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Sharp presents a new generation of its Mieg Zenigata LEDs
he new generation of Mega ZENIGATA COB LED series from Sharp features increased efficiency of up to 108 lm/W, with higher luminous flux up of to (typically) 4780 lm accompanied by high CRI values of up to 93 (typically).
Hamburg, 23 January 2013 – The newest generation of Mega ZENIGATA LEDs from Sharp shines with a luminous efficiency of up to 108 lm/W in standard use. The new LED arrays with model number GW6DxxxxNFC are available in four different performance classes: 15 W, 25 W, 35 W and 50 W. The 50 W arrays require a forward voltage of 50 V and are designed for a constant current of 950 mA. In this way, they achieve a luminous flux of up to 4780 lm. With increased energy input of up to 1500 mA, the brightness of the 50 W COB LED may be trimmed to 6930 lm. Read more »
Philips and Ecophon present light-emitting acoustic ceiling solution to enhance worker well-being and boost concentration in open plan offices
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November 13, 2012 Eindhoven, The Netherlands – At the Philips Innovation Event in The Netherlands today, Philips and Saint-Gobain Ecophon announce the introduction in 2013 of the Soundlight Comfort Ceiling solution for offices. This innovative acoustic ceiling solution with embedded LED lighting keeps noise and lighting levels at an optimum level in open plan offices for employee comfort. |
Introducing Philips hue: the world’s smartest LED bulb, marking a new era in home lighting
- Available at Apple stores from October 30th
- Enables you to control light wirelessly, create and personalize light with an app on your smartphone or tablet
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, – Building on its innovation capabilities, today Philips unveils hue, the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system. Philips hue signals a new era in home lighting both in the way we think about and experience light in our homes. It allows you to create and control the light using your smartphone or tablet. Bringing endless possibilities to help you get creative and help you personalize your lighting to suit yours and your family’s lifestyle, Philips hue is available exclusively from Apple stores from 30th October. A starter pack includes three bulbs¹ that simply screw into your existing lamps, and a bridge that you plug into your home Wi-Fi router. Simply download the hue app to start experiencing light in a completely new way.
Higher Module Efficiency made by Tridonic
LED engine for wide-area lighting
Twenty percent more light output and even better lighting quality (MacAdam 3) characterise the second generation of TALEXXengine STARK QLE and LLE LED systems. Module efficiency is now as high as 135 lm/W.
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Osram Displix LED for extreme conditions
Robust multichip LED for high-contrast displays in outdoor applications
Large-format outdoor displays, for example at rock concerts, at sporting events or for perimeter advertising, are the most important target applications for the new Displix black and Displix blackprint multichip LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors. These robust high-contrast high-power LEDs can withstand high humidity levels, wide fluctuations in temperature and even torrential rain.
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Depending on specific customer requirements, the high-power Displix black/ blackprint SMT LEDs offer excellent contrast and high brightness or good contrast and very high light intensity. Source: Osram
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Another Innovation from Seoul Semiconductor, MJT Series!
Philips Expands Leading LED Platform with LUXEON Rebel PLUS
Delivering a 15 percent performance updgrade, LUXEON Rebel PLUS LEDs provide up to 110 lumens per watt.
San Jose, CA – Advancing its industry-leading LUXEON Rebel LED platform, Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON Rebel PLUS, delivering a 15 percent performance upgrade over earlier versions of the product. This new family of single-emitter LEDs offers designers and manufacturers the quality and reliability that are hallmarks of the LUXEON Rebel LED,with a new level of performance and value. Designed to fit seamlessly into the existing Rebel LED ecosystem, Rebel PLUS enables designers to upgrade their products quickly and efficiently, fast-tracking their time to market. Read more »
GreenChip Resonant Controller Delivers High Efficiency for High-Power LED Applications up to 400 W
NXP SSL4120 power supply IC tailored for high-power solid-state lighting solutions
Eindhoven, Netherlands and Shanghai, China, October 25, 2012 — NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the availability of the SSL4120 – a GreenChip™ resonant half-bridge controller with integrated power factor correction (PFC) for high-power LED applications up to 400 W. The single-chip SSL4120 is a high-efficiency solution for high-power LED applications such as office lighting, shop lighting, high-bay and low-bay lighting, parking garage lighting, area lighting and street lighting. Offering true universal mains operation, the SSL4120 enables efficient direct start-up from rectified mains ranging from 90 to 305 volts. The SSL4120 enables low total harmonic distortion (THD) of less than 10 percent, a high power factor (PF) over 0.97, and a typical PFC frequency of 380 kHz to meet and exceed legal requirements for high-power LED lighting applications. NXP will showcase the latest additions to the GreenChip family of SSL driver ICs at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (booth 5B-C12).
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LED automotive light for every budget
The Oslon LX LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors provides affordable LED solutions even for the subcompact automobile market
With the Oslon LX Osram Opto Semiconductors is offering a new LED component for widespread application in the automotive sector. The focus here is on the essential functions of brightness and quality so these new white light emitting diodes are affordable even for installation in subcompact vehicles. They will be used mainly for daytime running lights and fog lights and will provide visual and technical enhancements to automobiles right down to the low price segment.
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LED light with high light output and high energy efficiency can now be installed in low-end vehicles thanks to the Oslon LX LED.
Source: Osram
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Bidirectional, homogeneous wide-area lighting : TALEXXengine STARK INDI
With 80 % direct and 20 % indirect light components, the LED system illuminates desktops perfectly and also ensures pleasant ambient lighting. It also boasts an excellent colour rendering index (CRI > 80) and a system efficiency of up to 90 lm/W. Application areas for this new, slim-line LED system include pendant and free-standing luminaires in offices and educational establishments. Read more »
Tridonic new LED light engine for downlights and spotlights
Efficient and durable, excellent lighting
Tridonic’s optimised TALEXXengine STARK SLE LED system is intended for LED downlights and spotlights used in professional general lighting applications. Compared with previous-generation products, it boasts 40 % more light output and a longer service life of up to 50,000 hours. Even at the end of its service life, luminous flux remains at 80 % of its initial level. Because of its high efficiency, this LED system makes it possible to obtain considerable savings in energy consumption – with great lighting quality.
