LED Industry

Solid State Lighting Net - Energy Focus, an LED lighting company based in Solon, Ohio USA, announced that it has recently received an additional $1.5 million order to provide its IntelliTube(tm) LED fluorescent replacement...

DigiTimes - UL (Underwriters Laboratories) recently announced its "UL Virtual LED Road Show," a web-based eLearning program designed to help users gain easy access to the latest in testing and certification...

Electronics Weekly - In a huge artwork and advert, Panasonic dropped 100,000 solar-charged floating LED globes into Sumida River to celebrate Tokyo's Hotaru Festival...

Design Engineer News - ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions, has announced the release of the latest edition of its LED Lighting Solutions Brochure....

PrimeNewswire - Electronics - Energy Focus, Inc. (OTCBB:EFOI), a leader in providing LED energy efficient lighting products and solutions announced that it has recently received an additional $1.5 million order to provide...

Electronics.ca - Demand from LCD backlights will continue to dominate LED demand until 2013, when it will reach its peak, according to the new report. The year 2011 was a challenging one for LED makers....

DigiTimes - High Power Opto LED (HPOLED) chairman KH Huang said the company has begun mass production of blue and green LED chips on silicon substrates, making it the world's third to make blue and green...

Business Wire: Nanotechnology - 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...

LED Luminaries - NXP Semiconductors has introduced its first development platforms for DALI and DMX512 wired lighting control systems based on the ARM Cortex-M0 processor, writes Steve Bush.

DigiTimes - NXP led the 2011 market for near-field communication (NFC) phone chips with a 52% share, followed by Inside Secure with 44%. The pair took a combined 96% share of the market, leaving only 4%...

GlobeNewsWire: Electronics - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,120,280 for its Circuits and Methods for LED control.

Electronics Weekly - A polymer discovered at Georgia Tech could allow air-stable electrodes to be used in OLED displays. At the moment, efficient OLED displays need to have low 'work function' metals as internal...

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting companies, today joined Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and officials from the District Department of Transportation...

Business Wire: Semiconductor - LED Lighting Company Providing Critical Support for Medical Facilities

DigiTimes - GE Lighting this past week illuminated a light-emitting diode replacement for the 100-watt incandescent light bulb - developed in its East Cleveland, Ohio LED lab - that packages 27-watts of...

DigiTimes - LED manufacturers are showing increased competition with their LED lighting products as countries are banning the import and manufacturing of 100 watt and higher white incandescent bulbs.

National - App Notes - TPS92550 450mA 36V LED Driver Micro-Module Evaluation Board...

National - App Notes - TPS92551 450mA 60V LED Driver Micro-Module Evaluation Board...

DigiTimes - Substrate manufacturers such as Crystal Applied Technologies and Wafer Works reported increased revenues during April due to upstream sapphire substrates becoming more in demand as LED sales...

Dialight - Latest Addition to Dialight's Industry Leading Vigilant(r) Series LED Obstruction Lighting Portfolio Improves Visibility and Safety for Aviation Near Military Bases

OSRAM Opto - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a world leader in LED lighting technology and innovation, will showcase new and innovative LED technologies at LIGHTFAIR...

TMCnet - GE Lighting stated that it has designed a new Smart LED bulb that is going to serve as a replacement for the 100-watt incandescent light bulb. GE claimed that it has leapfrogged the competition...

DigiTimes - Nichia has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany at the District Court Dusseldorf against the Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight Electronics and its German subsidiary Everlight Electronics...

DigiTimes - LED chipmakers Epistar, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech have announced plans to distribute restricted shares ranging from 5-15 million units to their employees with an aim of preventing...

Marvell Technology - A19 lamp reference design provides superior dimming capabilities and delivers higher lumen per watt and cost benefits for lighting OEMs and ODMs

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Upgrade to Industrial LED Lighting System Saving 482,066 kWh Annually

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) will showcase smart and superior quality LED lighting solutions with complete reference designs and control software for building residential and commercial lighting...

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics - Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) and Osram Opto Semiconductors today announced the availability of the Marvell-Osram two-color LED downlight reference design to further facilitate mass market adoption...

Business Wire: Hardware - Seoul Semiconductor, a global LED manufacturer, today announced the release of a new series of mid-power LEDs, the 3020. The new series will add a smaller footprint product with high light...

Electronics.ca - The report provides an in-depth analysis of the product, market and manufacturing strategies of all the current major players in the OLED lighting space. Included in the coverage of this...

DigiTimes - China's Ministry of Science and Technology recently published development targets for the LED industry. The targets include nurturing 20-30 industry leading firms with core technologies before...

PR Newswire: Business Technology - LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer...

Business Wire: Hardware - Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) has introduced its second family of digital LED controllers with digital TruDim(tm) dimmer compatibility technology designed to accelerate worldwide adoption...

