2013-10-29

TSMC and Xiamen Topstar Enter Strategic Cooperation Applying Package-Free PoD Modules

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd and Xiamen Topstar Co., Ltd. will announce their strategic cooperation at the 2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition). Inaugurating the cooperation, a series of lighting products were released together. The new product series applies TSMC Solid State Lighting’s industry-leading package-free PoD technology to Topstar’s newest generation of lamp products. Topstar’s renowned brand name and excellent manufacturing capability joining forces with TSMC Solid State Lighting’s advanced LED technology create a strong partnership able to provide world-class products for the China and global LED lighting markets.
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2013-10-29

Soraa Appoints Lighting Luminary Jeffery Parker As CEO

Soraa, manufacturer of GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced today that Jeffery (Jeff) Parker has joined the company as the new Chief Executive Officer. A seasoned lighting executive and innovator, Parker will leverage his keen business acumen, acquired expertise grooming companies to financial maturity, and his reputation as one of the industry's primary thought-leaders to propel Soraa forward on a trajectory of sustained growth and success.
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2013-10-29

LG Unveils World's First "Real" Curved Smartphone

LG Electronics (LG) has officially taken the wraps off the LG G Flex, a smartphone curved to follow the contour of the face, the first device to offer such a design in the smartphone market. The latest device in LG's premium G Series, the G Flex incorporates proprietary innovations from other LG companies in the form of the display and battery that have never been seen before. The LG G Flex also boasts new user experience (UX) features that take advantage of the curved form factor.
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2013-10-29

Think With the Right Brain – Interview with CN Sun, Alexander in LEDforum2013 (1/2)

Regarding application and cognition of light, there are completely different opinions from technological and design aspects. CN (Alexander) Sun, Principal of GUANG Lighting Design in Taiwan, talked about the application of LED in hotels and grand residences and discussed the “quality of light” in LEDforum 2013. This way of aesthetical thinking is from our right brain.
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2013-10-28

Corning Believes Still Early for Sapphire Substrate To Be Adopted in Smartphone Displays

With big smartphone manufacturers such as Apple and LG introducing sapphire substrate into smartphone camera lens protector caps and home buttons, the market predicts that in 2014 sapphire substrate will also be used to replace glass in smartphone screens. Glass substrate manufacturer Corning, however, maintains a guarded opinion towards the replacement as production costs for sapphire substrate are high and sapphire substrate, which is as thin as glass substrate Gorilla Glass has a higher damage rate. 
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2013-10-28

Philips Lumileds Plans to Introduce Flip-Chip Technology into Mid-Powered LEDs - LEDforum 2013

Mid-power LEDs performance in 2013 has been stellar. Mid-power LED has become the mainstream for interior lighting, including retrofit bulbs, remarked Sean Zhou, Asia Regional Marketing Director, Philips Lumileds during the LEDforum Taipei 2013. Large volume of mid-powered LED are applied in downlights and panels.. Indoor lighting applications for downlights and panels is hoped to turn to mid-powered LEDs in the future. The Philips Lumileds flip-chip high voltage currents and small sized packaging can achieve better luminosity (lm/w) and price/performance ratio (lm/$) through. The company plans to introduce flip-chip technology into the mid-power LED market in the future.
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2013-10-28

High Power Lighting Sues Lustrous for Alleged Trade Secret Violation

Taiwanese LED packager High Power Lighting Corp. has alleged fellow Taiwanese LED packager Lustrous for violating trade secrets laws. Lustrous announced on Oct. 25, 2013 that the Taiwan Taipei District Court plans to schedule the preliminary hearing for the case on Nov. 14, 2013. Lustrous has hired lawyers to defend them at court.
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2013-10-28

Nanoscale Engineering Boosts Performance of Quantum Dot LEDs

Dramatic advances in the field of quantum dot light emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) could come from recent work by the Nanotechnology and Advanced Spectroscopy team at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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2013-10-28

Osram Multi Chipled Provides High Quality Glasses Free 3D LED Displays

To make the case of Glasses Free 3D Displays in public areas viable, the size and quality of displays are critical. Thanks to Osram Opto Semiconductors’ cutting edge technology, a recent Glasses Free 3D Display introduced by Atech Korea Co., Ltd. measures up to 500 inches. These video display walls are intended to be used in indoor public areas, such as shopping mall and exhibition hall. With a contrast ratio of 4000:1 and screen brightness at 4,500 cd/m2, the viewing distance can be up to 30 meters.
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2013-10-28

