The adoption of solid-state lighting is fueling market growth for high-brightness LEDs. It’s a competitive market, and each manufacturer is looking for the keys to greater light output at a lower cost. In recent years, the most significant advance in cost per lumen has been the adoption of patterned sapphire …
Metal-Organics, Chemicals, Gases and Related Systems
Growth From Top to Bottom
The last few weeks have seen a number of interesting announcements when it comes to the LED-connected markets. If you live towards the top of the LED food chain, at the replacement lamp, luminaire or application level, one might tend to tune down the market radar when it comes to …
QD Vision Announces Achievement of 18 Percent External Quantum Efficiency
QD Vision of Lexington, Massachusetts, a developer of quantum dot based LEDs, reports having achieved 19 cd/A efficiency and 18 percent external quantum efficiency. QD Vision
Epistar Signs LED Collaboration and IP Licensing Agreement With Intermolecular
Epistar, Corp. and Intermolecular, Inc. of San Jose, California USA, have signed a collaborative development program (CDP) and royalty-bearing IP licensing agreement to increase the efficiency and reduce cost of Epistar’s LED devices. Under this agreement, Epistar and Intermolecular engineers will together leverage Intermolecular’s High Productivity Combinatorial (HPC™) technology platform …
Plessey Shortlisted as Finalist in Elektra Awards 2012
Plessey of Plymouth, England announced that it has been shortlisted in the Elektra Awards 2012 Solid-State Lighting Application Category for its new MAGIC
Epistar Produces GaN-on-Si LEDs Employing Azzurro’s 150 mm Technology
The companies today jointly confirmed achieving GaN‐on‐Si based LEDs utilizing Epistar
Duksan Hi-Metal to Provide Manufacturing Services for Universal Display’s OLED Host Material in Korea
Duksan Hi-Metal Company Limited a Korean-based manufacturer of electronic materials for OLEDs, has signed a manufacturing agreement with Universal Display in which Duksan has agreed to manufacture Universal Display’s host products for certain Korean customers. Also, Universal Display and Duksan have mutually agreed to seek dismissal of all pending patent …
on September 27, 2012 in LED Applications, Metal-Organics, Chemicals, Gases and Related Systems, OLED Equipment/Materials - CS/SSLnet
Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals to Expand Texas Facility
Akzo Nobel of Amsterdam, the Netherlands plans to boost capacity at one of its US sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semi-conductor industry, particularly for the production of LEDs. Financial details were not disclosed. The investment at the company’s facility in Deer Park, Texas involves extending the …
AZZURRO offers easy migration to GaN-on-Si LEDs with 150 mm templates
The easy migration of LED manufacturing to GaN-on-Si is described in a White Paper released by AZZURRO today. Utilizing the company’s 150 mm templates the advantages of GaN-on-Si can be gained after very short design-in times. The White Paper outlines technical hurdles to be overcome when migrating to GaN-on-Si, covers …
on September 14, 2012 in LED Materials (GaN, GaAs, etc.) and Equipment, Metal-Organics, Chemicals, Gases and Related Systems
Dow Electronic Materials Launches LED Technologies Business
Dow Electronic Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced the formation of a new LED Technologies business segment. Dow says that the goal of the new business unit is to capture current and future demand for LEDs in the global solid state lighting market. DOW’s new LED …
