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Nov 6, 2024 · LEDs Magazine covers technology advances, markets, and applications of LED lighting and related component systems for commercial development and deployment by researchers, engineers, product developers, and manufacturing professionals
Technology roadmap shows UV-C LEDs are on the rise - LEDs …
Jul 24, 2020 · The 1980s inventions enabling the synthesis of high-quality gallium-nitride (GaN) on a common substrate material (sapphire) provided an unprecedented platform for the development of visible-spectrum LEDs: a fully optically transparent and robust compound semiconductor material system specifically suited for the efficient generation of blue light, the primary light source necessary to enable ...
Running LEDs from an AC supply
May 2, 2006 · To run an LED-based fixture from a mains supply (e.g. 120 V AC) requires electronics between the supply and the devices themselves to provide a DC voltage (e.g. 12 V DC) capable of driving several LEDs.
What is an LED? - LEDs Magazine
Sep 1, 2004 · In the simplest terms, a light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current is passed through it. Light is produced when the particles that carry the current (known as electrons and holes) combine together within …
New LED launches from Lumileds, Luminus, and Violumas - LEDs …
Aug 5, 2024 · Lumileds’ LUXEON HL4Z. The San Jose, Calif.-based LED developer recently released its undomed LUXEON HL4Z that offers more than 1,400 lm from its 2.16mm 2 LES when driven at max 3.5A current — a performance enabled by its large thermal pad. The high-power, 3535 LED package offers multiple CCTs (3000, 4000, 5700, and 6500K) and CRI options (70, 80, and 90) to suit a variety of high ...
Understand the factors and adaptations that impact LED efficiency ...
Jun 9, 2016 · ALEXANDER WILM examines the factors that impact the efficiency of LED-based solid-state lighting systems, and considers product development options that balance application requirements and optimum efficiency.. Thanks to their various benefits, LEDs have become an integral part of general lighting applications as semiconductor light sources.
About Us - LEDs Magazine
Apr 23, 2024 · For years, LEDs Magazine and its events have been known as “component centric.” While that identity has served us well, it doesn’t fully illustrate the breadth of content, thought leadership, and subject-matter expertise that LEDs delivers from the lighting manufacturing, design, and supply chain.. LEDs Magazine continuously evolves to reflect the changing market, technological ...
The end of fluorescent lighting: Delegates agree to full phase-out …
Dec 6, 2023 · “The decision taken at COP-5 to phase out fluorescents fulfils the renewed goal of expanding and strengthening efforts against toxic mercury pollution globally as well as CO 2 emission reductions,” said Rachel Kamande, global campaign lead for the Clean Lighting Coalition, a nonprofit lighting advocacy group.. The fluorescent phase-out will eliminate 158 tons of mercury pollution and avoid ...
Lumileds seeks financial restructuring for growth - LEDs Magazine
Aug 29, 2022 · Just over one year ago, former LEDs Magazine chief editor Maury Wright spoke with Lumileds CEO Matt Roney about the LED manufacturer’s growth trajectory under challenging supply-chain conditions and application segments for the company’s future expansion. Today, the San Jose, Calif.-based lighting solutions company announced that it has entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA ...
Ams Osram readies a massive write-down for micro LEDs - UPDATED
Mar 1, 2024 · The nearly $1 billion Kulim plant expansion has pushed ams Osram’s capital expenditures to well above the company’s normally hoped for levels. It has been a strain on finances for some time, so much so that last November the Premstaetten, Austria–based company sold and leased back the factory.. It’s hard to overstate the importance that ams Osram has placed in recent years on the role ...