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Aug 1, 2012 - Regular News
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Greetings!
Welcome!
There are 5 important topics that I'd like to bring to your attention today.
1.) LED professional Review - Issue 32:
Download the new issue of the LED professional magazine!
2.) LED professional Survey
Your feedback is important to us because our success is measured by your success. That's why we're asking you to complete our 5-minute customer feedback survey.
The time you spend completing this survey will help us bring you the services you and your organization need for future success.
Thank you!
3.) McKinsey Lighting Report 2012
The new McKinsey Lighting Report 2012 will be available shortly. LED professional has been chosen as the distribution partner for Europe and Asia. All of our subscribers will receive an e-mail informing them when the FREE download is accessible.
4.) ISA Solid-State Lighting Alliance
Luger Research e.U. / LED professional is the first publication to be awarded membership with ISA. ISA is an international alliance of regional alliances and associations, renowned universities and institutions and leading companies in the SSL field. It is an independent legal entity which aims to enhance public-private partnership and intensify global cooperation to accelerate and foster the sustainable development of SSL. 5.) Pre-Registration for LpS 2012 - 200% Increase This year, the Early-Bird registration period showed an increase of 200%. The people are interested in the exhibition, the Tech-Panels and the broad range of technologies that will be presented during the symposium. Bookings for the Get-Together Event on Lake Constance was also very successful. SAVE YOUR SEAT - Register Today! Yours Sincerely,
Siegfried Luger
Publisher, LED professional
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 In recent years, there has been a huge influx of light applications being converted to solid-state lighting technology. Offering significant energy savings, reliability and color consistency over time, the LED value proposition for indoor & outdoor lighting applications is impressive.Visit our new application page for the latest in SSL solutions.
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 Plastic electronics hold the promise of cheap, mass-produced devices. But plastic semiconductors have an important flaw: the electronic current is influenced by "charge traps" in the material. These traps, which have a negative impact on plastic light-emitting diodes and solar cells, are poorly understood. Read more »
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Technology | Light Generation White Paper | Jul 31, 2012
Less than one year after showcasing the 152 lumens-per-watt concept LED bulb, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) delivers a new performance benchmark with the 170 lumens-per-watt (LPW) prototype LED light bulb. The innovations behind the high-performance 170 LPW LED bulb are enabling significantly higher efficacy and lower cost for Cree's luminaire portfolio and demonstrate Cree's continued commitment to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting by addressing initial cost and payback - key barriers to ... Read more »
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LEVEL 1 - NEWS: Components, Manufacturing
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 TE Connectivity has expanded its solderless LED socket offering to include a version for SHARP's new Mini Zenigata LED. The SMIZ socket is precision engineered and designed specifically for the Mini Zenigata LED and offers customers a reliable "plug and play" complete solution. This new socket adds to TE's extensive portfolio of solderless LED sockets for a wide range of lighting applications. It underlines TE's commitment to the future of solid state lighting by providing solutions that add ... Read more »
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 As the LED lighting market continues to grow, designers need solutions that meet limited circuit board footprints, meet circuit protection and system reliability demands, and simplify supply chain logistics, all while maintaining global energy regulation compliance. To help designers meet these requirements, Fairchild Semiconductor expanded its LED lighting driver solutions portfolio to include an optimized low-power offering. Read more »
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 LEDs are not all the same. This is evidenced not only by the performance data and the dimensions but also by the solder pads and the processing options. Osram Opto Semiconductors has now developed a concept for uniform solder pads based on the Oslon family, making it easier for customers to use LEDs from different manufacturers (second source) and reducing the costs of storage and processes modification. Read more »
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 With its latest product, AIX G5+, AIXTRON SE has introduced a 5x200 mm GaN-on-Si (Gallium Nitride on Silicon) technology package for its AIX G5 Planetary Reactor® platform. Following a customer-focused development program, this technology was designed and created in AIXTRON's R&D laboratory and consists of specially designed reactor hardware and process capabilities. It is now available as a part of the AIX G5 product family and any existing G5 system can be upgraded to this latest version. ... Read more »
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 Labsphere, Inc. has expanded its illumia LED and light measurement product range with the introduction of illumia®lite. The portable system packages the accuracy of sphere-based measurement in a cost-effective handheld device suitable for use on the production floor, in the lab or in the field. Read more »
