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Cree Announces Breakthrough 100-Lumen XLamp LEDs Available in Volume Quantities High Power LED | June 28, 2007
 DURHAM, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced commercial availability of XLamp® LEDs with minimum luminous flux of 100 lumens at 350 mA. XLamp LEDs are the first LEDs to be available in volume with this level of performance. This advance sets a new standard in lighting-class LED brightness and efficiency. |
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Cree’s New Blue XLamp XR-E LEDs Are 70-Percent Brighter High Power LED | June 22, 2007
 DURHAM, NC, — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced commercial release of blue XLamp® XR-E LEDs that are 70-percent brighter than the company’s previous blue power LEDs. The new blue XR-E produces maximum luminous flux of 42 lumens at 350 mA. |
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EverLED TR Fluorescent Tube Replacement Allows `Pop In` Conversion to LEDs
FL Replacement | June 22, 2007
 LEDdynamics announced the introduction of the EverLED TR, a revolutionary product that allows existing fluorescent fixtures to be converted to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) by simply changing the bulb. |
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Catalyst Semiconductor's CAT4240 boost converter delivers high switch current up to 750mA and high voltage up to 38V
Driver | June 14, 2007
 Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors today launched a new 2-watt LED driver to address high-power backlighting applications. |
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Cree XLamp LEDs Are Brilliant in Beta LED’s Lighting Fixtures
Luminaire | June 13, 2007
 Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced that its award winning XLamp® XR-E LEDs provide the light foundation for a new line of high-performance outdoor lighting fixtures, THE EDGE™ by Beta LED™. THE EDGE line of LED luminaires is designed for street, parking lot, parking garage, walkway and building-mounted applications. |
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Alternative low energy consumption applications: Lenses PL35xxRV Series
Power LED Lenses | June 13, 2007
 Energy Conservation is the most important problem which the World shall face during the next few years. According to recent scientific research, if all the lighting fixtures in the world were replaced by alternative low energy consumption appliances, we would avoid to discharge more than 270 million tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In economic terms, this corresponds to around 50 billion euros saving per annum. |
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Taiwan optical disc maker Prodisc debuts patented LED lamp technology
LED Luminaire | May 30, 2007
Prodisc Technology, a second-tier maker of optical discs in Taiwan, announced it has successfully developed Tri-optical layer (TRIO), an optical-film manufacturing technology for applying LEDs (light-emitting diodes) to table lamps, and has secured patents in Taiwan, Japan, Europe and China, with application of the technology to begin in July 2007.
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Introducing Fairchild Semiconductor's TinyBuck™”
Driver | May 29, 2007
First in a new family of all-in-one regulators, the MLP-packaged FAN2106 offers up to 95 percent efficiency to improve system thermal performance while simplifying designs. |
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Solar Cynergy introduces a Smarter Light! - "Bringing Japanese innovation to the lighting industry.”
Luminaire | May 29, 2007
 Solar Cynergy introduces a family of solar LED lighting technology for residential, commercial and city applications at the 2007 Lightfair International Trade Show & Conference. |
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Triple Output LED Driver Drives Up to 24 x 500mA LEDs & Offers 3,000:1 True Color PWM Dimming
Driver | May 25, 2007
 Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3496, a 2MHz DC/DC converter designed to operate as a three-channel constant current LED driver. Each channel can drive up to eight 500mA LEDs in series and a total of 24 x 500mA LEDs at efficiencies up to 96%. |
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NeoPac launches world’s first 100-watt warm-white LED street light
LED Street Light | May 17, 2007
 This 102-watts Street Light with correlated color temperature (CCT) at 3200K can keep LEDs junction temperature (Tj) constantly at under 55 °C as well. |
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OPTILED Introduces 'Six Star,' Most Powerful MR-16 LED
LED Light Bulb | May 17, 2007
 LAS VEGAS - OPTILED announces its latest, most powerful MR-16 halogen replacement yet, the 6-watt "Six Star." Producing more than 150 lumens of light via an array of pointlight LEDs, the Six Star is the latest example of OPTILED's success in bringing innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace. |
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EcoLEDs announces brightest LED light bulb yet available to consumers
LED Light Bulb | May 17, 2007
 TUCSON, Arizona. - Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. |
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American Bright Optoelectronics Corporation announces new all metallic High Power LEDs with integrated optics
