Seesmart media Pasadena City College for renovation of LED

Seesmart, Inc. was awarded a contract of $ 2.3 million to Pasadena City College for the modernisation of the LED lighting.

In the renovation, more than 34,000 lamp fluorescent tube in the buildings of the campus will be replace with LED Seesmart tube lights. The contract for this project was issued with the California multiple award schedules (CMAS).

Pasadena City College expected LED renovations benefits include significant savings of $720 000 and 3.7 million kilowatt hours per year, and will reduce its carbon footprint by 5 million pounds per year. In addition, College expects a refund of $850,000 of the power water in Pasadena for this project of saving energy.

Quantum brochure orders AIXTRON MOCVD units

Recently, Quantum wafer Inc., China placed an order of AIXTRON for three units of AIXTRON MOCVD more. All systems will be devoted to the growth of the LED wafers high brightness based on GaN materials.
The command was passed to the fourth quarter of 2011 and the delivery will take place in the first quarter of 2012. AIXTRON local support team install and the new reactors in a plant room pointe blanche at the plant of quantum platelets in China the commission.

“We were very impressed by the performance of the two 42 x 2″AIXTRON G4 MOCVD systems that we bought in 2011,”Dr. Shu Yuan, General Manager of Quantum wafer Inc., comments.” We wish therefore to add more equipment of AIXTRON, we implement the next step in our strategic plan. ?

Solution of the DOE to the energy future of America

The U.S. Department of Energy, all attempts by to the Enigma of the downturn in the economy, to strengthen the energy security of the country and reduces carbon emissions, the solution that he came with the implementation of solid-state lighting technology. Considers that this new technology will be the response of these three recent challenges America.

Solid-state lighting will bring a more green environment, because the homes and businesses consume less electricity and so they will be less dependent on fossil fuels. Solid-state lighting will be the response of building high performance and high efficiency by reducing energy costs and releasing fewer greenhouse from the traditional incandescent and CFL lighting alternative sources.

The U.S. Department of energy is committed to achieve these potential technologies for solid-state lighting, to solve the environmental challenges and economic security of the nation. Cooperation with the next generation lighting Industry Alliance, becoming the lead federal agency to lead and direct all the development of research and commercialization of all efforts to accelerate the use of this technology.

According to the DOE (U.S. Department of Energy), the implementation of solid-state lighting is a lighting revolution. Solid-state lighting has the potential to reduce the consumption of electricity in lighting by a quarter. In addition, with the potential and the promise to be ten times more effective than traditional filament, LEDs and OLEDs light will revolutionize the way we light our homes and our businesses.

Some of the benefits for the adaptation of solid-state lighting products, including low power consumption, it is digitally controllable. Longevity, durability, SSL products require very little maintenance. They also do not contain mercury or emit UR or IR radiation.

The effect on the whole nation is supposed to be superior. It is estimated that by the year 2030. The adaptation of solid-state lighting will reduce lighting electricity consumed by the nation by a quarter is approximately equal to 190 terawatt hours, 15 billion (adjusted for inflation in today ‘ hui) and reduce the emissions of carbon equivalent to 21 million cars.

Solid-state lighting energy-saving products is a smart way to DOE resolve more footprint of the nation. This solution offers not only a superior means to achieve best performance lighting products, but also to reduce the cost of domestic electricity and fossil fuel consumption.

DOE strives to help the nation achieve the full potential of the benefits of lighting semiconductor all. By working with a wide range of industry partners, DOE is to tackle these technical problems present and obstacles of the design of the use of solid-state lighting technology. Together they are research and development and ways to market this new technology, displacement of lighting products semiconductor laboratory on the market. Also, the program creates an atmosphere of competitive manufacture of semiconductor lighting products to the United States. This will also create new green jobs.

Learning of the previous late acceptance of another technology of efficient energy, fluorescent light bulbs compact (CFLs), DOE learned that they must identify and overcome quality and technical problems. Today involvement key DOE focusing on the aspect to improve the adaptation of solid-state lighting is help his industry to move to a level more high efficiency and quality. To this end the DOE has established a number of strategies to ensure the satisfaction of consumers with this new lighting technology to semiconductor and accelerate the market to quickly accept this important technology.

From the lab to the market, DOE try to recognize and identify products that demonstrate a promising improvement in efficiency and a significant improvement in performance and help these products to an introduction on the market with success. Objective of DOE is the realization of a foundation for the introduction of an important technique or a design breakthrough product and ensure a successful market introduction.

