Austriamicrosystems, a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced the AS1123 constant-current, 16-channel LED driver with an on-chip diagnostic read-back function. The AS1123 is designed for use in industrial applications, indoor/outdoor public information displays, LED panels, and large LED video walls. Designed with a maximum LED supply voltage of 5.5 V, the new power-efficient AS1123 direct LED driver is optimized for LED panels where only a single LED is connected per output. The optimization of the LED d...

LED-based products accounted for 16% of Philips’ overall lighting sales of €1.89 billion ($2.60 billion) in the third quarter of 2011, growing sharply from a year ago and providing a rare bright note as the company detailed the wide-ranging cost-cuts that it previously trailed. Having said three months ago that Philips would implement measures to deliver annual savings of €500 million, CEO Frans van Houten now says that the company will cut 4500 positions across its business, 1400 of them in The Netherlands, as part of an €800 million cost-reduction packa...

ARTIST’S impressions of how Boston’s Christmas lights could look this festive season have been made public for the first time. Replacing tired and worn out displays that in places were as much as 40-years-old, the lights will be dynamic, bright, modern LED lights – mainly white, but with some colour, and use 75 per cent less electricity. They will cover all the areas of town that the former Christmas displays covered. Boston Borough Council is paying out its full allocated budget of £25,500 and Boston BID is contributing £10,000 to...

These compact LED light strips are said to be the brightest in their class at 67.2 Lumens/Watt (Wide) and 66.6 Lumens/Watt (Slim) respectively.  The LF1D Series retains 70% of its initial luminance at 50,000 Hours, according to IDEC. Offered in Cool White (Temp: 5700K), slim (10 x 1 LED array) or wide type (7 x 2 LED array) with 24V DC voltage, all LF1D light strips are manufactured with a sturdy die-cast aluminum housing and stainless steel front cover. LF1D light strips are also RoHS compliant, mercury-free and UL listed.Two cable options ...

Taiwan continues to dominate the global production of ceramic thermal substrates, accounting for more than 70 percent of total shipments and supplying to Cree, Lumileds, Osram, Philips and Edison Opto. Makers in the island will remain focused on this type amid wide adoption in high-power LED lighting applications. It boasts greater heat conductivity than other thermal substrates such as metal-core PCB or MCPCB. This emphasis on ceramic kinds also takes advantage of the fast-growing LED industry in the island. The latter’s production value in 2010 hit $5.6 bi...

Samsung LED announced today that it has received ENERGY STAR(R) initial qualification on their 35W equivalent MR16 LED lamp, officially making it the industry’s brightest ENERGY STAR qualified MR16 LED lamp in the market to date. The Samsung LED MR16 had to meet strict energy efficiency guidelines and pass rigorous reliability testing set forth by ENERGY STAR to meet the qualification requirements. LED Lamps that qualify for the ENERGY STAR mark are typically eligible for utility rebates which help reduce the overall...

Recently, Aixtron has received an order for one AIX 2600G3 IC system in a 12x4-inch wafer configuration and one VP2400HW with 6x4-inch wafer capacity from Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute (NEDI),which is s devoted to providing leading edge technologies on material growth, device design and manufacture in China. NEDI will use the systems to investigate power devices and LEDs. The new systems will be installed and commissioned by a local AIXTRON service support team alongside the company’s already existing AIXTRON MOCVD systems at t...

Despite of Nichia’s successive patent lawsuits, Everlight will ship its brand products to Japan as scheduled in 2012,according to Everlight’s chairman, Y.F. Ye. Back to early September, Nichia filed a charge against Everlight, alleging that its white LED lamps sold through Japanese retailer Chip On Stop also infringe its No. 4530944 patent. Following closely, Nichia has again claimed that Everlight’s white LED bulbs entering Japan through importer Tachibana Eletech of Japan infringes its No. 4530094 patent, and brought the charge before ...

Recently, Taiwan’s No.1 lamp maker, China Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.,has annonuced to inject US$30 million to form a new company in Xiamen of mainland China to manufacture general lighting fixtures, LED lamps and lithium iron phosphate battery packs. The new company will turn out 200,000 systems of lighting fixture a month in the initial stage mainly for Taiwanese-invested factories and offices in Xiamen. According to China Electric, the new venture will generate revenue up to RMB50 million (US$7.8 million at US$1:RMB6.4) a month in the first operating...

Skeptics of energy-efficient light bulbs and machinery should take note of a survey by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which last week reported a 2010 savings of $135 million to electricity ratepayers in the Pacific Northwest. According to a recent analysis by the council, the efficiency of electricity in the region improved last year by 254 megawatts, the equivalent power use of 153,900 homes. It represents the largest one-year gain since energy-efficiency programs began more than 30 years ago. A large portion of the savings - about 20 percent - is attributed t...