Power LEDs | May 15, 2007
 American Bright brings industry leading High Power LED technology coupled with integrated optical designs that produce luminous flux in excess of 100 lumens per LED. |
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Vishay Releases New Series of Ultrabright White SMD LEDs with 0603 Footprint
SMT LEDs | May 14, 2007
 Vishay Releases New Series of Ultrabright White SMD LEDs with 0603 Footprint, the Industry’s Smallest for This Device Type. Cost-Effective Devices Feature High-Efficiency InGaN Technology; Offer High Luminous Intensity of 140 mcd to 280 mcd, and 1-kV ESD-Withstand Voltage. |
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Extensive warm white LED portfolio for general lighting
White LED | May 11, 2007
 Lots of different whites - Demand for warm white light for general lighting continues to be high. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors can supply LEDs to meet this demand. |
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Triple Mono Block Lenses from Khatod
Power LED Lenses | May 07, 2007
 Triple Mono Block Lenses find their applications in indoor and outdoor technical lighting such as: inground luminaries, ground recessed lighting fixture, recessed lights, wall lamps . They are also used to manufacture nautical lighting, diving torches, theatrical lighting. |
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High–Power White LED Knocks Down General Illumination Barriers
High Power White LED | May 07, 2007
 The exclusive, new VIO™ high–power white LED from Lumination, LLC, GE Consumer & Industrial's LED business, uses proprietary violet–chip technology to produce less than a 100–Kelvin color shift over a 50,000–hour rated life. |
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Catalyst Semiconductor Launches 500mA Low Dropout (LDO) Regulator
LED Driver | Apr 30, 2007
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors launched the first device in its new line of low dropout (LDO) regulators. The CAT6219 LDO regulator is one of only a few devices available that provides a 500mA peak output current in a tiny, five-lead, 1mm profile thin SOT-23 package. |
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Philips Lumileds LUXEON K2 Warm and Neutral White LEDs
White Power LEDs | Apr 30, 2007
 Philips Lumileds today announced immediate availability of warm-white and neutral-white LUXEON K2 emitters as well as a LUXEON K2 Star part that can be specified with any standard white emitter. The new white colors have typical correlated color temperatures (CCT) of 3000K and 4100K and a color rendering index (CRI) of 80 and 75 respectively. |
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Palco 5 adopts W-DMX technology
RGB Luminary | Apr 27, 2007
 Palco 5, one of the most powerful colour-changing LED fixtures in the SGM range, has now adopted W-DMX wireless DMX technology by Wireless Solution Sweden as standard. Thanks to GSM-based technology, it can recognise transmission signals within a radius of over 500m. Palco 5's smart lines and its functional and mechanical features have now been joined by those of the new wireless DMX system. |
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American DJ Introduces "Pro" Series 10mm LED Par Cans And Stage Wash Effect
Power Spot Luminary | Apr 23, 2007
 American DJ has taken the LED par can to a new level of brightness and professionalism. With the introduction of its new "Pro" Series — which includes the 64B LED Pro par can, 64P LED Pro par can and Punch LED Pro color wash — the company has brought the awe-inspiring power of 10mm LEDs to musicians and stage productions everywhere. |
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Seoul Semiconductor Unveils Warm White Acriche of 42 lm/W
Power LED | Apr 20, 2007
 Energy-Efficient Light Source Produces Near-Daylight Quality. - Seoul Semiconductor (KOSDAQ: 046890), a leading LED producer, announced that Acriche, the world’s first semiconductor lighting source for AC power outlets, can now achieve warm white of near-daylight quality, making it suitable for general and indoor lighting applications. |
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ERCO colour compensation - new technology for LED varychrome luminaires
Luminaries | Apr 19, 2007
 For the first time, ERCO is introducing a new colour compensation technology in its LED varychrome luminaires which meets the highest light quality requirements through digitally controlled equipment for coloured light. Colour compensation allows the designer to produce exactly the same hue of light from all luminaires which are of the same type. |
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Lamina Unveils World’s Brightest LED Light Engines
Power LED | Apr 16, 2007
 TitanTurbo™ first to surpass performance of 75W incandescent PAR-30 – Lamina, Inc., developer of the brightest commercially available LEDs today announced another milestone in the solid state lighting industry: two LED light engines with outputs as bright as many traditional bulbs used in home, office, retail, commercial and exterior applications everywhere. |
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LEXEDIS: “Zero Colour Bin”
Power LED | Apr 16, 2007