By research and development, DOE proves to work in close collaboration with the partners in the energy efficiency program. With over 200 researchers on more than 200 projects to accelerate the development of the advancement of technology, the DOE program is designed to effectively move the market solid-state lighting. Overcome the technical and design barriers, since 2000, researchers and product designers have been the great improvement on the effectiveness of the lighting fixtures and semiconductor.

With more lighting products and more solid state appear on the market, DOE continues to tackle the problems which limit the performance. This research focuses on the application of LED and OLED materials technology, for example to obtain more effective effective green LED, or emitting blue OLED emitter and effectively extract smart LED light. Improve the performance of phosphorus, these issues continue to DOE main area of interest. Knowledge and the advancement of the design of the new celestial body improves constantly, solid-state lighting proves to be a robust environment and a lighting device which is compatible and can run evenly with a long product life. Thermal management and effective control are also area of the DOE of interest in the improvement of solid-state lighting technology.

It is true with many LED products on the market, and their quality all varies widely. This phenomenon is due to the unknown of LED technology. Manufactures lighting traditional need time and still have much to learn about incorporating led their fixtures. Solid-state (SSL) such as lighting technology previous lot lighting, this is a market in rapid growth due to its impressive innovations. New technology gave birth to new businesses break in the lighting business. These inexperienced companies are confronted with the challenges which require advances and experience in applied research and engineering design. The LED lighting is unique in its size, color and control temperature and quality, all these tweaking require advance training of engineer.

Quality LED lighting fixtures require excellent design and integration of multiple components including led tables, electronic drivers, heatsinks, thermal, optical. Only after carefully the integration of all these components, LEDs are marketed in a lighting fixture, design luminaries of quality must pay attention to its thermal, optical and electrical characteristics. In view of all these challenges, DOE is working and help of fixture and LED manufacturers to advance in the performance of the product.

With a comprehensive support and marketing strategies, namely education demonstration and product consumption, DOE and its industry partners accelerate the adaptation of the technology of solid-state lighting market and contribute to a greener and more brilliant America.

Linear Technology launches new LED driver

Linear Technology has launched a synchronous DC/DC buck-boost LED driver and a voltage controller offering more than 100W of light.

The new features of the driver 4 7V to 60V input voltage range. It is suitable for applications in the automotive, industrial and architectural lighting.

With an adjustable output of 0V to 60V voltage, the LT3791 can be used to drive LED in a single string. His buck-boost controller 4-switch internal works from upper, lower input voltages or equal to output voltage.

The chip design uses three loops of control to monitor the current entry, LED current and voltage output to provide reliability and optimum performance.

It uses four external switching MOSFET and 5W LED 100W power supply continues with efficiency up to 98.5%.

LED current accuracy of + 6% ensures a light constant while + 2% output voltage accuracy allows the converter to function as a source of constant tension. The LT3791 uses analog or PWM dimming as required by the application.

The switching frequency can be programmed between 200 kHz and 700 kHz or an external clock synchronized.

Additional features include output disconnect, input and output current monitors, open LED detection and short-circuit and integrated protection fault.

The LT3791EFE is available in package thermally enhanced TSSOP-38 lead.

FZLED exhibited at the International exhibition of lighting Taiwan

FZLED, manufacturer of LED high-performance products, lighting is pleased to announce that it will be 2012 International Taiwan show 13-16 March 2012 lighting, Taipei World Trade Center. Buyers, media and the general public are all welcome to visit the FZLED booth (Hall 1, booth #: A0816) see innovative lighting LED the company. Featured at the FZLED booth will be their newly designed and LED Panel lights LED downlights. New brand Panel LED lights of FZLED are available two new series ultralight, durable, easy to install 52W LED panel lights. The series PL-60-00 fire Panel of 60 centimetres long (about 2 feet) and the series PL – 120 – 00 120 centimetres long (about 4 feet). These new fantastic panel lights are specifically designed to be efficient energy replacement fluorescent tube commonly used in spaces such as government buildings, offices, gyms, subways and malls.

FZLED will also expose their bike LED Torch/flashlight, torch and work popular line and LED Head Light lamp. In addition, FZLED will be showing their various lines of light bulbs including LED:

FZLED MR16 – 3 and projectors LED 5 Watt dimmable.

