2021-10-15

Sharp and OPPO End Global Patent Litigations by Signing Cross-License Agreement

On October 8, Sharp announced that it has signed a cross-license agreement with OPPO, which covers global patent licenses for communications standards involved in the two parties’ end product sales. Meanwhile, the two companies agreed to withdraw lawsuits against each other, ultimately ending patent litigations and disputes between the two in various countries since 2020. To protect its intellectual property, Sharp filed a patent infringement lawsuit against OPPO in March 2020 in the German Regional Court of Munich and District Court of Mannheim. The Japan...
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2021-10-15

Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series Natural Spectrum LEDs Selected for Global Lighting Brand LEDVANCE’s Sun@Home Family Products for Human Centric Lighting

LEDVANCE Sun@Home family designed with SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs (Graphic: Business Wire)   MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a leading global innovator of LED technology, announced that its SunLike Series natural spectrum LEDs, which implement light that closely matches the spectrum of sunlight, has been adopted by Global lighting brand LEDVANCE for its new family of products Sun@Home. “The light closest to the sun for human well-being&rdq...
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2021-10-15

New Level of Interaction – ams Osram Expands VCSEL-Portfolio for 3D Gesture Recognition

Bidos P2433 Q flood illuminator family provides industry leading small package and convince with high efficiency and performance New devices combine VCSEL emitter and photodiode in one package, simplifying integration effort for system suppliers Four different versions of Bidos P2433 Q enable leading-edge 3D Time-of-Flight systems like gesture recognition in augmented and virtual reality glasses   Premstaetten, Austria (14th October, 2021) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, expands its 3D sensing portfo...
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2021-10-15

Youngwoo DSP to Develop MicroLED Package

Youngwoo DSP said on Wednesday that it has chosen to lead a national project to develop a new MicroLED package technology. The project given by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is aiming to develop an ultra-small RGB layer based MicroLED manufacturing technology. The project will be given a 25.36 billion won budget and will last until December 31, 2024. The technology aims to transfer LED chips at the wafer level. This technology will allow for the production of a 360ppi resolution display panel. Youngwoo DSP said the ...
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2021-10-14

HTC Vive Flow headset images leak days before reported launch

  Wed, October 13, 2021, 1:03 PM Mariella Moon·Associate Editor HTC is expected to launch a new VR headset within the week, but you don't have to wait till then to see what it looks like. A collection of Vive Flow images has made its way online, courtesy of evleaks, before the launch event. According to Protocol, the Vive Flow is a lightweight headset developed for consumers under the internal name "Hue." The Bluetooth SIG consortium previously published documents describing Hue as a VR AIO (all-in-one) product, which means the...
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2021-10-14

Light Field Lab Unveils SolidLight™ - The Highest Resolution Holographic Display Platform Ever Designed

First Large-Format Modular Holographic Video Walls Feature 10 Billion Pixels Per Meter² Generating Digital Objects that Escape the Screen and Merge with Reality SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Field Lab today announced SolidLight™, the highest resolution holographic display platform ever designed. Light Field Lab's technologies combine unprecedented size, resolution and density to project SolidLight Objects that accurately move, refract and reflect in physical space. The directly emissive mod...
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2021-10-14

MacBook Pro Models Said to Start at 16GB RAM and 512GB Storage, Feature Upgraded 1080p Webcams and New Charging Brick

With the MacBook-centric Apple event now set for Monday, October 18, leakers are beginning to share a few new details that we haven't previously heard about the machines.   According to Dylandkt, the base 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will feature 16GB RAM and 512GB of storage space, which is in line with the current high-end 13 and 16-inch MacBook Pro options.   As he has said previously, the new MacBook Pro models are also expected to feature an upgraded 1080p webcam, and the M1X chip will have the same configuration ...
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2021-10-14

Seoul Semiconductor Files Filament LED Patent Lawsuit against Feit Electric’s Distributor for Infringement of 16 LED Patents

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Seoul Semiconductor’s 16 patented Technologies   “While global companies emphasize corporate responsibility, such as ESG, many companies still manufacture and sell products that may infringe intellectual properties in order to gain short-term profits,” said Myeong-Ki Hong, CEO of Seoul. “We are concerned that young innovators and small businesses are the ones who are harmed,” he added.   About Seoul Semiconductor   www.seoulsemicon.com/en...
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2021-10-13

Pseudo-substrates Promise To Produce Better Red MicroLEDs

By reducing strain with an InGaN layer on a buried oxide, red-emitting InGaN-based microLEDs are tipped to yield higher efficiencies While phosphide-based structures lead the way for making most red LEDs, their performance plummets as dimensions decrease. When shrunk below 10 µm, which is the size these microLEDs need to be for displays for virtual and augmented reality, losses are exacerbated by long carrier diffusion lengths and a high density of surface defects at sidewalls. Pioneering an alternative is a French partnership between the University of Gren...
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2021-10-12