Cree Introduces Next-Generation Color LEDs
New High-Performance LEDs Double Lumens-per-Dollar to Accelerate Adoption of LED Lighting
DURHAM, NC — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces commercial availability of XLamp® XB-D color LEDs and XLamp XM-L multi-color LEDs. The high-performance color LEDs provide lighting manufacturers with discrete and multi-color LED options to more cost-effectively address a wider spectrum of applications such as architectural, vehicle and display lighting. Read more »
Flexible headlight design with Oslon Compact LEDs
Osram Opto Semiconductors presents a prototype of the smallest LED format for automotive lighting
Osram Opto Semiconductors announces the prototype of the Oslon Compact, currently the most compact high-power LED for the automotive market. Thanks to the flexible arrangement of these small LEDs it will be much easier and more cost-effective to create unique, signature headlight designs. A prototype of the Oslon Compact LED will be unveiled by the automotive semiconductor specialist from Regensburg in October at the SIA Vision conference in Versailles (France, October 9/10). Read more »
Cree Extends Leadership with Introduction of Brighter, More Efficient XLamp® XP-E2 LEDs
Doubles the Lumens-Per-Dollar and Delivers Up To 20 Percent More Lumens Per Watt Over Original XP-E LED
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the new XLamp® XP-E2 LED, delivering higher lumens per watt and lumens-per-dollar to lower system costs for existing XP-E and XP-G designs. The new XP-E2 LEDs can increase the lumen output of XP-E designs for the same cost and power or lower system cost with fewer LEDs – enabling lighting manufacturers to deliver a better lighting system with minimal redesign. Read more »
Oslon Black Flat LED for loads of light on the road
Virtually constant light output even at high application temperatures
The Oslon Black Flat is the new LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors for automotive frontlighting systems. Equipped with state-of-the-art chip and packaging technology and a ceramic converter, this new LED product from the famous Oslon Black series is a high-performance light source for automotive applications. It offers high light output even at high currents, uniform distribution of light, thermal stability and particularly good contrast for seeing and being seen. Oslon Black Flat had its premier as a prototype at ISAL 2011 and is available now. Read more »
Acrich2 Achieves Highest Efficacy in an AC LED Modul
Seoul, Korea – Seoul Semiconductor (www.acrich.com), a leading LED manufacturer, has announced that its latest Acrich2, AC LED module, is now available for volume production orders with 100 lm/watt performance. Acrich2 provides lighting designers a light source with high efficacy, outstanding Power Factor, and improved Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) performance. Read more »
Texas Instruments makes LED lighting design easy and fast
May 30, 2012
Industry’s first fully integrated LED drivers in industry-standard IC packages helps developers avoid design complexities
DALLAS, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two fully integrated LED driver micro-modules that eliminate the external components and complex layout placement challenges typical of LED driver designs. The 450-mA TPS92550 and TPS92551 DC/DC LED driver modules are the industry’s first to incorporate all the required power and passive circuitry into a single IC package to deliver up to 23W of power to the LED. Watch a video at http://www.ti.com/tps92550-prv. For more information, samples and an evaluation board, visit http://www.ti.com/tps92550-pr. Read more »
Osram Ostar Projection Cube LED: a giant leap for smartphones and cameras
Double the system brightness for embedded projection thanks to a new green LED component from Osram Opto Semiconductors
An integrated miniature projector that can display images on a much larger surface than existing displays is the next giant leap for smartphones and cameras. This is known as embedded projection and uses LEDs as the light source. The greatest challenge so far for lighting technology has been the limited efficiency of the green light emitting diodes. This is because high brightness is essential if the projected image will be seen with ambient light. The Osram Ostar Projection Cube from Osram Opto Semiconductors is the perfect answer. Read more »
Oslux LED offers new design options for smartphones
New flash LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors harmonizes form and function
Osram Opto Semiconductors has added a new type of LED to its well-known Oslux family. With flash applications compromises no longer have to be accepted – due to its specially shaped lens the Oslux LED can be discreetly fitted in the device. Thanks to its high output power the new LED is also capable of taking perfectly illuminated shots with cellphones. This means design and function of smartphones work together even more closely. Read more »
New GE Lumination™ LED Luminaires Stop Boring Ceilings Before They Start
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – May 10, 2012 – (NYSE:GE) – Designers can dress bland commercial ceiling space in chic new style with Lumination™ Luminaires and other bright indoor LED ideas from GE Lighting Solutions. A Lumination slim suspended fixture and 1’x4’ recessed troffer are now available to exquisitely attire office, retail or hospitality settings. Read more »
Marvell and Osram Further Adoption of Superior Quality LED Lighting
Marvell and Osram to showcase multi-channel professional LED lighting solution at LIGHTFAIR International 2012
Marvell and Osram Opto Semiconductors today announced the availability of the Marvell-Osram two-color LED downlight reference design to further facilitate mass market adoption of high-quality, affordable LED lighting. The turnkey reference design, based on high performance LEDs from Osram and highly integrated and advanced driver ICs from Marvell, drastically reduces the engineering complexity involved in designing and manufacturing premium performance, high- color rendering index (CRI) LED luminaries for professional and commercial lighting applications. This is expected to enable lighting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to easily develop and offer significantly higher quality LED products at more affordable prices to end users. The reference design will be shown at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 from May 9 – 11 in Las Vegas. Read more »