FZLED T8 – tube of 6, 12, 18, 22, 28 and 45 watt LED lights fitting G13 sockets available in lengths of 1′, 2′, 4′ and 5′.
FZLED-12 and 22 watt downlights luminaires can be easily installed directly in ceilings provide a light pleasant and effective for many domestic applications.

FZLED AR111 – 12 watt AR111 can be placed directly in any medium of halogen AR111 with AC/DC 12V, AC100 ~ 240V and TriAC dimmable.

LED Lighting Taiwan 2012 is an ideal place for interested parties test and see for themselves the quality of the products of the FZLED and their design and manufacturing capabilities. Guests will be allowed at the FZLED booth during the event by the senior members of the team FZLED to discuss the possibilities of purchase and collaboration.

Kulicke & Soffa launches the Solution dedicated to the packaging of the LED market

& Kulicke Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) (”K & S” or the “company”) announced the official launch of the capillary LUMOSTM, a solution of link dedicated to LED packaging market.

Nelson Wong, Vice President and Business Unit Executive, said, “Kulicke & Soffa continues to take advantage of our position as leader and strategic R & D investments for the benefit of the needs of our customers ever-changing process.” With LUMOS, customers will benefit from qualification rapid process for any type of package LED, high yields and the stability of the process, while also reducing the cost of ownership. The LUMOS is designed for better quality binding and more stable process, allowing a lower level to help him and increased the attachment process productivity. ?

LUMOS key attributes
? Ceramic material TGTM new, dedicated allows improved handling
? Morphology granular edge helps maintain an excellent second bonds over a longer period of binding
? Designed for all wire of gold or gold alloy materials in all the applications of LED.
The capillary LUMOS will debut at the show Semicon China at Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 20-22 March 2012.

Philips based the new subsidiary to expand the market for LEDs in South Africa

To expand its share of South African market, Royal Philips is Johannesburg based on Philips Lighting Solutions, a subsidiary of Philips South Africa.

The new company will offer renovation of lighting solutions last profitable energy, including LEDs for businesses and public and private buildings.

It offers a total solution of the project, including the studies of lighting, advice, management project, installation, maintenance and significant energy savings, guaranteed, on a period.

Benefits include the low energy and maintenance costs, brand image enhanced in areas facing the client and a sense of personal well-being.

Megan Louw, GM of Philips Lighting Solutions, said that “the Group aims to remove the complexity and the risks that companies face today when crossing the new high-efficiency including LEDs lighting.” Now we have an innovative balance very hard as the global leader in lighting, not only to the product but also in total solutions. ?

Tools 2012 for light TWTC Exhibition Hall 1 on Mar.13, with the participation of the entire industry!

Co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and? Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA), the third Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) will be held over four days starting March 13 at Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). Compared to last year, TILS 2012 will grow by at least 20% with 782 booths and 321 exhibitors such as Epistar, Everlight, Delta, AMKO SOLAR Lighting, JAN CHENG, TAIWAN-N LIGHTING, Genesis Photonics, Wellypower, JUSTLED, BJB (Taiwan), Future Lighting Solutions, China Electric Manufacturing, TYC, Edison, LVD Int’l Light & Energy, AURORA and Avertronics. Such an expansion indicates the optimism towards the Taiwanese lighting industry and TILS’ transformation into an annual event that no LED firm can afford to miss.

TILS exhibits to coincide with various events and international organizations’ annual meetings, held in Taiwan for the first time
While the TILS exhibitors are ready to feast visitors’ eyes on the results of painstaking research and development (R&D) programs besides technological breakthroughs, a series of exciting events will be available off the exhibition venue. Among others, Taiwan is expected to further attract delegations from international lighting associations as both the Global Lighting Association (GLA) and CIE-Taiwan are holding their 2012 annual meetings in the country for the first time. Listed below are events coinciding with TILS this year:

March 12: annual meeting of GLA
The Global Lighting Association (GLA) currently comprises members from 5,000 lighting device makers worldwide. It is committed to information sharing among regional markets in terms of lighting technologies, regulations, trends in product development, market opportunties, and global lighting policies. On March 12, delegations from lighting associations all over the world will meet in Taiwan—the first-time host country of GLA annual meetings—to discuss the latest trends in lighting. GLA’s annual meeting and TILS, the two events most anticipated by lighting firms this year, are believed to bolster interactions among market leaders and draw massive attention for their influence on the industry as a whole?

