Project & Product News ____________
Cree Expands XLamp® XR-C LED Family to Include Full Range of High-Performance Colors
Colored High Power LEDs | May 09, 2008
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, has expanded its family of XLamp® XR-C high-power LEDs to include Royal Blue, Blue, Green, Amber, Red-Orange and Red. These LEDs are available in production quantities. Read more...
Philips Lumileds Simplifies Solid-State Lighting Design Projects with New Online Resources
LED Design Tools | May 09, 2008
Philips Lumileds introduced new online tools that simplify the development of general lighting and other solutions utilizing LUXEON LEDs. Optical, Mechanical & Electrical Files extend the development resources available to the lighting community. Read more...
ORA Improves Modeling and Disign Options with the Release of LightTools 6.1
Optics Design Tool | May 08, 2008
The newest release of LightTools illumination design and analysis software from Optical Research Associates (ORA®) delivers a number of advanced modeling and analysis features that facilitate the design of sophisticated luminaires, LEDs, and displays. Read more...
Docter Optics: Series Production of Molded Miniature Light Pipes
Optics | May 08, 2008
Light pipes, sometimes called light tunnels, used by industry in many different types of equipment and systems. Made of optical glass, they make it possible to homogenize and concentrate or reshape a beam of light for a specific optical application. Read more...
Avago Technologies: New Family of High-Brightness Surface Mount Tricolor LEDs
RGB LEDs | May 08, 2008
Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced a new family of compact high-brightness tricolor surface mount (SMT) LEDs for indoor and outdoor full color signs and video displays. Read more...
World's First Intelligent Constant High-Current Driver with Microcontroller
LED Driver | May 08, 2008
Future Lighting Solutions, a division of Future Electronics, Inc., with NEC Electronics America, Inc., today introduced the world's first intelligent constant High-Current Driver (HCD) with microcontroller (MCU). The new HCD/LED MCU can be used in lighting applications that employ multiple LEDs. Read more...
Macroblock Announces New Generation LED Driver for LED Displays
LED Display Driver | May 08, 2008
Macroblock, the leader of LED display driver manufacturer, today announces the new generation LED driver, MBI5025, to achieve the best LED uniformity in the world. With the ultra-concentrative distributions by the advanced PrecisionDriveT technology, the maximum output current variations between channels (also called "channel skew") and between drivers (also called "chip skew") are suppressed to 2% and 3% respectively. Read more...
The Alamo Captives Audience with Philips LED Lighting Technology
LED Architectural Lighting | May 05, 2008
Burlington, MA -Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, the new entity formed by Philips' acquisition of Color Kinetics, recently added the Alamo to a growing number of landmarks to be transformed by its intelligent LED lighting systems. Read more...
Renaissance Lighting to Debut World's Highest-Quality, Commercially Produced SSL Downlight
LED Downlight | May 05, 2008
LIGHTFAIR International 2008 will become center stage when Renaissance Lighting, a pioneering innovator of solid-state LED architectural lighting, introduces the world's highest-quality commercially available solid-state LED downlight at the Renaissance Lighting booth (#1121) from May 28-30 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Read more...
DOMINANT White and Warm White LED SPNovaLED-1 Watt at 80lm and 50lm
White Power LED | May 05, 2008
DOMINANT going offering higher brightness white and warm white LED in SPNovaLED-1 Watt product range. With an operating current of only 350mA, this new generation of single chip LED able to achieve 80lm/w in cool white and 50lm in warm white. Read more...
Avago Technologies Adds New Miniature Digital Ambient Light Photo Sensor
Light Sensor | April 25, 2008
Avago Technologies today announced a new miniature programmable digital ambient light photo sensor for use in consumer, industrial and automotive applications that provide precise illuminance measurement over a wide range of lighting conditions. Read more...
Business News ____________
Nexxus Lighting Closes Acquisition of Lumificient Corporation
May 05, 2008
Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market: NEXS) today announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of solid-state LED lighting manufacturer, Lumificient Corporation. The newly acquired company will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexxus Lighting and will continue to operate out of its manufacturing facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Read more...
Lamina Resource Center Offers Advanced Tools, Unique Expertise For Customer Product Development Needs
May 05, 2008
Lamina Lighting Incorporated (Lamina), an innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced it has launched the Lamina Resource Center, a unique service that allows customers and potential customers to utilize the company's specialized expertise and equipment for their own product development purposes. Read more...
Lighting Science Group Acquires Lighting Partner BV
April 24, 2008
Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) ("LSG"), a leading developer and integrator of intelligent and energy-efficient LED lighting solutions, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Lighting Partner BV ("LPBV"), an innovative manufacturer providing a broad range of LED and High- intensity Discharge ("HID") lighting solutions for residential, commercial, and retail applications based in The Netherlands. Read more...
