by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Facade & Entertainment, Materials, Modular Drivers, Optics, Substrates & Wafers
LED point sources have fundamentally changed the optics industry, reports Marc Hübner, and developers working on SSL systems must consider both reflectors and lenses and match designs to the application at hand. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 12, 2013 | Optics, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Philips Lumileds Luxeon T/TX LEDs combined with an Intematix remote-phosphor optic deliver light source efficacy of 203 lm/W in an SSL module developed by the duo as a technology demonstration. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 29, 2013 | Driver ICs, Manufacturing Equipment, Microcontrollers, Networks & Controls, Optics, Packaged LEDS, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Enabling LEDs to follow the black-body radiation curve isn’t black magic, and Uwe Thomas explains a successful approach to the challenge of dimming SSL products to warm CCTs. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 18, 2013 | Business & Markets, Events Reports, Optics, Research & Development, Thermal
A new methodology to design and manufacture optics for LED lighting was presented at the Bregenz, Austria LED professional Symposium and explained in detail in various workshops. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 24, 2013 | Manufacturing Equipment, Optics, Packaged LEDS, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
The new Luxeon Q family is based on the company’s flip-chip die announced back in February that, combined with new light extraction and conversion features, delivers high efficacy especially at high drive currents. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 11, 2013 | Design Automation, Driver ICs, Editors Picks Left, Manufacturing Equipment, Modular light engines, Optics, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, Test Equipment, Test Labs, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
SSL product development goes far beyond the LEDs and driver electronics, and Richie Richards explains how to evaluate the detailed design elements such as materials choices, thermal management, and compatibility issues that can in turn lead to optimal lighting...