March 13: International Forum on Lighting Solutions
Centered on the theme of “Global Market Trends on Solid-State Lighting”, keynote speeches will be given by representatives of such GLA members as the Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers Association of India (ELCOMA), Japan Electric Lamp Manufacturers Association (JELMA), European Lamp Companies Federation (ELC), Lighting Council Australia (LCA), National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), OSRAM and PHILIPS.

March 14: One-on-one procurement meetings that generate business opportunities
Thanks to the efforts of TAITRA’s 56 offices abroad, buyers from all over the world will attend the TILS 2012 and will be incentivized to make procurements through customized services and face-to-face meetings with exhibitors. A direct and effective sales channel, the procurement meeting program is instrumental in the global marketing of Taiwanese products and proves highly popular this year, with nearly 160 one-on-one meetings scheduled for 25 high-profile buyers including EPICENTRK., a Ukrainian home improvement chain, the Hong Kong-based hypermarket Home Retail Group (Asia) Ltd., and LPS Distribuidora de Materias Eletricos Ltda., a Brazil-based integrated lighting solution provider. The fact that LED lighting devices/components top most buyers’ shopping list underscores the popularity and sales potential of Taiwanese LED products!

March 14: Annual meeting and seminar of CIE-Taiwan
The International Commission on Illumination-Taiwan (CIE-Taiwan) is a country-level member of CIE that focuses on scientific issues concerning light, lighting, colors while taking part in, or dominating, international standard-making processes in this regard. Since its inception more than a year ago, CIE-Taiwan has been committed to the globalization of Taiwanese standards, hoping to provide local lighting companies with opportunities to shine on the internationally accepted standard platform. The annual meeting of CIE-Taiwan will take place on March 14 at the venue of TILS, with experts from different countries speaking on the lighting industry standards.

March 14: Cross-strait forum on LED lighting industry
The organizers of TILS 2012 will partner with the Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to launch on March 14 a cross-strait forum on the lighting industry, where companies from Taiwan and China are expected to share experiences in a brain-storming session centered on the development of a cross-strait LED lighting industry. The forum will hopefully shed light on technological advances and business opportunities in the cross-strait lighting market.

March 15: 2011 LED Advanced Manufacturing Equipment and Module Application Workshop
The one-day LED industry workshop, jointly launched on March 15 by TILS’ organizers and ITRI, will see companies and experts address trends pertaining to the marketable applications of LED products/technologies.

March 16: ZHAGA Consortium will visit TILS
Members of the ZHAGA Consortium, which is committed to standardizing LED light engines, will visit TILS 2012 at the show organizers’ invitation on March 16—the day their seminar in Taipei is scheduled for— in an attempt to bolster ties among lighting companies.

Brilliant ideas of Innovation Products Awards nominees to be unveiled in a special display area
A not-to-be-missed part of this year’s TILS is a special area dedicated to the Innovation Products Awards nominees, a platform for local companies to showcase the results of their R&D programs. Considered by experts and scholars as the cream of the crop, the eight awards nominees are the LEGO brick-shaped LED by UKIN TECH, a high-efficiency LED light bulb (20W) by TESS, the “Traveler” LED lamp by CROSSCARF, Yi-Jin Photonics’ egg-shaped safety light that doubles as an emergency flashlight, the glass-like LED light by CONVERTEC, the Dimmable T-Tech HV LED light bulb “Nature” by JUSTLED, the architecturally crafted landscaping lampshades by Rong Jih, and the high-efficiency, low-color-temperature LED street lamp by EVERLIGHT. Designed on the basis of aesthetics and energy-efficiency intelligence, these creative products are available for a free trial on the spot. You won’t be disappointed!

