Phosphor

Intematix announces Former Cree Global Sales Director Jeff Lagaly to Lead LED-Lighting Business Expansion

sarafan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:28:58 +0000

It’s reported that Intematix Corp., a leading innovator in phosphors, LED components and solid state lighting modules, has added more top talent with the announcement that Jeff Lagaly has joined the company as Vice President of Sales, LED Lighting. Mr. Lagaly was formerly Global Sales Director for Cree Lighting, overseeing the sales effort that introduced and drove Cree’s XLamp LED line to sales estimated in excess of $100M.

Peter Larsson, Intematix CEO, indicated “Jeff’s background, with experience in both the chip and LED sides of the industry, is the perfect complement to the Intematix team. As part of his responsibilities at Cree, he built both the inside and outside LED component sales teams, installed local and global distribution networks, and identified customer entry points worldwide which resulted in the development of Cree’s fastest growing business unit.”

Intematix has expanded its vertical integration into the LED lighting space with the addition of packaged LEDs and LED arrays in recent. In addition, the company is providing key modular components along with integration and design assistance, which together are enabling traditional lighting companies to accelerate their entry into the solid state and LED-based lighting space.

Intematix has leveraged their phosphor and material experience horizontally in the last year, with a rapid expansion into a leadership position in CFL and CCFL phosphors, according to Intematix Founder, CTO and Executive VP, Dr. Yi-Qun Li, with the recent introduction of the packaged power LEDs and LED arrays, the Apus and Cetus product lines. While the materials-oriented business units continue their expansion, the LED business is providing the company with the kind of parallel opportunity that is only found in high-growth markets, such as solid state lighting.

Jeff Lagaly commented, “Intematix is helping traditional fixture manufacturers enter the SSL market by offering them solutions to their LED-lighting challenges. I am pleased to add my experience to this team and expect to make the most of the initial traction Intematix has seen with its new LED and modular LED lighting solution portfolio.”

About Intematix Corporation

Intematix Corporation provides advanced materials, device solutions and services for worldwide manufacturers of high-performing electronic systems and devices. Intematix’ first product—a suite of market-leading patented phosphors—was developed and commercialized in record time using the company’s proprietary combinatorial discovery techniques. The phosphor technology, which is used to boost the quality and efficiency of high-brightness LEDs, has leveraged the company into higher levels of product integration, and now includes a line of LED lamp and LED lighting modular solutions. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Intematix maintains R&D, manufacturing, business and support operations in the U.S. and Asia.

Evident to commercialize nanocrystal-based LEDs

sarafan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:55:55 +0000

It’s reported that Evident Technologies, Inc, a Try, NY-based company that develops and commercializes technology based on semiconductor nanocrystals, has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Philips Electronics. This will pave the way for Evident to commercialize nanocrystal-based LEDs. Evident Technologies is intending to immediately launch a new line of low-power LEDs and LED-based products that use semiconductor nanocrystals as a phosphor.

Clint Ballinger, CEO of Evident Technologies said "LEDs last longer and are much more efficient than incandescent lights but are limited to only a few colors, we are excited about this licensing agreement and leveraging our technology to bring additional colors to these light sources."

The company indicated that LED chips are fundamentally constrained to emit only a single color of light. Most current white LEDs use phosphors to convert blue LED chips into "white" or other colors. However, the underlying phosphor technology can limit the range of colors that are obtainable, while semiconductor nanocrystal technology removes these color limitations.

Evident, founded in 2000, has been developing semiconductor nanocrystal technology for years and plans to immediately launch commercial LED products based on this technology. Evident believed that there is a market for semiconductor nanocrystal technology and they are looking forward to the technology being commercialized.

"The LED industry seems eager to embrace this technology," said Dave Duncan, COO of Evident Technologies. "Our new line of LED products will enable us to enter the retail market as well, making them the world's first consumer products based on semiconductor nanocrystals."

Intematix Introduces Complete Line of Patented Chip on Ceramic LEDs and LED Arrays

Emma — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:44 +0000

Intematix Corp., a leading innovator in materials, phosphors, LED lighting components and integration services, today announced a broad expansion of its product offerings with the introduction of a complete line of patented "chip on ceramic" LEDs and LED arrays.

Available through its subsidiary, Intematix Technology Center (ITC) of Yang Mei, Taiwan, the new line of solid state lighting components leverages Intematix' recognized expertise in phosphor and material development to offer solid state lighting manufacturers and integrators reliable, high-efficiency LED components across a full range of color temperatures. Typical performance from an 8000K cool white production device is 80 lumens/watt, while warm white 3300K devices are delivering 70 lumens/watt from the packaged 1 watt devices.

Acquired in June 2007 ITC initially provided marketing and integration support for Intematix phosphors and other key components, including chips and silicones from strategic partners in the greater China market. With direct access to critical components, the center has provided LED packagers with the full compliment of materials necessary for rapid prototyping and deployment of any phosphor-based solid state lighting solution. Since that time, ITC has rapidly expanded its full service integration and production capabilities, and is now in volume production with a range of chip-on-ceramic and integrated light engines/modules to support the needs of solid state lighting system providers.

"There are hundreds luminaire manufacturers, from Tier I down, that are looking for both single-chip LEDs and arrays that can be specifically tailored to their fixtures and applications," says Intematix' Director of Lighting Business Development, Ilkan Cokgor. "These new patent-backed product lines successfully leverage Intematix' knowledge of phosphors, packaging materials, optics, and thermal management to simplify those lighting manufacturer's designs and accelerate their time to market."

Solid state lighting (SSL) offers the promise of a high-quality light source combined with efficiency levels that will soon surpass fluorescent fixtures in terms of overall cost of ownership. All forms of efficient lighting are receiving increased attention as more nations make conservation policies a key priority. Solid state lighting provides additional benefits since LEDs are mercury-free, RoHS compliant and boast substantially increased lifetimes when properly designed and integrated.

The new ITC product lines designated Apus and Cetus, are available now in volume production quantities. The Apus line of single chip packages offers high efficiency in a compact point source that ranges from only 3mm to 5mm square in size. It typically delivers up to 80lm/W at 1W for 5500K cool white and 70lm/W at 1W for 3300K warm white. When making use of Intematix' new red phosphor technology, coloring rendering is typically greater than 90, even at these high efficiency levels. The chip-array-on-ceramic Cetus line is available in configurations from 4 to hundreds of chips in series or parallel, as well as series/parallel combinations.

"The Cetus employs a unique cavity design. Each cavity is connected through LTCC ceramic substrates, allowing ITC to create any desired array configuration and still deliver an illumination profile with a pleasant, smooth and natural looking light," said Mr. Harik Su, ITC’s Vice President of Engineering, and inventor of the unique packaging design. "These arrays really combine the features lighting companies are looking for which are ease of design, tight binning, robust thermal management and a simplified and scalable power and area design." The Cetus line can be directly driven at common DC and AC voltages.