by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 9, 2015 | Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Facade & Entertainment, Features, LEDs Applications, Modular Drivers, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design, Thermal
Scott Brown describes the dimming challenge in LED lamps that are connected to phase-cut dimmers and details the basis for digital control techniques that can enable flicker-free performance in SSL applications. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Color Tuning, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs & Sources featured, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Materials, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Both monochromatic and phosphor-converted color LEDs are tracking near white LED performance, observes Maury Wright, and color adds impact to applications spanning façade lighting to automotive safety. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 18, 2015 | Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Networks & Controls, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Specialty SSL, SSL Design, SSL Design featured, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal
Giles Humpston explains the intricacies of cooling LEDs and modeling the thermal path to ensure reliable solid-state lighting product developments. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 15, 2015 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs & Sources featured, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Modular light engines, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Thermal
Chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology has the potential to reduce LED component cost and provide SSL system-design advantages, explains Maury Wright, but the technology, borrowed from the mainstream semiconductor industry, has been slow to emerge commercially. The...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 3, 2015 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Smart Cities, Test Equipment, Thermal
With co-location centered in London, Strategies in Light Europe and LuxLive will bring together LED lighting supply-chain, end-user, designer, and specifier professionals for a breadth of educational content and exhibits. Conference chair BOB STEELE describes how the...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 3, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Test Equipment, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
While photodetectors have long been used alongside goniometers to characterize light sources, Pasi Manninen and Mikolaj Przbyla explain that a goniospectrometer system enables collection of a more robust set of parametric data for LED-based products. The original...
