WHITE PAPER: Intelligent Over Temperature Protection for LED Lighting Applications

LED lighting is becoming increasingly popular. It offers numerous advantages over conventional lighting, but there are still some issues. One is thermal management. Bernd Pflaum and Hakan Yilmazer from Infineon Technologies explain how LED driver ICs with smart over temperature protection help to increase lifetime and optimize system costs of LED lighting systems. Read more »  

WHITE PAPER: "Optimization of LED Lens Components using TracePro® Illumination Design and Analysis Software"

TracePro® is award-winning opto-mechanical design software for layout, optimization, & analysis of illumination systems. This white paper illustrates how TracePro's 2D & 3D optimization utilities are designed to help CAD designers without optical engineering expertise design a variety of LED optical components - including practical examples. The capabilities of TracePro lead the designer through a process to maximize the technical merits of the device/system in the shortest amount of time. Read more »  

Osram Opto Demonstrates "3D nano LEDs" for White Light and Sees Series Maturity in Coming Years

By making use of nanotechnology, Osram hopes to produce significantly more LED chips with its existing production plant. Osram researchers have for the first time succeeded in manufacturing a so-called "3D nano LED" for white light. The productivity boost is possible due to the special surface characteristics of the LED chip - in contrast to today's standard models, this is not smooth but consists of many adjacent, microscopically small columns with a three-dimensional structure, thus ... Read more »

TracePro® Illumination Design, Analysis, and Optimization Software

TracePro is award-winning illumination design, optimization, and analysis software. With its intuitive CAD interface and powerful features like 2D/3D interactive optimizers, TracePro offers powerful optical design combined with a short learning curve to accelerate time-to-market. Discover why design engineers choose TracePro.

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Infineon's 60V DC/DC LED Drivers Improve Efficiency, Light Quality and Operating Lifetime

Products | LED Dies | Aug 28, 2014

New Chip Scale ReadyMount™ EC LED Series from SemiLEDs

SemiLEDs Corporation, a global provider of vertical LED technology solutions, today announced sampling and mass production availability of its newest line of white chip scale packages, the ReadyMount™ Enhanced CSP, or EC series. By combining SemiLEDs' Enhanced Flip chip (EF) approach with the company's innovative ReadyWhite™ phosphor technology, the EC delivers unprecedented flexibility, reliability and manufacturability in a single 1.4 x 1.4mm low profile device. Rated for input power of up to ... Read more »

SemiLEDs Launches EF FlipChip LED Series

SemiLEDs Corporation, a global provider of vertical LED technology solutions, today announced sampling and volume availability of the first in its new Enhanced FlipChip, or EF, LED series. The series launches with the EF-B40, a blue 40-mil flip chip that simplifies the packaging and integration process by eliminating wire-bonding while increasing both lumen-density and decreasing the lumen-per-dollar value proposition while enabling packagers to use standard surface mount assembly techniques. ... Read more »

Kyma Extends GaN Template Tools and Materials to 6" Diameter

Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced materials solutions that promote safety and energy efficiency, announced today the the extension of their GaN template crystal growth tools and materials to 6" diameter. Read more »

New, Cost-Effective Triac Dimmable LED Lamp Driver IC from Diodes Increases Performance

Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today introduced the AP1695. This LED lamp driver optimizes the design of sub 12 W triac dimmer-compatible LED lamps by featuring a dimming range of 1 to 100% and up to a 30% reduction in bill of materials (BOM) cost. Read more »

LEDiL Introduces Winnie for Compact MR16 Designs

The new Winnie family from LEDiL features unique folded TIR design which substantially reduces height compared to traditional collimating optical designs. Winnie features convenient MR16 size for a range of luminaire or retrofit designs and can be used with heat sinks pre-drilled for Zhaga compatible light engines. Highly efficient design, typical efficiency close to 90%. The spot version has a beam angle of around 20 degrees, subject to the LES size. Medium and wide flood beams to follow ... Read more »

MechaTronix Develops Passive Cooler that Challenges Active LED Cooling

Just a few years ago it was hardly impossible to develop a down or spot light with light output over 3000 lumen without using an active fan or blower LED cooler. Today with the latest generation LED modules and COBs the efficacies and internal thermal resistances have dramatically improved what makes that even a 4500 lumen shop light can easily be kept on its ideal temperature with a well-designed passive LED cooler. Read more »

Stadium Power Releases New LDP LED Power Supply Series with Optional Dimming

Stadium Power, the leading UK provider of power supply solutions, has launched an unrivalled range of competitively priced LED drivers for a wide range of indoor and outdoor use in LED based lighting and signage applications. Read more »

LpS 2014 - Symposium for Integrated LED Lighting System Designs

A new holistic and interactive approach has been incorporated into the LED professional Symposium +Expo 2014 (LpS 2014). Multidisciplinary expert talks, hands on workshops and interactive group discussions will take place in Bregenz, Austria, from September 30th to October 2nd. Attendees will be inspired to create new designs and engineering concepts for future LED lighting systems in order to transform innovations to the next level. Read more »

Light Art Project at the Kunsthaus Bregenz

On September 30, 2014, Austrian lighting artist Miriam Prantl will turn the façade of the Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) into an artwork of light. At an evening event hosted by Zumtobel, visitors to the LED professional Symposium will learn about the background of Zumtobel's activities in the area of art & culture. Read more »

electronica 2014: Top-Class Program for 50th Anniversary

For the past 50 years, international exhibitors have been presenting the future of the electronics industry at electronica in Munich. From November 11 to 14, 2014, electronica will open its gates once again. Visitors can gather information from the product and service portfolios in the electronic industry: from components and systems to electronic applications and services. This year's international trade fair revolves around automotive, embedded systems, medical electronics and lighting, as ... Read more »  

Last Month to Apply for the SEAD Lighting Awards Competition

In an ambitious effort to reduce energy use on a global scale, the Clean Energy Ministerial's Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative announced a competition to recognize the most energy-efficient lighting around the world. SEAD Global Efficiency Medals will be awarded to the most energy-efficient lamps and luminaires on the market as well as to new technologies that push the boundaries of efficient lighting available today. The last month to apply for the award has ... Read more »

Infineon Technologies AG to Acquire International Rectifier Corporation

Infineon Technologies AG and International Rectifier Corporation today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Infineon will acquire International Rectifier for US-Dollar 40 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US-Dollar 3 billion. The acquisition combines two semiconductor companies with leadership positions in power management technology. By the integration of International Rectifier, Infineon complements its offerings and will be able to ... Read more »