Tracy Bilbrough Unveils LQD Cooling System at LED Show LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tracy Bilbrough, CEO of SWITCH LightingTM, the first company to offer a full family of LED replacements to the incandescent A-Lamp, August 1st revealed for the first time key details behind the company’s core technology to a group of industry insiders during a speech at the LED Show. Bilbrough also introduced SWITCH’s new LQD Cooling SystemTM. “We’re proud to reveal the patented technology behind the LQD Coo...

General Electric Lighting introduced a dimmable compact fluorescent bulb on Thursday that mimics the performance of old incandescent bulbs. The bulb, with a re-engineered ballast, can be dimmed smoothly to 5 percent of its full power and light, just as the old incandescent bulbs do. The CFL spiral is available in 14-watt and 26-watt versions, producing the light of 60-watt and 100-watt incandescent bulbs, respectively, and rated to last 10,000 hours. The bulb is also available as a dimmable reflector flood light in 15-watt and 26-watt versions, rated to last 8,000 hours. A...

Proview known as Apple’s Chinese IPAD trademark foe, has intended to attract over 100 million yuan (£10m) in funding to launch an LED lighting and bio-energy firm. Proview invested a whopping $155m (£99m) in its LED manufacturing base in Shenzhen in 2008 and expanded to a Wuhan plant soon after, shortly before the bottom fell out of the business. The Shenzhen subsidiary was forced into bankruptcy and delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange a couple of years ago. The Shenzhen plant is now in ruins, but Yang Rongshan, the firm’s charisma...

Digi-Key Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Luminus Devices to enable new markets for solid-state lighting. “Demand for Luminus Big Chip LEDs is accelerating rapidly,” stated Keith T.S. Ward, President and CEO of Luminus. “We are excited to be joining forces with Digi-Key, whose outstanding global reach and reputation in distribution of electronic components will help us better serve our customers by driving our technology into the marketplace.” “Solid-state lighting is one of the fastest-growing segments i...

LEDs have their basic characteristics.  They are current devices with unique functions.  They also have unique system of operation when they are in use. A look at their practical thermal performance is very vital if you must understand how they operate. This is exactly the major goal of this   write-up. We’re going to be examining the practical thermal performance of LEDs and how it influences their usage in given applications. The Mechanisms behind Thermal Shifts A White LED usually consists of   different components.   I...

London Olympic Games has grandly opened on 27, July. And visitors may have a great impression on the wonderful LEDs which dresses up the host city. Now, let’s go and look at gloriously views. GE LEDs Light up London’s Tower Bridge GE, EDF, the Mayor of London and City of London Corporation refitted the 800-foot long London Tower Bridge with LED lighting system, expected to be in place for the next 25 years and cut its energy use by 40%.   The Tetra Contour system by GE provides the classic look of exposed neon and all the energy e...

By Scott Watson LEDs have continued to evolve as the years roll by.  Lots of exciting designs have been seen in many of them.  The future promises to be more surprising when it comes to LED designs.  In this write-up, we’re going to be examining the future design possibilities expected of the next generation LEDs. Actually, brighter and cheaper LEDs do come up every few months.  All kinds of modern day designing processes are used in manufacturing them.  So many manufacturers have come into the business.  Today, many of our ligh...

Taiwan Lustrous Technology has received Asia’s first Underwriters Laboratories-Certified Zhaga-compliant light engine certification. The company’s chairman, J.C. Liu, pointed out that Zhaga standards are very important to LED light engines and the company’s products conform to Zhaga Book3 standard, which regulates light engine’s mechanism and light uniformity. In addition, the company much stresses Zhaga compliance of its products and hopes to offer lighting-fixture manufacturers optimal solutions and services with Zhaga-complaint engines. U...

US firm Light Engine has scheduled to mass-produce LED products in the Philippines through local electronics manufacturer Cirtek Holdings Philippines Inc. Light Engine has corporate office in USA while its research and development as well as design center is based in Russia. As for Cirtek, it mainly provides turnkey solutions that include package design and development, wafer probing, wafer back grinding, assembly and packaging, final testing of semiconductor devices, and delivery and shipment to its customers. In addition to cooperate with Light Engine, Cirt...

By Scott Watson Apart from using the DC drive circuitry in some conditions, LEDs also make use of the AC Drive Circuitry.  DC circuitry is powered by batteries while the AC is powered by the electrical current.  In this write-up, we’re going to be discussing some details concerning the practical aspects of AC drive circuitry meant for LEDs. Actually, when your LED light is run off the electrical grid, the AC drive circuitry is simply used.  The power conversion of the AC power is known to be very complex than the DC version.  ...

