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Precise Characterization of Infrared Sources

The demand for IR measurement solutions has increased significantly in the recent years. IR LEDs and IR lasers such as VCSELs have enabled many new applications in the field of “IR sensing”, using the NIR range (800-1000 nm) but also higher wavelengths as 1380 nm. Measurement tasks range from 3D sensing (facial recognition, LiDAR and automotive in-cabin driver monitoring) to optical fingerprint sensors and healthcare monitoring. Read more »

LUXEON Rubix | Lumileds | Featured | SSL | May 04, 2021

Tiny and Powerful LUXEON Rubix LEDs Raise the Bar for CRI, Lumens, and Efficacy with Addition of Lime and PC Amber

Lumileds today introduced two new colors – PC Amber and Lime – for its very small and very powerful LUXEON Rubix LED portfolio. The 1.4 square millimeter footprint is almost pixel like and belies the light output that’s possible from this high-power LED. There are 6 color options plus white in the portfolio. Read more »

SSL | Luminus Devices | Hospitality | Featured | Apr 01, 2021

Luminus Releases Hospitality COB Series for Hotels and Restaurants

Luminus Devices has announced its new Hospitality COB series featuring high color rendering, precise chromaticity control and Warm CCTs. With LES sizes ranging from 6mm to 22mm, and lumen output from 500 to 5000 lumens, the Luminus Hospitality COB series is the smart choice for beautiful, warm light with excellent color rendering and 2 step SDCM color control standard. Read more »

SSL | Cree LED | Featured | Mar 27, 2021

New Cree LED™ XLamp® XP-P LEDs Deliver Breakthrough Intensity

Our name has changed, but our commitment to superior LED technology, reliability, innovation, support, and service remains steadfast. The same teams with years of Cree LED experience are newly energized to help our customers improve their LED-based products and develop new applications. Read more »

Human Centric Lighting | Lumileds | Bios Lighting | Featured | Mar 24, 2021

New LUXEON® SkyBlue™ LED Solution Simplifies and Speeds Development of Human-Centric Lighting

Lumileds today announced the immediate availability of its new LED human-centric lighting solution – LUXEON SkyBlue. In partnership with BIOS Lighting, Lumileds has engineered a circadian lighting solution that delivers superior melanopic ratios at comfortable CCTs – 3000K, 3500K, and 4000K – with industry-leading efficacy and uniformity at the lowest solution cost. Read more »

LED | Featured | Nichia | Mar 16, 2021

NICHIA’s Advanced Phosphor Technology LEDs Deliver Industry’s Highest Joint-boost in Color Rendering and Efficacy

NICHIA, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, announces its H6 series. Implemented into NICHIA’s 3030 mid-power 757 package to start, the new family of LEDs delivers the highest multi-level boost in color rendition and efficacy whilst maintaining the outstanding lifetime expected from NICHIA. Read more »

Business | Featured | Events | Mar 11, 2021

deLIGHTed Talks: Good Light – Good Life | May 11th, 3 PM CEST

The Good Light Group, together with the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), the Daylight Academy (DLA), the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and Luger Research (LR), are organizing and presenting the “Good Light – Good Life” lectures. The webinar explains how good light indoors contributes to health and well-being. Read more »

Business | Featured | Cree LED | Mar 04, 2021

New Name. New breakthroughs. All LED.

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Cree, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:CREE) Cree LED Products business unit (“Cree LED”). Read more »

General Lighting | Featured | LUXTECH | Mar 03, 2021

LUXTECH Presents OneCut High-Efficacy: >200 lm/W LED Module

OneCut HE is LUXTECH’s most efficient linear/rigid white LED module to date; at 44” long it boasts >200 lm/W with cuttability every 5.5” to fit any standard fixture size. On board poke-in connectors, screw mounting holes, and intermittent solder pads make for reliable installation and maximum board yield perfect for DLC Premium fixture requirements. Read more »

Lumileds' News LUXEON 2835N 3V-LED Extends the Mid-Power Performance Curve

Lumileds announced the new LUXEON 2835N, which fills in the performance gap between the LUXEON 2835C and the LUXEON 2835 HE. The three variants are relatively close in performance at 65 mA – LUXEON 2835N delivers 204 lumens per Watt – as current increases, real differences in both light output and efficacy become clear. With its 300 mA current capability and excellent thermal characteristics, the new LUXEON 2835N is an optimal 3 V choice. Read more »

