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 | Design Automation, Features, Interconnect, LED Design & Manufacturing, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Optics, SSL Design, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Nat Cannon details common causes of LED failure in solid-state lighting systems, and offers guidance on avoiding the potential pitfalls and delivering reliable products. The original version of this article can be found...
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 | Feb 13, 2014 | Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, Materials, Substrates & Wafers
Over the last decade, progress in light-emitting diode performance has been nothing less than phenomenal. LEDs today are performing at 50% wall plug efficiency, meaning that 50% of the applied power is emitted as light. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 15, 2014 | Features, Indoor Lighting, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, Outdoor Lighting, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design
Brad Koerner, director of experience design at Philips Lighting, asks if R&D into sustainable materials and fabrication techniques could lead to radical cost reductions in the LED-based lighting industry. The original version of this article can be found...
