LED Industry

Electronics Weekly - "While industry conditions led to sequential sales declines in the fourth quarter, our FPGA market share once again improved," said John Daane, Altera's president and CEO

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - SSL2108x Family Addresses Non-Isolated Topology; Provides Single Design Platform for 100V to 230V Markets

GlobeNewsWire: Computers - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,948,455 for its White LED apparatus and methodology.

Business Wire: Technology News - Philips Lumileds introduces LUXEON M, a new solution for outdoor and industrial lighting solutions that reduces development and product costs and delivers leading light output and efficacy.

iSuppli Market Watch - By Wenlie Ye: Propelled by the red-hot appeal of  consumer electronic items like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, the wireless communications sphere led all segments in OEM semiconductor-related...

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Leading the LED lighting revolution, Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), the world's premier LED lighting manufacturer, announced today that it produced 4.5 million light bulbs...

Business Wire: Hardware - Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation, LCD Division, today introduced its new 8.4-inch LCD Module with 170-degree viewing angle cone, onboard LED driver circuit, and LVDS interface. The new...

ELEKTOR.com - High brightness LEDs and special optics allow street lamps to be spaced up to 50 meters apart -- much wider than is possible with other solutions. By charging these street lamps efficiently...

Business Wire: Hardware - The City of Asheville has initiated North Carolina's first large-scale deployment of LED street lights. There are 3,643 LEDway(r) street lights from Durham-based manufacturer Cree, Inc. being...

PhysOrg.com - Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have combined two worlds – quantum physics and nano physics, and this has led to the discovery of a new method for laser cooling semiconductor membranes....

DigiTimes - The market conditions for LED may still be in the clouds in first-half 2012, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight. While attending Lighting Japan...

Business Wire: Hardware - Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd, a global LED manufacturer, announced today that the company has applied, registered and secured more than 10,000 patents for LED. Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd....

Electronics Weekly - BASF and Philips are developing a OLED car roof that is both light source and, when switched off, transparent solar cell. "The OLEDs are transparent when switched off, allowing for a clear...

DigiTimes - The volume of LED lighting in the world will increase in 2012, Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye has said. Epistar's 2012 revenues are likely to show growth and reach NT$20 billion (US$668 million)....

Business Wire: Hardware - Avago Technologies today announced two series of compact LEDs that reduce space requirements for designing auto-focus auxiliary flash functionality into digital cameras.

Business Wire: Technology News - Excelitas Technologies, a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-performance technology solutions, introduced the latest...

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Delta Electronics is introducing the world's lightest 1000lm light bulb at Lighting Japan 2012 — the new omni-directional LED bulb weighs only 130g. Delta is also exhibiting LED lighting...

LEDinside - Outside the exhibition center of Lighting Japan 2012 Lighting Japan 2012 4th LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo, organized by the renowned Reed Exhibitions Japan, commences on January 18th,...

Reuters: Technology News - Cree Inc, a maker of LED lighting, reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and also gave a forecast for the current period that fell short of analysts' estimates, sending...

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Enabling designers to cost-effectively incorporate intelligence and remote connectivity into LED lighting designs and get to market faster, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN)...

DigiTimes - Tyntek, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips, reported 2011 revenues of NT$3.03 billion (US$97.7 million), a decrease of 16.3% from 2010 but expects 2012 revenues to increase by 10-15% on year....

DigiTimes - Global demand for indoor LED lighting is expected to take off in 2012, with retail prices for LED light bulbs to replace 40W incandescent bulbs expected to drop from an average of US$22 at...

Dialight - Kimberly-Clark Cuts Energy Consumption 60% at Malaysian Facility with Switch to Dialight DuroSite(r) LED High Bay Fixtures Paper Mill Runs Greener, Cooler with Better Visibility for Workers...

OSRAM Opto - Learn about LED Standards and Regulations in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM...

PurchasingPro - Digi-Key - Buyers can expect light emitting diode (LED) manufacturers to increase capacity by 27 percent in 2012, although LED makers will cut spending on manufacturing equipment by 18 percent, according...

Electronics News - AU - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has succeeded in manufacturing high-performance silicon-based prototypes of blue and white LEDs.

DigiTimes - More governments around the globe are expected to set compulsory standards for LED lighting devices in 2012, which in turn will help reduce vicious price competition in the LED lighting segment.

Solid State Lighting Net - Researchers at Osram Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in manufacturing high-performance blue and white LED prototypes in which the light-emitting gallium-nitride layers are grown on silicon...

SeekingAlpha.com - By Tate Dwinnell: I've been fairly vocal about the bottoming out of solar stocks.. not as much for the LED sector. I think it's getting close to confirming a bottom. The technical action...

LEDinside - Controller Brings Patented, Stand-Out Dimming Capabilities to LED and HID Fixtures Faced with shrinking budgets, cities and states across the nation are being challenged to curb costs. A new...

LEDinside - 'The high intelligent LED street lamp industrialization project" which was operated by SPARK was approved by the state ministry of science and technology currently, and was listed as the 2012...

