Rates shown above are given in angstroms/min/kw, and are typical only. Actual rates for any given system will depend upon process and system parameters. Rates are approximately linear with applied power except where otherwise indicated. Some materials, due to their nature, are limited to power levels substantially less than the maximum power ratings for each cathode type. 1 Insufficient data available for most materials with RF Delta operation - DC magnetron recommended for metals. 2 Ferromagnetic materials - magnetron mode is possible with thin targets ...

As the increasing demand of the lighting source in commercial application, the design of the lighting fixture focuses not only on outer shape but on “Energy-Saving” and “Eco-Friendly”. Ledionopto has been dedicating to creating eco-friendly products and the innovative design of the Solid-State Lighting products since establishing. Our Research and Development department continues to developing new LED lighting fixture with the experience of “Thermal”, “Optical”, “Electrical”, and “Mechanical”. In this...

Taiwanese LED makers have hailed huge growth potential for LED lightings, as the Chinese government banning imports and sales of 100W-and-above incandescent lamps in the country starting on October 1, 2012. According to official statistics, China’s attempts to impose restrictions on use of incandescent lamps make sense, given the fact that such comparatively inefficient lightings consumed 12% of the total electricity used for general lighting in the country in 2010, when domestic sales and output totaled 1.07 billion and 3.85 billion units, respectively. Chinese officia...

Taiwan Government has handed over financing for the second phase of a street lighting project on highways in St Kitts.   The next phase of the project will install 120 solar-powered lights on the main road near the Newton Ground Agro-tourism Demonstration Farm, according to Taiwanese Ambassador to St Kitts and Nevis Miguel Tsao. “The first phase grid-powered LED street light project is one that demonstrates the seriousness with which the government of St Kitts and Nevis promotes green energy — higher energy efficiency and lower carbon-dioxide emi...

ON Semiconductor has joined the multi-partner, industrial research and development program at imec, to develop next-generation GaN-on-Silicon power devices. Currently, GaN-based power devices are too expensive for large volume manufacturing, as they are fabricated on small diameter wafers using non-standard production processes. Imec’s research program is focused on developing GaN-on-silicon technology on 200 mm wafers, as well as reducing the cost and improving the performance of GaN devices. Imec’s power devices on 200mm CMOS-compatible GaN-on-Sili...

Ikea Group recently has announced to sell only LED lamps and bulbs in its stores by 2016 to help its customers save energy and cut carbon emissions. According to IKEA Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard said in a webcast and teleconference, replacing the world’s 12 billion traditional light bulbs with LEDs would cut emissions equivalent to those of the Netherlands. In addition, the company will also convert all the lighting in its stores, factories and distribution centers to LEDs. By switching to LEDs, Ikea is picking a winner out of technologie...

Germany’s AZZURO Pushing GaN-on-Si LED Wafer to Cut Manufacturing Time and Cost Germany’s AZZURRO, founded in 2003, focuses on supplying power semiconductor device and LED manufacturers with wafers. AZZURRO owns patents in GaN-on-Si technology. The company’s way is to grow a buffer layer based on GaN material on Si substrate, and then grow a GaN film on the wafer according to different needs of LED and power semiconductor device application. The company noted that currently it can make GaN-on-Si wafer on a 6-inch (150mm) Si substrate, aiming to push it to 8-inch (200mm). LEDinside believes this new manufacturing process will help the migration from the existing LED manufacturing process to silicon substrate manufacturing process. This is LEDinside’s pleasure to have a chance to interview Mr. Erwin Ysewijn, VP Sales & Marketing of AZZURRO to share AZZURRO’s technology and experience. 

Enterprise IT systems software giant, SAP has recently upgraded the audio-visual communications technology at their new Netherlands offices. The upgrade includes F22 projectors from Norway’s projectiondesign® that are installed throughout several demonstration rooms and offices conveniently located in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, near to the Belgium border.

UK imaging technology developer Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) is consolidating its Continental Europe operations with the appointment of Achim Herzog to the role of European Business Development Manager. Southern Germany-based Herzog brings over a decade’s worth of experience in printing and UV curing to ITL. He joins from Atlantic Zeiser where he was product manager for the digital and security printing division and worked formerly in sales and strategic development for ITL strategic partner, IST METZ. Achim Herzog anticipates growing...

A new trade fair “DESIGN LIGHTING TOKYO 2013 – 1st TOKYO DESIGN LIGHTING EXPO & CONFERENCE” will be launched in January 2013, in response to the great demands from the industry.