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LEVEL 2 - NEWS: Modules, Lamps, Subsystems
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 Fortimo LED Twistable DLM 1100 lm (Zhaga certified) and 2000 lm second generation modules offer energy efficiency and quality white light. The Fortimo LED Twistable DLM is a complete system, consisting of a module with integrated driver and lamp holder, and adheres to industry standards. The 1100lm module is the second LED module from Philips that is Zhaga certified. The Fortimo LED Twistable DLM is ideal to build into luminaires for use in general down lighting applications and is therefore ... Read more »
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 From September 1st 2012, European Union legislation bans the manufacture and import of all incandescent bulbs. In anticipation of this, Verbatim has unveiled a complete family of cost effective retrofit LED lamps for households. They are designed to meet the growing demand for reliable, high quality and low energy lighting. Read more »
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 Lighting Science Group, the world's premier LED lighting manufacturer, announced the European launch of a revolutionary high output 8-watt LED MR16 bulb that is a direct replacement for traditional MR16 50-watt halogen bulbs. Suited to a variety of applications that require directional lighting-such as track lighting, recessed ceiling lights, desk lamps, pendant fixtures and retail display lighting-the DEFINITY™ MR16 HO LED bulb will be the first of its kind introduced to the marketplace, and ... Read more »
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 Zenaro Lighting extends its range of LED lifestyle lighting solutions by offering a new linear flexible LED light stripe. Zenaro's DECOFLEX is available in five versions for ultra-flexible use in a wide range of outdoor and indoor applications and is ideal for innovative and creative lighting ideas in professional ambience lighting environments. Read more »
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 The RACV30 is the first of a new series of constant voltage LED drivers, ideal for powering LED strips and LED modules in applications such as cove lighting, signage, back lighting, channel letters, displays or under cabinet lighting. The input voltage range of 90 to 264VAC assures full functionality worldwide. The new drivers provide up to 30 watts and are available with outputs of 12VDC or 24VDC. The output voltages are closely regulated to compensate for varying loads or supply changes (2% ... Read more »
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 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has launched mass production of standard power modules for LED lighting. The power modules comply with DALI*1 (IEC62386) transmission standards for lighting and are the optimal choice for controlling BEMS*2 and HEMS*3 systems with multiple lighting devices. Read more »
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LEVEL 3 - NEWS: Fixtures, Systems
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 Bridging the architectural gap between traditional light sources and LEDs for the first time in history is leading lighting manufacturer USAI® Lighting with the unveiling of NanoLED® NXT, a groundbreaking solution capable of providing industry-leading performance and color-consistent quality from a smaller package than ever before. NanoLED NXT opens a new era of lighting design by delivering an industry-first LED 10-degree optic within a 2.5-inch aperture for unparalleled technology that ... Read more »
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 Delivering superior performance with higher lumen output than MR16 fixtures while using 60 percent less power, WAC Lighting introduces sophisticated Tesla LED Recessed Downlights which are Energy Star Qualified for commercial and residential applications. Read more »
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 Launched by Motion29 this month, the new CLK is already becoming popular with the food, pharmaceutical, chemical and manufacturing industries, due to its tough aluminium or stainless steel body which resists water and oil or chemicals. It's not often you get a model with a 2,100lx centre illumination which resists water and chemicals/oils but Motion29's new CLK LED from Patlite ticks all the boxes. Read more »
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 The Baltic Crystal company announces that operations are under way at its new synthetic monocrystalline sapphire plant, whose investment total is USD 15 million. According to volume planned, Baltic Crystal is a mid-level crystal producer, supplying material for light-emitting diode-makers in Southeast Asia. Read more »
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diode (LED) on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co. Ltd., a production base for discrete products in northern Japan. Mass production will start from October 2012. Read more »
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 "LED Lighting Technologies - Winning Approaches" in Austria on September 25 - 27. LpS 2012 is Europe's foremost LED lighting technology meeting point for lighting experts in industry and research. Read more...
 LIGHTING WORLD 2012 in Vietnam is an essential exhibition for the lighting professionals. It is the only trade show in Vietnam where all kinds of lighting devices, lighting fixtures, bulb, ...
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