Electronics Weekly - Cree has introduced the XB-D lighting LED to offer more lumens per dollar. "The XB-D LED delivers twice the lumens/dollar of other LEDs, in the industry's smallest lighting-class footprint...

CNET News.com - Its latest package puts LED lighting on a faster price-performance curve, promising a substantial cut in efficient, long-lasting lamps.

DigiTimes - SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended November 30, 2011. Revenue for the...

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree, Inc. introduces the breakthrough XLamp(r) XB-D LED.

Business Wire: Technology News - SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended November...

PR Newswire: Electronic Components - Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, today announced two smart energy management platforms for smart appliance and LED lighting applications, which give...

LEDs Magazine - With over 600 LED lighting fixtures, the USS Chafee has become the first US Navy ship to be fitted with all-LED lighting.

DigiTimes - Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) plans to have a budget up to NT$2 billion (US$66 million) to switch 326,000 units of street lamps into LED lightings. Many LED firms hope to secure...

Power Electronics - Analog dimming of LEDs has key advantages, including standalone operation, without the need for additional circuitry to generate a PWM signal (such as a microcontroller) and a patent-free environment.

Cree LED Lighting Revolution - The EcoSmart LED Downlight from Home Depot featuring Cree TrueWhite Technology is easy to install. Simply attach the existing socket to the...

DigiTimes - South Korea-based large size LED firm Seoul Semiconductor has lowered the expected revenues for 2011 to KRW735 billion (US$639 million). The revenues after update are 12% less than 2010 revenues....

PR Newswire: Electronic Design Automation - The ZigBee(r) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced it is developing a new...

Dialight - Installation Snapshot • 3,380 square metres • Number of fixtures - 100+ • Replaced - 400W metal halide • Mounting height - 12 metres • Energy reduction - 68% • CO2 reduction...

OSRAM Opto - Learn about High CRI LEDs in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

DigiTimes - The global production capacity of LED epitaxial wafers and chips exceeded the market demand in 2011 and the situation is expected to continue in 2012, according to president M.J. Chou for Taiwan-based...

DigiTimes - Industry sources believe Taiwan LED revenues decreased 5-10% on-month in Decmeber due to the traditional low season. In addition, January 2012 revenues are likely to show another 10% decrease...

LEDinside - Recently, Everlight's spokesman, P.Y. Liu, has announced the company's prediction for LED Industry in 2012. According to him, the company will see revenue climb quarter by quarter after hitting...

LEDinside - Recently, Researchers from Dresden's University of Technology (TU Dresden) have made a breakthrough on a highly efficient white top-emitting OLED design that feature 'outstanding' color quality,...

DigiTimes - Osram is the LED firm under Siemens. The revenues for the fiscal year 2011 (from 2010 October to 2011 September) were EUR5 billion (US$6.46 billion). Osram currently has around 40,000 employees...

DigiTimes - In 2010, Samsung LED became the first LED firm in South Korea to have revenues exceeding KRW1 trillion (US$863 million) and ranked as number one among LED firms in South Korea. Its third-quarter...

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar announced the development for high-pressure warm white LEDs with efficiency of 150lm/W. This means the warm white LED lighting products that can replace the...

DigiTimes - Taiwan's total LED output value (including upstream chips/epitaxial wafer, and downstream packaging) in 2011 can reach US$4.537 billion, a slight 0.4% decrease on year, but it ranks as number...

DigiTimes - The growing number of LED lighting projects in Greater China is likely to benefit LED chipmaker Epistar as the firm may become the main supplier of LED chips, according to industry sources.

LEDinside - Recently, GE Lighting expects most light bulbs, including the incandescent to be replaced within a decade by LED. Maryrose Sylvester, who was appointed GE's head of the lighting unit in March,...

LEDinside - Screen Master(r) C4SMT LED Designed with 20 Degree Tilted Viewing Angle Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its high-brightness LED leadership with the commercial...

Forbes - Technology - Cree, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of LED chips, components and lighting products. In 2010, it recorded revenues of over $1 billion, gross profit of around $500 million and had market share...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - LED power supplies that are designed using Floating-load buck topology to drive multiple LED strings often treat the LED string as a two-wire element and run wires for the two sides of the...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - High brightness LEDs are typically driven with a current regulator for optimal performance. A floating load buck SMPS (switched mode power supply) is an ideal LED driver with a DC supply voltage...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - Power conversion systems' inefficiencies or losses result in generation of heat within the system. The control and dissipation of this heat is an important system design criteria, commonly...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - PowerPSoC product family provides a highly integrated platform for designing intelligent LED driver circuits that can be used in small form factors such as MR-16. This application note describes...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - Solid-state lighting is important in the general illumination market because of the recent improvements in phosphor-based white LED technology. Cypress' EZ-Color(tm) and PowerPSoC(r) family...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - PowerPSoC can be configured for constant current LED control in different types of power topologies such as floating load buck, boost, or floating load buck-boost topologies. This application...

