formally announced a collaboration with controls specialists Lutron at Lux Live 2013 in order to enable 'seamless compatibility' between products. The announcement, which took place prior to show opening on Day 1, will ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting products
According to data from LEDinside, the LED lighting market value in 2014 will come to US$17.8 billion, and the total shipments of LED lighting products will reach 1.32 billion units, representing 68% on-year growth. LEDinside pointed out ...
Tags: Led Lighting, Market Value, LEDinside
Philips, the global leader in LED lighting systems was recently awarded a 10-year performance lighting contract with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) that will upgrade the lighting in WMATA 25 parking garages. Over ...
A small study research has revealed patients in average hospital rooms are getting inadequate lighting exposure that it is affecting their bodies normal sleep-wake cycle, according to a Reuters report. Researchers at Cleveland Clinic's ...
Tags: Hospital Lighting, Patients Mood
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics will expand its monthly EMC (epoxy molding compound) packaging capacity from 60 million units currently to 100 million units in 2014, according to the company. EMC-packaged LEDs are currently ...
CRS Electronics Inc. ("CRS" or the "Company"), a developer and manufacturer of LED lighting products, today announced they have selected Cree, a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, to provide the LEDs for their new QuantumLED ...
Tags: Commercial Lamp Bulbs, LED, Lights, Lighting
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new report, Color Maintenance of LEDs in Laboratory and Field Applications. Although concern for parametric failure of LED lighting products has largely been focused on lumen maintenance, ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lights, Lighting
The recalls of LED lighting products from European RAPEX (The Rapid Alext System for Non-food Consumer Products) were much more frequently in the past months, according to a report by global certification auditing institute DEKRA. The ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED Light Recalls
As the industry enters LED lighting era, Taiwan needs to speed up its smart driver IC network (power control and ballast), which has interchangeable spec and electrical interface, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-Ren at the 2013 Renewable ...
Tags: LED Integration, Lighting
LED chip packaging house Everlight Electronics had September 2013 consolidated revenues of NT$2.413 billion (US$80.7 million) hitting a monthly record for the third consecutive time, while LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar saw ...
Tags: LED chip packaging, Lighting