Lamina Announces CO2 Offset Certification for LED Products
April 23, 2008
Lamina Lighting Incorporated (Lamina), an innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, has announced that the use of their new TitanTurbo TruColor LED product has been certified to avoid more than 3 tons of C02 emissions into the earth's atmosphere as compared to its incandescent equivalent. Read more...
Cree Announces LED University Program to Promote and Deploy LED Lighting Technology
April 23, 2008
Cree Announces LED University Program with North Carolina State University, Marquette University, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Arkansas and Tianjin Polytechnic University. Read more...
Research News ____________
DOE Research Call: Solid State Lighting Core Technologies
May 08, 2008
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $7.5 million core technology research (round 5) funding opportunity as part of its Solid State Lighting (SSL) program . Read more...
IP News ____________
Epistar Joins Group of Licensees of Gertrude Neumark Rothschild
May 09, 2008
Epistar Corporation obtained a worldwide license from Dr. Neumark for the '499 Patent as well as Dr. Neumark's United States Patent No. 4,904,618, issued February 27, 1990. Read more...
Nichia files Patent Infringement Lawsuit (2nd Lawsuit) against Japan Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. over White LEDs
April 24, 2008
Nichia Corporation ("Nichia") announced today that it filed an action with Tokyo District Court against Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. of Japan ("Seoul Semiconductor of Japan"), a Japanese subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ("Seoul Semiconductor"), in which Nichia claims for the prohibition of infringement upon the patent right held by Nichia and compensation for damages. Read more...
Everlight Signs Settlement and License Agreement with Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild
April 23, 2008
Professor Emerita Gertrude Neumark Rothchild ("Prof. Neumark"), of Columbia University, filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission against 34 companies on February 19, 2008. Everlight signed a settlement and non-exclusive license agreement with Prof. Neumark on April 11, 2008. Read more...
Toyoda Gosei has a license from Dr. Neumark for the '499 patent
April 17, 2008
Concerning the matter of the complaint filed with the United States International Trade Commission (the "ITC") by Dr. Gertrude Neumark Rothschild ("Dr. Neumark") of New York State, U.S.A., on February 20, 2008, seeking a block on imports, etc., of short-wavelength LEDs, etc., based on U.S. patent No. 5252499 ("the '499 patent") held by Dr. Neumark, please be informed as follows. Read more...
Seoul Semiconductor Signs License Agreement with Professor Neumark Rothschild
April 10, 2008
Seoul Semiconductor, one of the world's leading LED manufacturers, signed a license agreement with Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild of the United States in early April 2008. Professor Neumark Rothschild, formerly with Columbia University, filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (US ITC) against 34 companies on February 19, 2008. Read more...
Event News ____________
Lighting Africa
May 5-8, 2008, Accra - Ghana, Africa
Lighting Africa: helping companies to enter the Sub-Saharan Africa off-grid lighting market
The World Bank Group's Lighting Africa is moving full speed ahead with its program to support the global lighting industry in bringing affordable, modern, off-grid lighting to 250 million Sub-Saharan Africans by 2030. Program activities involve initiatives to mobilize the global lighting industry, expose the African off-grid market opportunity, and spawn interest in tapping into this US$ 10 billion emergent market. Lighting Africa facilitates exchange of knowledge and information, and promotes business partnerships. The program will be holding Lighting Africa 2008: First Global Conference and Development Marketplace Competition for Off-Grid Lighting in Africa in Accra, Ghana, May 5-8. Registration free, sign up today! www.lightingafrica.org
Blue 2008 - The 6th International Industry Review
May 7-8, 2008, Ambassador Hotel - Hsinchu, Hsinchu, Taiwan >>>
LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL
May 28-30, 2008, Las Vegas, NV, United States >>>
euroLED 2008
June 4-5, 2008, Birmingham, UK >>>
Organisers: Aston Science Park
euroLED 2008 is the 5th annual Conference and Exhibition dedicated to the science, technology and application of HB LEDs and solid-state lighting. A highlight of the global solid-state lighting calendar, the event offers a unique opportunity for global organisations to penetrate, expand and understand the European and global LED & solid-state lighting markets. It continues to generate unprecedented industry participation from leading organisations and is firmly established as Europe's premier event dedicated to solid state lighting.
This year, a new and exciting sustainable lighting conference and exhibition, euroLight is being launched on behalf of the lighting industry to address the issues of low carbon and sustainable lighting. The new conference and exhibition is intended for lighting designers, architects, light artists and end users wishing to discuss the future of quality sustainable lighting. euroLight will run alongside and complement euroLED.
Website: www.euroled.org
Contact details: Eve Gaut, Marketing and Events Executive, Aston Science Park, Faraday Wharf, Holt Street,Birmingham B7 4BB
Tel: +44 (0) 121 250 3515 Email: eveg@astonsciencepark.co.uk
LED EXPO 2008
June 24-27, 2008, Kintex, Korea, South >>>
ELECTRONICA 2008
November 11-14, 2008, Munich, Germany >>>
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