Cree has signed an agreement with Tecnika Due srl to distribute Cre XLamp power LEDs in Italy. Tecnika Due, a distributor and value-added reseller of electronic components and subsystems since 1982, has been representing Cree's energy-saving power components since 2002. "Tecnika Due is well-established in electronics sales in Italy," notes Chris James, Cree VP of marketing. "and adds tremendous value to our European distribution team."
Cotco white LEDs powered by Cree
Cotco has issued a press release giving further details of its patent license agreement with Cree (see Cree licenses white LED patent to Stanley, Rohm, Cotco). The agreement will have an immediate benefit to the increasing number of Cotco customers who want to buy white LEDs but have been understandably nervous about patent infringement,” said Cotco General Manager Richard Sy.
As a result of the agreement, white LEDs manufactured by Cotco will be labeled with the patent number (6,600,175) and will read “Powered by Cree®”.
Philips and Future Electronics sign pan-European distribution agreement
Royal Philips Electronics and Future Electronics have announced that Future will be the franchised distributor for all Philips' semiconductor products in Europe. The new agreement will give customers another channel for purchasing Philips products and obtaining design support. Future has already been a partner of Philips in the Americas and Asia for many years.
Future Electronics will now have the opportunity to design in and sell Philips' broad portfolio of semiconductors including microcontrollers, discretes, logic, analog and communication products. Also, Future will benefit from being able to offer its customers a wide range of products complementing Lumileds Lighting's Luxeon solid-state light sources, including general lighting products, automotive lighting, cellphone camera flashes, computer monitors, televisions, flashlights, and other applications.
Lumileds LEDs for backlights wins award
Lumileds' Luxeon LED array product for LCD backlights has received the Display Material/Component of the Year Silver Award in the 2004 SID/Information Display magazine competition.
The array, consisting of red, green and blue side-emitting Luxeon LEDs, contains advances including a perpendicular LED beam pattern that makes the LED emission readily available for mixing to create the white light - consistent over time and temperature - necessary for backlight use. Consistent brightness and color uniformity is achieved through exclusive intelligent binning.
"The use of high-power LEDs in backlights offers significant advantages ranging from never-before-possible color reproduction to dynamic color point control and mercury
