by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, R&D, Substrates & Wafers
Improvements in MOCVD tools are necessary to enable broader deployment of LED lighting, explains Jim Jenson, senior vice president and general manager of Veeco Instruments. 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 | Jun 5, 2014 | Agriculture & Aquaculture, Color Tuning, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, Interconnect, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, Optics, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
The energy-efficient, narrow-band emission of LED sources makes the lighting technology valuable in life science applications. Ken Marrin examines how solid-state lighting is being deployed in poultry-rearing applications to both reduce electrical expenses and boost...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, Microcontrollers, Modular Drivers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing, Standards
Jianzhong Jiao reports on ANSI efforts that will deliver driver testing standards commensurate with the standards the SSL industry has in place to test light-centric characteristics of lamps and luminaires. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 5, 2014 | Accent fixtures, Area and Security, Awards and Events, Business and Industry, Ceiling troffers, Commercial and office, Controls and Power, Downlights, Drivers Electronics, Features, High-bay, High-mast, Hospitality, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industrial, Industry News, Interconnect, Landscape, LED, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Linear lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Modular light engines, Networks, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, Parking, Planar lighting, R&D, Residential, Retail & Hospitality, Retail and museum, Retrofit lamps, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Street, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, Track lighting, Tunable lighting, Utility and municipal, White-Point Tuning
The massive Light+Building fair revealed a seemingly unlimited variation in lighting product designs, but Maury Wright reports that the common themes that ran through the exhibits centered on efficient SSL sources, more innovative lighting including tunable features,...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Apr 22, 2014 | Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Sources, Materials, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, Standards, Substrates & Wafers, Test Labs, White-Point Tuning
GaN-on-GaN LED technology can deliver better light quality in terms of color rendering and accurate bright whites while also providing a lumen-per-wafer advantage over conventional LEDs, write Aurelien David, Frank Shum, and Mike Krames. The original version of this...