XLamp XP-G3 Photo Red S Line LEDs – Cree's New Flagship Horticulture LED

Cree's XLamp XP-G3 Photo Red S Line LEDs deliver improved efficiency, best in class sulfur resistance and better system level reliability through switching and dimming cycles. With the S Line versions, Cree delivers high-power LED technology that is optimized for both general and horticulture lighting applications where sensors and switching are becoming common. Read more »

UV-C | Nichia | Components | Featured | UV | Jan 26, 2021

Nichia’s Latest UV-C LED Disinfection Efficacy Proven to Combat Viruses

NICHIA, a leading global LED manufacturer, further demonstrates its commitment to innovation and improvements to global well-being with the public launch of its newest deep UV LED, the NCSU334B. At a peak wavelength of 280 nm, NICHIA’s deep UV LED outperforms other commercially available UV-C LED’s, regardless of wavelength, in output, efficiency and lifetime. At the same time, new independent research confirms they are also best-in-class for disinfection performance against SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read more »

Provide UVC Disinfection Total Solution for You - Edison Opto

In recent years, due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the people's demand for anti-epidemic and sterilization of anti-virus products has risen, ranging from portable sterilization equipment, home appliances sterilization, and public health sterilization. With the rise of environmental awareness and in response to the Minamata Convention, UV lamps containing mercury will gradually be replaced by LEDs. In the future, in the post-epidemic era, UVC LED products will continue to grow steadily in the sterilization, and purification and water treatment markets. Read more »

New Calibration Standards in the UV A/B/C Range

UV radiation encompasses a very wide wavelength spectrum between 10 and 400 nm and is subdivided in ISO Standard 21348 into three ranges. The UVC range between 100 and 280 nm is currently extremely relevant for air and water disinfection for combating COVID-19. Since the outbreak of the pandemic this has been manifested, among other things, in a sharp increase in the demand for UVC light sources. Read more »

HCL | Tunable White Light | Nichia | Featured | Dec 08, 2020

NICHIA Unveils Advanced Tunable LED Pairing with ‘Circadian Tune’ Functionality to Enhance Body Clock Management

Proprietary Human-Centric Lighting Color and Spectrum Tunable pairing are Practical for General Lighting to Help Improve Your Circadian Rhythm. Read more »

Featured | Components | LEDs | White LEDs | Nov 25, 2020

A Cree® J Series® 2835 LED for Every Application on Your List

Cree's J Series 2835 LEDs combine high efficacy and lower power consumption. J Series 2835 LEDs are optimized for low density applications requiring high efficacy and smooth appearance, such as downlights, troffers, and panel lights. Thirteen models of J Series 2835 LEDs are available in 2200 K - 6500 K with 70-95 CRI options. Read more »

Featured | Components | LED Modules | Flexible Modules | Oct 28, 2020

LUXTECH Introduces LUXroll: Architectural-Grade Flex Family

LUXroll by LUXTECH brings a new standard of architectural quality, versatility, and ease of use to the flexible LED module market. Every SKU has repeating sets of poke-in connectors in a familiar 20 mm PCB width so there is no need for soldering. LUXTECH LED modules are designed to be used in fixtures of any shape or size without sacrificing yield. Read more »

Versatile and Ultrafast – The New CAS 125 Series of Spectroradiometers for LED Production

Instrument Systems – a well-known manufacturer of light measurement technology – works closely with its customers in the field of LED production to develop modular and flexible components for quality inspection in mass production environments. For the new spectroradiometer CAS 125, Instrument Systems has therefore focused on production-related applications for LEDs in the spectral range between 200 and 1100 nm. Read more »

Featured | Components | LED Modules | AC LED Modules | Sep 30, 2020

Edison Released Brand New DOB III Series Products

The DOB III series increased the efficiency, dimming smoothness also provide ultra- low flicker function (flicker 5% and even 5% during dimming). It is compliant to the 2021 European flicker standard IEC TR61547( PstLM) and to CIE TN006 (SVM) on request. It can be applied in many different lighting applications. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | White LEDs | High Power LEDs | Sep 28, 2020

LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming: Uniform Dimming To 1%