Taiwanese government makes every effort to nurture LED industry, improve domestic demand, and explore overseas markets
In a November 9, 2011 report entitled “Taiwan’s Development of Low-Carbon, Green Industries as Countermeasures against Global Warming and Surging Oil Prices”, the Council for Economic Planning and Development announced five measures to cope with the challenges facing Taiwanese LED lighting industry, namely “assisting local companies in achieving performance goals and exploring overseas markets”, “redoubling efforts to lay down standards for LED products and? accreditation/certification regulations”, “starting a flagship LED brand while exploring China’s market for LED lighting”, “redoubling efforts to standardize LED lighting modules”, and “continuously applying LED technologies to street lamps and traffic lights”. These measures echo the seven strategies and ten focuses proposed by the Executive Yuan in an economic stimulus program it approved on December 1, 2011, with one of the focuses being “LED street lamps installed nationwide”. The Taiwanese government is making relentless efforts to nurture the LED lighting industry. The Ministry of Economic Affairs vowed to take the demonstration project for LED street lighting to the next level starting 2012, replacing a total of 326,000 lamps that include a combined 53,000 in Keelung, Hsinchu and Chiayi Cities (under the “Demonstration City Project for LED Street Lighting”), 23,000 in 5 special municipalities and 14 counties/cities (under the “Demonstration Project for Energy-Saving LED Street Lighting”) and 250,000 in 5 special municipalities and 14 counties/cities under an expanded project of energy-efficient LED street lamp installations. The three projects are expected to receive a combined NT$2.424 billion from government subsidies and boost LED industry output to NT$3.9 billion. In other words, 2012 is a year of breakthrough for Taiwan’s LED street lighting solution providers, with the strong domestic demand drumming up their competitiveness against the global giants.

Boasting professional exhibits, a colorful array of workshops, and discussions that encourage diversity in opinions, the TILS 2012 is a must-see annual extravaganza jointly presented by Taiwanese lighting firms! We are looking forward to your presence at the show, which will run from March 13 through 16 at TWTC Exhibition Hall 1! For details please visit www.TILS.com.tw.

Taiwan’s Power-supply Makers to Benefit from LED Lighting

Taiwan’s major power-supply makers branching out into LED lighting manufacturing, including Delta Electronics Inc., AcBel Polytech Inc., Phihong Technology Co., and Leader Electronics Inc., estimate sales of their LED lamps to take off in 2012.

They made the prediction based on the bright growth forecast mostly on the implementation of bans on incandescent bulb consumption beginning this year in many advanced economies, mainland China’s new round of subsidization on LED lighting estimated to begin this year, and LED replacements for 40W incandescent bulbs dropping below US$10 in retail price in South Korea.

As the lamps operate on power converters and transformers, which are crucial devices in power supplies, LED lighting has become a new revenue source for Taiwan’s power-supply makers.

For example, Delta has benefited many contracts to supply LED streetlights from Taiwan and mainland China. In addition, its LED light bulbs are now available in Europe and Japan. It estimates the revenue from LED lighting sales to double to US$50 million this year from 2011. AcBel has also acquired LED streetlights contracts in several of the mainland’s LED-streetlight demonstration projects, as well as has landed contracts to supply Japanese retailers LED light bulbs.

Breakthrough in LED-Technology: Optogan launches its 500W COB Module

The new X10 platform offers a modular approach for luminaire designs from 1,100lm to 55,000lm.

Optogan’s Chip-on-Board module (COB), so called X10, is based on the vision of scaleability and lean processing for luminaire manufacturing. Due to various possible sizes and forms of the elements, applications are found in LED retrofits, downlights, industrial and street lighting up to flood and stage lights.

The X10 is a COB-block, consisting of 50 segments, it can easily be divided into LED elements of smaller sizes and power, and each of these can be used in separate light fittings. The smallest segment of Optogan′s “single X10” consists of a 1cm2 ceramic board and consumes 10W (1A, 10V), with efficacy levels already exceeding 100lm/W. The ceramic base and product material selection is based on long life performance by design.

The new technology fulfills smart binning and lean in-house production capabilities. The COB was designed for direct mounting on heat sinks offering a smaller footprint than conventional solutions. Additionally an X10 system specific accessory, a universal connector providing both electrical and mechanical interfaces for assembly and optics is also available.

The multinational engineering team achieved the requested target to develop a unified COB module portfolio for simplified application, handling, increased performance and lifetime at a universal level.

“X10 represents Optogan’s new flagship, offering modular solutions, economical and simple to use, for that additional degree of freedom in lighting design. Coupled with state of the art module efficiency exceeding 100lm/W, the X10 provides our clients the maximum possible variety in steps of 10W reaching up to 500W. The positive feedback from our key customers confirms, that our latest development is covering the missing white spot in LED landscape”, says Markus Zeiler General Manager Global Sales & Marketing at Optogan GmbH in Germany.

First international introduction is taking place at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. Pre-series production is currently under ramp-up.