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US DOE announces an additional $10 million in R&D funding for LEDs and OLEDs
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.
DOE announces new 2014 funding for SBIR/STTR SSL-centric R&D
The 2014 grant opportunities include search for novel solutions in LED-based luminaires and lamps, SSL enabling materials and components, and system-level sensors and software.
Plessey ships a brighter GaN-on-Si mid-power LED
The UK-based semiconductor company says that it has doubled efficacy since shipping its first GaN-on-Si LEDs back in April, and that its roadmap includes eclipsing the efficacy advantage currently held by sapphire-based LEDs.
TSMC and Seoul address LED issues at SIL Europe
During the Strategies in Light Europe Investor Forum, TSMC discussed its phosphor-on-die approach to LEDs while Seoul Semiconductor discussed the market opportunity and homogenous substrate development.
LED business news: Lynk Labs, Thomas Research, Ledzworld, EcoSense, Once, and Rubicon
An AC-LED partnership between Lynk Labs and Thomas Research Products; funding announcements from Ledzworld, EcoSense, and Once Innovations; and new large-diameter patterned sapphire substrates from Rubicon top the recent SSL news space.
Intematix and Philips Lumileds announce 203-lm/W module demo
Philips Lumileds Luxeon T/TX LEDs combined with an Intematix remote-phosphor optic deliver light source efficacy of 203 lm/W in an SSL module developed by the duo as a technology demonstration.
Careful design delivers halogen-like LED dimming (MAGAZINE)
Enabling LEDs to follow the black-body radiation curve isn't black magic, and Uwe Thomas explains a successful approach to the challenge of dimming SSL products to warm CCTs.
Energy efficiency may come at the cost of consumer confidence (MAGAZINE)
As the European Union's EcoDesign Regulation requirements continue to escalate, Caroline Hayes reports that LED replacements for mains-voltage halogens may not deliver on consumer expectations on time, while directional SSL lamps are moving faster than the pace of the...
Philips Lumileds CEO moves to expand breadth of LED offerings (MAGAZINE)
Ella Shum interviews Philips Lumileds CEO Pierre Yves Lesaicherre, asking tough questions about the increasingly competitive LED market, Lumileds' plans for the future, and the challenge of serving a vertically-integrated lighting manufacturer and the commercial market.
LUXeXceL demonstrates its patented manufacturing technology for printable optics
A new methodology to design and manufacture optics for LED lighting was presented at the Bregenz, Austria LED professional Symposium and explained in detail in various workshops.