Lumileds introduced the first LED engineered for architectural applications that require uniform light output through the entire dimming range and operating conditions. The new LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming mid-power LED is designed for LED to LED flux uniformity across the entire dimming curve – down to 1% - that is required to achieve consistent visual performance. From full intensity above nominal current of 65 mA to 1% intensity at 0.65 mA, every LED will provide the same flux performance in the application. Key to the performance is forward voltage variance of just 0.10 V which simplifies driver design and compatibility. The single 3 SDCM color bin ensures color consistency at any CCT. Lumileds 3 V 3030 package is a proven, high efficacy industry standard platform that allows for drop in replacement of existing 3030 footprint LEDs. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | White LEDs | High Power LEDs | Sep 28, 2020

Cree® XLamp® XHP35.2 HI – Newest Extreme High Power LED

The XLamp® XHP35.2 HI LED is the newest Extreme High Power LED available in the XP footprint. Built on Cree's latest high power LED technology, the XHP35.2 HI LED features a 12 V configuration for simplified driver design with industry leading candela and lumen density. Optimized for high intensity indoor/outdoor/portable lighting applications. Read more »

LUXTECH Introduces ONECUT: 47” LED Module Cuttable Every ½”

ONECUT is LUXTECH’s most versatile linear/rigid LED module to date; cuttable every ½” between every LED without sacrificing uniformity or performance which means it’s the only linear SKU you’ll need. Standard with poke-in connectors, screw mounting holes, and intermittent solder pads make for reliable installation and maximum board yield. Read more »

Featured | Business News | Event News | Sep 02, 2020

The 25th Guzhen Lighting Fair Set Date on Oct. 22-26, 2020

In the context of national favorable policies, economic recovery, active operation recovery of enterprises, and strong audience demand, the 25th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "GILF") will be held at Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, from October 22 to 26, 2020. Read more »

Featured | Components | LEDs | Color LEDs | Aug 28, 2020

The Gold Standard for P4 Based LED Products

This revolutionary package design allows the lighting designer to reduce the number of LEDs required and provide a more uniform and unique illuminated appearance than with other LED solutions. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | White LEDs | Color LEDs | Aug 28, 2020

LUXEON Rubix Color, Power, Tiny, & Unmatched Flexibility

Lumileds released the very small and very powerful LUXEON Rubix – a new color LED building block – designed to deliver maximum flux at drive currents up to 3A and unmatched design flexibility. With LUXEON Rubix, engineers are freed from the design constraints of pre-configured modules and can create custom arrays with smaller optics supporting smaller size luminaires. Read more »

LumiCam Imaging Colorimeter with Motorized Objective Lenses

Instrument System`s mission is to look ahead the growing and changing demands of modern light measurement. The next generation of our industry leading precision colorimeter, the LumiCam 2400B, now comes with motorized objective lenses, a faster filter wheel movement and a more compact design. These and other features push the measurement experience with the new LumiCam models to the next level in regards to accuracy, ease of use and handling. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | UV LED | Aug 05, 2020

Nationstar's UV LED - a Pioneer in the DUV Sterilization Industry

Since 2016, NATIONSTAR has launched near-ultraviolet LED, deep-ultraviolet LED and modules, with wide wavelength range, high reliability and good feedback in the market. At present, we have established partnerships with many well-known manufacturers. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | White LEDs | Outdoor Applications | Jul 30, 2020

Industry Leading LUXEON 5050 LED Gets Performance Boost

Streetlights and high-bay fixtures require high flux and efficacy to meet the ever-increasing demands for system efficiency and energy cost reduction for these applications. Today, LUXEON 5050 LEDs received an upgrade in both flux and efficacy. Typical performance is now 675 lm with 172 lm/W in full bin shipments and higher performance is available. Read more »

Featured | LEDs | White LEDs | Jul 28, 2020

Cree® XLamp® XM-L3 LEDs – More Output & Reliability

The XLamp® XM-L3 LED delivers a massive 55% upgrade in maximum light output over the XM L2 LED, providing a single-die LED point source for precise optical control. The XM-L3 LED shares the same mechanical and optical footprint as the original XM-L® and XM-L2 LEDs, providing a seamless upgrade path and shortened design cycle. Read more »

LumiTop 4000: Comprehensive Optical Wafer Testing for μLEDs

Instrument Systems offers a unique camera-based measurement solution for μLED wafer testing that generates 2-dimensional, pixel-resolved optical analyses within given cycle times. The LumiTop 4000 has a resolution of 12 MP and can detect the smallest of defects and inhomogeneities on the wafer. Thanks to a 100 mm macro lens, the camera enables fast parallel inline analysis of all μLEDs on a wafer at a single test station. Read more »