OSRAM Opto Semiconductors LED Light Site Newsletter
November 2015
 
Welcome to the November 2015 issue of the General Lighting (SSL) LED newsletter from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. This edition of our monthly newsletter highlights our new Light Is Everywhere video, our first LED filament product: SOLERIQ L 38 and two new LED Fundamentals that are focused on how to read an LED datasheet.
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Featured Products
New DURIS for color mixing applications
Consumer lighting solutions with DURIS S 5 Color LEDs

For smart lighting solutions and all kinds of colored lighting applications, customers now can rely on the new DURIS S 5 Color LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. There are four color versions - red, amber, green and deep blue - offering high efficacy and excellent temperature stability. The footprint of 3.0 mm x 3.0 mm complies with industrial standards.

All red, amber, green and deep blue DURIS S 5 Color versions can be used in color mixing systems, as well as in combination with white LEDs. They are all based on the same chip technology using phosphor conversion to generate the saturated red, amber and green colors. Therefore they all feature the same electrical behavior and are compatible with the DURIS S 5 White LEDs, which greatly simplifies driver design. In addition, the red and amber DURIS S 5 versions are best in their class for lumen maintenance and temperature stability between 25� and 85� Celsius, reducing the complexity of color management in different conditions.

The use of red and amber in combination with white LEDs can compensate for missing colors in the white spectrum, thereby increasing the color rendering index (CRI) with rich Ra values. Other characteristics include an epoxy-based package and a footprint of 3.0 mm x 3.0 mm.

The green color versions offer an extremely high efficacy of 170 lm/W. This reduces assembly costs as customers need fewer DURIS S 5 Color LEDs to achieve the same brightness level for their applications and can be more flexible in their PCB design. 















Click here for more information on the DURIS S 5 Family

Click here to download the DURIS S 5 brochure


OSRAM Adds Filament LEDs to its Product Portfolio
SOLERIQ L 38 offers excellent color appearance and quality of light for aesthetic illumination

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors presents SOLERIQ L 38, the first filament LED in this product family. With a long and thin shape, these LEDs provide the basis for filament style lamps and match incandescent lamps in terms of appearance and emission characteristics. SOLERIQ LEDs deliver a uniform appearance in terms of color and can serve as a high-quality light source that is ideal for aesthetic lighting applications in homes, hotels and restaurants.

Each SOLERIQ L 38 has a length of 30 mm and a diameter of 1.8 mm. Similar to a conventional filament, the shape of the SOLERIQ LED - in addition to its 360-degree emission angle and excellent light production quality - make it perfect for use in LED lamps of all wattages as it mimics the appearance of classic light bulbs. SOLERIQ L 38 LEDs are offered in MacAdams Ellipse groups (SDCM) based on color temperature, and binned at a temperature of 85� C, which closely approximates the temperature in the application.

 "Customers will benefit from these properties, particularly if they want to install multiple lamps or luminaires fitted with SOLERIQ L 38 in a room," said Martin Wittmann, Marketing and Business Development Manager for General Lighting at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. "Incorporating the LEDs in classic lamp production lines is simple. With minor modifications to the manufacturing process, these LEDs can be installed in the lamp in the same way as traditional filaments." Additionally, sorting by forward voltage enables multiple LED filaments to be connected in parallel, resulting in reliable operation with no overloading of individual filaments.

Traditional lighting design and state-of-the-art technology

The SOLERIQ L 38 offers high brightness, similar to all SOLERIQ products, and is available in three different lumen versions of 90, 130 or 140 lumen (lm),enabling solutions for up to 60 W equivalents.  All the versions have an extremely high luminous efficacy of 150 lm/W and provide warm white light (2500 to 4000 Kelvin). Due to a good color rendering index of over 80, the new SOLERIQ L 38 is ideal for indoor lighting, particularly in the home. The main applications include products with a traditional look and also modern interiors, such as classic clear glass lamps with LED filaments.

Click here for more information on SOLERIQ L 38

Click here to download the SOLERIQ L 38 brochure


New 70 CRI Version and Product Brochure for OSLON Square
 

The new OSLON Square product brochure includes the latest CRI 70 addition to the family.  The OSLON Square is a compact high power LED with superior robustness, high reliability, long lifetime, very low thermal resistance and is now available in versions with a CRI ranging from70 - 95. 