Enormous monetary savings can be made when using LED fluorescent tubes to replace general illumination in areas such as warehouses, offices, retail outlets, schools and car parks. Apart from electricity savings, the longevity of LEDs, means the maintenance costs, including the labour involved in replacing traditional tubes, are reduced significantly and thus, the replacement or installation of LED tubes over fluorescent lighting becomes very cost effective. T8 Long Life LED Fluorescent Tubes This LED lighting offers five times the longer life than that of tradit...

KLA-Tencor has announced that Epistar, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of LED chips, has adopted its Candela substrate and epwafer inspection system. KLA says this order marks the growing adoption by LED device manufacturers worldwide of this advanced inspection system for wafer defect detection and classification at production-grade throughputs. The introduction of the Candela tool to Epistar's manufacturing process provides automated inspection methods for sapphire substrates to ensure vendor quality, and provides greater visibility into the GaN epi process ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "OLED Displays and Lighting Market to 2020 - Technological Innovations Lead to Cost Efficient Products and New Aesthetics" report to their offering. GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, OLED Displays and Lighting Market to 2020 - Technological Innovations Lead to Cost Efficient Products and New Aesthetics. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the global Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) market for displays and lighting, c...

LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, reports that China has become the largest production base for lighting products, accounting for 70% of the global capacity. According to LEDinside’s survey, China’s average number of monthly exported incandescent lamps, halogen lamps, hot-cathode compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and other lighting devices (including LED light sources) amounted to 667 million pieces, reaching a total value of US$ 1,140 million in 2010. The total export volume of 2010 reached 7.99 billion pieces and the total value hit US$ 13.677 billion, with a 24.2% growth in volume and 34.7% in value compared to 2009.

LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, estimates that the 2010 worldwide lighting market (including traditional and LED luminaires) reached 79.3 billion USD (excluding automotive lighting market). LEDinside estimates that the current global lighting market share in the developed areas, covering Europe and North America, exceeded 50%, with the overall market scale nearing 40 billion USD. On the other hand, while the 2010 Chinese lighting market only reached 12.2 billion USD, accounting for 15.4% of the global market share, the LED lighting demand in China continues to grow due to the stimulated economic growth and infrastructure expansion along with the related government policies, aiming at closing the urban and rural area divides. As the lighting markets in Europe, America, and Japan are on the brink of saturation, only the lighting market in China is still in the expansion. LEDinside projects that the Chinese lighting market share can rise to 18.3% in 2015 with the total Chinese market value reaching 20 billion USD.

The 2011 Taipei World Design Expo is the first world design expo to be hosted by the "International Design Alliance" (IDA), and it is the largest event of its kind to be held in the past decade. This design extravaganza for "Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Interior Design" will attract participants from over 60 countries and represents a historical moment for Taiwan, Asia, and the world. Subkarma International Associates Co., Ltd. specializes in helping small and medium enterprises in Taiwan break into international markets. Subkarma is ...

Sponsored by the Zhongshan municipal government, the China Lighting Association, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade's light industry council, The 10th China (Guzhen) International Lighting & LED Applications Fair is announced to take place from Oct 18 to 21 . The fairs is expecting more than 600 exhibitors, including 276 LED firms. The fairs are a crucial part of the township's efforts to develop further and grow into a global lighting hub in the foreseeable future, one official pointed out. Back to a year ago, the 9th ...

98 CRI milestone for light quality drives LED adoption in retail, hospitality, residential and museum applications Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented phosphor materials and components for high-quality LED lighting, today announced that it has demonstrated a phosphor blend that provides a near perfect color rendering index (CRI) of 98 and R9 value of 99 when applied to a reference LED package. The results highlight Intematix's unique phosphor leadership in the LED lighting industry, as the phosphor blend combines three separate material famili...

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, opens the new Optogan production site. LED chips from the German city of Landshut form the core of the lighting technology of the 21st century. “Bavaria is gaining a shining example for future-oriented innovations“, declared the Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, in his opening speech. “I am delighted that Optogan has decided to use a site in Bavaria when expanding its operations in Germany. The site’s p...

For general lighting, OLEDs have to compete with existing and upcoming lighting, achieving power efficacies of up to 100 lumens per watt, which fluorescent tubes are capable of, and operational lifetimes of up to 100,000 hours, which are now possible with commercial inorganic LED lighting. As well as improving efficacies and long operational lifetimes equivalent to commercial general lighting technologies, the project has also focused on fabrication on larger glass substrates. As part of the dissemination of the project next month a press event will be held where a demonstrator ...

FoxFury Lighting Solutions, the official lighting partner of the University of Michigan Solar Car team (UMsolar), will illuminate UMsolar's race crew and Quantum solar car in the Australian Outback during the 2011 World Solar Challenge. This grueling 1,800 mile four-day biennial race across the desert begins Sunday October 16 in Darwin. Proper lighting will be vital in keeping UMsolar’s race crew safe and Quantum well maintained. "The Outback is very dangerous given the extreme temperature swings, lack of communication, infrastructure, and water....

