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Cree LED | Outdoor Applications | SSL | Jun 30, 2025
Proven LED Solutions for Outdoor Lighting Needs
Proven LED Solutions for Outdoor Lighting Needs Outdoor lighting presents a unique set of challenges – from harsh weather conditions to strict energy efficiency standards and optical precision requirements. Cree LED delivers robust, high-performing LED solutions that rise to the occasion. Read more »
Cree LED | XLamp | XP-LR | XP-GR | SSL | Featured | May 01, 2025
XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs Feature Round LES
XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs Feature Round LES XLamp® XP-LR and XP-GR White LEDs expand the XP product family with a round, circular light-emitting surface (LES) that improves the quality of projected light through optics, compared to traditional LEDs with a square LES. These LEDs are ideal for premium flashlights, torches, bike lights and headlamps. Read more »
MetroSpec Technology | Modules | SSL | Mar 28, 2025
MetroSpec Technology® Advances Area Lighting into Powerful RGBW
MetroSpec Technology® Advances Area Lighting into Powerful RGBW MetroSpec Technology, the leading American manufacturer of custom LED light sources, announces a major advance into full color area lighting – for street, path, and indoor lighting. High output FacetTILE™ modules provide a simplified base for building a multiplicity of fixtures, with minimum investment in wiring, heat sink structure, and labor. Patented FlexRad is at the core of millions of fixtures manufactured by MetroSpec’s customers in North America. Read more »
Cree LED | Pro9 | SSL | Mar 25, 2025
Pro9™ Technology Boosts LED Efficiency & Performance
Pro9™ Technology Boosts LED Efficiency & Performance Cree LED is revolutionizing LED lighting with its innovative Pro9™ technology, which leverages Potassium Fluoride Silicon (KSF or PFS) phosphor to enhance the efficiency of LED components, particularly those designed for higher Color Rendering Index (CRI). Pro9 LEDs are covered under a technology license from Current Lighting Solutions, LLC. Read more »
Cree LED | SSL | Featured | Mar 04, 2025
Upgrade with J Series® JB3030C 3V E Class Pro9™ White LEDs
Upgrade with J Series® JB3030C 3V E Class Pro9™ White LEDs J Series® 3030 LEDs are optimized to deliver the best value with high efficacy to low-density, indoor lighting applications, such as downlights, troffers, and panel lights. Pro9™ version LEDs deliver up to 15% higher efficacy for 90 CRI over standard version LEDs without sacrificing color rendering quality. Pro9 LEDs feature the same maximum current plus the same mechanical and electrical characteristics as the standard versions. Read more »
SSL | Refond | Mar 03, 2025
Refond Launches Industry-First Diamond-based Ultra-high Power Density Packaging
Refond Launches Industry-First Diamond-based Ultra-high Power Density Packaging In the traditional LED lighting field, heat dissipation has always been a critical factor limiting performance improvement. Especially with the rapid development of LED technology towards high luminous efficiency and high power, high-power LED packaging technology, due to its structural and process complexity, directly affects the performance and lifespan of LEDs. In complex application scenarios, high-power LEDs face issues such as accelerated light decay and reduced stability caused by poor heat dissipation, which have become urgent challenges for the industry. Read more »
Cree LED | XP-L Color LEDs | Featured | SSL | Dec 01, 2024
XLamp® XP-L Photo Red LEDs — Top Tier Efficiency for Next-Gen Luminaires
XLamp® XP-L Photo Red LEDs — Top Tier Efficiency for Next-Gen Luminaires Cree LED is committed to delivering innovative lighting solutions for horticulture and agriculture, where tailored lighting is essential for maximizing yields. Unlike traditional lighting for human vision, these systems require application-tuned spectral content, high efficacy and long lifespans. Read more »
Luminus Devices | Expert Talk | Light for Working | Featured | SSL | Oct 31, 2024
Expert Talks on Light: Luminus Light for Working – Specialty Lighting
Expert Talks on Light: Luminus Light for Working – Specialty Lighting The “Luminus Light for Working” talk outlines the specialty lighting product portfolio by Luminus, focusing on LED solutions for diverse professional applications. These LEDs support industries including medical and life sciences, stage and studio lighting, industrial machine vision, horticulture, and disinfection. Read more »
Lumileds | Deep Dimming | LUXEON 2835 Commercial | SSL | Featured | Oct 01, 2024
LUXEON 2835 Tailor-made for Excellent Dimming
LUXEON 2835 Tailor-made for Excellent Dimming The new LUXEON 2835 Commercial Deep Dimming LEDs are designed for LED-to-LED flux uniformity across the entire dimming curve – down to 1% – that is required to achieve consistent visual performance. Read more »