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today unveiled a new dimmable LED driver...

Electronics Weekly - Designated the ACPL-x2xL, the 5Mbaud digital optocouplers require minimum LED drive current of 1.6mA, and detector IC power consumption of less than 1.1 mA

DigiTimes - LED manufacturers such as Epistar, Everlight and Epiled are optimistic about the second quarter based on increasing revenues they are seeing throughout the last three months.

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Cree, Inc. announces a first-of-its-kind agreement with Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. to embed Lutron EcoSystem(r) technology on a chip in Cree(r) luminaires to accelerate LED adoption.

DigiTimes - Zhaga Consortium is setting a new standard for LED light engine interfaces, which will create specifications aimed at ensuring the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers

PR Newswire: Electronic Components - MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip") (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, launched a high efficiency, AC direct-drive...

LEDinside - Recently, researchers from Japan and California have jointly made a breakthrough on blue and green LEDs to reduce efficiency droop. According to the research team, they designed low droop and...

PR Web: Semiconductor - New controller-only buck LED driver offers highly cost-effective solution with best-in-class efficiency

Solid State Lighting Net - Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed a web site designed for your mobile phone that can help designers select the best LEDs for their automotive exterior lighting. The company says that...

DigiTimes - Quoted prices for LED lighting packaging parts have dropped around 3% during the second quarter and could drop 10% due to packaging firms moving from backlighting applications to lighting and...

Engineering Connections - Although LED lighting is a promising solution for replacing conventional lighting sources, such as fluorescent and incandescent lights, designers face several obstacles in the design of residential...

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Breakthrough New Technology Enables Digital Control of LED Lighting Over Existing AC Power Lines, and Reduces Installation Costs by 30%

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - LBT's New Ultra-Compatible (UC) LED Simplifies Triac Dimming Driver Selection

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Sunovia Energy Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV), a global leader in the development and commercialization of high performance LED lighting systems, has been issued U.S. Patent No. 8,018,161...

Business Wire: Semiconductor - Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) expands the recently launched 2000 and 3000 lumen LMH2 module family and delivers lighting manufacturers a new dome lens and universal driver with dimming options.

Business Wire: Technology News - A team of researchers from California and Japan have designed an LED with high efficiency and low droop. The team will present their findings at CLEO: 2012.

Business Wire: Hardware - iWatt expands into higher power applications with a modular power management solution for street lights. The company shipped 100,000 of its LED driver ICs for use in high-power 200W street...

Dialight - Company Passes Rigorous Oil & Gas Industry Supplier Qualification Process
Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), the global leader in LED lighting technology, announced today...

Business Wire: Hardware - As the LED market faces the challenges of softening demand, reduced government subsidies and rapidly declining pricing, manufacturers must investigate new techniques to improve cost structure.

Business Wire: Hardware - Cree, Inc. introduces the KR Series, the industry's first LED downlight designed to deliver specification-grade lighting performance with pricing to match the everyday price of incumbent technology.

Business Wire: Hardware - LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces SR Series LED Architectural Downlight,a six-inch LED architectural luminaire, extending its family of the world's most efficient downlights.

Electronics Weekly - To replace fluorescent light fittings suspended from the ceiling - 'low-bay' lighting - Cree has introduced the CS series linear luminaire. Up to 120 lm/W is available, or 90 CRI, with 75,000hr...

Engineering Connections - Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, will demonstrate innovative power solutions for real success at PCIM Europe 2012, 08-10 May,...

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Dialight - (Before & After LED Installation) Installation Snapshot • Retrofit installation • (147) 80W LED Low Bays • Replaced 175W metal halide • Delivered light: ~ 20 Footcandles • Payback:...

Analog Devices Inc - YouTube - This video shows several new ADI driver products used for driving industrial LED luminaires. ADI's LED drivers offer flexible designs,...

DigiTimes - Due to the introduction of new LED light bulb products, global LED light bulb retail pricing in March 2012 showed signs of stability, after continuous price falls in the previous two quarters.

DigiTimes - LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics both reported losses during the first quarter due to decreasing prices for LED chip products, particularly in backlights for TVs.

DigiTimes - LED packaging houses Everlight and Unity Opto have reported financial results for first-quarter 2012, with net profits for the former hitting the lowest since fourth-quarter 2008.

Business Wire: Technology News - Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, today announced it has filed new patent infringement claims against Power Integrations'...

Business Wire: Technology News - Building on the success of the CR Series LED Troffer, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the CS Series LED Linear Luminaire to deliver fast payback* to low bay lighting applications.

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - U.S. Production UV Big Chip LEDs(TM) Now Shipping

GlobeNewsWire: Semi and Semi Equip - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,111,017 for its Circuits and Methods for LED Free Dimming(tm) control.

Business Wire: Technology News - LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the addition of TEMPO 24 to its comprehensive suite of Cree Services for LED luminaires.