By Scott Watson Lighting designs are made up of various components such as LEDs, ballasts, drivers, thermal performance and a lot more.  In most cases, these components have to be integrated to make a complete design.  The LEDs in particular have vital roles to play.  A look at the practical system design with LEDs is therefore very important. A printed circuit board can be made for the LEDs. There’s also the need to design optics in order to get the light from the LEDs to go to the appropriate direction and also have the right characteristi...

Germany-based GaN-on-Si wafers manufacturer Azzurro Semiconductors, has received Euro 2.6 million in government funds from the European Regional Development Fund and the Free State of Saxony. The funds will be used to drive Azzurro’s GaN on 200mm silicon wafer technology forward and strengthen its competitive position. “Based on the technology grant, we can execute the strategic development of our 200mm technology platform for power semiconductors and LEDs and quickly attend to the strong customer demand,” said Stephan Lutgen, Vice President Te...

Tridonic has appointed Alfred Felder as its new CEO, to take the place of Walter Ziegler who left the company in January after a company shakeup prompted by the “technology shift to LEDs”. Felder is set to take office on November, 1. Felder has a comprehensive knowledge of the field of optosemiconductors and decades of management experience with prominent players in the electronics industry. Since 2003, he has filled various management roles in the areas of OLED and LED technology with Osram, where as senior vice president of sales he was lastly resp...

By Scott Watson The word “LED” is a short form for “Light Emitting Diode”.  Simply puts, LEDs are tiny diodes that conduct current only in one direction. There are lots of practical aspects you can learn about LEDs. They are actually wonderful electrical devices that can accomplish a lot when put into use.  You can also learn a lot from their electrical behaviors. LEDs are actually known for having higher voltages than the ordinary diodes found in electronics.  This is mainly because; they are not made of silicon element. T...

By Scott Watson Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have continued to be greatly used in the electronic world.  There’s a lot you need to know about their designs and functions.  They have continued to be used in the manufacturing of gadgets, mobile devices and other tiny and large electronics. To know more about the LEDs there’s a need to unravel their interior components.  This is exactly the major focus of this write-up. Getting to know the inside sections of LEDs can be very educating.  The interior construction of such devises is worth k...

The Asia Pacific region is forecast to increase in value by a multiple of seven-times (7x) during the 2011 to 2018 timeframe… ElectroniCast Consultants, a leading market/technology consultancy, today announced the release of a new market research study of the global consumption of packaged light emitting diodes (LEDs) used in Medical and Biophotonic Devices.  The global consumption value of LEDs in selected medical and biophotonic devices in 2011 was $56.5 million.  The consumption value is forecast to increase at an average annual growth rate of 27.6 ...

MOCVD orders are placed just to maintain capacity, not add, and high utilization rates are only at the top LED makers including Epistar, ForEpi, and Genesis Photonics , according to Maxim Group LLC. Based on analyzing MOCVD utilization and revenues at LED makers in Taiwan, Maxim pointed out that, the next uptick in MOCVD spending is likely to “fall far short” of the peak seen in 2010-2011. The analysts expect H2 2012 MOCVD orders at about 130 tools. Higher MOCVD utilization rates are not the norm across all LED makers, but r...

LED phosphor supplier Intematix has intended to conduct a registered initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. The IPO is expected to commence after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) completes the review process initiated by Intematix’s confidential submission on July 13, 2012 of its draft registration statement, subject to market and other conditions. Phosphors help control LED luminous efficacy and color to bring the technology on a level with traditional lighting. Phosphors used in LED lighting applications will see a market incre...

LEDs are not all the same. This is evidenced not only by the performance data and the dimensions but also by the solder pads and the processing options. Osram Opto Semiconductors has now developed a concept for uniform solder pads based on the Oslon family, making it easier for customers to use LEDs from different manufacturers (second source) and reducing the costs of storage and processes modification. Second source is the term given to the possibility of using different suppliers for a product in a particular project or for a product series. It should be possible for the p...

The io® Tile Gen II luminaires receive a Gold award in the Decorative Lighting category. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, has been honored with a Best of NeoCon® Gold award for its family of io® Tile Gen II LED luminaires. Earning top honors in the Decorative Lighting category of the 23rd Annual Best of NeoCon awards competition, these LED products add unique lighting colors to modern indoor spaces, offering architects and designers an...

