Members of the medical faculty at the University Dusseldorf investigated whether entire body exposure to visible blue light can decrease blood pressure the same way that UV light is known to do. They also looked at endothelial function (flow-mediated dilation). They exposed 14 healthy male subjects on 2 days to …
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TOF Applications Enabled with Lumileds Luxeon IR LEDs Operating at up to 40 MHz
Engineers from Lumileds and Melexis have demonstrated the operation of Luxeon IR LEDs at up to 40MHz, enabling Time-of-Flight applications in 940nm and 850nm with a range of up to 3 meters. According to Lumileds, the inherent properties of the Luxeon IR LEDs produce the clean and repeatable response curve …
Plessey Purchases EVG Wafer Bonding System for MicroLED Array Fabrication
UK firm, Plessey Semiconductor reports that it has purchased a GEMINI wafer bonding system from EVG The company plans to use the system to scale up its fabrication of GaN-on-Si microLEDs. According to Plessey, the GEMINI® production wafer bonding system will perform bonding and alignment processes at Plessey’s fabrication facility in …
Osram Opto Launches New Pulsed Diode Laser for LiDAR
LiDAR or light imaging detection and ranging is an integral part of almost all driving assistance systems (other than one main exception, Tesla). Systems such as emergency braking and lane assist in semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicles employ LiDAR to calculate distances. A LiDAR system gives off very short laser light …
OLED Works Launches OLED Panel Platform on Flexible Glass
In a much anticipated and often discussed possibility in OLEDs, OLEDWorks LLC announced the availability of the Wave, which the company boasts is the first commercially available OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting platform on flexible glass. The appropriately named new product, the Wave, is part of OLEDWorks LumiCurve product family …
MCC Wins Infringement Litigation in China Concerning Red Phosphor Patents
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) of Tokyo, Japan reported that on October 30, in the company’s first patent litigation against Yantai Shield Advanced Materials, it obtained a judgment recognizing the company’s infringement of its patent for red phosphor in China. This litigation involves the basic patent for red phosphor called CASN, …
ALLOS and Veeco Report on GaN-on-Silicon Micro LED Fabrication Progress
Veeco Instruments Inc. and ALLOS Semiconductors GmbH reported the completion of another phase of their collaborative effort to provide GaN-on-Silicon epiwafer technology for micro LED production. In the most recent phase of the effort, the companies demonstrated the reproducibility of ALLOS’ 200 mm GaN-on-Si epiwafer technology using Veeco’s Propel® MOCVD …
Pioneer to Supply 3D-LiDAR Sensor for MooVita Autonomous Shuttle Bus Trial
Pioneer Corporation of Tokyo Japan reported that it and MooVita Pte Ltd of Singapore will begin a trial of an autonomous shuttle bus equipped with Pioneer’s 3D-LiDAR sensor. The MooVita autonomous shuttle trial will be within the facility area of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, a higher education institution in Singapore. MooVita …
Epistar Merges Four Investment Holding Company Subsidiaries
Taiwan LED manufacturer, Epistar, reports that the company has chosen to merge four wholly-owned offshore subsidiaries to streamline group structure. Specifically, Epistar announced that it is merging four off-shore investment holding companies, Epistar JV Holding (BVI) Co., Ltd., UEC Investment Ltd., HUGA Holding (BVI) Limited, and Bee Rich Corporation. Epistar …
Danish Researchers Demonstrate Test Use of UV Light to Treat In Vitro Bacterial Biofilms
A group of Danish researchers tested the use of UV light to reduce the amount of antibiotic needed for the eradication of in vitro biofilms. The researchers point out that the problem of antibiotic resistance has lead doctors to seek alternatives to antibiotics for treatment. One such treatment that the …