LEDs Magazine - Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have published a paper evaluating the cost of energy for lighting systems and concluded that a DC grid is far less expensive powering LED lighting.

Electronics.ca - The energy shortage raises energy-saving awareness around the world, and with the effort of the major companies, LED lighting once again takes over the spotlight in 2012. According to analysts,...

OSRAM Opto - In this edition of the LED Lighting News, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors provides insight into their new high efficacy and high CRI concept, Brilliant Mix, and defines how this concept...

Marketwire - Electronics and Semiconductors - Intuitive Controller Makes Complex Lighting Effects Simple and Accessible to All

GlobeNewsWire: Semi and Semi Equip - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,084,960 for its LED Balancing Circuits and Methods.

GlobeNewsWire: Computers - O2Micro(r) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM) was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,076,867 for its Driving Circuit invention.

DigiTimes - Due to criticism of the recent price hikes of gasoline and upcoming price increases for electricity, Taiwan president, Ma Ying-jeou, has vowed to encourage citizens to adopt LED lighting to...

Linear Technology - YouTube - LEDs are becoming both more popular and more powerful. Strings of 1A, 2A, 3A and higher current LEDs found in...

PR Newswire: Semiconductors - Global semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer OEM Group shipped the first systems of a multi-tool order to a major LED manufacturing innovator earlier this month. The order included surface...

Business Wire: Technology News - "The contract with Universal Display allows us to realize OLED lighting devices using the leading phosphorescent emitter technology...," says Prof. Karl Leo, director of the Fraunhofer IPMS...

Business Wire: Technology News - Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor and LED assembly equipment, today announced that Bruno Guilmart, President and...

DigiTimes - USI Optronics is seeing order visibility for sapphire ingots extend to two months on a pick-up in LED lighting demand, according to its parent company Acme Electronics.

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MIT Technology Review - A Germany company borrows the materials and manufacturing process of OLED displays to make a new kind of solar panel.
A startup in Germany has developed a new kind of solar panel made of small,...

LEDinside - Luminus Devices has announced to release a family of round LEDs that will accelerate the adoption of solid-state technology by displacing conventional light sources in high brightness lighting...

Electronics Weekly - The ZigBee Alliance has ratified the Light Link standard , that offers wireless control for LED lighting. "Energy...

Dialight - Installation Snapshot: • New installation • (134) 150W LED High Bays w/ occ sensors • (16) 80W LED Low Bays w/ occ sensors • Delivered light: ~300 lux • Payback: 2 years • 19%...

DigiTimes - The penetration rate of OLED panels in the smartphone sector is expected to reach over 10% in 2012, and prices of small- to medium-size OLED panels will be lowered to levels comparable to those...

PR Newswire: Electronic Components - Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce two significant new reports on the LED lighting Industry that highlight a market poised...

Forbes - Technology - Shares of LED lighting company Cree are trading lower after hours Tuesday on disappointing financial results for the company's Fiscal third quarter ended March 25.

DigiTimes - Following the recent announcement of electricity price hikes, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has said it will replace 326,000 street lamps with LED lights in three years, and...

EBN Online - One of the issues that has been holding widespread adoption of OLED back has been production volumes. But lack of competition keeps prices high.

Dialight - Dialight's all new StreetSense(tm) with CE mark is designed to meet and exceed the needs of street lighting designers where efficiency and reliability are key factors. Of modular construction...

OSRAM Opto - In this edition of the LED Lighting News, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors highlights their portfolio of...

National Semi - Dave introduces the LM3464 4-Channel LED Driver with Dynamic Headroom Control and Thermal Control Interface. When lighting...

National Semi - Jeff walks us through National's WEBENCH LED Architect online design tool. WEBENCH LED Architect creates LED lighting designs and lets you compare them...

PR Newswire: Business Technology - Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), the world's premier LED lighting manufacturer, announced today the production launch of a revolutionary high output 8-watt LED MR16 bulb that is a direct...

Business Wire: Hardware - Intematix, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, today announced the release of ChromaLit XT, the latest product in the award-winning...

GE - New GE LIGHTING Infusion(tm) LED modules represent a significant step in achieving interchangeability.

Investors Business Daily - LED chipmaker Cree (CREE) on Tuesday said it has doubled the per-dollar lumens in its new XSP municipal lights, cutting the price in half. Cree's shares were up 5% in midday trading Tuesday...

TI - New Products - The TLC5948A is a 16-channel, constant-current sink LED driver. Each channel has an individually-adjustable, pulse width modulation (PWM) grayscale (GS) brightness control with 65,536 steps...

Business Wire: Technology News - New York artist Tremonto in cooperation with OLED specialist Novaled AG, has designed PAD, a new transparent OLED suspension light exhibited at Frankfurt Light+Building show.