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 22, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Business & Markets, Events Reports, Indoor Networks & Controls, Manufacturing Equipment, Networks & Controls, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Thermal
Ella Shum interviews Philips Lumileds CEO Pierre Yves Lesaicherre, asking tough questions about the increasingly competitive LED market, Lumileds’ plans for the future, and the challenge of serving a vertically-integrated lighting manufacturer and the commercial...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 17, 2013 | Manufacturing Equipment, OLEDs, Retail & Hospitality
Novaled and Colnatec hope to control film thickness with novel sensing technology on OLED roll-to-roll production lines, while researchers at the University of Utah have tuned a plastic polymer that could yield true white OLEDs. The original version of this article...
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...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 3, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business & Markets, Driver ICs, Events Reports, Indoor Lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
Cree, Philips Lumileds, and Nichia presented conflicting views on the future of packaged LEDs, although all agree that the components will continue to advance, and SSL system design is the key to better lighting products, reports Maury Wright. The original version of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Jul 24, 2013 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Interconnect, Manufacturing Equipment, Packaged LEDS, Retail & Hospitality, White-Point Tuning
The maturing Bridgelux Vero COB LED family now features nominal efficacy up to 122 lm/W and Bridgelux offers the components in 2-and 3-step bins for SSL applications with tight color requirements. The original version of this article can be found...
