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Marvell’s Breakthrough Deep Dimming LED Driver IC

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:59:30 +0800

Accelerates Mass Adoption of Energy Efficient LED Retrofit Bulbs Marvell’s 88EM8183 LED Driver IC, Tested for Dimmer Compatibility by Lighting Control Leader Lutron, Offers Advanced Deep Dimming Technology, the Highest Dimmer Compatibility in the Industry, and Cuts Component Counts in Half Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the Marvell® 88EM8183 deep dimming single-stage AC/DC LED driver integrated circuit (IC). The 88EM8183 LED driver IC delivers the highest dimmer compatibility and lowest component count in t...

TI introduces two phase-dimmable, offline LED lighting drivers

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:34:33 +0800

At the Strategies in Light Europe conference, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE:TXN) introduced two highly integrated, phase-dimmable AC/DC LED lighting drivers, LM3448 and TPS92070, for use in solid state lighting residential, architectural, commercial and industrial applications, such as retrofit bulbs, LED ballasts, downlights, spot lights and other luminaires. For information and samples, see: www.ti.com/lm3448-pr and www.ti.com/tps92070-pr. TI is showcasing its LM3448 and TPS92070 at Strategies in Light Europe (booths #222, #224) in M...

Diodes Incorporated's Multi-topology LED Driver Raises Performance of High Brightness Lighting Systems

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:36:09 +0800

Diodes Incorporated announced a multi-topology LED driver designed to increase the performance of high brightness automotive, industrial and commercial lighting systems. Operating in buck, boost and buck-boost modes, the ZXLD1374 LED driver's integrated 60V power MOSFET switch is capable of producing a maximum LED current of 1.5A. The IC uses high-side current sensing and patent pending control loops to achieve high accuracy current control of LED strings.

Renesas Electronics Introduces New Control IC for Automotive LED Headlights

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:30:44 +0800

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the availability of its new control IC (part number PD168891) for automotive light-emitting diode (LED) headlights.

iWatt Nabs EDN’s “Most Innovative Product” Award With the iW3610 Dimmable LED Driver IC

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:29:53 +0800

iWatt, Inc., a leader in digital power IC products and technology, today announced that the iW3610 AC/DC digital power controller for dimmable LED lighting has won the Most Innovative Product Award in the Power Lighting category at EDN’s 20th Annual Innovation Awards Competition. Instituted in 1990, EDN’s Innovation Awards honor the people, products, and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year.

MaxIC gets WI Harper investment to expand LED driver IC family

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:16:48 +0800

MaxIC Technology Corporation, innovators of energy efficient integrated circuits (ICs) widely used in LEDs for general lighting, LCD TV backlighting, and consumer electronics, today announced an expansion capital investment led by WI Harper Group. Currently shipping four product lines, MaxIC will use this investment to ramp up production and expand the company’s cutting-edge R&D efforts.

How to choose LED Driver IC?

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:27:29 +0800

LED has established its unshakable position in the backlighting of portable devices. Even in the backlighting for the large-sized LCD panel, it has started to challenge the mainstream CCFL. In lighting, LED is especially popular in the market due to its highlighted features like energy-efficiency, environmental friendliness, long lifetime, and low maintenance. The driver circuit is a crucial and integral part of the LED. Whether in lighting, backlighting or the display panel, the choice of the technical architecture of the driver circuit must correspond to specific applications.

Glandtex launches LED display driver IC Aiming for better LED display video and energy- saving

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:22:20 +0800

The improvement of LED lighting efficiency has been amazing in the past few years. One important revolution of this century is going to be installing LED into everyone’s life, replacing traditional light bulbs. LED displays first appeared in the solid light source revolution, and now, it is everywhere, such as shopping district, sport stadium, high way, and wherever the electricity can reach. These huge LED displays stand themselves as the early indication of the LED revolution.

Infineon Introduces BCR 450 Driver IC for General Lighting Applications

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:45:15 +0800

Infineon Technologies AG has recently introduced the low cost LED driver IC BCR 450 which was specifically designed for driving high power LEDs. As BCR 450 produces no electromagnetic radiation, it is well-suited for applications sensitive against electromagnetic interference (EMI) as well as medical applications with communication bus systems, and wide range of other applications, according to the company.

Taking Advantage of SnapDriveTM to Improve the LED Display Screen Quality

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:47:21 +0800

Full-color LED video display screen has become popular in recent years for various applications such as indoor/outdoor commercial advertisement, stadium billboards, traffic message signs…etc. Thanks to the evolution of LED technology which enables lower cost, higher luminance, uniform wave-length and better efficacy LEDs available, the LED display screen makers are able to build high quality display screen with cheaper cost.