by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 24, 2013 | Manufacturing Equipment, Optics, Packaged LEDS, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
The new Luxeon Q family is based on the company’s flip-chip die announced back in February that, combined with new light extraction and conversion features, delivers high efficacy especially at high drive currents. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 17, 2013 | Manufacturing Equipment, OLEDs, Retail & Hospitality
Novaled and Colnatec hope to control film thickness with novel sensing technology on OLED roll-to-roll production lines, while researchers at the University of Utah have tuned a plastic polymer that could yield true white OLEDs. The original version of this article...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 11, 2013 | Design Automation, Driver ICs, Editors Picks Left, Manufacturing Equipment, Modular light engines, Optics, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, Test Equipment, Test Labs, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
SSL product development goes far beyond the LEDs and driver electronics, and Richie Richards explains how to evaluate the detailed design elements such as materials choices, thermal management, and compatibility issues that can in turn lead to optimal lighting...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 9, 2013 | Editors Picks Right, Interconnect, Materials, Optics, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal
Jonathan Harris explains that a new approach to aluminum nitride ceramics can draw near the price point of alumina packages while offering sufficient thermal performance for HB LED packages. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 3, 2013 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business & Markets, Driver ICs, Events Reports, Indoor Lighting, Manufacturing Equipment, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
Cree, Philips Lumileds, and Nichia presented conflicting views on the future of packaged LEDs, although all agree that the components will continue to advance, and SSL system design is the key to better lighting products, reports Maury Wright. The original version of...
