AIXTRON AG has announced an order for one Close Coupled Showerhead MOCVD system from Tyndall National Institute, based in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. The order was received in the fourth quarter 2009 and the system will be delivered in the first half of 2010 in a 3x2 inch wafer configuration.

Carmanah Technologies is unveiling some exciting additions to its line of EverGEN™ solar LED lighting products at LIGHTFAIR® 2010. Carmanah will reveal new wireless features for the thinnest, brightest solar light ever produced. More efficient LEDs and new occupancy sensing capabilities are increasing the applications for solar lighting and LightFair attendees will be the first to see Carmanah’s pioneering advancements that will change the way solar LED lighting can be used.

SemiLEDs Corporation, a manufacturer of ultra high bright LED and UV chips, has announced today that they are increasing their production capacity of UV LED chips with the addition of a new SR 4000 MOCVD reactor from Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation.

After launching CEN-100 (96W) series of economical LED power supplies, MEAN WELL continuously introduced lower wattage metal case models featuring with active PFC function and perfect waterproof/dustproof ability ~ CEN-60 (60W) and CEN-75 (75W) series. With special mechanical design, both series can meet IP66 requirement and save the cost of expensive heat-conducting glue. Meanwhile, thanks to the simplified single stage PFC topology, the required high power factor for the lighting industry can be achieved economically.

Texas Instruments Inc. announces its new TMS320C2000 Piccolo microcontroller (MCU) DC/DC LED Developer’s Kit to allow designers to differentiate designs with advanced features such as dimming, color tone adjustment, power line communication and fault detection.

Lighting Science Group is offering a new line of LED products, which are built in the USA, including A19, PAR38, PAR30, PAR20, MR16, and G25 bulb. The company claims that they have approximately 50 percent more lumens than competing products, at a dramatically lower retail price. 

Diguang International Development Co., Ltd. will participate in the 2010 China Optoelectronics and Display EXPO at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on May 8 ~ 10, 2010. Diguang will showcase the Company's CCFL and LED backlights and liquid crystal modules, 19", 22", 24" LED ultra-slim monitors, and 19", 22", 32", 42" and 46" LED TVs. Visitors can view Diguang's products at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center booth No. A013.

Philips Lumileds has published a new white paper titled “Evaluating the Lifetime Behavior of LED Systems” that provides the lighting industry with a methodology for evaluating how arrays of LEDs behave over time and how LED luminaire manufacturers can confidently make business decisions such as warranty commitments.

This paper presents a 75W single-stage power supply unit for LED lighting. The proposed power supply designed using flyback converter topology that is controlled by the critical conduction mode control. The secondary side of main transformer is directly connected to LED strings. By a constant current feedback circuit, this flyback converter directly regulates LED current. Although the proposed circuit doesn’t need input current-sensing and input voltage feed-forward, it can achieve high power factor for wide input range. A prototype experimental set-up has been built and tested. Through this experiment with a prototype set-up, the validity of the proposed circuit is verified.

Skyline Exhibits, has adds new LED lighting options to its product Line of Canadian Trade Show Exhibits，which includes a variety of LED lighting options from simple one-color washes of light to multi-color light shows.

The 6th "Light + Building 2010" held in Frankfurt, Germany, closed on April 16 with a big success. It is the world's largest and most professional building and lighting technology exhibition, combining the electrical engineering, construction technology, and automatic professional lighting technology(Messe Frankfurt); This year, around the world in more than 2100, a total of more than 50 countries, well-known exhibitors made their way to Frankfurt for the world’s leading trade fair for architure and technology.

TESS (topco energy saving system corp.) presented a new 10W 1000 lumen LED bulb in April and invited customers to leave their desire retail price. Not only customers responded eagerly but also have caused a worldwide inquiry and even an environmental protection organization in US shows its interests in this outstanding new LED bulb. Today (May 6) TESS announces its 10W 1000 lumen LED bulb cool white version officially available.

Axiom NZ LED of Las Vegas, Nevada and AoTuroaLED of Auckland, New Zealand announced today that the companies are offering a "Green Step Forward" program for the month of May 2010 that facilitates the worldwide effort to reduce one's Carbon Footprint.

Novaled, a leading company in OLEDs for display and lighting applications, demonstrated it’s know how and expertise on efficient and long lifetime OLEDs on metal at the Light and Building Frankfurt.

With an integrated lens, the new IR LED SFH 4236 exceeds the radiant intensity of the standard IR Dragon SFH 4232 by more than a factor of three. This new, powerful device has a very small form factor and adds depth to the well-known infrared Dragon family. The integrated lens concentrates the emitted infrared light within a viewing angle of +/-20° and achieves a typical radiant intensity of 650 mW/sr at a DC current of 1 A. The new infrared Dragon is well suited for applications with limited board space that require narrow radiation characteristics.

ERG LIGHTING INTRODUCES eDriver FAMILY OF LED DRIVERS FOR SOLID STATE LIGHTING WITH SLIM FORM FACTOR, UNIVERSAL INPUT AND 90% EFFICIENCY ERG Lighting, a new Division of Endicott Research Group, Inc., has introduced the eDriver family of LED power supplies for maximum efficiency in a range of solid state lighting (SSL) applications.

First of Its Kind High-Bay Luminaire Delivers 67 Lumens per Watt, Reduces Energy Consumption, Maintenance Costs for Wide Range of Industrial, Petrochemical and Other Rugged Applications.

A critical letter about the use of chemical pesticides on its lawns in 2008 led to a series of steps and decisions at Farnsworth Art Museum that culminated with a resolution to become a leader in environmentally sustainable practices. Converting the entire museum from halogen to LED light bulbs was a major part of that decision.

Veeco held the 2010 User Meeting in Hsinchu, Taiwan, inviting Taiwan-based LED epitaxy manufacturers to share their experience in product usage and hold discussions about the new product.

LCD backlight power specialist Endicott Research Group (ERG) has introduced a new LED driver that can simultaneously and efficiently power up to 8 strings of high brightness LEDs (HBLEDs). The new Smart Force™ SFD2C Series is a full-function LED driver board that features a dual output that provides a total maximum current of 1200 mA -- 600 mA per side -- for high efficiency power to LED backlights used in LCDs up to 24” diagonal.

The new "Kojak" LED Beacon is only 6cm in height...a great advantage when you are travelling under a multi million pound aircraft. The new generation of nav-comm's high power, surface-mount LEDs are brighter, last longer and use less power than traditional halogen and strobe lighting used in airport beacons. The new nav-comm beacon is also available as a intrinsically safe version for Fuel trucks.

Dimmable OSRAM compact fluorescent lamps create a pleasant ambience combined with extreme energy efficiency thanks to the new Leditron technology.

LED Price Trend in 1Q10 According to LEDinside's price trend report, LED supply and demand are fairly stable in the first quarter of 2010. There is a seasonal proce erosion of 2-5% across backlight applications. For LED lighting application, the QoQ price erosion of high power LED appeared to be more servere, over 10%, due to invantory adjustment.

Manchester UK based DBN Lighting supplied an innovative lighting artwork, equipment and control for the week long opening event of the redeveloped People's History Museum in the heart of the city. The £12.5m project includes the refurbishment of the existing Pump House and the construction of a four storey extension alongside it, with old and new buildings joined together by a spectacular glass walkway.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has launched a new section of its LED Light site dedicated to LIGHTFAIR International 2010, the lighting trade show to be held in Las Vegas, May 12-14.

Veeco Instruments Inc., the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community, today announced the winners of the second phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program, “Energy Innovation.”

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- Operational leverage driving profit growth - - Business outlook remains positive for 2010 - - 2010 guidance raised to EUR 650m-700m revenues and circa 30% EBIT - AIXTRON AG, worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced the consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2010.

iWatt, Inc., a leader in digital power IC products and technology, today announced that the iW3610 AC/DC digital power controller for dimmable LED lighting has won the Most Innovative Product Award in the Power Lighting category at EDN’s 20th Annual Innovation Awards Competition. Instituted in 1990, EDN’s Innovation Awards honor the people, products, and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year.