2011-07-14

Osram Makes Progress on Green Laser Performance

Recently, Uwe Strauss from Osram Opto Semiconductors has demonstrated  the company’s improved green laser performance that are fabricated on the conventional plane of GaN,at the ninth International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors. According to Strauss , these lasers will target pico-projectors, where they can combine with red and blue equivalents to provide a lighting source with a small footprint that is free from a focusing element. Strauss introduce that the green source in a pico-projector producing a 100 lumen brightness must meet the requirements as...
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2011-07-14

Philips Lighting Experience Center to Show LED Application

Philips has formed it’s first Lighting Experience Center (LEC) in Asia, to show how light can be used in various urban environments. The center is located in Singapore,and is spread over 4,640 square feet ,targeting to how light can be optimized in outdoor areas and retail environments.
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2011-07-14

Dialight’s L-864 LED Red Beacon for Hazardous Locations Application

Dialight has designed its fourth-generation LED-based L-864 Red Medium Intensity Beacon certified for Class I, Division 2 hazardous locations use. In contrast to traditional Xenon and incandescent units for lighting chimney stacks, cooling towers or wind turbines in hazardous locations, the Class I, Div 2 L-864 Red Beacon at just under 9 inches high and weighing only 20 pounds, offers significantly less wind load and is highly resistant to shock and vibration. Operating at just 20 watts, the L-864 is more than 90 percent more efficient than incandescent technology...
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2011-07-14

Elemental LED Adds New Aluminum Channels for LED Strip Light

Elemental LED has added aluminum channels aimed at satisfying demand for stylish LED strip light installation options. The aluminum channels can be available in cabinet installations, display cases and for architectural accent lighting. Alternatively, channels can be used in conjunction with LED strip light in nearly any situation requiring more durability or the style of a sturdy fixture. According to the company,pairing an aluminum channel with the appropriate strip light choice enables customers to build the perfect fixture for almost any project. The Aluminum Cha...
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2011-07-14

ESI Releases New LED Wafer Scribing System

ESI, Inc.has released its most advanced LED wafer scribing system, the AccuScribe 2600 and shows it at the SEMICON(R) West exhibition in San Francisco. with patented, industry-leading technology, ESI's AccuScribe 2600 targets to cater to customer requirements for LED  manufacturing, including Patterned Sapphire Substrate (PSS), Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR), Metal Mirror (MM) and other advanced light extraction technologies....
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2011-07-13

Seattle City Benefits from LED Streetlights

Seattle City has benefited from tens of thousands more new LED lightings and saved the city $300,000 ,according to City Councilmember Bruce Harrell and City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco. City Light has started work on the second phase of installing LED streetlights throughout the residential neighborhoods in its service territory. The utility installed 6,000 lights last year between the Ship Canal and North 65th Street. Contractors will install 12,000 LED streetlights this year from North 65th Street to the north end of City Light’s service ...
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2011-07-13

Fairchild Semiconductor Offers Designers a Total Solution Portfolio for Low-, Mid- and High-Power LED Lighting Applications

Broad Portfolio Simplifies Supply Chain Complexity; Value-Added Solutions Achieve High-Efficiency System Performance With the increasing popularity of LED lighting applications, designers face challenges ranging from design complexity and the need for high system efficiency to limited PCB space and the management of multiple vendors to meet all of their design requirements. To address these challenges, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, offers a broad portfolio of LED lighting ...
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2011-07-13

LumiGrow Receives Funding to Develop LED Horticultural Lighting Technology

LumiGrow, Inc.,the provider of LED lighting solutions for horticulture, has received an undisclosed sum in Series A financing from Clean Pacific Ventures, to accelerate the market expansion of energy-efficient LumiGrow® lighting solutions for commercial agriculture and horticultural research. Clean Pacific Ventures' General Partner and Chief Investment Officer Sean Schickedanz will join LumiGrow's Board of Directors. Generally, greenhouse growers supplement sunlight with high-intensity discharge  lighting to boost crop growth and extend grow...
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2011-07-13