Osram Opto Semiconductors announces the prototype of the Oslon Compact, currently the most compact high-power LED for the automotive market. Thanks to the flexible arrangement of these small LEDs it will be much easier and more cost-effective to create individual headlight designs. A prototype of the Oslon Compact LED was unveiled by the automotive semiconductor specialist from Regensburg in October at the SIA Vision conference in Versailles (France, October 9/10).

With the goal of reducing maintenance, down time and overall energy use, Cameco Corporation, one of the world’s largest uranium producers, began investigating new lighting solutions for both its McArthur River and Cigar Lake mines. Working alongside Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, Cameco was able to achieve those goals by replacing more than 973 HID wall packs with LED solutions to reduce energy consumption for its lighting systems by almost 86 percent. ...

LSG's Made-in-America Bulbs Promote Energy Efficiency in the Heart of the Santa Monica Mountains Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting companies, today announced its collaboration with the National Park Service (NPS) to open a "net zero" visitor center in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), the first of its kind in the nearly 400 parks that make up the NPS system. Named for the congressman who introduced legislation to create SMMNRA in 1978, the Anthony ...

Novaled has been named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list recognizing the top global private companies in the clean technology industry. In addition the company has been awarded as the European Company of the Year by a 75-strong international expert panel. Novaled today announced it is named in the prestigious 2012 Global Cleantech 100 list, produced by Cleantech Group, a leading research firm focused on global cleantech innovation. The list is unique in the sector and highlights the top private companies that represent the most innovative and promising idea...

Two Lithonia Lighting® LED lighting retrofit kits from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) are the first to meet the DesignLights™ Consortium (“DLC”) requirements for Integrated-Style Retrofit Kits for Linear Panels. The 2RTL2R and 2RTL4R LED relight assemblies are part of the Company’s RTLED Relight family of products and are designated for the DLC’s Lamp-style Retrofit Kits for Linear Panels 2x2 and 2x4 Troffers  categories respectively.  The DLC Qualified Products List (“QP...

The Taiwan LED lighting manufacturer Aeon Lighting Technology (ALT) has won the 2012 Good Design Award with its Asteria MR16—an achievement that makes ALT stand out from more than 3000 competitors, making it one of the rare few Taiwan-based LED manufacturers that has managed this feat. ALT has become the first LED lighting manufacturer in Asia to acquire several of the top design awards—IF Design, M-Technology, and RedDot—in the world.

NTL awarded the first prize at a glittering ceremony   NTL Electronics India Limited, the Rs. 557 Cr (US$ 110 million) Lighting Electronics major from India and one of the nation’s largest player in the lighting electronics, has bagged the first prize in the ELCINA-EFY awards, for outstanding achievements in ‘Business Excellence’ for the year 2011-12. The award was presented to Mr. Arun Gupta, MD, Mr. Praveen Gupta, CEO, Mr. Sudhir Mishra, COO & Mr. RK Sharma, GM – R&D, NTL Electronics India Pri...

AkzoNobel is to boost capacity of its worldscale Trimethyl Gallium (TMGa) plant in La Porte, Texas, US - consolidating the plant’s status as the largest of its kind in the world. The investment involves extending the Trimethyl Aluminum (TMAl) unit and building a new Trimethyl Gallium plant. TMAl is a feedstock for TMGa, a high purity metalorganic (HPMO) used in products such as LED wafer manufacturing. With this multi-million expansion AkzoNobel meets the increasing demand from the semi-conductor industry, particularly for the production of light ...

Fulham has announced the launch of its Fulham® HorseSense™ Lighting Control System as a "Room Solution" that reduces energy usage by up to 70% while delivering highly customized and individually dimmable scene selection. HorseSense provides easy, quick installation of intelligent sensors, switches, interconnect hardware and drivers or ballasts WITHOUT the need for commissioning (without the need for system setup & programming). This lighting control system can be used across multiple lighting technologies, including LED and fluorescent. It is id...

The top three winners of Philips Lighting’s Art in the Dark 2012 competition have been announced.  Art in the Dark is Auckland’s premiere free, community light art event which will be held in Ponsonby’s Western Park on the evenings of Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November.    The competition, sponsored by Philips Lighting with support from AUT, gives all tertiary students in New Zealand the opportunity to design a light installation using Philips Lighting’s LED products, including energy-efficient LED light bulbs and lumi...

