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Plessey Commits to Launching Industry’s First Monolithic MicroLED Displays by 1H18 (2018.01.08)
Plessey Semiconductor today announces its commitment to being the first to market with a monolithic microLED based display based on GaN-on-Silicon.
Plessey has also commenced an extensive licensing programme that will see the company license out its GaN-on-Silicon expertise to microLED manufacturers in line with its new business strategy of becoming the photonic industry’s foremost technology platform provider |
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LEDs Took Half a Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide From the Sky in 2017, IHS Markit Says (2017.12.22)
The use of LEDs to illuminate buildings and outdoor spaces reduced the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of lighting by an estimated 570 million tons in 2017. This reduction is roughly equivalent to shutting down 162 coal-fired power plants, according to IHS Markit |
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TrendForce Expects LED Chip Market to Achieve Supply-Demand Balance in 2018 (2017.12.20)
Major Chinese LED chip suppliers including San’an Optoelectronics and HC SemiTek have lowered their product prices recently, indicating the end of LED chip price hike that had lasted for one and a half year. According to LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the recent price drop signals the end of LED chip undersupply, and the next year will witness a balance in LED chip supply and demand |
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Cree Launches Industry’s First Extreme Density LED (2017.12.13)
Cree announces the commercial availability of the XLamp XD16 LED, the industry’s first Extreme Density LED, which delivers up to 5 ½ times higher lumen density than Cree’s previous generation of high power LEDs. Built on Cree’s groundbreaking NX Technology Platform |
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TrendForce Says Global ASP of LED Light Bulbs Remains Stable in November (2017.12.07)
LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global average sales prices (ASP) of LED light bulbs was generally stable in November. The global ASP of 40-watt equivalent products was US$6.2, a slight increase of 0.5%. The global ASP of 60-watt equivalent products also increased slightly by 0 |
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Mini LED sees Potential in Backlighting and Digital Display, TrendForce Says (2017.12.04)
LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, points out that LED manufacturers have turned to research and development of Mini LED, due to Micro LED’s technological bottlenecks which make it harder to realize commercialization in short term |
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Seoul Semiconductor Receive Low Risk Eye Safety Certification for its Natural Light LED SunLike (2017.11.22)
Seoul Semiconductor announced that SunLike, which implements light which comes closest to sunlight, received an RG-1 Eye Safety certification based on the safety of its light source and was recognized for the highest level of safety amongst 25W COB type LED |
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Seoul Semiconductor Introduces a Acrich Based Compact LED Driver with 5X the Power Density (2017.11.15)
Seoul Semiconductor has developed an ultra-compact LED driver series with a power density 5X higher than conventional LED drivers. Based on Seoul Semiconductor’s patented Acrich technology, the MicroDriver Series delivers more than 24W of output power with a power density of 20W/cubic inch cubic inch, compared to existing drivers at 3-5W/cubic inch |
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Prices of LED Light Bulbs Continued to Drop in Octobe, Says TrendForce (2017.11.06)
LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global ASP of LED light bulbs continued its slide in October. Compared with September, the ASP of 40W equivalent LED light bulbs fell by 1.7% to US$6.2. The 60W equivalent counterparts also saw a 1 |
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Veeco and ALLOS Demonstrate 200mm GaN-on-Si Wafers for micro-LED Production (2017.11.02)
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced the completion of a strategic initiative with ALLOS Semiconductors (ALLOS) to demonstrate 200mm GaN-on-Si wafers for Blue/Green micro-LED production. Veeco teamed up with ALLOS to transfer their proprietary epitaxy technology onto the Propel Single-Wafer MOCVD System to enable micro-LED production on existing silicon production lines |
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Chinese LED Chip Suppliers to Represent 54% of Global Capacity in 2017 (2017.10.24)
Total global LED chip production capacity has entered a new peak expansionary phase in 2017, according to the latest LED market supply and demand analysis by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This recent surge of capacity expansion for LED chips has been a response to the rising demand from Chinese LED package suppliers that had started raising their production capacities earlier in 2016 |
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New Cree XLamp High Current LEDs with CMA LED Arrays (2017.10.10)
Cree, Inc. announces a new family of XLamp CMA High Current LED Arrays that provide the industry’s best lumen density and efficacy for metal-based chip-on-board (COB) LEDs.
Optimized for operation at high drive currents, the CMA LEDs deliver up to 2 ½ times the lumen density of Cree’s Standard Density CXA2 LEDs |
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Prices of LED Light Bulbs Were on Decline in September, Says TrendForce (2017.10.03)
Prices of LED lightbulbs remained on the downtrend in September, reports LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. Compared with the prior month, the global average sales price (ASP) of 40-watt equivalent LED light bulbs fell by 2 |
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Lextar Electronics Released Iris and Facial Double Biometric IR LED Module (2017.09.29)
Lextar Electronics Corp released the PR88 IR LED packaging module that is used for iris and facial biometric functions, making it one of a few IR LED modules in the industry with double biometric functions. In addition, it also simultaneously released two IR LED modules with different beam angles that can be widely applied on security systems, access control systems, mobile phones, notebook PCs and other |
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Samsung Introduces Advanced, Enhanced Chip-Scale LED Packages for Spotlights and High-Bay (2017.09.19)
Samsung Electronics announced two new additions to its chip-scale package (CSP) line-up: LM101B, a 1W-class mid-power LED, and LH231B, a 5W-class high-power LED. Built with enhanced CSP technology, the new LED packages deliver industry-leading efficacy and reliability for spotlights and high-bay lighting applications |
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Prices of LED Light Bulbs Slightly Declined This August, TrendForce Reports (2017.09.08)
Prices of LED light bulbs showed a slight decline this August, according to the latest reporting from LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. Compared with July, the global ASP of 40-watt equivalent LED light bulbs fell by 1.1% to US$6 |
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High-Power Single-Chip UV-C Source for Water and Air Disinfection (2017.09.05)
LG Innotek announces the first 70mW UV-C LED in the world. At 278nm, it features the highest power ever achieved from a single chip.
Its improved light emission capabilities derive from a newly developed semi-conductor technology |
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Ultra-Compact Low Profile 2-Color Chip LEDs (2017.08.28)
ROHM has recently announced the availability of the industry's smallest class (1608 size) of 2-color chip LEDs. In addition to their breakthrough size, the SML-D22MUW features a special design that improves reliability along with a backside electrode configuration that supports high-resolution displays |
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Samsung’s New Q-series LED Linear Modules Improving Indoor Lighting (2017.08.28)
Samsung Electronics announced the launch of the “Q-series,” a new line-up of LED linear modules for use in premium indoor luminaire applications where an exceptionally high level of light efficacy is required.
The Q-series features 200 lumens per watt (lm/W) of light efficacy, which is the highest efficacy level among current LED linear modules |
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Micro LED-Like Products Will Be Available in 2018, TrendForce Says (2017.07.20)
A major bottleneck in the commercialization of Micro LED displays is the mass transfer of micron-size LEDs to a display backplane. Research by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reveals that many companies across industries worldwide have entered the Micro LED market and are in a race to develop methods for the mass transfer process |