 LEXEDIS Lighting demonstrates the superior quality of its new generation of light sources – XED – by announcing its High Efficiency Digital Light sources will be free of any colour binning in the white emission. Traditional white LED manufacturing processes result in multiple bins at each colour temperature for the customer. LEXEDIS has eliminated once and for all cumbersome colour binning by exceeding typical process capabilities. |
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NuVo turns to Osram OLED technology to light up newest audio controller
OLED Controller | Apr 06, 2007
 NuVo has chosen Osram Opto Semiconductors' Pictiva OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology to create an in-wall, multi-room home audio controller. The Pictiva OLED provides a vivid 2.7-inch, graphic user interface (GUI), which offers a bright, high-contrast and attractive display that is readable in a variety of environments including bright daylight conditions. |
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Catalyst Semiconductor Offers Four-Channel Low Dropout Driver
LED Driver | Apr 06, 2007
 SANTA CLARA, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATS) a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors has announced the CAT4004, a new four-channel LDD™ (low dropout driver) designed for emerging, power-conscious portables where the LEDs are driven directly from the battery. |
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Philips Lumileds announces release and immediate availability of LUXEON Rebel
Power LED | Mar 28, 2007
 San Jose, CA — Philips Lumileds today announced immediate availability of LUXEON Rebel power LEDs with new packaging technology that dramatically reduces the size of the LED and enables entirely new approaches to solid-state lighting design. Engineered for operation between 350 mA and 1000 mA, LUXEON Rebel is the first power LED to offer guaranteed minimum performance. |
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HB LED drivers deliver 94 percent efficiency
LED Driver | Mar 26, 2007
Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX16819/MAX16820 high-efficiency LED drivers for architectural, industrial and automotive lighting applications that use high-brightness LEDs (HB LEDs). |
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Khatod creates THETALENS incorporating Khatod’s NJC™ Technology
Lenses | Mar 24, 2007
 Khatod New Product Showcase - Thetalens. The creation of a complete lenses series (single, triple MR16, triple MR11, Quad MR16, all in NJC Technology™) for high power LED applications. |
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New high brightness surface mount LEDs - exclusive to Rapid
SMD LEDs | Mar 20, 2007
 A new range of high brightness LEDs from TruOpto has been introduced by Rapid. The LEDs are housed in industry standard PLCC-2 and PLCC-4 cases with luminous intensities of up to 750 millicandela. |
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Lumi-tech releases SSE phosphor for white LEDs
Phosphor | Mar 19, 2007
Lumi-tech Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has started marketing of phosphor SSE for white LED packaging. This phosphor is made on silicate system so it doesn’t have garnet structure like YAG. |
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Philips Lumileds Discovers `Droop` Breakthrough with Its LED Technology
LEDs | Mar 17, 2007
Philips Lumileds recently announced that it has fundamentally solved the problem of "droop," a phenomenon common to white power LEDs in which efficacy (lumens per watt) decreases as current increases. |
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Flexible Circuit Material Cools Components on Curved Surfaces
Thermal management | Mar 14, 2007
 MH&W International has introduced Keratherm® 86/77 for providing electrically conductive bonding sites on a flexible, thermally conductive material that can be attached to non-linear, heat spreading structures. |
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Philips LED luminaire can reduce energy use by 50%
Luminaries | Mar 12, 2007
 Philips Lighting Company's new Low Bay LED Luminaire is designed for use in applications where widely distributed, glare-free, white light is required. |
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LED lighting driver increases power density
Driver ICs | Mar 12, 2007
Providing an adjustable output current of 1A from a SOT23 package, the ZXLD1360 LED driver from Zetex Semiconductors offers higher power density than alternative and much larger SO8 devices. |
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Seoul Semiconductor upgrades design and improves brightness of Acriche by 20% to 48 lm/W
Lamps | Mar 09, 2007
 Munich, First Components offers the KLC8 series from Edison Opto, a Taiwan based high-power LEDs packaging manufacturer. The new series presents the industry´s brightest single-chip LED with 250 lumens at a drive current of 1A. It also delivers unprecedented high luminous efficacy of 100 lumens/watt at 350mA, with a lifespan exceeds 50,000 hours. |
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First Components presents the industry's brightest single-chip LED with 250 lumens
Lamps | Mar 06, 2007
 Munich, First Components offers the KLC8 series from Edison Opto, a Taiwan based high-power LEDs packaging manufacturer. The new series presents the industry´s brightest single-chip LED with 250 lumens at a drive current of 1A. It also delivers unprecedented high luminous efficacy of 100 lumens/watt at 350mA, with a lifespan exceeds 50,000 hours. |