Lunera Lighting, Inc., has added new appointments to its executive team, including Shannon Paul Biggs to Senior Vice President of Operations, George Sigler to Chief Financial Officer and Michael Bremser to the position of Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. “Leadership in the LED lighting industry requires rich experience in lighting, semiconductors and green building technologies,” said Michael Keddington, CEO of Lunera Lighting. “We are thrilled to be adding these high caliber executives to our leadership team....

•    Newly announced GE Lighting commitments to Cleveland community exceed one quarter of a million dollars •    GE’s investment includes $200,000 in ecomagination LED lights to illuminate the West Side Market and Public Square •    GE Lighting and Case Western Reserve University will co-sponsor a four-year full scholarship valued up to $200,000 to a 2013 graduate of the MC2STEM High School GE Lighting announced the company will provide more than $200,000 in energy- and maintenance-cost sa...

Intematix Corporation has been issued its patent covering red nitride phosphor compositions used in LEDs by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent was allowed in August and officially issued on September 25th 2012. Intematix’s U.S. Patent No. 8,274,215, entitled “Nitride-based Red Phosphors” is the 18th U.S. patent issued to Intematix in the area of LED phosphors and the 71st U.S Patent overall. “Our novel chemical formulation lowers the concentration of oxygen impurities in the material structure...

  Making the Broncos' Stadium Brand New Plexineon Upgrades Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High A new look and a new name -- that's what the home of the Denver Broncos got when sporting goods company Sports Authority took over naming rights for the NFL team's stadium in 2011. Now Sports Authority Field at Mile High, the 10-year-old, 76,000-seat arena underwent a facelift as part of the rebranding, the centerpiece of which is a prominent horizontal line of iLight Plexineon Red Series fixtures outlining the curve of the st...

Installation of Cree CR22™ LED Troffers Yield Energy Savings of 33 Percent The Hart Senate Office Building, the third and largest office building serving the U.S. Senate, now features energy-efficient LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). More than 150 Cree CR22™ architectural LED troffers were recently installed in the American Grill, Sundry Shop and main hallway of the Hart Building – delivering a 33 percent reduction in annual energy costs. Cree® CR22 linear luminaires replaced 130 CFL downlights and linear...

Mall of America achieves significant energy savings, enhances aesthetics and meets some of the nation’s strictest lighting codes with LED outdoor lighting solutions from Acuity Brands. The Mall of America® (“Mall”) renovated its twin 7-story parking garages by installing more than 5,600outdoor LED luminairesfrom Acuity Brands, Inc.(NYSE: AYI). Theparking garages, which span 3.3 million square feet and house more than 12,000 parking spaces, are now equipped with Tersen® Ratio PG LED luminaires and other Tersen brand surface and arm...

-- Company Partners With Jabil for Mass Production of its Mainstream LED Lighting; Increases Investment In Its U.S. Manufacturing Facility For Large-Scale, Custom Projects and Infrastructure and Roadway Product Lines -- Realignment Reflects Focus on Core Strengths of Innovation, Product Development and Market Development; Underscores Commitment to Improving Financial Performance Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, today announced that it is real...

Universal Display Corporation and Duksan Hi-Metal Company Limited, have entered into a master services agreement to enhance Universal Display’s local presence and expansion in Korea. As the first initiative under the agreement, Duksan will provide manufacturing services for one of Universal Display’s host products for certain Korean customers. Universal Display and Duksan will also explore additional areas for collaboration to better serve and support the needs of the growing Korean OLED industry. “We are very happy to cooperate with Universa...

PhotonStar LED, based in Romsey, Hampshire has announced a rolling one year exclusive supply agreement with a major UK house builder to supply LED lighting fixtures for all of the developer’s new homes. And the products will be supplied through UK wholesalers. In 2011, the house builder completed 1500 homes, and is forecasting continued growth. All new properties will be subject to new legislation requiring improvement in energy efficiency including lighting. The new legislation, "Code for Sustainable Homes," is an environmental impact rating system...

Taiwan Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) is reported to sign a deal to form an alliance with BOE Co., Ltd. by allowing BOE to hold part of its stocks. The company chooses FOREPI as its partner based on the Taiwanese company’s quality and past cooperation with LCD makers Chimei Innolux Corp. and Samsung. It comes on the heel of San’an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., mainland China LED chipmaker, which is reported to invest in Genesis Photonics Inc. According to Industry executives, BOE has branched out into LED lighting from TV m...