Click here to download the brochure and learn more on OSLON Square LEDs


New SOLERIQ S LED Versions Released

As we continue to expand our General Lighting (SSL) portfolio to meet the needs of the ever-changing market, three new versions of our SOLERIQ S Chip-on-Board LEDs are now available. Earlier this month we released a brand new CRI 90 version of the SOLERIQ S 13, in addition to a CRI 70  and a "Brilliant White" CRI 90 Brilliant White version of the popular SOLERIQ S 19 LEDs.  Our SOLERIQ S LEDs are specifically designed for applications requiring a high luminous flux density source from a compact area. These LEDs are perfectly suitable for indoor general lighting, especially spotlight solutions, in commercial and residential applications. 

Click here to explore our Chip-on-Board SOLERIQ S LEDs


Light is Versatile

With our new LED portfolio for general lighting (SSL), OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers LED solutions for high volume and professional applications. Our modular family concept provides different technologies, performance classes and application options while giving maximum flexibility to support any application for our customers. This platform approach is our response to the rapid development and special demands of the LED lighting market. Providing a broad spectrum of LED solutions, tools and services makes us the preferred choice for LEDs for general lighting.  OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' competitive LED portfolio on all family platforms and services will be shown in detail at Light + Building in Frankfurt in March 2016.

More new and improved products are coming soon, to get the latest updates on news and product information click here
Web Features
New LED Fundamentals Are Now Available on How to Read a Datasheet
Two new LED Fundamentals have been released by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors to educate users on how to read a datasheet

A datasheet captures some of the most important technical characteristics of an LED, including electrical, optical and thermal qualities, knowledge of which is paramount for LED system design. These new videos also cover information on characteristic curves, ordering codes, labeling and packaging of the LEDs.



















The LED Fundamentals series is your free resource for LED education and information and can be found at: http://ledlight.osram-os.com/knowledge/led-fundamentals/


Printed Circuit Board Design Files (Gerbers) 

For those of you who are working on general lighting projects and are looking for a good starting point, this tool is designed especially for you. Our printed circuit board design files (gerbers) offer various standard designs and are ready to download for free. The downloads can be used for prototyping and proof of concept for complex designs with various shapes (linear boards, star boards, etc.) and with different OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' LED footprints. If you don't have a Gerber viewer, don't fret: you can download the Free ViewMate Gerber Viewer from Pentalogix right on our page.

By utilizing these free tools, you will be able to download the Gerber files, view mechanical dimensions and even buy LEDs compatible with the boards. Our Tools page is a one stop shop for free online tools for general lighting LEDs that can be accessed 24/7.    

Check out our printed circuit board design files now
Featured Video
Light Is Everywhere - General Lighting by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors 











Did you know that...OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers a competitive LED portfolio for General Lighting (SSL) for high volume and professional applications?

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VIS/IR Newsletter
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors not only serves the SSL community but also those in the visible and infrared LED communities. Check out what else we have to offer - sign up for the VIS/IR newsletter today. If you do, here is a little sample of what you will receive in your inbox every other month:

More light for pico projectors
Green laser diode with high optical output 

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is getting around 60 percent more light from its new PL 520B green laser diode. Pico projectors that only use green lasers achieve a system brightness of up to 20 lumen. The PL 520B has an extremely stable response to changes in temperature and therefore contributes to  good image quality.

Click here to read the entire spotlight story on the PL 520B green laser diode  
Company News
Investments of about €3 billion create new growth prospects for OSRAM

- Investments of around €2 billion planned in research and development by 2020
- Additional €1 billion intended for the construction of a new LED chip plant by 2020
- "Diamond" initiative promotes growth and sustained enterprise value
- Until 2020, average annual growth rates of 8% for revenue and 9% for EBITDA expected

The shift in the lighting market toward semiconductor-based technologies is creating new growth opportunities, which OSRAM will consistently seize. To this end, the lighting company will invest around €3 billion in new technologies and applications by 2020. Of this amount, approximately €2 billion will be spent on research and development in order to further strengthen OSRAM's technological leadership and to expand into new markets. Additionally, OSRAM has planned another €1 billion for the construction of a new LED chip plant in Malaysia. This is to unlock additional growth potential, in both the dynamic, technology-driven general lighting markets and niche markets, where OSRAM is already in a good position today. "With a focus on profitability, flexibility and entrepreneurship, following a phase of strategic realignment, we are now launching the 'Diamond' innovation and growth initiative. This means we are switching the focus to sustainable growth, benefitting even stronger from the potential offered by semiconductor-based technologies," said Olaf Berlien, Chief Executive Officer of OSRAM Licht AG.

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