On July 12, 2018 (Japan time), Nitride Semiconductor Co., Ltd. filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against Digi-Key Corporation doing business as Digi-Key Electronics and UV-LED maker Ray Vio. Digi-Key sells UV-LED products on the internet that are manufactured by RayVio Corporation, a CA-based UV-LED manufacturer. …
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LG Innotek Launches “Eye-Pleasing” LED
South Korean firm LG Innotek introduced what it terms the “eye-pleasing (EP)” LED package for the first time. According to the company, the “EP LED” is a new concept derived from previous research on the interaction between light and the human eye. The company says it implemented its proprietary technology …
Cree Improves XP-G2 Performance in New HE Version
Durham, North Carolina-based firm Cree, Inc. has introduced a new High Efficacy (HE) version of the XLamp® XP-G2 LED. The company says that the new high-efficiency version offers both higher output and increased efficiency to enable smaller, lighter, lower-cost designs. According to Cree, the original XLamp XP-G2 LED has since …
InteGreat Project Develops New LED Production Approaches
For the InteGreat research project, Osram Opto Semiconductors coordinated a consortium of seven partners from science and industry. Beginning in December 2014 and continuing until February of this year the project partners closely examined conventional manufacturing approaches and know-how along the entire LED production process with the goal of finding …
KAIST Researchers Develop Low-Cost Transfer Method for Fabrication of Blue Micro LED Array (f-VLEDs)
A KAIST research team developed a low-cost production method for flexible, verticle blue thin-film micro LEDs (f-VLEDs). Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and his team developed the one-time transfer method for fabricating an array of thousands of blue, gallium nitride (GaN) micro LEDs …
Everlight Demonstrates LED Modules for Video Signage at InfoComm 2018
Everlight Electronics Co., LTD. of Taipei, Taiwan reported that the company is attending InfoComm US for the first time. At the conference, the company plans to demonstrate the indoor and outdoor components for LED signage including packages of all sizes and viewing angles and performance including EAPL1010RGBA0-ELB, EAPL1515RGBA0-ELB and EAST0707xx-ELB. …
Luminus Devices Introduces PerfectWhite Replicating and Improving Upon Halogen
Luminus Devices, Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California USA, released its third proprietary spectral technology, PerfectWhite™, which closely replicates the visual characteristics of halogen lamps (3000K). Halogen is considered by many in the lighting industry to be the gold standard in light quality among artificial lights. The company asserts that its …
Luminus Introduces Two New UV-C LEDs
Sunnyvale, California-based Luminus Devices, Inc., added two new 280 nm devices to its ultraviolet (UV) LED portfolio. The company intends the new UV-C LEDs for use in medical and health and well-being products. The 350 mA standard footprint 3535 surface mount emitter features a peak output up to 60 mW. …
Nichia Files Infringement Case Against ASUS Japan
Nichia corporation reported that on May 18, 2018, the company filed a patent infringement complaint with the Tokyo District Court against ASUS JAPAN Inc., a Japanese subsidiary of Taiwanese ASUSTeK Computer Inc., and SYNNEX Infotec Corporation, a distributor of ASUS JAPAN Inc. The patent lawsuit seeks compensation for damages. In …
Luminus Devices Adds High-Power White to Horticultural LEDs
Luminus Devices, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California USA, has extended its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to complement the company’s broad range of horticultural LEDs with discrete wavelengths from UVA (365nm) to Far Red (730nm). The new horticultural LEDs bring white light to horticulture fixtures for illuminating …
