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Cree launches new COB LED arrays with 33% efficacy gain
Using elements of the Cree SC5 LED technology platform, the CXA2 series of COB LEDs will enable reductions in system cost and size.
Strategies in Light to span SSL technology and business domains
The co-located Strategies in Light and The LED Show conferences and exhibitions will provide attendees with an immersive educational and networking experience covering the range from the latest LED components to advanced SSL luminaire designs, writes Maury Wright.
DOE announces four FY15 SSL research project grants in SBIR-STTR program
Two phosphor-oriented projects, research focused on improving light extraction from GaN LEDs, and OLED manufacturing research comprise the first fiscal year 2015 DOE SSL grants.
LEDs Magazine announces finalists for inaugural Sapphire Awards (UPDATED)
With competition across 13 categories, the 2015 LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program features the best in solid-state lighting technology ranging from the enabling technologies used by product developers to the finished products that serve the broad general lighting...
DOE's ARPA-E announces funding opportunity that could include SSL-centric building efficiency projects
The OPEN 2015 funding opportunity will make available as much as $125 million for energy-centric research products and could include building-efficiency-related projects that might include solid-state lighting technology.
Cree brings legal action against LED lamp manufacturer Feit
The LED manufacturer and SSL lamp manufacturer claims that Feit has improperly used Cree intellectual property and that the company is using the Energy Star label on products that don’t meet program requirements.
Epistar takes 94% stake in TSMC SSL, adds LED IP and fab capacity
Taiwanese LED chip maker Epistar continues on an acquisition path after acquiring the LED manufacturing business of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
Solid-state lighting cost reduction with substrates: Lighting designers are missing the bigger picture
Significant bill of materials reductions can be achieved through substrate choice, observes Ralph Weir, CEO of Cambridge Nanotherm, avoiding a continual drive to the bottom in terms of component cost.
Optimized methodologies lead to high-precision LED color binning for design and manufacturing
Binning remains a required step in the production of LEDs, and Matthias Hoeh describes a methodology that can improve the precision of binning operations, which in turn can help SSL product developers deliver consistent color and flux output.
Strategies in Light Japan speakers explore the solid-state lighting frontier beyond lumens per watt
At the 7th LED Japan /Strategies in Light Japan conference in October, Ella Shum and Manami Konishi presided over sessions ranging from LED substrates and manufacturing advancements to LED life science applications and human-centric lighting.