Cree Pushes Performance Limits to Deliver 25 Percent Brighter LEDs

LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces the MT-G2 LED – the first EasyWhite® LED array built on the SC³ Technology Platform. The new XLamp® MT-G2 LED delivers LED lighting manufacturers 25 percent brighter LEDs compared to the previous MT-G, enabling a wider spectrum of high lumen applications. MT-G2 LEDs are designed for high-output, directional lighting applications and are the ideal replacement for lighting applications that currently use inefficient halogen lamps. The MT-G2 LEDs are optimized for use in track, accent, lamp retrofit, down lighting and other applications where color quality, consistency and optical control are required.

“The MT-G2 LED truly pushes the envelope of what’s possible, redefining lumen levels and efficacy while delivering color consistency and superior optical control,” said Richard Turner, R & D director at Havells Sylvania. “Combined with the small footprint and uniform emitting surface, the MT-G2 is an especially attractive device to further grow our leading position in professional-quality LED retrofit lamps.”

Featuring Cree® EasyWhite Technology, the MT-G2 LED delivers up to 2100 lumens in warm white (3000 K) at 25 watts, 85°C and provides the industry’s best color consistency, with superior optical control. The new, brighter MT-G2 LED shares the same footprint as the original MT-G LED, providing customers a seamless upgrade path to shorten the LED luminaire and retrofit lamp design cycle and improve customer time-to-market. The MT-G2 LED is designed to be used as a single component in an LED design to better emulate the filament appearance of incumbent lighting products and simplify design and manufacturing.

“Innovation in performance and optimization of LEDs to a variety of applications are critical to driving LED adoption,” said Mike Watson, Cree senior marketing director, LED components. “The new MT-G2 LEDs enable true halogen performance across a wide range of single source lighting applications and provide the industry’s best color consistency. Cree’s continued breakthrough in high lumen output demonstrates the advantages delivered by leveraging the SC³ Technology Platform.”

The MT-G2 LED is the latest product built on Cree’s revolutionary SC³ Technology Platform, joining XB-D, XT-E, XT-E High-Voltage and XM-L High-Voltage LEDs. The SC³ Technology Platform leverages Cree’s advanced silicon carbide technology, features advancements in LED chip architecture and phosphor, and showcases a new package design to deliver the most advanced LED components in the industry.

With an 8.9 mm x 8.9 mm footprint, the MT-G2 LED is available in 2- and 4-step EasyWhite® color temperatures ranging from 2700 K to 5000 K. The new LEDs are available in minimum 80 and 90-CRI options and feature multiple voltage selections, including higher voltages that enable the use of smaller, more efficient drivers to lower system cost.

Visit Cree at Light+Building 2012 at Hall 4.2, Stand G71 and at Lightfair International, Booth #130, to see the new XLamp MT-G2. Samples are available now and production quantities are available with standard lead times.