Mighty Bright Launches Baby Bright Line of LED Nursery Lights

Mighty Bright, designer and manufacturer of innovative personal LED lights, has launched Baby Bright, a unique line of LED Nursery Lights with nursery-friendly designs and utilitarian features to enhance and enlighten both parents’ and infants’ lives. Baby Bright lights provide nursery-essential lighting for furniture and changing tables, and are available at //www.mightybright.com, an online shopping destination for LED lights for everyday life.
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2013-10-28

LowBlueLights Announces LED Light Bulbs that Help You Sleep

A 7W LED bulb that will not suppress the production of melatonin is now available from Photonic Developments LLC at //www.lowbluelights.com for US$ 34.95. This compares with US$ 69.95 for a competing LED good night bulb that only cuts blue light in half.
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2013-10-25

Hot Picks of the Week Oct. 21-25

The LED industry has seen some interesting progress this week, starting off with projections by Monocrystal and GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) about possible sapphire substrate shortages triggered by non-LED applications. Adding on top to the good news of LED applications, New York has announced a major overhaul of 250,000 existing streetlights to LED. Interesting technology applications have also emerged this week as Chinese scientists find a way to transmit Internet signals using LED lights. Other interesting news this week as follow:
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2013-10-25

Refond 3Q13 Revenue Up

Shenzhen Refond Optoelectronics (Refond) recently reported large increases in LED sales led to revenue growth of 26.76% in 3Q13. 
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2013-10-25

New York Street Lights to be upgraded to LED

Streetlights in the Big Apple are getting a major makeover to more energy efficient LEDs, according to Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Newsday news reports. New York will be replacing 250,000 street lights with LED lamps by 2017, said the city mayor Michael Bloomberg. The LED replacements are expected to help the city cut US$ 14 million in electric and maintenance costs. 
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2013-10-25

Philips Lighting Signs Ranbir Kapoor as Brand Ambassador

Philips revealed Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor as its brand ambassador at a press event in the city today. The market leader in LED lighting – Philips, is drawing attention to its LED lighting solutions by going for the brand’s first ever celebrity endorsement. The biggest ever marketing campaign by Philips Lighting will feature Ranbir, who will endorse Philips’ range of LED Lighting solutions, which are dynamic in both style and performance.
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2013-10-25

Starpath Lights Up Local Park in Cambridge

Pro-Teq Surfacing (UK) Ltd, developed and patented a world first for spraying a liquid based product in combination with either soft or hard media. This innovative pathway re-surfacing methodology called STARPATH is the result of an extensive period of chemical trials. Comprising a multitude of product samples, mix ratios and application techniques. STARPATH is currently being trialled in Christ’s Pieces, a well-known park in the east side of the centre of Cambridge by Cambridge City Council.
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2013-10-25

Epistar Qualified LayTec’s Pyro 400 for GaN LED Production

LayTec is proud to announce that Epistar Corp. has qualified LayTec’s in-situ metrology Pyro 400 for its GaN LED production. The LED manufacturer based in Taiwan will not use high accuracy GaN surface temperature sensing with Pyro 400.
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2013-10-25

Cree Extends XLamp CXA Family with LED Array

Cree, Inc. introduces two new XLamp LED Arrays to enable high-lumen applications ranging from wallpacks to canopy lighting with one CXA LED family. The new CXA3590 LED Array delivers up to 16,225 lumens at 85°C, 68-percent more lumens compared to Cree’s previous brightest array. The CXA3590 LED Array is the ideal light source to replace 250-watt metal-halide fixtures — using 40-percent less power and designed to last twice as long. 
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2013-10-25

AOP Launches 300W High Power High Bay Light

After the launch of 60W~120W AGLAIA-12AC Bay Light series products, which was widely well received across the market, in February 2013, Alliance Optotek specifically focused on high ceiling large space industrial lighting application and further launched higher power AGLAIA-12AC High-Bay Light series products which offer a more comprehensive solution to global illumination on shopping floor, factory or warehouse. 
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2013-10-24

Design Lighting Tokyo Opens a Window for Future of Lighting Design

As lighting technology improving, people begin to be aware of the importance of good lighting surroundings. In order to give stages to people who work in lighting related industries and exchange their great ideas, Reed Exhibitions organized “Lighting Japan” in Tokyo, Japan. In this internationally open exhibition, you can meet manufacturers, contractors, designers and end-users as well as the newest discovery, technology, products and lighting design concepts.
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2013-10-24

