Epistar hints at'game-changing'silicon LED switch 12 Oct 2012 Giant Taiwanese LED maker works with GaN-on-silicon specialist Azzurro on technology with potential to cut cost of solid-state lighting. Plessey's GaN-on-silicon LED ...
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After having launched several manufacturing lines in China, LED manufactuerer e:lumix is about return to its roots in Augsburg (Germany): The company is preparing a new production facility in this town. Plus, it is expanding its R&D ...
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Gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si)-based LEDs have been fabricated using high‐brightness LED structures of Epistar Corp of Taipei, Taiwan and the patented technology for 150mm GaN-on-Si substrates of Azzurro Semiconductors AG of ...
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Analyst: LED phosphor market to reach $1BN by 2015 10 Oct 2012 But Yole Développement report says that shortage of rare-earth elements could persist as incandescent lamps are phased out. The market for phosphors used in ...
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SSL industry celebrates 50th birthday of visible LED light 10 Oct 2012 LEDs are ubiquitous now, but fifty years and a few days ago they were completely unheard of until General Electric scientist Nick Holonyak Jr invented a visible red ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will issue new shares in order to obtain a 100% stake in Huga Optotech, the firm announced on September 28. Huga Optotech has been officially acquired by Epistar. According to Biing-Jye Lee, chairman of ...
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Dr.Shuji Nakamura,co-founder of Soraa Inc of Fremont,CA,USA,which develops solid-state lighting technology built on'GaN-on-GaN'(gallium nitride on gallium nitride)substrates,has received the Inventor of the Year Award from The Silicon ...
Upscale lighting and automotive applications direct product development efforts. Tightening competition in the LED driver IC line is spurring further product development in Taiwan amid widening adoption of the"green"technology in lighting ...
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Nowadays, LED lighting becomes more and more popular. Whether for under-cabinet lighting at kitchen, wardrobe lighting, home theater, advertising display or ambient mood lighting etc., SMD LED is a good choice. SMD LED gives high ...
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Strategies Unlimited is forecasting a flat LED lighting market for 2012 relative to 2011, with growth in retail and industrial/commercial lighting offset by contraction in retrofit lamps, as reported by VRINDA BHANDARKAR, ...
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UK-based Plessey Semiconductors Ltd has been shortlisted in the Electronics Product Category of the British Engineering Excellence Awards 2012,for its new MAGIC(MAnufactured on Gan ICs)High Brightness LED(HB-LED)products.The winners will be ...
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LED performance and technology increased in popular series to over 26,000 lumens Greenville,SC Spaulding Lighting,a Hubbell Lighting Inc.brand,is proud to announce that their most popular area site lighting fixture,the superior performing ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy will continue expanding capacity, according to company chairman Frank Chien. The firm has been considering the possibility of enlisting investments from China. Market observers expect China-based ...
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LED firms Lextar Electronics Corp and Wellypower Optronics Co Ltd,both of Hsinchu Science Park,Taiwan,have agreed to merge,targeting 1 February 2013 for Wellypower to be absorbed into Lextar.The merged entity will operate as Lexstar. The ...
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LED-based lighting can deliver narrow-spectrum light that RAJENDRA SWAMY says can provide real benefits in life-science applications such as plant growth,aquarium lighting,and general lighting that is wildlife friendly. Solid-state ...