Seoul Semiconductor, a South Korean company, known for aggressively defending its LED patents appears poised to take on a long list of businesses worldwide for alleged patent infringement. Since September 2016, the company has warned 29 firms in the U.S., Europe, China, and Taiwan that they should respect its patents …
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Inova Showcases Digital LED Concept for Automotive Applcations
At the Electronica exhibition in Munich, Germany, Inova Semiconductors unveiled a new digital LED concept for automotive applications. The concept features the first LED product from Dominant Opto Technologies. It will be available beginning in the first quarter of 2017. The product will also be the first developed under the …
on November 14, 2016 in Single and Multi-chip Packaged LEDs, LED Light-Engines/Modules/Subsystems, Latest News, LED Drivers
Artic Sand Gets $19 M in Series B Financing
Arctic Sand Technologies of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, a producer of power conversion ICs, has reported the completion of a Series B financing round of $19 million. Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. led the financing round. Co-investors GE Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Northwater Capital also contributed. The company’s technology targets major segments of …
Engineer at Sandia Develops LED Pulser to Act Like Pulsed Laser in Certain Applications
Chris Carlen at Sandia National Laboratories developed a high-speed LED driver that can drive LEDs to provide high-brightness, rapidly pulsed, multi-color light for scientific, commercial, or industrial applications. “I had the idea a few years ago to see if high-powered multi-colored LEDs in flashlights could be turned on and off …