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Enfis launches Quattro & Uno ‘Plug and PLay’ light engines for architectural lighting
Lighting modules | Mar 02, 2007
 Enfis formally launched a range of high performance LED ‘Plug and Play’ Light Engines to the architectural lighting market at the ‘Arc 07’ show in London. |
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New EZBright™ 700 LED power chip broadens Cree’s high-performance chip platform
Lamps | Mar 01, 2007
DURHAM, NC, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced the release of its newest EZBright LED power chip. |
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Power Integrations' LinkSwitch family of ICs now available in SO-8 packaging
ICs driver | Feb 27, 2007
 SAN JOSE, Calif., Power Integrations (Other OTC:POWI.PK), the leader in high-voltage analog integrated circuits for power conversion, today announced that all members of its LinkSwitch(r)-TN, -LP and -XT families of ICs are now available in SO-8 packaging, enabling emerging applications such as LED lightbulbs and miniature chargers. |
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Hymite A/S announces innovative silicon-based packaging solution for high-volume production of high-brightness LEDs at low cost
Lamps | Feb 26, 2007
 Copenhagen, Denmark & Dallas, Texas USA--Danish-German technology company Hymite A/S, an innovative supplier of advanced wafer level packaging products for electronics, micromechanical and optoelectronics components, today announced HyLED, a silicon-based packaging solution for high-brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs) in multiple markets. |
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New super bright LED light source from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors: OSTAR Lighting breaks the 1000 lumen barrier
Lamps | Feb 19, 2007
 With its new version of OSTAR Lighting, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors presents its first coldwhite LED to achieve more than 1000 lumen. This means it is brighter than a 50 W halogen lamp, making it ideal for a wide range of applications in the general lighting sector. Samples of the new OSTAR Lighting LED will be produced in the next three months. Market launch is planned for summer 2007. |
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More Power and High Brightness of PLCC- 4 Package
Lamps | Feb 14, 2007
 DOMINANT Semiconductors introduces the brightest single-chip high power LED of amber, orange and yellow in PLCC-4 package, which produce maximum light output of 7.4lm at an operating current of 50mA. The new amber, orange and yellow color of Power DomiLED is 50% brighter than its predecessor. Its high output enables more extensive use and offers the perfect choice of LEDs for a wide range of applications. |
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New High Brightness XB Luminaires from Traxon Technologies
Luminaries | Feb 13, 2007
 Traxon Technologies Ltd announces the launch of its brand new line of XB Luminaires. The powerful high brightness line using 1W, 3W and K2 Luxeon LEDs will be premiered at the ARC exhibition in London from 12 to13 February, 2007. |
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First Components: Power savings of up to 57% feasible: Ideal combination of High Power LED and LED driver
Driver ICs | Feb 09, 2007
 Munich, First Components offers Edison Opto's EPLW-2E00 15-W High Power LED and Macroblock's MBI1801 LED Driver which make up an ideal combination. |
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Vishay releases new Sapphire-Based, high-intensity white SMD LED series in PLCC-2 package
Lamps | Feb 09, 2007
 MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA — To meet the increasing demand for white SMD LEDs, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today released a new series of sapphire-based, high-intensity white SMD LEDs that offer highly efficient InGaN technology at a very low price. |
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Gotham Architectural Downlighting unveils LED downlight: Introducing Candéo® LED, blending downlighting performance and LED technology
Luminaries | Feb 09, 2007
 Conyers, GA – Gotham® Architectural Downlighting announced the introduction of a new decorative recessed downlight incorporating multicolor Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology. |
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White EXL-W LED exit sign bulbs replaces incandescent bulb number 15T6 and 20T6, offering long life and lower energy use
Lamps | Feb 07, 2007
 TORRANCE, CA - LEDtronics® announces EXL-W Series White Exit Light LED Bulb that is bright, safe, and maintenance free. The EXL-W Series exit light LED bulbs provide a great alternative to your conventional 15T6 or 20T6 incandescent exit sign bulbs. |
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Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced a new line of high brightness red, amber, and orange PLCC-4 surface mount technology (SMT) LEDs for use in interior and exterior automotive and electronic signs and signals applications. These competitively priced top-mounted lensed LEDs provide high reliability, a narrow 50-degree viewing angle and a matched radiation pattern. 
