Cree, Inc. and Philips have joined force in a comprehensive, worldwide LED patent cross-license agreement, aiming to further accelerate the growth of the LED lighting market. The agreement includes patents from both parties in the fields of blue LED chip technology, white LEDs and phosphors (including remote phosphors), control systems, LED luminaires and lamps ,LED backlighting of LCDs and patents in the Philips LED Luminaire Licensing Program.

ON Semiconductor introduces an offline LED driver that integrates power factor correction (PFC) and isolated step-down AC-DC power conversion in a single stage.It supplies for applications such as LED-based street, low bay, wall packs and architectural lighting. The NCL30001 offers a reduced component count, lower cost solution that supports higher overall system efficiency in LED power.

Lumex expands its TitanBrite line of high-power LED technology in 2-, 3- and 5W capacities, which will offer high intensity light of up to 58, 210 and 300 lumens respectively. Compared with similar high-power LEDs, the new TitanBrite products can provide up to a 30 percent improvement in heat dissipation performance and a 60 percent enhancement in ESD protection.

Maxim provides LED drivers with PWM intensity control for applications. Using the serial interface to send the LED driver a command to change the register bits for the corresponding LED，the intensity can be normally controlled. The number of bits ranges from 4 to 8bits, equals to 16 to 256 intensity levels. Other Maxim LED drivers are carried out by adjusting the amount of the constant current sinking through an open-drain LED port.

Samsung and LG intend to offer a wider range of LED TVs this year. According to Rohit Pandit, business head for home entertainment at LG Electronics in India, LG new range of TVs is now weighted 50-50 between LED and LCD units. Samsung India deputy managing director Ravinder Zutshi  also forecasts sales of 200,000-300,000 LED sets this year, compared to 40,000 in 2009.

The LED market is developing rapidly, with US$7 billion in 2009 rising up to US$10.7 billion in 2010 and is expected to reach US$20.4 billion in 2012. The application of LED backlights by LCD TV manufacturers increased from 0.01% at the end of 2008 to 10% in the second half of 2009. It is expected to reach 27% by the end of 2010. And the application of LED backlights by LCD display producers grew from 0.01% at the end of 2008 to 5%.

Led by Braveheart Investment Group, the Strathclyde Innovation Fund and the Alpha EIS Fund has invested £150,000 to exploit micro-LED arrays developed at its Institute of Photonics. Scottish Enterprise's Scottish Seed Fund also joined them.   The arrays begin as a single large LED structure. MicroLEDs from 2 to 100µm across have been made.

GlacialTech Inc., today unveils the brand-new GL-SD60 series, waterproof DC-powered LED spotlights or floodlights. The GL-SD60 series are completely dust-proof as well as waterproof, protected against strong water jets from all directions, making them perfect for both indoor and outdoor lighting.

Digi-Key made an agreement with Bridgelux for LED distribution. It will distribute Bridgelux products to customers worldwide. Bridgelux offers one of the industry's widest ranges of solid-state light sources, delivering 240 to 4500 "hot" lumens across a broad range of color temperatures.

AIXTRON AG announced today a new order for six CRIUS II 55x2-inch configuration deposition systems from Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd., ‘SILAN’. The Hangzhou, PR China based company, placed the order in the second quarter of 2010 and will take delivery of the systems over the fourth quarter 2010 to first quarter 2011 period. The systems will be used for the volume production of GaN ultra-high brightness (UHB) blue/green LEDs.

Samsung released its range of LED-backlit LCD monitors. The new range has “no or few” environmentally hazardous materials, no lead or mercury and have 40% reduced power draw.

Optiled Japan Ltd will introduce a string-like LED lamp, "CabLED," which is available for ornaments and indirect illumination. It's made by lining up LED packages in thermoplastic polyurethane at an interval of 30mm. It is designed for being installed in a narrow space. And it can be cut in increments of 180mm.

To meet the growing demands of Asia manufacturers designing SSL, mobile phone chargers and network adapters, iWatt Inc. built a new design center in the Shenzhen Science Park in Shenzhen, China. With iWatt's recent diversification to include AC/DC LED driver ICs for dimmable LEDs, the company is positioned to tap into growing conservation initiatives worldwide to replace existing incandescent bulbs with more energy-efficient LEDs. And more than 100 lighting companies use iWatt's new LED driver ICs.

OKI Data Corporation, one of OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Subsidiaries, received the "BERTL's Best" for the C610 Series and C711 Series of Color digital LED printers.

ZMD AG announced its first energy-efficient LED driver ICs, achieving up to 95% efficiency.