GTAT Optimistic About Drive in ASF Demands By Non-LED Applications

The imbalance in sapphire substrate supply and demand is being overcome by increased demands in LED lighting applications and strong demands for non-LED applications. GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) is optimistic about the rapid growth in smartphone demands for sapphire substrates.  As a result, the company’s Advanced Sapphire Furnace (ASF) might grow and expand production capacity in the future.
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2013-10-24

Everlight to Host Zhaga Consortium this November

The Zhaga consortium, an international organization for industry standards for interchangeable LEDs, is once again coming to Taiwan. This time Everlight will be hosting the international conference
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2013-10-24

DEKRA: Chinese Manufacturers Make the Most Number of LED Light Recalls

  The recalls of LED lighting products from European RAPEX (The Rapid Alext System for Non-food Consumer Products) were much more frequently in the past months, according to a report by global certification auditing institute DEKRA. The second quarter report of RAPEX shows that total 32 recalls of LED lighting products were due to safety issues. Among those recall list, you can see that even famous international brands were reported, it thus reveal a truth that quality of LED is a big concerned by both authority and consumers. The recalls list of Q2 report are:
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2013-10-24

Scavenger Element Patent Released to Eliminate LED Liquid Contamination

LEDs provide consumers with many benefits and advantages, but there are still some drawbacks that need to be worked out. Inventors David Horn and Chris Vogdes have released a patent (no. 8558436) for one problem in particular that they hope to counter, which is the contamination that can occur in the thermally-conducive liquid in some LEDs.
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2013-10-24

Samsung Acquisition of Novaled Concludes with Dresden Inauguration

Investment Funding Enables to Focus on Material Business Platform for World’s Leading Company in Electronic Material Business Cheil Industries took a big step towards professional Electronic material company along with Novaled, holding core-technology of OLED.
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2013-10-24

Tridonic Appoints New Global Sales Manager

German LED manufacturer Tridonic announced recently it has appointed David Barnby as the company's new Global Sales Function Manager. 
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2013-10-24

Kateeva CTO and OLED Co-Inventor Inducted Into 2013 Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame

Kateeva Chief Technology Officer and OLED co-inventor Steven Van Slyke was inducted into the 2013 Consumer Electronics (CE) Hall of Fame for his contributions to the advancement of the consumer electronics industry. Van Slyke was one of 15 industry leaders honored last night at the CE Hall of Fame dinner held in Los Angeles. He joins an elite group of inductees that includes the founders of eBay and TiVo, as well as the inventor of the microprocessor, and others.
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2013-10-24

LRC Launches Plant LED Lighting Program

Light and plants expert Tessa Pocock, Ph.D., recently joined the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a senior research scientist, leading the development of a new plant physiology lighting program. Her research focuses on plant photosynthesis, and plant development and regulation by light for traditional greenhouse crops and the emerging field of medicinal plants.
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2013-10-24

Dad Creates Cute LED Halloween Suit for Baby Girl

Californian photographer Royce Hutain has come up with a very creative Halloween costume for his two year old daughter. The father has created a stick figure LED suit for his baby girl and is plans to reveal a DIY video later, according to his Facebook Interest. This is the second time the photographer has designed stick figure LED suits, the last project he worked on was LED snowboard suits. The video below shows the toddler dressed up in the suit:
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2013-10-24

Luminus to launch XNOVA brand at Hong Kong Lighting Fair

XNOVA delivers world-class performance, quality and value Luminus Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lightera Corporation, will be launching its XNOVA line of high performance LEDs for professional and general lighting at the Hong Kong Lighting Fair, October 27-30, 2013. XNOVA consists of a family of LED chip-on-board (COB) arrays and emitter products designed to provide best in class, solid-state light sources for applications including professional lighting fixtures, replacement lamps, portable illumination and camera flash. Exceptional efficacy,...
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A tiny Chip LED from ams OSRAM offers higher brightness, making it simply ideal for integration into everyday devices such as in-ear headphones or smart rings The enhanced Chip LED from ams OSRAM delivers higher brightness—while taking u... READ MORE

Introducing the XLamp® XP-LR & XP-GR Round LES LEDs Cree LED is redefining beam performance in portable lighting with the launch of the XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR LEDs – designed specifically for directional lighting application... READ MORE