by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Indoor Lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Packaged LEDS, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
While SSL experts regularly project the demise of the lightbulb form, the popularity of stories focused on LED-based lamps with our readers make it clear that today it remains a very hot topic, outpacing even packaged LED stories. The original version of this article...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Color Tuning, Facade & Entertainment, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, OLEDs, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers
Ken Marrin reports that quantum dots are poised to unleash high-color-gamut performance in LCDs, especially in TV applications, as materials manufacturers work through reliability, cost, and lifetime issues. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Light Engines, Modular light engines, Standards, White-Point Tuning
Remote-phosphor technology offers potential advantages to SSL such as better color uniformity and maintenance, and, as Jianzhong Jiao explains, may soon have the benefit of an IES testing standard such as the LM-80 standard defines for LEDs. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Facade & Entertainment, Materials, Modular Drivers, Optics, Substrates & Wafers
LED point sources have fundamentally changed the optics industry, reports Marc Hübner, and developers working on SSL systems must consider both reflectors and lenses and match designs to the application at hand. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 11, 2013 | Research & Development
The 2014 SSL R&D funding opportunities apply to LEDs and OLEDs across the three previously defined sectors of core technology research, product development, and US manufacturing. The original version of this article can be found...