Hi Score Decides to Restart Its LED Energy Saving Streetlight Market

According to Hi Score Corporation , its Board of Directors has decided to restart its efforts to pursue sales in the ever growing Energy Saving LED Streetlight market. The decision to resume attention in this direction comes after months of ensuring corporate integrity as the company adjusted to the acquisition of DMD Lighting and Energy Control Systems. The company is very optimistic about the future. COO of Hi Score and CEO of DMD, Dominick Falso, believed that the Energy Saving Streetlight Market was huge and they had opportunities to sell milli...
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2011-07-13

Ireland-based Tyndall National Institute Forms InfiniLED

Reportedly, Ireland’s Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock T.D., has set up InfiniLED Ltd of Cork, Ireland, a spin-off from Tyndall National Institute, UCC (University College Cork), as a development and production company for next-generation LEDs. InfiniLED is based on Micro LED (µLED) technology invented by a team of researchers led by Brian Corbett in the III-V Materials and Devices group of Tyndall National Institute, supported and funded by Enterprise Ireland (EI). With free-standing gallium nitride (G...
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2011-07-12

ETC Selador Lights Paul Cocksedge Studio Exhibition in Milan

Creating a celebration of light, lighting designer Paul Cocksedge used 80 ETC Selador® Classic Ice™ LED fixtures in an exhibition space as part of the Salone del Mobile home furnishing exhibition in Milan, Italy. The project involved projecting light from the blue part of the color spectrum from concealed Selador fixtures onto an 82-foot-long, curved white wall extension of a lighting showroom in the heart of Milan’s design district. When visitors viewed the wall through a red light shade, a previously hidden video of a car appeared to the viewer. C...
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2011-07-12

Illumitex LEDs Designed for Horticulture Lighting Market

Illumitex recently has developed Surexi LEDs to accelerate plant growth while promoting maximum plant size and vitality. According to Illumitex ,the Surexi is the only LED on the market that includes a custom light spectra in a single LED package, eliminating the colour separation issues inherent in other horticulture LED lighting. Utilising Illumitex’s patented square light pattern and precision beam control, Surexi LEDs produce unrivalled edge-to-edge light uniformity while ensuring all plants receive the same amount of light – leading to more unifo...
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2011-07-12

Samsung LED Signed an Agreement with KOPTI to Enhance LED Lighting Technology

Reportedly, Samsung LED and the Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI) signed an agreement to enhance the development of LED lighting technology On 30 June 2011. Combines with Samsung LED’s rich experience in the LED business,and the assets that KOPTI has obtained over many years such as technical skills, highly skilled researchers and equipment, both organisations are aiming to obtain global competitiveness.  ...
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2011-07-12

NYSERDA $1.5 m Awarded Supports for Precision Flow’s LED and Solar Cell Equipment Develpoment

It’s reported that Precision Flow Technologies (PFT) ,the provider of outsource manufacturing, gas and chemical handling equipment, has been awarded $1.5 million from New York State Energy Research and Development (NYSERDA). This NYSERDA award will be used to help the company expand its capacity to manufacture solar thin-film and LED production equipment. NYSERDA has started to provide funding to help New York State companies develop or expand facilities to manufacture innovative renewable, clean energy or energy efficient products since 2...
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2011-07-12

USHIO to Showcase Two New UX4-LEDs Series Models at SEMICON West 2011

USHIO INC. has kicked off shipping the world's first 200-mm wafer full-field projection lithography tool "UX4-LEDs FFPL 200" for manufacturing High-Brightness LED chips. Additionally, the company has completed development of the laser lift-off system "UX4-LEDs LLO 150" for volume manufacturing of vertical-structure LED chips. These latest models of the UX4-LEDs are based on the same platform as USHIO's field-proven UX series, which has an installed base of more than 1,100 systems. They will be exhibited thro...
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2011-07-12

