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Sony begins selling world's first OLED TV 30 Nov
For around $1800 you can buy an 11-inch OLED TV from Sony…but you'd better be quick. |
LLF reports 113.6 lm/W from warm-white LED lamp 29 Nov
LED Lighting Fixtures Inc has built a prototype LED-based PAR 38 lamp that produces 659 lm from 5.8 watts of wall-plug power, with CCT of 2760 K and CRI of 91.2. |
Philips agrees to buy luminaire maker Genlyte for $2.7 bn 26 Nov
Philips continues its spending spree in the lighting market with a planned $2.7 billion deal to acquire Genlyte, a leading North American luminaires manufacture. |
LED headlamp from Hella to appear on Cadillac 22 Nov
Hella has developed a full-LED headlamp for the Cadillac Escalade Platinum, using an array of free-form glass projection lenses. |
Osram unveils single-chip Dragon LEDs operating up to 2 A 22 Nov
The new Diamond Dragon will contain a 2 x 2 mm chip and will produce 250 lumens at a typical current of 1.4 A. |
Axiom unveils high efficacy white LED channel letter modules 21 Nov
Axiom Power Corp says that its white LED modules for channel letter lighting, using very high efficacy Nichia LEDs, matches the pricing of neon systems. |
TDI awarded HVPE patent for bulk GaN growth 21 Nov
A new US patent describes HVPE equipment to make low-cost bulk GaN and AlGaN substrates.
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Focus Lighting designs LEDs into Times Square Ball 21 Nov
Focus Lighting describes the huge amount of design work required to optimize the LED lighting incorporated into the New Year's Eve Ball. |
Rubicon Technology IPO shows initial success 20 Nov
Sapphire substrate manufacturer Rubicon Technology has raised about $80 million from its initial public offering. |
Osram Sylvania signs distribution deal with Arrow 20 Nov
Arrow Electronics expands its existing agreement with Osram to offer LED Systems products from Osram Sylvania to OEMs in the USA. |
Congress approves Cyberlux LED lighting for USAF 19 Nov
The 2008 Defense Appropriations Bill includes $8 million to equip the USAF with portable LED-based lighting systems from Cyberlux. |
Anglia launches specialized division for LED lighting 19 Nov
The UK-based components supplier has announced a new division to provide products for solid-state lighting. |
Lexedis unveils high-CRI powerXED emitter 16 Nov
Lexedis Lighting has developed a tri-band phosphor that enables Ra of 90 in warm white, with good rendering of red colors. |
Barco to install six additional LED screens for 2008 Olympic Games 16 Nov
Beijing will install at least 14 LED screens from Barco for live broadcasting of the Olympics. |
Cree launches Solutions Provider program 15 Nov
Cree has formed a network of companies that provide LED lighting products and services. |
Times Square New Year's Eve ball gets LED overhaul 15 Nov
In the first of a series of LED holiday lighting stories, the famous New Year's Eve ball for the celebrations in Times Square, New York, has been fitted with LEDs. |
Toyoda Gosei expects laptop demand to drive LED sales 15 Nov
A report on Bloomberg says that growth in demand for LEDs for backlighting screens in laptops and TVs will help double its LED sales in two years. |
Lumileds K2 with TFFC technology operates at 1 A 15 Nov
A new chip technology and improvements to the K2 package have enabled Lumileds to introduce a power LED that is binned and tested for standard operation at 1000 mA. |
Seoul files another patent lawsuit against Nichia 13 Nov
Seoul Semiconductor has filed a lawsuit in the US against Nichia alleging that all Nichia's LED products infringe a patent owned by Seoul. |
Nichia and Seoul offer different views of jury ruling 12 Nov
A jury in the United States says that Seoul Semiconductor LEDs infringe on several US design patents owned by Nichia. However, Nichia was only awarded $62 (or $250, depending who you ask). |
Call for Papers for Indoor Lighting workshop 12 Nov
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Dominant clarifies license position of white LEDs 12 Nov
Dominant Semiconductor says that all its white LEDs use orthosilicate phosphors licensed under IP owned by Toyoda Gosei and partners. |
Cree adds XLamp LED operations to ISO/TS certification 09 Nov
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News in brief: DOE, LLF, Carmanah, Bivar 07 Nov
DOE has a new CALiPER report, LLF has received $16.5 million in funding, Carmanah has an order from Singapore and Bivar has a new lighting business unit. |
Banff investigates environmentally friendly LED street lighting 06 Nov
A pilot project in the Canadian town in association with Osram will help identify the advantages of LED outdoor lighting. |
Novaled reports 35 lm/W and 100,000 hours from white OLED 06 Nov
Further progress has been reported by Novaled in the development of white OLEDs for lighting. |
Creative Technology scores at Rugby World Cup 05 Nov
A giant rugby ball composed of multiple LED panels was the showpiece of the hospitality area in a Paris rugby stadium. |
Cree installs LED lighting in all its facilities 02 Nov
As part of its LED Workplace initiative, Cree will convert all of the lighting at its facilities to LED lighting. Part of the project has been completed, and energy usage has been cut by 48%. |
Nichia wins damages in LED patent ruling against Everlight 02 Nov
LED maker Nichia has won a patent dispute in a Taiwanese court that will see its rival Everlight Electronic Co., Ltd. pay around $2.5 million in damages. |
Appeals court reverses outcome of Osram-Dominant dispute 01 Nov
A federal appeals court says that the ITC made an error in an LED patent case, and that Osram patents were infringed by Dominant Semiconductors. |
LED Pixel Cloud illuminates office atrium 01 Nov
More than 600 LED globes from Ledon have been used in Jason Bruges Studio’s Pixel Cloud, an art installation in a London office that soars over eight floors. |
Osram wins LED patent dispute with Kingbright 01 Nov
Osram says it has been successful in a patent dispute in Germany against Kingbright, a rival Taiwan-based LED maker. |
