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  • Volume 19, Issue 5

    July/August 2022 LEDs Magazine
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    FIG. 1. Finsen light being used to treat lupus vulgaris patients, circa 1900.
    Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

    Exploring visible light disinfection theory

    July 27, 2022
    IAN ASHDOWN reviews the published literature on visible light disinfection to explore germicidal mechanisms and identify information gaps for investigation in part one of a two...
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    Connected SSL & Controls

    Policy ushers smart lighting technology to center stage

    July 27, 2022
    With direction from the DOE, says Toggled COO DAN HOLLENKAMP, the door has opened for innovation and growth within the connected lighting space.
    Endeavor Business Media
    Wanda Lau Editorial Director Base
    Architectural Lighting

    Get more than what you expected

    July 27, 2022
    WANDA LAU enumerates the intangible benefits and value that solid-state lighting technology can bring to built environments, such as improving community engagement and enhancing...
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    Standards Update 1
    Manufacturing Services & Testing

    Unique collaboration produces LM-92 UV LED testing standard

    July 27, 2022
    JEFF HULETT, CAMERON MILLER, and TROY COWAN detail the importance of cross-organization participation in UV standards development and how those joint efforts will further market...
    Karl Connolly / Neighborhood Design Center / Flux Studio
    'Flash!' brought Baltimore residents out for an evening walk with portable LED lights.
    Architectural Lighting

    Projects - Community engagement enhances urban spaces

    July 26, 2022
    Active citizen voices help lighting designers balance concept, budgetary constraints, and execution in underserved neighborhoods, with eye-opening results.

    More content from Volume 19, Issue 5

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    FIG. 1. Edge-lit backlight unit configuration layers: Edge-lit light guide sits at the back (A), followed by a down diffuser (B; yellow), xBEFs (C; red and blue), with an LCD panel on top (D).
    Specialty SSL

    A novel optical design for 2D mini-LED backlight units

    July 26, 2022
    Micro lens arrays offer an efficient path to create uniform, bright displays with mini LEDs, explains BENJAMIN JACOBS.
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    2208 Led Myn Opener
    Specialty SSL

    How to efficiently drive micro LED displays

    July 26, 2022
    IMEC's KRIS MYNY summarizes a hybrid design approach for micro LED thin-film transistor backplanes that might reduce fabrication costs and advance performance of pixel circuits...
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    LEDs & SSL Design

    Product Spotlight: BrightStar Awards Honorees

    July 26, 2022
    LEDs Magazine reveals innovative features and scores of the 2022 BrightStar Awards honorees.