Kyocera Launches LED-UV Curing System for Printing Machines

Newly, Kyocera Corporation has developed the KVL-G3 Series LED-UV curing system, a key component in industrial printing machines. Combined with LED techology, the new product achieves a 70% reduction in power consumption compared to existing lamp-system products (metal halide). In addition, thanks to Kyocera's proprietary high-density packaging technologies, the company has succeeded in arranging LED chips on a high-density surface as opposed to in-line conventional products. With this development, Kyocera has enabled the fastest label printing capability...
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2011-07-12

RoseStreet Labs Develops World's First Silicon-based Long Wavelength LED Device

RoseStreet Labs, (RSL), has utilized low cost silicon wafer substrates to develop  the world's first long wavelength LED device. The RSL longer wavelength device is fabricated utilizing commercial scale deposition tools at RSL's Nitride Research Center in Phoenix, Arizona. In contrast to the more traditional sapphire or silicon carbide substrates typically utilized in LED fabrication, silicon substrates have a substantial cost advantage. Green or longer wavelength nitride based LEDs are very challenging to fabricate compared to UV and Blue ...
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2011-07-12

BenQ Introduces New L-Series LED TV in Middle East

BenQ has introduced its new L-Series LED TV to the Middle East with several new features. The new TV comes in a simple yet elegant design with its high-gloss, crystal black display. It is power-packed with a Reflection Defense Panel that reduces reflections caused by other light sources in the room and Senseye – a BenQ-exclusive lifelike digital image enhancement technology that delivers 28 independent color calibrations. The L-Series LED TV also provides 27.3% more contrast in comparison to other TVs. In particular,it has the Smart On/Off featu...
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2011-07-12

ARC Energy Ships Its 100th CHES Furnace for LED Sapphire Crystal

Advanced RenewableEnergy Company (ARC Energy), specializing in innovative c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting, has announced to ship its 100th CHES Furnace,which is highly automated “c-axis” growth furnaces that are used to produce sapphire boules. Cores from these crystals are turned into LED wafers, and finally into the High Brightness and Ultra-High Brightness LED chips that are used in LED backlighting, general lighting, and automotive and signage applications. Besides, ARC Energy...
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2011-07-11

LED Lighting Spruces up Korea Biggest Media Façades in the World

The Galleria Centercity shopping mall in Cheonan of Korea has been a new landscape with more than 22,000 LED lighting. This huge building is visible from afar as one reaches the end of the journey to Cheonan, located 80 km from Seoul. The vast 12,600 m2 media façade is huge. Dynamic light shows produced by more than 22,000 LED lighting points wrap the structure in a shimmering skin that stands out impressively against its urban setting. The high-power LED spotlights developed by luminaire manufacturer Zumtobel are designed to merge almost imperceptibly in...
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2011-07-11

US ITC Investigates LED Patent Infringement among Osram, Samsung and LG

As the argument among Osram, Samsung,LG has grown sharply, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation. Including Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (and Samsung Electronics America Inc of Ridgefield Park, NJ), Samsung LED Co Ltd (and Samsung LED America Inc of Atlanta, GA); as well as LG Electronics Inc (and LG Electronics USA Inc of Englewood Cliffs, NJ) and LG Innotek Co Ltd (and LG Innotek USA Inc of San Diego, CA) involved in this investigation. Early on June, O...
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2011-07-11

Electro Scientific Industries to Participate in Semicon West 2011

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a supplier of innovative laser-based manufacturing solutions for the microtechnology industry, will show off  its new and expanded suite of LED manufacturing systems and applications at Semicon West 2011 be held in San Francisco on July 12-14. According to Nick Konidaris, president and CEO of ESI, "ESI has long been recognized as a pioneer and innovator of breakthrough technologies for laser-based LED manufacturing processes. In working closely with our LED customers, ESI has developed revolutionary systems t...
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2011-07-11