Party Secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, S.K. Guo, led a more than 1000 member group to Taipei to buy US$272.73 million in products, such as auto parts, sundries, foods, LED lamp parts, electronic devices, hardware and so on. After the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) had been signed between the two sides three days ago, the group became the first large Chinese financial delegation visiting Taiwan.

If Miri City Council (MCC) is to go ahead with its plan to use LED as the street lightings, it will be the first in the country to implement LED lighting system. According to Mayor Lawrence Lai , city council is expected to implement LED lighting system within a year. Electricity bill incurred by city council is about RM7 million on 17,500 street lights. With the installation of LED lighting systems, the city council is able to save at least 60 per cent (RM4.2 million) in electricity bills.

Epistar is scheduling to align with Delta. The alliance will contain product development and will probably have an LED chip production facility built in China. According to Epistar Sources, it is still being awaited for agreement from the board of directors, and until the board meeting at Epistar in August ,a final confirmation on this move will be made.

Due to brilliant vibrant illumination, longer life LED's and more cost effective fabrication, John Chiang and Ken-Sheng (David) Chiang of Alluma Tech, who had innovated its Lite Tech LED product line were awarded U.S. patent 7,721,457B2. Lite Tech is the only LED brand utilizing phosphor enhanced graphic decorating to achieve brightness with lower wattage LED's.

Driven by the rapid expansion of LED-backlit models, TV shipments in 2010 will pass 242 million units. The trend toward increased LED backlight usage is one of the most intently watched areas as an acute supply chain shortage keeps the LED market segment from growing more quickly in 2010. Due to expanding government stimulus programs and increased urbanization, China continues to be a hot LCD TV growth market in 2010, with 35 percent y-on-y growth in 2010, down from 119 percent y-on-y growth in 2009.

LEDinside offers free services for our members to post their product information on LEDeXchange, which helps open the door of internet marketing. The number of unique visitors on LEDinside has reached 1.7 million a year; among which, more than 80% of our visitors are from LED related industries, and the number is still increasing.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Infineon Technologies both champion the cause of sustainable development and environmental protection. In collaboration with the OSRAM partner network LED Light for you, the German company Diana Electronic Systems has developed an energy-efficient LED lamp for the Global Nature Fund to be used in Sri Lanka. Local fishermen will use the lamps instead of their environmentally harmful kerosene lamps when fishing at night.

IXYS Corp. has introduced the LDS8710/11, LDS8720/24/26 LED drivers to eliminate the external Schottky diode normally used in the rectification loop. The LDS8710 drives a string of 10 LEDs with factory-preset maximum LED current values of 20-, 25- and 30mA with 1% accuracy, and uses pulse-width modulation dimming to adjust LED brightness. They are designed for  LCD display backlight applications such as automotive displays, GPS, netbooks, laptop PCs, tablet computers and industrial and medical displays.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has acquired a 21% stake in U.S. thin-film solar cell maker Stion on June 16. The new deal underscores TSMC`s aggressive move into the green energy market, including solar energy and LEDs. The initiative is being orchestrated by the company’s green-energy division under Rick Tsai, the leadership of TSMC`s former CEO.

WestPark Capital, Inc.,finished a WRASP transaction resulted in raising a total of $13.6 million for Chinese LED lighting manufacturer, known as China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics. A WRASP is an alternative capital markets transaction process where a private company goes public through a reverse merger, with its common stock trading directly on the NYSE Amex or another senior exchange. China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics gained a listing on the NYSE Amex.

Haima's first SUV equipped LEDs from DOMINANT Opto Technologies for the tail lamp.

Based on the material shortages, Everlight Electronics Inc., Epistar Corp. and Formosa Epitaxy Inc. suggest that LED supply will not satisfy with the demand till the end of this year

AIXTRON AG today announced a multiple tool order from Sanan OptoElectronics Co. Ltd., headquartered in Xiamen, China. The Sanan order for multiple CRIUS® 31x2 inch tools was placed at the end of 2009. The local AIXTRON support team has successfully commissioned the new HB GaN LED growth reactors at Sanan’s new purpose-built facility in Tianjin in the first two quarters of 2010.

All ten stadiums of the soccer World Cup are equipped with energy saving lighting technology by OSRAM. The LED luminaires LEDbeam produced by BEKA demonstrate how LED in particular are able to add that certain something to a stadium. The luminaires are for example used in the Durban and Cape Town stadiums. In Cape Town’s football temple the LED trace wave shapes of high quality white light.

Formosa Epitaxy schedules to expand its LED capacity from 43 MOCVD sets to 81 by the end of 2010. It will raise the capital by issuing up to 150 million shares with a view to a target of around US$ 162.6 million. Before the decision is made, a eholders meeting on Financial options is going to be hold. And the new developments is planned to take place in Taiwan and China.