LEDs Newsletter

Welcome to the LEDs Magazine weekly newsletter for December 15, 2010, which will be our last weekly newsletter for this year. Best seasonal wishes to all our readers. Normal service resumes January 5, 2011.

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Headline News

SemiLEDs shares commence trading on NASDAQ after IPO
SemiLEDs will invest funds generated from its IPO to expand its production capacity in Taiwan and to carry out R&D related to LED chip production on 6-inch wafers.

Hotel SSL retrofit delivers 1.1 year payback
A DOE Gateway demonstration project in a San Francisco hotel shows LED retrofit lamps deliver 70% energy savings and a quick 1.1-year payback period on the investment.

SAP installs LED lighting system from Redwood at Palo Alto campus
An LED-based lighting system will reduce energy usage and operational costs for software company SAP, but it was not the most effective green technology that the company installed.

LG Innotek and Zumtobel Group sign LED cooperation agreement
Zumtobel and LG will work together to transfer expertise from the LCD backlighting market into the general lighting field.

Articles

Cree CEO suggests quicker LED move into general lighting (part 2)
In part 2 of our review of the keynote at the recent Arrow LED event, Cree’s CEO notes a challenge in marketing and positioning that is hampering SSL uptake while describing how LED technology has progressed and is succeeding in general lighting.

Choosing between LED and HPS street lights
NLPIP recently performed a formal evaluation of existing street-lighting technologies to determine the best choice between LEDs and HPS.

SIL Europe 2010: The year of the LED module
At Strategies in Light Europe 2010, Andy Davies of GE Lighting discussed developments in LED modules and explained the aims of the Zhaga consortium.

SIL Europe 2010: EU regulations on lamps and modules
Representing CELMA and ELC, Peter Besting of Panasonic Electric Works Vossloh Schwabe GmbH spoke at Strategies in Light Europe 2010 about modules and lamps in relation to EU regulations.

More Industry News

Cree opens LED chip manufacturing facility in Huizhou
Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd., the company’s first LED chip manufacturing base in China, has opened just over a year after the project was announced.

American Bright Lighting, Inc. SimpleTube STP series awarded US Patent
American Bright Lighting SimpleTube STP series has been awarded a US patent for solid state lamp and drive circuit.

Monocrystal expands LED industry prospects by introducing 10-inch sapphire substrate
Monocrystal has announced availability of the company’s innovative ultra-large 10-inch C-plane epi-ready sapphire substrate.

LED Industry News: Seren, Phoseon, Fernplas
Seren Photonics has completed its first funding round, Phoseon Technology is expanding its headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Fernplas has invested in injection-molding capabilities.

More Industry News
• JPSA announces expanded job shop, applications lab
• Lighting Science Group makes its one millionth US LED bulb
• Boston Lights: Presented by the Designers Lighting Forum of New England
• Scientists at Osram are awarded with the Beckurts Prize
• Edison Opto exhibiting at the LED EXPO 2010 in New Delhi
• Thermal Technology launches commercial kyropoulos crystal grower
• NanoMarkets report makes the business case for OLED lighting
• LEDs Ltd for sale
• ZEMAX CEO awarded OSA Medal
• Lighting Science Group sponsors solar decathlon
• Pixled and Mitsubishi Electric agree to co-operate on LED displays
• Fernplas name change, invests in injection moulding capabilities
• LEDucation 5 exhibitor floor 100% sold out
• Dialight wins electronic industry award for DuroSite LED high bay
• Avnet Abacus lighting microsite: More than just LEDs
• Apollo Precision enters LED epitaxy business with Aixtron MOCVD equipment
• Seren Photonics raises £475k to build its first pilot scale HB LEDs
• Dialight Partners with SME Eurofinance for energy-efficient LED lighting

Application Stories

Architainment lights award-winning offices in London's Victoria
Earlier this year Architainment Lighting Ltd worked with Lighting Design International (LDI) on transforming the exterior of premier office headquarters, The Peak, in London’s Victoria.

Bright Green Technology LEDs take to the air
Illuminating the displays in Bath City Centre at night with fluorescent tubes has always been problematic. Bright Green Technology has provided Bright Green Matrix LED system to down light the graphics as the solution.

Citiled installs world's largest LED media façade at King's Road Tower, Jeddah
The largest working video screen in the world was inaugurated today at the King's Road Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Ameresco awarded contract by City of Phoenix to cut traffic signal light energy use by 90% at hundreds of intersections
Ameresco, Inc. has signed an agreement with the City of Phoenix Public Works and Street Transportation Departments to provide lighting retrofit services, materials, and equipment for the installation of traffic signal LED lamps.

More Application Stories
• Marl’s monumental donation illuminates Sir John Barrow Monument
• Mexico announces region’s largest GE LED street lighting project
• Cree and Habitat for Humanity complete world’s first all-LED habitat home
• Balise Lexus unveils dealership with LED lighting
• Upscale wedding venue Ashford Estate is lit by Iluminarc
• East Cleveland and GE partner on Northeast Ohio's LED street lighting installation
• LED lamps light up pool in the main stadium in Volgograd, Russia
• Carmanah solar LED airfield lights chosen for Calgary International Airport
• Energy-saving LED lights at Pasadena Library to save city thousands
• Belgian company Alldeco installs PAS-NGL-MR16 with High CRI
• Municipality Groningen fills first garage with Premium Power LED lighting

Products

Supertex three-channel LED driver features channel-independent fault control
Supertex has introduced HV9986, a three channel switch-mode LED driver IC with three dimmer switch FET drivers that enable high PWM dimming ratios and independent fault management in case of any output open- or short-circuit conditions.

Stanley Electric (UK) Ltd multi-die, high-efficiency LED package in mass production
Stanley Electric has announced the Stanley 3J (6 chip) package, which offers world class efficiency.

Alpha-One has introduced 850nm High Power LED module with approx. 5.0W/sr for IR illuminators
As a light source for long-distance surveillance system, Alpha-One introduced super-beam high power LED module which has 3 series LED with the originally developed optical lens.

Lord Corporation develops thermally-conductive encapsulant
LORD Corporation has announced the availability of a new thermally conductive silicone encapsulant.

More Products
• Color Vision presents spotlight-like LED water light for landscape design
• Sheenly Lighting releases LED tube with electric shock protection technology
• Fernplas offers Formed-In-Place-Foam-Gasket UK sub-contract services
• LED drivers from Endicott Research Group offer replacements for CCFL inverters
• Tripix Wash from Martin offers perfect color…with style
• Kenkio introduces full series of LED downlights
• Stanley LED range available via RS Components
• Illumicare launches new line of LED Lamps
• Acuity Brands' Lithonia Lighting expands volumetric LED luminaire product line
• Dalipower released TRIAC series dimming LED drivers
• Unilumin LED Street light have launched Type II light distribution
• Elecosn announces 5W MR16 dimmable LED bulb that equals to 50W halogen
• Cosun launched Magnet 8.5mm slim LED cookie light
• New GU10 LED bulbs 3x3W with aerometal surface from Haichang Lighting
• Ambergreat 360degree LED Courtyard Light in London UK project
• Firefly introduces 1200-lumen PAR-38 lamp
• Fluorescent light fixture (troffer) replacement retrofit kit by Firefly Technologies
• LSI Industries introduces Crossover LED wall sconce

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