Strategies United predicts that by 2015 the global market for high brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) will generate revenues of $18.9 billion, representing a compound growth rate of 11.8%. A key factor in the growth of HB-LEDs is the use of ...
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GPS-like system from startup ByteLight uses LEDs to transmit signals to smartphones in applications such as customer guidance in retail shopping applications. ByteLight announced that it has received $1.25 million in funding, led by ...
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ARC Energy's CHES furnaces enable Suzhou Hyperion Geocrystal to enter volume production of sapphire cores and wafers, for high-brightness LEDs, ranging from 2-8 mm in diameter. Larger wafers are one avenue toward lower-cost LEDs and a ...
TE Connectivity accelerates SSL product design with packaged-LED holders for Philips Lumileds Luxeon H, K, and S product lines of multi-emitter arrays. TE connectivity has announced the TE Type LH, LK, and LS solderless LED sockets, for ...
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Epistar, Taiwan's largest manufacturer of packaged LEDs has decided to trial silicon-based wafers. The company is hoping to take advantage of cost savings in the backend of the LED manufacturing process to in turn broaden SSL deployment. ...
Chinese government has completed the bidding process for the 2012 Solid-State Lighting Product Subsidy. And Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co., Ltd. (Foshan Lighting) has announced to win the bid for 400,000 units LED lamps. According to ...
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V. Sealing the Deal: Federal Standards In January 2012, a federal standard became effective that requires all light bulbs sold in the United States to be 28 percent more efficient than a normal incandescent light bulb, and to continue to ...
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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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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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RAB lighting rates LED products for 100,000 hours of life 09 Oct 2012 SSL luminaire maker relies on IES TM-21 standard for projecting LED life to arrive at 100,000-hr rating for fixtures that equates to 27 years in normal use. RAB ...
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The Taiwan government will announce a plan for the purchase of up to 250,000 street lamps through an open bid, with the tendering to be held in November and the results to be announced in December, according to industry sources. ...
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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 ...
Cree Boasts Broadest Portfolio and Highest Efficiency LED-based Troffer Replacements Certified by Utility-led Organization DURHAM, N.C. -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces its entire family of LED-based ...
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In Bregenz (Austria), LpS Symposium this week attracts experts from throughout the lighting industry to discuss the status of solid-state lighting under scientific and technological aspects. Reflecting the development of this industry, the ...
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