by Commercial LED Lighting | Mar 11, 2014 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Features, LEDs Applications, Manufacturing Equipment, Outdoor Lighting, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Thermal
Djordje Zivanovic and Richard Ozaki describe a thermal-design methodology that enabled the development of a new self-cleaning heat sink for an outdoor LED luminaire using simulation tools. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Mar 11, 2014 | Agriculture & Aquaculture, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Features, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, LEDs Applications, Manufacturing Equipment, OLEDs, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, Substrates & Wafers
The year 2013 witnessed an expansion of LED usage in UV curing applications with higher-power emitters enabling faster cure times across a variety of life science and industrial applications, writes Bill Cortelyou, and component lifetimes have increased as well. The...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Feb 13, 2014 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Features, LEDs Applications, Outdoor Lighting, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, White-Point Tuning
LEDs are proving their benefits in most outdoor area lighting applications, but the point sources integrated in solid-state lighting fixtures are an especially good match for tunnel applications. Dale Kane explores specific challenges posed by tunnels and how to...
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 | Sep 3, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business & Markets, Driver ICs, Events Reports, Indoor Lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
Cree, Philips Lumileds, and Nichia presented conflicting views on the future of packaged LEDs, although all agree that the components will continue to advance, and SSL system design is the key to better lighting products, reports Maury Wright. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 23, 2013 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Event News, Modular light engines, Outdoor Lighting, Smart Cities, Standards
Maury Wright previews conference sessions for The LED Show and projects that a lively debate will take place on LED component trends, and that standards and regulatory discussions will prove very informative to SSL industry players. The original version of this...