San’an Plans to Raise Up to 7.9 Billion Yuan for Mini/Micro LED Investments

Despite being a major target of LED and display companies, Mini LED and Micro LED have yet to mature, thereby requiring funding supports. On September 29, San’an Optoelectronics announced a plan to raise 7.9 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) through private placement. The raised capital will be put into the industrialization projects of Mini/Micro LED displays at the company’s plant in Hubei, China and used to supplement circulating capital. San’an Increases Investments in Mini/Micro LED Projects to Target at High-end Markets Due to ove...
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2021-10-12

Ouster to Acquire Sense Photonics to Form Ouster Automotive and Establish a Digital Lidar Powerhouse

Ouster’s mission is to increase the safety of our world and improve quality of life by bringing affordable, high-performance digital lidar technology to multiple markets. The automotive industry specifically is at the center of the autonomous revolution. Autonomy is a paradigm shift that will bring new levels of life-saving technology to the cars we drive. Affordable, mass-manufactured lidar sensors are one of the key enabling technologies for this progress. And commercializing lidar that can bring about that paradigm shift is the immense challenge Ouster has undertaken. T...
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2021-10-12

ROHM’s 75W High Optical Output Laser Diode for LiDAR

High density emission, along with the industry’s narrowest width, supports longer distances and higher accuracy in LiDAR-equipped applications Santa Clara, CA and Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROHM Semiconductor today announced they have developed a high optical output laser diode, the RLD90QZW3, for applications such as AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) and service robots in the industrial equipment sector and robot vacuums in the consumer field that incorporate LiDAR for distance measurement and spat...
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2021-10-12

Skyview Capital Acquires Digital Lumens and Encelium Lighting Solutions Business

Skyview Capital has Acquired Digital Lumens and Encelium Business Units to Accelerate Investment in Growth, Innovation, and Market Adoption   LOS ANGELES, September 24, 2021 – Skyview Capital, a global private investment firm, announced that it has acquired the Digital Lumens and Encelium businesses from Osram Licht AG. Terms were not disclosed.   Digital Lumens and Encelium’s advanced Lighting Controls solutions provide leading-edge software and hardware to improve and automate the lighting of com...
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2021-10-12

Fluence Supported Research Identifies Surge in LED Adoption Across All Cannabis Cultivation Stages in Sixth Annual “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” Report

Produced by Cannabis Business Times, the report notes increased LED implementation amid technology advancements and ongoing education AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 12, 2021)—Fluence by OSRAM(Fluence), a leading global provider of energyefficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, today announced the release of the sixth annual “State of the Cannabis Lighting Market” report produced by Cannabis Business Times, a national publication dedicated to the ongoing advancement of legal cannabis cultivators.   The res...
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2021-10-08

LITEON files complaint against Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi) LITEON safeguards and protects the intellectual property rights and interests of its clients

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 8, 2021 – Lite-On Technology Corporation (“LITEON”) has filed a patent infringement suit against Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (“SETi”) September 17, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, asserting infringement of LITEON’s UV LED patents and demanding a judgment that SETi has infringed and seeking an injunction and an award of damages. The claims relate to the UV LED package, LED chip, and epitaxial layer growth. LITEON ...
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2021-10-08

Ledman Unveils Giant 138″ Micro LED Display for Home Theaters with Determination to Enter Home Display Market

The advantages of Micro LED in contrast, gamut, resolution and color rendering have made a visual feast possible, allowing this “Black Technology” to garner consumer attention. Mostly being applied to commercial scenarios, Micro LED has been benefiting from increasingly mature technologies and reduced costs. Therefore, Micro LED is transitioning from business to consumer markets and has become the top choice of home theaters.   Micro LED Is Becoming a New Favorite of Home Theaters   According to research company TrendForce’s opt...
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2021-10-07

Unilumin Starts Running World’s Largest LED Display Smart Manufacturing Base

Unilumin announced today that its Daya Bay smart manufacturing base, the world's largest LED display smart factory located in Huizhou, China, is up and running.   Covering a total area of over 300,000 square meters, the manufacturing base consists of two phases, including Phase I that has been running for years and Phase II that has just been put into use. With the recent completion of Phase II, the whole manufacturing base has become a "beacon factory" in LED industry, with the ability to provide LED products and services that are expected to v...
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2021-10-07

NICHIA Launches High Power 200mW UV-C LED

Nichia further demonstrates its commitment in UV-C LED technology with its release of the high output NC4U334BR. Tokushima, Japan — 6 October 2021: NICHIA, the world’s largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has begun mass production of another new high radiant flux UV-C LED to help target the inactivation and sterilization of various bacteria and viruses, specifically industrial water and air applications.   With a continued focus on 280nm to maximize the virucidal power and maintain practical ...
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2021-10-07

Micro UV-LED Related Patents were Granted in Europe and US

1.Summary We are pleased to inform you that the patents on high efficiency technology for micro UV-LEDs were granted in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France on September 8 (local time), and in the United States on October 5 (local time).   We are one of the earliest founders in the UV-LED industry. We succeeded in developing the world's first high-efficiency UV-LED in collaboration with Professor Emeritus Shiro Sakai of the University of Tokushima in 2000, and since then, we are a pioneer company of UV-LED that manufactures and sells U...
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2021-10-06

Cree, Inc. Officially Changes Company Name to Wolfspeed, Inc., Marking Successful Transition to Global Semiconductor Powerhouse