Albeo Technologies has enlarged its manufacturing space by 15,000 square feet and increased its staff by 30 percent.  Its facility at 2108 55th St. in Boulder, Colorado now spans 35,000 square feet and the company headcount has grown to 65.  The company's new employees include high level engineers, sales and marketing staff. CEO Jeff Bisberg said that,"Our growth and expansion is being driven by rapid customer adoption of our LED lighting products. We are excited to be supporting the local economy by providing quality jobs in a wide range of areas a...

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, Avnet Inc.’s business region and a distributor of LED components for use in general lighting applications, has set up a lighting lab in Chandler, Ariz., to enable its customers to test and measure a wide range of LED applications. The Avnet Light Lab is a 900-square-foot facility designed to measure the key optical, electrical and thermal characteristics of high-power LEDs, modules and luminaires, and its services are offered to qualified Avnet customers. All photometric, radiometric and colormetric testing is conducted in...

The machine vision lighting maker Smart Vision Lights of Muskegon, MI, USA has chosen Big Chip LED technology from Luminus Devices Inc, for its new product line of illumination sources. Luminus’ SST-90 LED is at the heart of Smart Vision Lights’ SP30 Series LED structured light pattern projector for the machine vision industry. “We selected the Luminus SST-90 for the large die footprint and high lumen output,” says Smart Vision Lights’ design engineer Matt Pinter. “The SST-90 gives us better uniformity ...

InfiniLED, backed by ScienceWorks Ventures plc and a Tyndall National Institute (UCC) spin-out, has signed an access agreement with Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Tyndall). Under the agreement, InfiniLED’s engineers will work within the institute’s ISO 9001 Certified Compound Semiconductor cleanrooms to fabricate μLED (MicroLED) technology. In MicroLEDs, a parabolic structure is etched on the back of the LED wafer to focus the light generated into a collimated beam - the core differentiator of the μLED technology. The...

Making the switch to energy-efficient lighting is now even more attractive with Philips Lighting and Meridian Energy’s “Go Green & Win” promotion, which will see 10 lucky Kiwis win their electricity bill paid for 12 months.* For a chance to win, consumers need to purchase a Philips Tornado 15W, 20W or 24W Energy Saver bulb in distinctive competition packaging. If the purchased bulb turns green when inserted into a light fitting and switched on, the consumer will win a year’s free electricity* with Meridian Energy,** New Zealand’s lar...

Taiwan Glacial Tech Inc. has supplied its LED brand “GlacialLight” to Sheraton Kampala Hotel of Uganda and shopping malls in Germany. Developed by Glacial Tech, ”GlacialLight,” are eco-friendly, featuring energy efficiency, zero ultraviolet (UV) and infrared rays, no mercury, longer life than traditional lamps. According to its brand manager Y.R. Qiu, brightness, thermal dissipation and material cost are prioritized concerns in developing LED lighting, while Glacial Tech has combined skills in thermal-dissipation, power supply, and ...

Leverages SC³ Technology Platform to Drive Performance Up and System Cost Down Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the XLamp® XP-G2 LED to deliver luminaire manufacturers up to 20 percent more lumens per watt and 2.5 times the lumens-per-dollar over the original XP-G LED. The brighter, more efficient XP-G2 LED provides customers an immediate boost in performance and enables manufacturers to use fewer LEDs to get the same brightness at lower cost or increase brightness levels using the same LED count and power.   Characterized...

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that it will be exhibiting and presenting at the International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN4) on Wednesday, July 16-19, 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The symposium is part of a biannual series focusing on the growth of III-Nitride materials, nanostructures and device structures. Alex Gurary, Ph.D., Veeco’s Senior Director, MOCVD Hardware Test, will present “Reactants injector temperature effect on III-Nitrides materials deposition in the high speed vertical rotating disc MOCVD...

Mini Midled from Osram Opto Semiconductors provides the highest radiant intensity of its size class The infrared Mini Midled from Osram Opto Semiconductors is only 0.9 millimeters high but this tiny device produces a narrow and intense beam of infrared light. With its radiant intensity of 60 milliwatts per steradian (mW/sr) at 100 milliamperes (mA) it easily outperforms other comparable devices. This low-profile surface-mountable emitter is ideal particularly for proximity sensors in devices where space is limited and for light barriers. In many sensor applications it i...

Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Silian) has cooperated with Soitec (Euronext) to jointly develop gallium nitride (GaN) template wafers using hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). And the partner companies plan to begin sampling GaN template wafers in 2012. The companies' joint development agreement aims at validating the manufacturability and enabling the commercialization of GaN template wafers using Silian's sapphire substrates and Soitec's unique HVPE technology. Chantal Arena, vice president and general ma...