Luminus | Company Overview | Featured | SSL | Sep 24, 2024
Luminus: Innovating Photonic Technologies for a Brighter Future
Luminus: Innovating Photonic Technologies for a Brighter Future Luminus is at the forefront of photonic technology, driving advancements across industries such as healthcare, automotive, and the metaverse. With a global presence and cutting-edge solutions, Luminus delivers unparalleled brightness and precision, shaping the future of innovation. Read more »
Lumileds | Red Spectrum | SSL | LEDs | Sep 18, 2024
Lumileds Continues To Lead Advances for Red InGaN LEDs
Lumileds Continues To Lead Advances for Red InGaN LEDs Lumileds has extended its record-setting advances in its InGaN Red LED development. The InGaN material system is an attractive alternative to AlInGaP for creating red light sources because it harmonizes manufacturing with Green and Blue LEDs, which are also based on InGaN. The large industrial capacity of InGaN gives economies of scale and is preferred for integration with silicon semiconductor manufacturing. InGaN Red is especially promising for microLED applications because of its characteristic to maintain efficiency at micron-scale sizes and low current density. Read more »
Cree LED | Innovation | SSL | Featured | Aug 30, 2024
Cree LED. Innovating the Future of Lighting
Cree LED. Innovating the Future of Lighting At Cree LED, we’ve proven our resilience through the toughest industry challenges – from global pandemics to supply chain disruptions. Our commitment to innovation and reliability ensures you receive the highest performance, no matter your application. Read more »
Lumileds | LEDs | SSL | Featured | Aug 28, 2024
Lighting is a Team Sport
Lighting is a Team Sport We’d be stating the obvious if we said that there are few, if any, one-size fits all solutions in this world. But there you have it. Starbucks proves this in a claim on their website that there are more than 170,000 ways for patrons to customize their beverages. While we’ve not counted all the ways to use an LED with a 3535 footprint, we suspect the number is high. Read more »
Cree LED | XLamp | XE-G | Featured | SSL | Aug 01, 2024
Major Performance Improvements for XLamp® XE-G LEDs
Major Performance Improvements for XLamp® XE-G LEDs New improvements to XLamp® XE-G LEDs boost RGBW color-mixing systems with a 20% efficiency increase and 10%+ for most of the 18 colors. These breakthrough LEDs outperform competing LEDs for high-output color-mixing applications. XLamp® XE-G LEDs combine industry-leading features in its size class, making the best even better! Read more »
Lumileds | LUXEON HL4Z | SSL | Jul 16, 2024
New LUXEON HL4Z Delivers High Intensity, Very-High Light Output, and High Efficacy
New LUXEON HL4Z Delivers High Intensity, Very-High Light Output, and High Efficacy Lumileds announces the release of the LUXEON HL4Z un-domed power LED intended for applications that require very high intensity and superior efficacy. Optical designers and engineers must typically make a tradeoff between optimizing optical design and achieving high efficacy. Lumileds addresses this dilemma with its innovative LUXEON HL4Z. At maximum current, the undomed LED delivers tremendous intensity – over 1400lm – from its 2.16mm2 light emitting surface at 85C. And at 70CRI, 4000K, 85C, and 700mA, typical efficacy of the new LUXEON HL4Z is an impressive 189lm/W. Read more »
Lumileds | Power LED | SSL | Featured | Jul 04, 2024
LUXEON HL4X for High Output Applications & Improved Efficiency
LUXEON HL4X for High Output Applications & Improved Efficiency Lumileds announced the release of its LUXEON HL4X power LED that delivers the lighting industry’s highest output and efficacy; it furthers the ability for lighting manufacturers to standardize their designs around a common footprint and proves that meaningful LED efficacy gains are still possible. Read more »
ams OSRAM | DURIS E | SSL | Jul 02, 2024
Introducing the DURIS® E 2835 0.2 W SOFTLINEAR LED by ams OSRAM
Introducing the DURIS® E 2835 0.2 W SOFTLINEAR LED by ams OSRAM The new DURIS® E 2835 LEDs from ams OSRAM introduce engineering innovations all the way from the package to the emitter. These innovative LEDs boast a specially designed lead frame and improved reliability in the field—and their reduced resistance to bending facilitates their integration into flexible strips. Read more »
Featured | Cree LED | XP-L Color LEDs | SSL | Jul 01, 2024
New XLamp® XP-L Color LEDs Allow Smaller Color-mixing Lights
New XLamp® XP-L Color LEDs Allow Smaller Color-mixing Lights XLamp® XP-L Color LEDs are multi-color RGBW LEDs that deliver the combination of high lumen output and great color mixing in a small 3.45 x 3.45 mm package. The XLamp XP-L Color LEDs feature the smallest possible distance between LED die, creating a small optical source for excellent optical control and efficient color mixing. Read more »
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