Osram Licht AG of Germany is launching XLS (eXchangable LED Signal), standardized LED light sources for automotive signal light applications. The company says that combining standardized light sources and LED technology will radically alter the automotive signal lamp sector. Osram claims that its launch of LY5 and LW5 in yellow …
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Bluebox Optics Launches New LED Module Light Source for Fluorescence Microscopy
Bluebox Optics, a private company that makes scientific test and measurement equipment based in Huntingdon, UK, has introduced what appears to be their flagship product, the niji module LED light source for fluorescence microscopy. The system features up to seven LED channels to provide powerful, multi-wavelength excitation with emission ranging …
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. …
Plessey and Vuzix Partner on MicroLED-based AR and MR Smart Glasses
Plessey Semiconductors of Plymouth, England, reported that it is partnering with Vuzix, a developer of technology for Smart Glasses. The goal of the partnership is to create the necessary technologies for a new generation of Artificial Reality (AR) Smart Glasses, using a combination of Plessey’s microLED light source product family, …
Seoul’s AC LED Module Successfully Completes 4kV Surge Testing; Now Meets Standards for Industrial and Commercial Lighting
Seoul Semiconductor demonstrated a 277V AC lighting module using its NanoDriver Series LED driver that successfully completed the industry standard 4kV surge testing. Previously, AC LED modules were primarily used just in residential lighting applications due to the technology’s limited ability to meet the surge requirements for commercial and industrial …
Everlight to Showcase Agricultural LEDs and Products at LIGHTFAIR 2018
Everlight Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. of New Taipei City, Taiwan plans to present a full range of agricultural LEDs, various lighting applications and corresponding products at LIGHTFAIR 2018 in Chicago including grow lights and even fishing lights. (at Stall No: 607). In recent years, LEDs have gone beyond just replacing …
FBH to Report on UV-LED Advances at ICULTA-2018
Scientists from Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) and its spin-off UVphotonics plan to report on their advances related to UV LED efficiency and reliability at ICULTA-2018 in MELIÃ. They reportedly found a degradation mechanism that indicates that the first hours of operation induce an electromigration of hydrogen in the UV-B LED structure. This …
Nichia and Osram to Hash Out New IP Cross-License Agreement
Japanese LED maker Nichia Corporation and German firm Osram GmbH entered into patent cross-license agreements in 2002 and then again 2010. With these IP cross-license agreements, both companies can use each other’s patents licensed under the respective agreement in its own nitride-based semiconductor products including white, blue, and green LED …
LG Innotek Introduces Waterproof UV LED Module
LG Innotek of Seoul, South Korea, reported that it supplied the company’s UV LED module for water purifiers to a renowned Japanese purifier maker for the past year. Furthermore, the company says that the UV LED module has achieved a zero defect rate over about 50,000 modules in the water …
LEDtronics Introduces Newest Machine Status Indicator and Utility Bulbs
LEDtronics® of Torrance, California USA, has introduced its latest series of LED machine status indicator and utility bulbs. The company has been producing LED-based machine status indicator and utility bulbs for 35 years, and this newest generation boasts the company’s most energy-efficient and the highest quality for such indicator and …