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- Technology | Material Science
NGK Developed GaN Wafer for Ultra High Brightness LEDs
NGK Insulators has announced it has developed gallium nitride (GaN) wafers that double luminous efficiency of a LED light source compared to conventional materials. Created with original liquid phase epitaxial growth technology, NGK's GaN wafer has low defect density and colorless transparency over the whole wafer surface. Read more »
- White Papers
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- DOE Releases GATEWAY Report on Museum LED Retrofit Lighting
- Diamond Brightens the Performance of Electronic Devices and LEDs
- Research and Markets Releases "Smart Lighting 2012" Report
- Flexible Organic LED (OLED) Lighting Reaches High Energy Efficiency
- At High Environmental Temperatures and at Very Low Power LED's Wall Plug Efficiency Exceeds 100%
- General News
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- austriamicrosystems Announces New Company “ams”Brand | May 16, 2012
- Optogan Enters the Italian Lighting Market with LEDisOne as Distribution Partner | May 11, 2012
- Marvell Showcases Breakthrough LED Lighting Solutions and Collaborates with Cree for Lamp Reference Design | May 10, 2012
- Redwood Systems Brings Its Energy-Efficient Lighting Solutions to Europe | May 09, 2012
- KHATOD at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 | May 09, 2012
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Products | Sockets & Connectors | May 16, 2012
Molex LED Array Holder Provides a Solder-Free Connector for Citizen's New Chip on Board (COB) Arrays
Molex Incorporated announced today that its new LED array holder will support Citizen Electronics’ recently introduced Chip on Board (COB) series of arrays: CLL010, CLL020, CLL030, CLL040 and CLL050.
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Products | Lamps | May 16, 2012
Havells-Sylvania Launches LED Replacement for the MR16 Halogen
Yet again first-to-market with such a product innovation, the Sylvania MR16 LED is the first retrofit MR16 LED replacement lamp to achieve 450lm without the use of an active cooling fan.
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Technology | Standardization | May 15, 2012
How the LED Lighting Industry Benefits from Zhaga
With its interface specifications, Zhaga makes it possible to develop interchangeable LED light sources. Menno Treffers, Secretary General of Zhaga, summarises the most important benefits as follows:
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Products | LED Modules | May 14, 2012
GT BiomeScilt Presents Airglow One, the First Generation of Driverless LED Light Modules
With the introduction of Airglow One, the Bremen-based company GT BiomeScilt managed its successful breakthrough in the development of energy-efficient LED light modules. Now for the first time, no additional driver is needed to operate the compact, patented LED modules in the Airglow One series. This results in the greatest possible design scope in the production and design of luminaires, together with clearly reduced costs. "Luminaire manufacturers will benefit greatly from this driverless ...
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Products | Lamps | May 11, 2012
Soraa Announces First Full Spectrum LED MR16 Lamp Challanging Halogen Color Performance
Soraa, the world's leading developer of GaN on GaN (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) solid-state lighting technology, today announced the launch of its VIVID LED MR16 lamp. The new product is the first full spectrum LED MR16 lamp with color quality and rendering superior to both traditional halogen and competitor LED lamps. With a CRI of 95 and R9 > 90, the VIVID LED MR16 is the highest output LED MR16 lamp with the best color performance available on the market today.
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Products | LED Light Engines | May 11, 2012
LED Retrofits Made Easy with the Integrated Series Light Plugz®
American Illumination presents the Integrated Series Light Plugz.® LED engines at Lightfair 2012. This Integrated Series was developed as an extension of the classic Light Plugz.®, an architectural-grade LED light engine. The series is wet location listed and features field-interchangeable optics, intelligent thermal management, various connector options and several customizable features to make transitioning to LED lighting easy for the OEM or designer. The entire Light Plugz.® collection is ...
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Products | White High Power Array-LED | May 10, 2012
Sharp's New Mini Zenigata LED arrays with Nominal Power of 15W Delivers 1150 – 1550 Lumen
The new Mini Zenigata arrays of type GW5BxxxK05 provide a luminous flux between 1150 and 1550 lm (typical) with a light output of up to 99 lm/W in standard operation. The new generation of the 15 W modules is specified for a forward voltage of 39 V with a constant current of 400 mA. However, you can also operate the 15 W arrays with increased constant current of up to 440 mA to achieve a luminous flux of up to 1,650 lm. The 48 dies of the Mini Zeni of type GW5BxRxxK05 are divided electronically ...
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Case Studies | Architectural Lighting | May 10, 2012
Empire State Building Redefines New York City Skyline With Philips LED Lighting
Globally recognized as an engineering marvel and symbol of New York City, the Empire State Building (ESB) has selected Philips, the world’s leader in lighting, as its partner to transition the building’s iconic tower lights to innovative LEDs. The two organizations have pushed the boundaries of LED technology to develop a state-of-the-art dynamic lighting system from Philips Color Kinetics that is unique to ESB and will allow the building’s façade and mast to change lighting scenes in ...
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Products | Sockets & Connectors Products | LED Modules | May 10, 2012
Molex Introduces New Interconnection Products at Lightfair and Announces a 50mm Diameter Solid-State Universal Light Source
Molex Incorporated continues to support lighting designers and manufacturers with a broad portfolio of interconnect solutions for the solid state lighting market. Over the years, Molex has utilized its extensive resources and expertise to develop products that help advance LED technology by providing vital electrical connections for multiple applications. These products, as well as several new, innovative LED interconnect solutions will be showcased at LIGHTFAIR International, Booth 5937, May 9 ...
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Products | LED Driver ICs | May 10, 2012
TI Introduces Industry's First LED Controller with Constant Power Regulation
Texas Instruments Incorporated introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer detect, phase decoder and adjustable hold current circuits to provide smooth and flicker-free dimming operation in off-line, isolated LED lighting applications, including A19, E26/27 and PAR30/38 bulbs, as well as can light retrofits.
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