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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.  ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

After Osram claimed Samsung and LG infringed its patents on white and surface mountable LEDs,the two South Korea companies have taken actions to fight for their rights. Samsung LED countersued in June, filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Osram Korea and two Korean sales agents of the German company at a Seoul district court. LG joined Samsung LED to countersue Osram. It’s reported that LG Electronics had filed a complaint with the South Korean trade commission to ban imports of LED products from Osram. According to LG, it had fi...

Reportedly, Digi-Key Corporation has teamed up with Cree, Molexand RECOM to offer an all-in-one, LED lighting solution based on the Cree XLamp platform. According to the company, the Digi-Key CXA2011 XLamp LED lighting kit combines the performance, ease-of-use, and reliability of the XLamp series of LED arrays into a simple, all-in-one solution that takes the mystery out of building LED light fixtures. Digi-Key encourages LED design by offering all the necessary components, including a heat sink, connectors, power supply, and LED array, in a ...

Just  as Computex Taipei 2011 was drawing to a close, Gem Hsin Electronics Co. Ltd., maker of LED lighting products, announced the USB LED Desk Lamp - TOPAZ series at the exhibition. The TOPAZ series of table lamps are specially created for desktop and notebook PCs with a power-saving design that consumes only 2 watts per hour and provides up to 500 lux of illumination on desktops. The elegant shape and distinctive use of USB power in the series quickly drew an enthusiastic response from consumers after the release of the product line. One of Japan&...

Lately, Four U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 teams have announced to rely on Lighting Science Group’s lighting solutions for their solar home prototypes competing in final testing and judgment this fall.   The four teams are Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Old Dominion University and Hampton University, and Middlebury College . According to the Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology team, "The nature...

Currently, with the introduction of the new CRIUS II-L, which Aixtron considered as  the world's largest capacity MOCVD reactor,the company sets a new benchmark for MOCVD reactor capacity, throughput and LED production cost. the new Aixtron CRIUS II-L is based on the already market proven CRIUS II platform which was introduced in 2010,and it’s now available with a 16x4 inch or 69x2 inch capacity. As with previous generations, the CRIUS II-L reactor is based on the Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) concept, which as a key...

Recently, some West Main Street residents in the Nebraska neighborhood will embrace a brighter future. The city's Board of Public Works was to consider carrying out a project of adding dozens of high-quality streetlights along the West Main Street corridor to improve light levels, energy efficiency and safety. According to Herb Berg, design coordinator with the city's streetlight engineering department, by replacing existing lights with 48 LED units, the city could benefit from a higher quality of light with only half the electricity required by older lights. ...