by Commercial LED Lighting | Feb 19, 2016 | Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, LED, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Patents and Licensing, Services & Testing, SSL Design
Now more than ever, innovators in the SSL sector need to move quickly to protect their LED-centric intellectual property given the AIA legislation in the US, reports Marshall Honeyman. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 26, 2016 | Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Modular light engines, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Philips’ 4Q financial reports indicates that LEDs comprise 48% of Philips Lighting sales, while Seoul licenses HCL technology from Lumitech and Revolution Lighting Technologies partners with Rexel Holdings. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 9, 2015 | Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Light Engines, Modular light engines, R&D, SSL Design
EcoSense Lighting has acquired Journée Lighting, while MaxLite has filed a patent infringement suit against ATG Electronics, and Boston University has won an IP action against several Taiwan players in the LED and SSL sectors. The original version of this article can...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 8, 2015 | Features, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Modular light engines, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs, White-Point Tuning
Expanding on a prior series of articles focused on the photobiological safety of LED-based lighting, Leslie Lyons further details risk group classifications and methodologies that come into play with extended sources such as LED arrays. The original version of this...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 4, 2015 | Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Modular light engines, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
Martin Shih reports that while technology barriers remain in manufacturing UV LEDs, especially at shorter wavelengths, a number of potential high-volume applications are driving interest among packaged LED manufacturers. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 4, 2015 | Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Networks & Controls, LEDs Applications, Microcontrollers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Power over Ethernet distributes DC power over inexpensive data cables instead of costly conventional lines, threatening utilities, electricians, and contracting firms, explains Mark Halper. Meanwhile, the technology turns LED luminaires into data nodes, allowing IT...