PPG Industries has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for “significant achievements” in advancing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting technology. Dennis O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D., PPG associate ...
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The light-emitting diode (LED) industry is entering its third growth cycle, general lighting, according to Yole Développement and EPIC’s report, “Status of the LED Industry.” However, the cost of a packaged LED ...
The U.S. Department of Energy recognized five research and development project teams last week at its tenth annual Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held this year in Long Beach, CA. The three-day event brought together nearly 250 ...
Remote-phosphor SSL technology enables Xicato to offer a 5-yr warranty for both color consistency and lumen maintenance with Munich Re underwriting the pledge. While the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry has made significant progress in ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy recognized five research and development project teams last week at its tenth annual Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held this year in Long Beach, CA. The three-day event brought together nearly 250 ...
Tags: Energy, Lighting R&D Workshop, SSL technology developments
Make plans now to attend Strategies in Light 2013, the world’s largest educational and networking platform for the LED and lighting industry. This must-attend event for industry professionals across every level of the LED/SSL sectors ...
The Consumer Electronics Show just completed its Las Vegas run and SSL technology was showcased in products ranging from the latest TVs to retrofit lamps, and adaptive controls were prevalent as well. The annual Consumer Electronics Show ...
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While growth in the LED industry came initially from small display applications and was furthered by LCD display applications, lower-than-expected adoption of LEDs in the TV market and the entry of several new players (mostly from Asia) in ...
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Two DOE Grants Awarded for SSL Technology The U.S.Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded two Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR)grants(Phase I Release 3)targeting advances in solid-state lighting(SSL)technology.Applied ...
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In this week's video:Street and Area Light Conference and Strategies in Light Europe updates;Business news;and an SSL installation at an energy test site in Denmark. For the second straight week,network and adaptive control technologies ...
In this week's update:Networked lighting emphasized at SALC 2012;Philips Lumileds has two new products;Cooper announces its Navion line of outdoor products. The keynote session at the Street and Area Lighting conference took a bit of a ...
Remote-phosphor systems can yield uniform light from a large emitting surface,and can eliminate the need for a secondary optic to achieve the desired light distribution,as MARTIN SCHIEL explains. As high-power LEDs have proved their ...
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In this week's update:Are GaN-on-GaN LEDs closer to reality than previously thought?Update on our latest Webcast;DOE updates its SSL manufacturing roadmap;and OLEDs still trail LEDs in cost,but Plextronics hopes to change that. Back at ...
In this week's update:A novel approach to LED retrofit lamps comes from 3M;Cree debuts a new outdoor product series;and a look back at some highlights from The LED Show. Let's start with 3M's innovative retrofit lamp design.There are many ...
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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