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority Thursday announced a grant of $120,645 to Ursinus College for replacement of parking lot and walkway lighting. The Collegeville, Montgomery County, school will replace metal halide and high-pressure sodium bulbs with LED lights. The move is expected to save the college $20,000 a year in electricity costs and reduce carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions produced in energy generation, the PEDA said. Ursinus will match the grant with $41,514 in spending. Statewide, PEDA announced $3.7 million i...

Dorcy, a leading provider of portable lighting products for over 50 years, has upgraded its 41-4284 Metal Gear® LEDflashlight from 45 lumens to 120 lumens. Utilizing Luxeon’s® Rebel 100 LED module which is driven by 3 AAA batteries, Dorcy has more than doubled the amount of light produced, compared to the previous version. The result is a super bright LED flashlight with an intense beam of whiter light that projects to 150m. The Metal Gear flashlight, which features a polycarbonate lens and a rugged aluminum alloy casing, is O-ring sealed against dust...

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of the LEDWP-250 LED wall pack light to its extensive line of high grade LED lighting solutions. Designed to provide a vapor and weatherproof lighting solution for demanding environments, this LED equipped wall pack light offers versatile voltage options, and light output comparable to 250 watt halogen fixtures. Ruggedly constructed and boasting a 50,000 hour LED operational life, this wall pack light offers highly efficient operation coupled with extreme lamp life that can help to reduce energy and maint...

Helping to further drive the LED lighting revolution, China recently completed its largest highway lighting upgrade with more than 10,000 street lights featuring more than a million Cree LEDs. The Shenzhen highway project includes nearly 75 miles of roadways, with LED fixtures installed along one tunnel and four highways, including: Jihe highway number G15, Nanguang highway number G9411, Longda highway number S318, Yanba highway as well as the Dameisha Tunnel. Helping to further drive the LED lighting revolution, China recently completed its largest highway lig...

LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, estimates that the 2010 worldwide lighting market (including traditional and LED luminaires) reached 79.3 billion USD (excluding automotive lighting market). LEDinside estimates that the current global lighting market share in the developed areas, covering Europe and North America, exceeded 50%, with the overall market scale nearing 40 billion USD. On the other hand, while the 2010 Chinese lighting market only reached 12.2 billion USD, accounting for 15.4% of the global market share, the LED lighting demand in China continues to grow due to the stimulated economic growth and infrastructure expansion along with the related government policies, aiming at closing the urban and rural area divides. As the lighting markets in Europe, America, and Japan are on the brink of saturation, only the lighting market in China is still in the expansion. LEDinside projects that the Chinese lighting market share can rise to 18.3% in 2015 with the total Chinese market value reaching 20 billion USD.

As Mainland China starts to implement a plan to phase out incandescent lamps in four to five years since October, Taiwan’s LED makers have taken actions to seize this opportunities. Epistar and Everlight have entered into alliance with Konka Group to open an epitaxy-wafer venture in the mainland. Everlight, is also promoting own-brand LED lighting in the mainland. LiteOn is setting up production lines in Changzhou, which integrate front-end, mid-end and back-end manufacturing capability. Genesis and Ledtech have separately signed agreementswith Potevio...

Cree's XLamp® XP-G LED Now Delivers 140 Lumens per Watt in Production... LED lighting leader, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), continues to extend the advantage of its innovative, industry-leading XLamp® LED family with the announcement of new levels of performance for its highly efficient XLamp XP-G LEDs, now delivering up to 140 lumens per watt. The proven XP-G LED can help lighting manufacturers reduce system cost and complexity and can make existing designs brighter and more efficient. By leveraging the popular XP-G LED for...

BMC Software /quotes/zigman/69106/quotes/nls/bmc BMC +1.69% , has launched an unique initiative to "gain by saving" by replacing lighting fixtures in its Pune office facilities with higher efficiency LED Lights from Hanul Technologies resulting in over 65 percent savings in power. These savings will be donated to a remote village outside of Sakur India to light the streets and homes and bring "New Life After Dusk" to the villagers. "BMC Software has always been a socially-responsible company that is committed to providing a valuable contri...

The creator of a home electricity system that uses direct current claims it could cut users’ bills by up to 30 per cent. Moixa Technology this week unveiled its Smart DC network, which uses solar panels and off-peak grid electricity stored in batteries to power electronic devices in the home such as televisions, laptops, mobile phones and LED lighting. This reduces energy losses associated with converting alternative current from mains sockets into DC (up to 45 per cent), which most small electronic devices run on, or with converting DC generated by solar panels int...