by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 4, 2014 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Automotive & Vehicles, Color Tuning, Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Interconnect, Manufacturing Equipment, Microcontrollers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Arguably the driver circuit is as important as the LEDs in terms of how well a solid-state lighting (SSL) system performs. Our collection here shows the diversity of the available ICs, even including a couple of AC-LED driver ICs along with the more traditional...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 4, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Features, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Standards, White-Point Tuning
Jianzhong Jiao summarizes the broad landscape of standards for LED lighting specific to automotive applications, which includes unique characteristics in terms of lumen maintenance, reliability, lifetime, and color spectrum. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 22, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, Packaged LEDS, Substrates & Wafers
Donggeun Ko, Jacob Yoon, and Jangho Seo describe how patterned wafers can help increase LED light extraction by reducing defect density and total internal reflection losses. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 30, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Modular light engines, Research & Development
The LED components business along with the entire Philips automotive lighting business unit will be combined into an independent company in which Philips will remain an investor. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Color Tuning, Design Automation, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Modular light engines, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal
LED lamp manufacturing costs remain high, but Barbara Stumpp discusses how Molded Interconnect Device technology can deliver the 3D look and performance of a legacy bulb combined with low development and manufacturing costs. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | May 20, 2014 | Automotive & Vehicles, Industrial & Life Sciences, Industry News, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Thermal
The US Department of Energy has made four new funding awards within the Small Business Innovation Research for SSL-centric research, while the agency also updated the Multi-Year Program Plan, and issued a fact sheet on LED lighting and health. The original version of...
