As part of a joint project, Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and Sefar AG, devised a roll-to-roll processed, large-area flexible OLED. Large area OLED lighting is attractive for numerous applications in residential, architectural and automotive lighting. However, questions about efficacy, lifetime, and the cost …
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Seoul Semiconductor Releases SunLike Series LEDs
Seoul Semiconductor has introduced SunLike Series LEDs. The SunLike Series combines the company’s patented LED chip technology with Toshiba Materials’ TRI-R phosphor technology. Seoul optimized the SunLike Series LEDs for circadian rhythms. The company contends that the SunLike Series LED technology closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight, and according …
Tallest Los Angeles Building Finally Gets LED Displays
Two enormous LED displays each measuring 42-feet wide by 60-feet high have been installed atop the tallest skyscraper in Los Angeles, the Wilshire Grand. Once turned on, the displays will be able to beam messages out across the city, according to a Los Angeles Times article. Each screen is made …
LG Display Reveals 77-inch Flexible and Transparent OLED Display Prototype
LG Display of Seoul, South Korea display, reported that it has created the world’s first 77-inch flexible and transparent OLED display. The newly unveiled flexible and 40 percent transparent OLED display features and Ultra HD resolution of 3840 by 2160. According to the company, the flexible display can be bent …
CST Global to Develop Single Photon Stream LEDs For Future Network Security
CST Global, a UK-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Sivers IMA Holding AB and a III-V opto-electronic foundry, reported that the company is leading the gallium antimony/gallium arsenide (GaSb/GaAs) Quantum Ring Single Photon LED (QR_SPLED) project. The QR_SPLED project intends to mass-produce low-cost, single-photon LEDs (SPLEDs). The potential application for the technology is …
Bridgelux Refutes Everlight Patent Lawsuit
Bridgelux has come out with a news release that refutes the claims of the Everlight patent infringement lawsuit against the company in the United States. According to Bridgelux, its 2835 surface mount device (SMD) products incorporate cutting-edge technology to provide unprecedented performance at competitive prices. Furthermore, Bridgelux says that its …
Samsung Launches 220 LPW Mid-Power LED
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea, announced that it has begun mass production of a new mid-power LED package. According to Samsung, the LM301B features a luminous efficacy of 220 lumens per watt (LPW). The package is suited for a variety of LED lighting applications including most retrofit …
Philips Lighting Partners on Largest Ever Horticultural Lighting Project in Russia
Philips Lighting of the Netherlands reported that it would supply LED grow lights for LLC Agro-Invest, a Russian greenhouse produce company. The LED grow lights will support the cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers in greenhouses. The greenhouses cover an area of more than 25 hectares (equivalent in size to about …
Everlight Brings Patent Infringement Suit Against Bridgelux
Everlight Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED packager reported that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the US District Court for the Northern District of California, according to Everlight which was cited in a Digitimes article. The lawsuit alleges that US-based LED lighting solution developer Bridgelux of infringed its two US …
Osram Opto Semiconductors Releases Topled E1608
Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the low-power E1608 Topled. The E1608 combines ThinGaN, thin film, and a sapphire substrate. Osram says that when combined with the latest high-efficiency converters, the low-power LEDs produce outstanding values. At a nominal current of 20 mA the new Topleds boast 3.6 times the brightness …