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LED business news: Plessey gets UK grant, Everlight and Nichia continue IP battle

Plessey, Aixtron, and Bruker will use a UK grant to pursue GaN-on-Si LEDs on 200-mm substrates, while Nichia attacks Everlight in German Court, and Oxford Instruments announces PECVD sale to Chinese LED maker Enraytek. The original version of this article can be found...

RayVio hits 45 mW in a laboratory demonstration of a deep-UV LED

Startup RayVio progresses in its effort to deliver UV LED devices with output power and lifetime characteristics that will enable applications such as sterilization. The original version of this article can be found...

US DOE publishes consolidated SSL research and development plan

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...

DOE makes nine additional SSL research funding awards in core research program

Awarding nearly 10 million research dollars for efficient lighting development, the US Department of Energy tabbed nine companies and research institutions to work on LEDs, OLEDs, SSL, and quantum dots. The original version of this article can be found...

Illuminating Engineering Society updates LED testing standards (MAGAZINE)

Jianzhong Jiao explains the expanded scope of the new LM-80 LED standard with coverage of color along with white LEDs and test methods defined specifically for DC high-voltage, AC, and other variants of the simple discrete LED. The original version of this article can...

To CSP, or not to CSP? (MAGAZINE)

Perhaps the primary theme at Strategies in Light (SIL) relating to the LED technology roadmap was whether the chip-scale package (CSP) will become predominant in terms of discrete LED packaging options. The original version of this article can be found...