The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Philips, the global leader in lighting, with a 2015 ENERGY STAR (ES) Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for the company’s continued leadership in ...
A fully optimized production concept for LED components and light modules in which all the process steps are coordinated with one another could give rise to completely new types of LED and also reduce their manufacturing costs. The declared ...
Tags: LED components, crystal growth, Lights
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used indium tin oxide (ITO) as part of the cladding for semi-polar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) laser diodes (LDs) [A. Pourhashemi et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p111105, 2015]. The ...
Tags: Indium, InGaN substrates, Electrical
Global consumption of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in night-vision imaging system (NVIS)-compatible illumination (lighting) in non-civilian applications, such as military, law enforcement, emergency medical services (EMS) etc, will ...
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA, which manufactures wet-chemical processing equipment (especially for cost-conscious emerging markets and users of smaller substrates), has delivered a fully automated Solstice S8 electroplating ...
Tags: AWSC, MMIC, Electrical
In acquiring an 80.1% stake in Philips' combined LED components and Automotive lighting business (with Netherlands-based Philips retaining the remaining 19.9%), new owners GO Scale Capital (an investment fund sponsored by GSR Ventures and ...
Tags: Lumileds, LED components, Electronics
Supported by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the 'Photonic Process Chains' initiative, the project 'Integrated High-Volume Production along the LED Value-Added Chain for Large Wafers and Panels' (InteGreat) ...
Tags: Osram HB-LEDs, BMBF, Electronics
X-ray-based in-line metrology and defect detection tool maker Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd (JVS) of Migdal Haemek, Israel has received a strategic order for its QC3 high-resolution x-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) system for strain and ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has added to its full-visible-spectrum LED product portfolio by launching a PAR20 lamp with ...
Tags: PAR20 LED Lamp, Soraa, LED Lamp
Hong Kong-based Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd (SFCE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire a 51% ownership stake in Lattice Power Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to have been the first company to realise ...
Tags: silicon LEDs, LED lighting
As the LED backlighting market is reaching saturation, makers are looking to tackle orders for high-end, higher resolution devices such as Ultra HD (4K) TVs in 2015to secure performance in 2015. Many makers believe the strategy is in ...
Tags: LED Makers, wide color gamut, smartphones
AkzoNobel has launched an ultra-reflective powder coating which can increase the effective output of commercial lighting fixtures by up to 30 percent. Developed by the company’s Powder Coatings business, Interpon ReFlex delivers ...
Tags: AkzoNobel, Powder Coating
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor has announced the availability of Acrich3 modules for a wide range of residential and commercial lighting applications. The firm says that Acrich3 enables the next generation of smart-lighting ...
Sensorex (which manufactures sensors for water applications) has introduced the first family of ultraviolet transmittance (UVT) monitors using UVC LEDs instead of mercury-based lamps as a light source. The LEDs are supplied by Crystal IS ...
Tags: UVC LEDs, Sensorex, Electronics
A mother’s “personal grudge” against China’s haze issues gave birth to the trending environmental documentary 'China's Haze: Under the Dome.’ The country’s serious air pollution became very personal for ...
Tags: Energy Efficient LEDs, LED Lights