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LED DESIGN FORUM: Avoiding thermal runaway when driving multiple LED strings (MAGAZINE)
A current mirror and monitor can save a parallel string from failure.
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WEBCAST: LED Luminaire Photometry & Performance Testing
Our most recent Webcast discussed the fundamental aspects of performance testing of solid-state lighting fixtures, covering recently-introduced standards and equipment options. |
MAGAZINE: January/February issue of LEDs Magazine
The January/February issue of LEDs Magazine is now available.
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LED retrofits offer clear and effective benefits
LED replacements for fluorescent tubes provide energy savings without costly infrastructure changes, writes Dave Simon.
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Last Word: Reconfiguring LED distribution to meet the needs of lighting manufacturers
Driving LEDs into general lighting will require extended distribution models, says Jamie Singerman, worldwide corporate vice-president, Future Lighting Solutions. |
Software predicts performance of phosphor down-converted white LED designs
Predictive modeling benefits from sophisticated algorithms and accurately measured data inputs, writes Chao-Hsi Tsao, Edward Freniere and Linda Smith. |
Life beyond lighting: LED market shows growth in other areas
Although lighting is the fastest-growing application for LEDs, there is plenty of activity in other market sectors, as Wolfgang Lex of Osram Opto Semiconductors explains to Tim Whitaker.
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Novel lighting technologies offer a future alternative to LEDs
A broad and exciting diversity of emerging illumination technologies is a natural and healthy response to current lighting challenges, writes Hassaun Jones-Bey. |
DC power distribution favors LED lighting (MAGAZINE)
A low-voltage DC power standard could accelerate the conversion to LED lighting and create an enabling infrastructure for the workplace, writes Brian Patterson and Paula Ziegenbein. |
Time to stop ignoring light losses from residential fixtures
Luminaire efficacy testing will help buyers and builders choose efficient residential lighting fixtures and accelerate the rate of energy savings achieved, writes James Brodrick. |
Funding and Programs: European regulations outlaw inefficient incandescent lamps
European Union member states have endorsed the European Commission’s proposals for a regulation leading to the progressive phase-out of incandescent lamps. |
LED DESIGN FORUM: Driver IC design ensures optimum performance of LED backlighting (MAGAZINE)
LED backlight drivers are the “wizards behind the curtain” that ensure a display’s visual performance will remain as specified regardless of the operating conditions, says Michael Jennings.
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Commentary: LEDs for lighting, but only if it makes sense
Rather than promoting LEDs as the ultimate and immediate alternative to CFLs and incandescents, the LED industry should continue to penetrate the applications where LEDs make most sense. |
Show Report: LEDs part of the green theme at Electronica
Green electronics and LED lighting were major themes at the biennial Electronica tradeshow in Munich, reports Tim Whitaker. |
