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 | 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 | 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 | Dec 17, 2013 | Light Engines, Modular light engines, Standards, White-Point Tuning
Remote-phosphor technology offers potential advantages to SSL such as better color uniformity and maintenance, and, as Jianzhong Jiao explains, may soon have the benefit of an IES testing standard such as the LM-80 standard defines for LEDs. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 13, 2013 | Business & Markets, Driver ICs, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, Light Engines, Manufacturing Equipment, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Substrates & Wafers
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. The original version of this...