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| Venturing into LEDs: An overview of venture capital and its investment in lighting (MAGAZINE) |
| The LED and solid-state lighting industry is a growing segment of focus for the venture-capital community, says Dennis Costello of Braemar Energy Ventures. |
| Solid-state lighting isn’t just about decreasing energy consumption (MAGAZINE) |
| More-efficient, lower-cost lighting could cause people to consume more light in the future, so overall energy consumption may not decrease, says Jeff Tsao of Sandia National Laboratories and his colleagues. |
| LED component assembly benefits from SMT processes |
| Automated SMT assembly of LED components, enabled by high-quality equipment such as nozzles and feeders, is able to effectively increase manufacturing throughput and minimize defects, explains Zachery Shook. |
| Circuit-protection devices guard against electrical transients (MAGAZINE) |
| Open LED protectors can cope with significant over-voltage transients and keep a series string lit when one LED fails as an open circuit, say Phillip Havens, Jim Colby, and Teddy To. |
| SSL luminaires must deliver reliable beam patterns in outdoor applications (MAGAZINE) |
| Luminaires for outdoor SSL applications such as street lights must deliver increasingly precise beam patterns to minimize light pollution and maximize efficiency by directing light to the appropriate area, says Maury Wright. |
| System-level approach yields optimized LED backlight design (MAGAZINE) |
| LEDs are quickly becoming the dominant backlight source for large displays, but design teams need to address thermal, power-management, dimming and other issues to yield an optimal design say Xiaoping Jin and Arkadiy Peker. |
| Nano-patterning boosts LED efficiency (MAGAZINE) |
| A variety of nano-patterning technologies can be used to enhance the light-extraction efficiency of LED chips, according to Ki Dong Lee, Robert Sjodin, and Torbjorn Eriksson. |
| LED lighting provides long-term value for the poor (MAGAZINE) |
| Off-grid LED lighting provides clear benefits for users in developing countries, and can also be built into a profitable business for committed suppliers, explain Stewart Craine, Harry Andrews and Sam Andrews. |
| Intematix to take materials-centric approach under Swoboda (MAGAZINE) |
| Mark Swoboda, the new CEO of Intematix, will leverage the company's materials heritage to capitalize on the value proposition of phosphors and phosphor-based lighting components, reports Maury Wright. |
| Compatibility and reliability are key factors in the design of LED lighting devices and systems (MAGAZINE) |
| For everyday operational scenarios, LED lighting devices and systems must be compatible with power systems and electrical infrastructure, explains Philip Keebler. |
| LED driver lifetime and reliability hold the key to success in LED lighting projects (MAGAZINE) |
| Product lifetime and reliability are two very different but related concepts. Understanding the issues relating to both parameters is a critical aspect of designing a product that will perform as expected in the field, explain George Mao and Marshall Miles. |
| LEDs Magazine September/October 2010 issue now available |
| The September/October issue of LEDs Magazine is now available. |
| Lighting designer meets challenging deadlines to illuminate Sheshan Basilica |
| Thor Daniel Hjaltason has designed and planned the nest illumination of the exterior and interior of the Sheshan Basilica, a Roman Catholic Church in Shanghai. |
