New 12W and 25W LED driver ICs from iWatt work with triac and electronic dimmers and achieve power factor in excess of 0.95. IWatt has introduced two new dimmable solid-state lighting (SSL) driver ...
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The 2012 update of the SSL Manufacturing R&D Roadmap guides research programs in LED and OLED manufacturing with the goal of meeting aggressive cost targets for 2015 and 2020. The US Department of ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced the availability of high-quality, low-micropipe 150mm 4H n-type silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers, with highly uniform epitaxial layers as thick as 100 microns available for immediate purchase ...
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LED Engin multi-emitter LED targets challenging halogen-replacement applications 31 Aug 2012 The LZ9 LuxiGen LED delivers up to 1600 lm and LED Engin is targeting the SSL device at directional retrofit lamps for retail and commercial ...
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IDG News Service - Name: Patrick Harding Age: 44 Time with company: 7 years Education: Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia Company headquarters: Denver Countries of ...
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Cree has expanded its the Edge SSL luminaire family with new models meant to replace 1000W metal-halide fixtures in area-lighting applications including automobile dealerships. The Edge High Output ...
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A light guide provides omnidirectional light distribution in 3M's new LED-based lamp that is decidedly different from the typical SSL approach to the retrofit application. This Fall, materials ...
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Albeo wins patent for integrating bare LED die directly in fixtures(Updated)14 Aug 2012 Albeo's chip-in-fixture approach holds promise of lower manufacturing costs for SSL troffers,although products are a year or more away. ...
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Outdoor SSL products will save the Newport News school district 139,000 kWh annually in energy use and meet district sustainability requirements. Wall-mount The Edge luminaires The Newport News Public School District located in ...
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The LRC has published a new ASSIST recommends publication that is designed to help LED lighting manufacturers develop systems that minimize the effects of flicker. The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems ...
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There's a three-fixture chandelier hanging in the dining area of my apartment - well, more like the kitchen-side of my long living room, but it's a cozy Manhattan abode in which many rooms serve such double duty. Anyway, the chandelier ...
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Can a small,self-funded LED lighting startup out-innovate the massive lighting incumbents and VC-funded lighting firms? LEDwiser is a ten-person startup in San Jose,California that believes it builds a better LED light bulb.We just ...
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Because solid-state lighting is a new technology, it will bring with it a number of new system-level attributes. These include programmability, small volume, ruggedness and immunity to vibration, compatibility with environmental extremes ...
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The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST) recently released a new publication that addresses the issue of LED light source flicker. The publication, ASSIST recommends… Flicker parameters for reducing ...
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Everyone knows that CFLs and LEDs offer more lumens per watt than an incandescent lamp,but less is known about the lifecycle performance of the newer technologies–including manufacture and disposal.Nick Martindale looks at exhaustive ...