Samsung Releases its First Samsung SyncMaster SA Series 3D LED Monitor

Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp., has released Samsung SyncMaster SA950 3D LED monitor,featuring real-life 3D pictures,elegance of nature , Eco Motion Sensor and a “zero-bright spot” guarantee serves. According to the company, it is capable of showing real-life 3D pictures by adopting 3D HyperReal Engine, the reaction is particularly fast, enabling the monitor to produce vivid 3D images without dizziness. The new product is equipped with Ultra Clear Panel, which enhances color contrast for sharper images. Secondly, the new LED monitor is...
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2011-07-11

Lighting Science Group Celebrates the Production of Two Million LED Light Bulbs

Recently, Lighting Science Group, has celebrated a production milestone with the production of a total two million LED light bulbs. Management’s looking ahead with optimism, evidenced by a doubling of its workforce to 400 in 2010. In addition, the company also has developed a partnership with Dixon Technologies which grants the latter exclusive rights to distribute LSG’s products in India. Jim Haworth, LSG’s CEO,announced that “Our entry into China earlier in the year and now India is an indication of what’s to come for Lighting Sc...
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2011-07-11

City of Winfield Makes LED Convertion

Last Thursday ,City of Winfield Electric Utility installed 12 new street lights on the 900 and 1000 blocks of Main Street, as part of an ongoing endeavor to "go green," cut costs and save energy. This LED convertion represents a significant energy savings over Winfield's current, high-pressure sodium street lights by cutting energy usage by about 70 percent.  ...
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2011-07-11

LOS ANGELES Completed LED Conversion

Recently, City of LOS ANGELES has completed a five-year LED replacement of all traffic lights and pedestrian signals. According to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the LEDs are about 85 percent more efficient than traditional lights, and the conversion will save the city about $4 million annually. The city also is under the process of converting 140,000 of its about 210,000 street lights to LEDs, being financed by a $40 million loan by the Department of Water and Power. City officials expect that the new lights will save about $10 million a year after the compl...
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2011-07-08

Thermal Technology Receives 40-uint Order for K1 Sapphire Crystal Growers

Thermal Technology, a leading manufacturer of crystal growth equipment and high temperature furnace systems, announced that it signed a 40-unit order for its Model K1 sapphire crystal grower with a customer in Taiwan.  This is Thermal Technology’s largest single order to date, and signifies the company’s credibility and growing presence in the sapphire crystal LED market.     "This new sales order signals continued industry confidence in Thermal Technology’s high-productivity tool for sapphire crystal growth,” says Matt ...
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2011-07-08

Lumenpulse Appoints Chris Christiani as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations

Veteran LED Manufacturing Leader Joins Company’s Strong Executive Team Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced that Chris Christiani, a well known LED manufacturing expert, has joined as vice president of Manufacturing and Operations. Christiani will oversee the company's manufacturing and supply chain functions, focusing on quality and operational efficiencies.   Christiani joins seven other LED ...
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2011-07-08

GE Lighting Forms First Distribution Center in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone

GE Lighting has set up its first full-fledged over 1,375 square meters distribution center in the Middle East in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai, to serve as a strategic hub for its expansion in the UAE as well as strengthen exports to key markets in the Middle East and Africa. The warehouse will have over 2,000 products, bringing one of the largest showcases of GE Lighting products beside its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. All products will be shipped in from Hungary and the other manufacturing centers of the company around the world. The product range covers s...
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2011-07-08

SETI Makes a Milestone on the Lifetime of 280nm UV LEDs

Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) has made a milestone to overcome the short lifetime of 280nm UVLEDs with of over 10,000 hours on its UVTOP275 LEDs. The lifetime demonstration has been performed on a statistically valid group of LEDs from several batches which are representative of UVTOP275 products; the LEDs were packaged in TO-39 metal-glass packages with flat windows and emit at a wavelength of 280nm ±5nm at an average power of 0.8mW after burn-in. Lifetime analysis was performed to SETi standard procedure; driven with a current...
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE