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 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs, Thermal
Jianzhong Jiao explains that the IES is publishing addendums to both the LM-80 standard for testing LEDs and documenting lumen maintenance, and to the TM-21 standard for projecting LED and SSL system life, improving and harmonizing the documents. The original version...
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 | Mar 11, 2014 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Features, LEDs Applications, Manufacturing Equipment, Outdoor Lighting, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Thermal
Djordje Zivanovic and Richard Ozaki describe a thermal-design methodology that enabled the development of a new self-cleaning heat sink for an outdoor LED luminaire using simulation tools. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Feb 18, 2014 | Industry News, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, OLEDs, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design
Switzerland based R&D lab will lead collaborative research charged with developing SSL modules that combine the reliability and performance of LEDs with tunable organic elements in planar modules for use in luminaires such as architectural recessed troffers. The...
