by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 17, 2013 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Color Tuning, Facade & Entertainment, Manufacturing Equipment, Materials, OLEDs, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers
Ken Marrin reports that quantum dots are poised to unleash high-color-gamut performance in LCDs, especially in TV applications, as materials manufacturers work through reliability, cost, and lifetime issues. The original version of this article can be found...
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 | Dec 3, 2013 | Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
The UK-based semiconductor company says that it has doubled efficacy since shipping its first GaN-on-Si LEDs back in April, and that its roadmap includes eclipsing the efficacy advantage currently held by sapphire-based LEDs. The original version of this article can...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 19, 2013 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Business & Markets, Events Reports, Manufacturing Equipment, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Substrates & Wafers
During the Strategies in Light Europe Investor Forum, TSMC discussed its phosphor-on-die approach to LEDs while Seoul Semiconductor discussed the market opportunity and homogenous substrate development. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Nov 13, 2013 | Business & Markets, Driver ICs, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, Light Engines, Manufacturing Equipment, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Substrates & Wafers
An AC-LED partnership between Lynk Labs and Thomas Research Products; funding announcements from Ledzworld, EcoSense, and Once Innovations; and new large-diameter patterned sapphire substrates from Rubicon top the recent SSL news space. The original version of this...
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...
