Fallon Luminous Products Corp., a leading manufacturer of lighted signs, announced that yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. overturned the earlier decision of the District Court in Cookeville, Tennessee, and ruled in favor of Fallon in its appeal of a patent infringement suit brought against Fallon by iLight Technologies. The Court vacated both the monetary judgment and the injunction that had been entered against Fallon by the District Court.

Dialight plc, the UK based leader in applied LED technology, announces the acquisition of BTI Light Systems A/S ("BTI"), a Danish company offering signaling and safety equipment for the wind, marine and airport industries. BTI is being acquired from its management for a total consideration of DKK 26m (£3.0m), DKK 18m (£2.1m) of which is payable in cash with the remainder in Dialight shares.

Lighting Japan 2010 was successfully concluded on April 16th, 2010. As its invited guest, LEDinside had the opportunity to visit Takeshi Tanaka, the executive director of Reed Exhibitions Ltd which hosted Lighting Japan, to learn more about the uniqueness of the exhibition.  Lighting Japan 2010

At Lighting Japan 2010, in addition to the LED lighting products which can replace various conventional indoor or outdoor light sources in terms of brightness specification, other special applications were also showcased, such as products designed to meet different needs using the wavelength characteristics of LED light sources for applications in plant nursery (agricultural industry), fishing industry, livestock breeding industry, and medical cosmetic industry.   Plant nursery

Martek Power, a leader in developing power conversion solutions for transportation, has just released the FLUO series power inverters for LED display. The FLUO24 series of power inverrters are designed for use on trains, trucks, and many other vehicular applications throughout the world. Depending on its different versions, it is possible to support 1 or 2 tubes from 5 to 25 W.

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Veeco reports its results on a generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") basis, and also provides results excluding certain items. Please refer to the attached table for details of the reconciliation between GAAP operating results and Non-GAAP operating results.

AIXTRON AG announced today a new order for more Planetary and Showerhead HB-GaN LED MOCVD tools from Jiang Su Can Yang, a joint venture with Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI), an established AIXTRON customer and one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of ultra high brightness (UHB) LEDs. Jiang Su Can Yang placed the order in the fourth quarter of 2009. The Planetary Reactor® systems in a 11x4 inch configuration and Close Coupled Showerhead® tools in a 31x2 inch configuration will be delivered between the second and the fourth quarter of 2010.

The new 'DoubleDome' series from Sharp incorporates three white light SMD LEDs with a colour rendering index (CRI) of 85. A silicone globe top applied directly on the phosphorous, with lens-like moulding, facilitates highly efficient light extraction. Sharp is supplementing its LED lighting portfolio with three new white 'high colour rendering', high-performance LEDs. The 'DoubleDome' LEDs from Sharp already provide suitable light for energy-efficient lighting without secondary optics.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors today held an opening ceremony for its 35,000 square meter new LED wafer fabrication plant in Penang, Malaysia. It is the company’s first ever LED chip plant in Asia and currently the most modern facility in the world. The plant will produce chips for light emitting diodes, the light source of the future. Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia, Y.A.B.

As LED lighting trend nowadays high low bay fixtures are widely commonly used in large open area or outdoor lighting such as factory, warehouse, parking lot, and gas station.

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Seoul Optodevice Co., Ltd. (SOC) of Korea has selected Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs). In addition to orders placed in 2009, SOC placed a multi-tool order during the second quarter of 2010, with all tools currently scheduled for shipment during 2010.

PowerWise Controller Maximizes System Efficiency, Simplifies Design and Reduces System Cost

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has received orders for multiple TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems from Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI), headquartered in Taiwan, during the first quarter of 2010. GPI will use the systems to increase capacity for the production of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs) being driven by applications such as backlighting, lighting, displays, and automotive applications.

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., the largest manufacturer of full color LEDs in China, has placed a large multi-tool order for Veeco's K465i(TM) and E475(TM) TurboDisc(R) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems. The equipment is for Sanan's new LED fab in Wuhu, Anhui Province for the manufacturing of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs). Veeco booked the order earlier this month.