Cypress.com - Application Notes - PowerPSoC can be configured for constant current LED control in different types of power topologies such as floating load buck, boost, or floating load buck-boost topologies. This application...

Business Wire: Technology News - Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), today announced...

Business Wire: Technology News - International Rectifier, IR(r) (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today announced that its IRS2548D LED Driver IC and IRF6811 and IRF6894 DirectFET(r)plus power MOSFETs...

Business Wire: Technology News - Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its high-brightness LED leadership with the commercial availability of the new Screen Master C4SMT and C4SMD 4mm LEDs.

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar and lighting firm Delta have been setting up a joint venture with China-based TV maker Skyworth in the Guangdong province in China. The joint venture is the...

OSRAM Opto - Street and Area Lighting - LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Learn about Street and Area Lighting in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

Business Wire: Hardware - Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces it has granted five LED lighting manufacturers licenses to select Cree patents through its recently launched remote phosphor licensing program

LEDs Magazine - A Green Paper on LED- and OLED-based lighting published by the European Commission launches a period of public consultation on the future development of SSL in Europe.

GlobeNewsWire: Computers - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) is pleased to announce its selection as the only non-Chinese, LED driver company to join the China Semiconductor Lighting Technology Standards...

Electronics Weekly - Cree has introduced thermal simulation and photometric testing to its LED product support services. These extend the firm's thermal electrical mechanical photometric optical (TEMPO) service,...

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has brought a large-scale, on-site ammonia (NH3) plant onstream in China's Anhui Province to supply ultra high-purity NH3 to Anhui Sanan OptoElectronics...

Business Wire: Technology News - Extending the support services offered to LED lighting manufacturers that were launched this fall, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the addition of two new Cree TEMPO offerings.

LEDs Magazine - Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced a combination of hardware and software products that allows accurate thermal modeling of LEDs and luminaires in the design phase.

PhysOrg.com - While flexible OLED displays have begun appearing in some cell phones, the technology is still too expensive to be widely used in consumer electronics. In one of the latest...

LEDs Magazine - Over $500,000 in tax credits from the Empire State Development Agency will allow OLEDWorks to begin producing OLED panels.

TI - New Products - The LM3448 is an adaptive constant off-time AC/DC buck (step-down) constant current LED regulator designed to be compatible with TRIAC dimmers. The LM3448 provides a constant current for...

TI - New Products - The LM3435, a Synchronously Rectified non-isolated Flyback Converter, features all required functions to implement a highly efficient and cost effective RGB LED driver. Different from conventional...

TI - New Products - The LM3466 integrates a linear LED driver for lighting systems which consist of multiple LED strings powered by a constant current power supply. It equalizes the current provided by the...

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Marvell today announced that EDN has named the Marvell(r) Avastar(tm) 88W8797 Wireless SoC and the 8800 LED Lighting Controller Family as two of the "100 Hot Products of 2011." The 2011 EDN...

Forbes - Technology - Cree shares are trading lower Thursday morning after Morgan Stanley analyst Joshua Paradise reduced his rating on the LED lighting company to Equal Weight from Overweight.

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based LED makers have reported mixed results for November, with Epistar, Edison Opto, Wellypower, Bright LED, and Ledtech Optoelectronics posting sequential revenue gains for the month,...

DigiTimes - Low demand in the LED market will likely continue throughout first-quarter 2012, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of LED packaging house Everlight. Compared with LED TV backlights, the LED...

Electronics Weekly - "It's an exciting time to be involved in the lighting industry and we're investing heavily to create in the research and development of our CoolLED Drivers," said Michael McDonnell, sales and...

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Altatech Semiconductor S.A. has entered the light-emitting diode (LED) inspection market by introducing its new AltaSight LEDMax(r) system, the company's first product designed specifically...

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BusinessWeek.com -- Management - Samsung Electronics Co. promoted Kwon Oh Hyun, head of its computer-memory chip business, after he led the company out of the memory industry's worst slump.

Electronics News - AU - LEDs are environmentally friendly, efficient and cool. But clever design is needed to make them the future of mainstream lighting.

Electronics Weekly - Adrian Rawlinson managing director Marl International tells Electronics Weekly the case for LED lighting will become overwhelming. He also says the UK should recognise its strengths in manufacturing

Cooper Industries plc - The parking garage at the City Hall in Austin, Texas, houses 750 parking spaces and must leave its lights on 24 hours a day, making for high energy usage and big electrical bills. After evaluating...

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - OLEDWorks LLC announced today that Global OLED Technology LLC (GOT) and OLEDWorks LLC have signed a patent license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing license, OLEDWorks is granted...

DigiTimes - Taiwan-based Everlight Electronics has decided to file a complaint with the Tokyo District Court against Japan-based LED maker Nichia, accusing the company of lodging untruthful allegations...

National - App Notes - LM3492 12VAC, 7W LED Driver for AR111 Application...

OSRAM Opto - Learn about Application Support in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

OSRAM Opto - Learn about Horticultural Lighting in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

OSRAM Opto - Learn about the OSRAM DURIS LEDs in this edition of LED Lighting News from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors