China-based LED packaging houses, including Leedarson Lighting and Yankong Lighting, have fully automated packaging lines for 0.2-0.5W 2835 (specification code) low-power LED chips for use in light bulbs and tubes, with prices lower than ...
Tags: LED Packaging, LED Chips
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that the headlights on the new Mercedes Benz CLS class of cars are equipped with its Oslon Compact high-power LEDs, which can be arranged very close together in the headlight with a ...
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For third-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €45.6m, down just 1.3% on €46.2m both last quarter and a year ago. The utilization rates of most tier-one LED chip makers ...
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 29 approved the conversion of China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics' 19.9% stake in Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy into a 3.1% stake in Epistar, with the ...
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For third-quarter 2014, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported its third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, ...
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At the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2014 (27-30 October), Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA (a vertically integrated manufacturer of solid-state light sources for lighting applications) has debuted its new Vero Decor Series Class ...
Tags: Bridgelux LEDs, LED Arrays
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, is enhancing the driving experience with robust new solutions for the integrated car cockpit. As the newest member of Renesas ...
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Direct-type LED TVs featuring Flip Chip LED technology are becoming more prevalent in the market and many China- and Korea-based TV vendors are expected to start using the technology in units released in 2015 in order to reduce LED costs. ...
Envelope tracking (ET) adoption rates will soar, according to a new forecast analysis published by fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK. The firm’s research predicts that the total market for ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced its SC5 Technology Platform, targeted at powering the next generation of lighting with the introduction of the firm’s new Extreme High Power (XHP) LEDs. The new class of LEDs can reduce ...
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Princeton Optronics Inc of Mercerville, NJ, USA, which manufactures high-power single- and multi-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and VCSEL arrays, has announced the availability of an ultra-high-reliability, high-power ...
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Did Microchip Technology get ahead of itself last week by suggesting that its downward revenue forecast was a negative bellwether for the whole semiconductor market? Or is there a macro-economic weakness, foreshadowed by Microchip, that ...
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Rohm upgraded its earnings forecast for the April-September half, raising guidance for net profit to 19 billion yen ($178 million), up 55% on the year and some 9 billion yen higher than previously predicted. Sales of the Japanese ...
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have designed a microwave circuit that has set a record transmission rate of 40Gb/s for an operating frequency of 140GHz (presented in the session ‘Breaking News ...
In an expansion of its LUXEON CoB line, Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced the LUXEON CoB 1202s array, with a more compact size than the existing CoB 1202 that makes it a suitable for designers of PAR lamps and other ...
Tags: Directional Lamps, Spotlights