Internationally-renowned provider of visual display innovation, BenQ, proudly announced the release of its GL Series LED Monitors today: The GL930 (18.5”W); GL931 (19”W); GL2030 (20”W); GL2230 (21.5”W) and GL2231 (22”W) LED monitors. With the currently unrivalled 12,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio; 5ms Response Time; and BenQ’s proprietary Senseye® Human Vision Technology, these power-saving LED monitors are made with design in mind – to suit homes, offices, and classrooms.

AU Optronics of Taiwan says that the number of LEDs used in TV Backlight Unit will be lowered by about 30% by the end of 2010. One reason that the company cites is that at the beginning of 2011 1-bar edge-type LED BLUs will start to be applied to TV applications. 



Designed for use in hazardous location applications, Dialight’s SafeSite™ Series LED Bulkhead fitting now has certification for Zones 1 and 21. This LED fitting is designed to replace existing high pressure sodium (HPS), metal halide, incandescent and fluorescent fittings.

As LED lighting trend nowadays high low bay fixtures are widely commonly used in large open area or outdoor lighting such as factory, warehouse, parking lot, and gas station.

With energy-efficient lighting solutions like LED and OLED OSRAM makes its contribution to a more sustainable Expo 2010 with lower CO2 emissions.

Providing design engineers a flexible optical device with multiple output configurations, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has developed a Photologic® slotted optical switch in a right angle package.  Designated the OPB920xZ Series, the non-contact switch consists of an infrared LED mounted on the tower and a Photologic sensor mounted on the base of a right angle shaped package. The OPB920 Series digital switches complement OPTEK’s proven OPB420 Series analog slotted optical switches, which utilize a phototransistor output.

The new Oslux from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is brighter and smaller than ever before and provides extremely uniform light thanks to a chip fabricated in state-of-the-art UX:3 technology. Together with an optimized lens it not only ensures that the LED is 50 percent brighter than the predecessor model but also that the light is much more evenly distributed and can therefore illuminate a wide area.

LED lighting design and manufacturing company, Once Innovations, Inc. (ONCE) has introduced initial AC LED lighting products with ONCE proprietary conditioning circuitry that dramatically improves both total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) relative to existing AC LED lights.

Larson Electronics’ magnalight.com announced the addition of several high powered, compact, low amp draw LED lights for the interior and exterior of boats. Newest additions to the LED light line-up include long, low profile LED lights for illuminating areas around the boat, interior LED lights for task lighting and walkway lighting and LED underwater lights.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that Seattle City Light, Seattle's publicly owned power utility, has been selected to lead a national effort to guide municipalities in evaluating light emitting diode (LED) street lights. The Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium will collect, analyze, and share information and lessons learned about LED street-lighting demonstrations to facilitate the adoption of this energy efficiency technology.

German Publications AIT and XIA Honor the RD Micro LED Spot for Energy Efficiency and High Light Intensity.

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced record revenue of $234.1 million for its third quarter of fiscal 2010, ended March 28, 2010. This represents a 78% increase compared to revenue of $131.1 million reported for the third fiscal quarter last year and a 17% increase compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2010.

CeramCool Liquid Cooling made from the aluminum nitride ceramic Alunit cools packing densities of up to 75W / cm². Until now the elongated, rod-shaped heat-sink has only been manufactured using the alumina material Rubalit (≥22W/mK); extruding linear shapes was not possible with the more thermally conductive alumi-num nitride ceramic material Alunit (≥170W/mK).

RAB Lighting expands its line of affordable and energy-efficient outdoor LED lighting with the introduction of a 10 and 20 watt LED bollard.

SABIC Innovative Plastics has launched its new Expression 2011 palette - a dazzling array of resin colors and special effects for LEDs. The colorful new palette is designed to answer customer calls for better, longer-lasting LED life and improved efficiency, and reflects the latest technological milestone in the long evolution of lighting.

Arroyo Instruments has completed a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research program for the development of a pulse/DC characterization system for LEDs. The goal of this project, successfully met by the completion of a prototype device, was to develop a commercially viable solution to determine and maintain accurate LED junction temperature during characterization.