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...
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...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Apr 22, 2014 | Agriculture & Aquaculture, Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Drivers Electronics, Entertainment, Features, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industrial & Life Sciences, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Materials, Networks & Controls, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Standards, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Quality of light was the predominant theme at Strategies in Light, reports Maury Wright, but the 2014 conference reflected a maturation of LED technology with speakers addressing a broad scope of topics, including new ways to approach the lighting market and...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Mar 27, 2014 | Industry News, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Thermal
The Outdoor Lighting Module integrates Bridgelux COB LEDs and optics in an environmentally-sealed package that can be quickly integrated into outdoor fixtures for luminaires for roadway and other applications. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Feb 18, 2014 | Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, OLEDs, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design
Switzerland based R&D lab will lead collaborative research charged with developing SSL modules that combine the reliability and performance of LEDs with tunable organic elements in planar modules for use in luminaires such as architectural recessed troffers. The...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Feb 13, 2014 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Automotive & Vehicles, Features, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
The LED component cost is only one facet of the design and production cost for solid-state lighting (SSL) systems. Other factors that impact the overall cost, performance, and lifetime of general lighting products include the suitability of components for the intended...