Qualcomm announced that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Global Trading, has completed its acquisition of CSR, a leading fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything (IoE) ...
Tags: Qualcomm, CSR, smart lighting products
Plessey has collaborated with fellow UK-based firm 8Point3 Ltd (a provider of energy-saving, solid-state lighting solutions for both the private and public sectors, and a Value Add Partner of Philips Lighting) to develop and produce a ...
Soraa, the world leader in the development of advanced lighting products and gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN) LED technology, announced today that it will open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, New York. In ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN LED lamps, lighting products
LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced the LUXEON XR-M line of Matrix Platform solutions, designed specifically as a turnkey solution for outdoor LED fixtures. The versatile building blocks integrate 3, 4 or 5 LUXEON M ...
Tags: Lumileds, Luxeon XR-M LED, streetlights
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA, which manufactures wet-chemical processing equipment (especially for emerging markets and other cost-conscious users of smaller substrates), has opened a new European sales and support office in ...
Tags: ClassOne, wet processing equipment, sensors, LEDs
Lasers and infrared LEDs for self-driving cars More than ten years ago, Osram Opto Semiconductors supplied infrared laser diodes for the first laser sensors in cars. As one of the first suppliers of powerful infrared LEDs (IREDs), Osram ...
Tags: Lasers, self-driving cars, LEDs
Dwindling profits in the LED package market has made market competitions far more ferocious, and has even affected phosphor, a key LED material. Whether it is the highly mature yellow powder or the maturing green and red phosphor, ...
Tags: Bree Optronics, LED phosphor, Chinese Market
Highly efficient, LEDs could slash the world’s electricity consumption. They are already sold in stores, but more widespread adoption of the technology has been hindered by high costs due to limited availability of raw materials and ...
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GlacialTech, the diversified LED technology provider, announces a new 120W heatsink kit for outdoor flood lights. The Igloo SS120 features an efficient heatsink with thermal resistance of just 0.34 °C/W and includes a mounting bracket ...
Lunera® Lighting, a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology, is pleased to announce the sale of its one-millionth Helen Lamp, a plug-and-play LED replacement for a compact fluorescent ...
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Researchers from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient white LEDs with potential use in wearable displays and non-flat surfaces, such as curved and flexible television screens. While the design ...
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The new SFH 7060 sensor from Osram Opto Semiconductors is designed to measure pulse rates and the oxygen saturation level of blood. It offers excellent signal quality and low energy consumption. The main applications for this component ...
Tags: Osram, LED Optical Sensor, Smartwatch
Paul Mercier is heavily involved in the lighting industry. As the principal and founder of Lighting Design Innovations, with offices in Calgary, Alberta and Batavia, New York, recent textbook author, various industry association memberships ...
Tags: LED lighting design, Science of Illumination, lighting industry
The Sanskrit word “prana” refers to a cosmic life force that originates in the sun and enters the body through the breath. In the act of breathing, we form a connection between ourselves and the universe. PRANA is a ...
Tags: PRANA, individual LEDs, XeThru sensor
Have you ever been walking the aisles of a Supermarket or Big Box store, maybe you had a little trouble finding a few things and ended up in there a little longer than you anticipated. Then, all of a sudden, you feel so agitated and ...
Tags: LED lights, Natural Lighting