by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 7, 2015 | Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Services & Testing, Substrates & Wafers
We have long watched the interest in alternative LED substrates to sapphire and silicon carbide in terms of a technology and manufacturing platform. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Color Tuning, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs & Sources featured, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Materials, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Both monochromatic and phosphor-converted color LEDs are tracking near white LED performance, observes Maury Wright, and color adds impact to applications spanning façade lighting to automotive safety. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Features, LEDs Applications, Materials, Optics, Smart Cities, SSL Design, SSL Design featured
Solid-state lighting replacements for traditional linear tube lighting require outer covering and optical materials that are as robust as the LED source inside. Bill Marshall explains the advantages afforded by polycarbonate for LED tubes. The original version of this...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 16, 2015 | Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Materials, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, Services & Testing, Services & Testing featured, Smart Lighting IoT, Specialty SSL, SSL Design, Standards, Vegetables & Floriculture, White-Point Tuning
The IES is considering feedback from the LED industry on projection methods for testing and defining additional long-term behavior changes in LEDs that are not addressed in the current version of TM-21. Jianzhong Jiao describes possible models and updates under...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 23, 2015 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Networks & Controls, Optics, R&D, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers
In the latest LED business developments, patented silicone encapsulants will improve LED light output, while Eaton shuffles management and Aledia gets major investment for 3-D silicon-based LEDs. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jun 4, 2015 | Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Industry News, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Materials, Modular Drivers, OLEDs, Optics, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Thermal
Consolidating the Multi-Year Program Plan and SSL Manufacturing Roadmap published previously, the US Department of Energy has published the 2015 Solid-State Lighting R&D Plan. The original version of this article can be found...