Company Begins Trading Today Under New Ticker “WOLF” on NYSE   DURHAM, N.C. Oct. 4, 2021 – Following a massive four-year transformation, involving the divestiture of two-thirds of the business and a repositioning of the company’s overall core strategy, today marks the creation of Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), the global leader in Silicon Carbide technology and production. The company, formerly known as Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), officially launches under its new name with the support of a comprehensive, m...
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2021-10-06

Ledman Released Micro LED Private Home Theatre System, 138〞, Priced At CNY 499,999

Ledman held a new product launch at 15:00 on September 27 and released its first consumer-grade Micro LED private home theatre system for the home market. It is said that the product has over one hundred of Ledman patents, with more natural luminous rate, unparalleled image quality, wider color gamut and anti-blue-light super eye-protecting function. The 138inches product is priced at CNY 499999, and presold in Jingdong flagship store of Ledman.     According to public information, the Micro LED private home theatre system released by Ledman this time i...
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2021-10-06

Addressing Cannabis Industry’s Carbon Problem

California Lightworks leads industry-wide on reducing cannabis industry’s energy consumption CANOGA PARK, Calif.—Indoor cultivation of cannabis consumes tremendous amounts of electricity and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. California Lightworks, an LED manufacturer, says the cannabis industry can increase yields, decrease costs, and reduce climate impact by using its MegaDrive technology.    Industry uptake of new LED technology caused average energy consumption of indoor grows to decline by more than 20 percent between 2018 and 2020...
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2021-10-05

Sollum Technologies takes home Greenhouse Technology Award in Production category

Montréal, Québec, Canada, October 4, 2021 – Sollum Technologies’ smart LED lighting solution has won the Greenhouse Technology Awards in the Production category. The company is delighted to receive this award as a testament to the Sollum team’s hard work in creating a smart LED lighting solution that improves greenhouse efficiency by replicating the effect of natural sunlight on plant growth. Debuting this year, the Greenhouse Technology Awards, presented by Greenhouse Canada and sponsored by the Canadian Greenhouse Conference (C...
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2021-10-05

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute Partners with Oxford Instruments to Enter Compound Semiconductor Market

GaN, the “Black Technology” in the compound semiconductor market, can largely reduce product size thanks to its high power and high density. The compound also maintains excellent properties under high-frequency, high-temperature and high-voltage circumstances. The increasing demand for GaN in 5G/6G, renewable energy and electric vehicle markets will boost the material’s value in the context of consumer electronics and related industrial chains. GaN is going to be the next-gen “superstar” in the semiconductor industry. The Department of Industri...
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2021-10-05

Seoul Viosys’ Air Purification Disinfector to Reduce Possibility of COVID-19 Infection by One-Thirtieth

Ÿ   Violeds air purification disinfector achieves virus reduction rate of more than 90% in 10-minute use. Ÿ   It is urgent to supply to multi-use facilities with no window for ventilation such as restaurant, wedding hall, church and gym  Ÿ   Seoulviosys will provide global companies with licensing of more than 100 related patents to help prevent the COVID-19 pandemic   ANSAN, South Korea – Seoulviosys (KOSDAQ: 092190), the leading global compound semiconductor device provider and a subsidi...
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2021-10-04

BOE Jingxin Technology Delivers Its P0.9 COG Mini LED Product

On September 27, BOE Jingxin Technology announced on its official WeChat page that its first major chip-on-glass (COG) P0.9 MLED product was delivered. As BOE’s wholly owned subsidiary, BOE Jingxin Technology—founded on November 4, 2020 with a registered capital of 950 million yuan—specializes in the design and production of Mini/Micro LED displays as well as related solutions. As BOE Jingxin Technology described, the self-developed P0.9 COG AM Mini LED is fabricated by mounting tailored chips to a glass substrate. Comp...
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2021-10-04

The Simple Way Of Dimming Professional Lighting

Light Management Systems (LMS) 30.09.2021 | Products 2nd generation: DIM MCU G2 and DALI MCU TW G2 – now even more compact and in a new design Simple and intuitive dimming with the new generation of DIM MCU G2 and DALI MCU TW G2 rotary dimmers from OSRAM. Both devices underwent a facelift and moreover, the installation depth could be significantly further reduced: it is now only 23 mm. The innovative new DALI MCU TW G2 is DALI-2-certified and thus simply ideal for dimming standard DALI luminaires; and for T...
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2021-10-04

Signify Lights Up 18km Road Tunnel To Enhance Safety And Experience

Signify LED’s to enhance road safety and improve driving experience in one of Europe’s longest road tunnels   Specially designed tunnel luminaires to illuminate the 18-kilometer-long Stockholm E4 bypass tunnel New tunnel lights to provide the perfect transition between daylight and tunnel lighting, improving road safety and driver comfort Integrated LED tunnel lighting system to ease operations, and lower maintenance and energy costs     Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the w...
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2021-10-04

LED Streetlights Reduce Insect Populations By 50%

Study shows energy efficient lights are more harmful than the sodium bulbs they are replacing CREDIT: PHOTO: DOUGLAS BOYES ‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown. The negative impacts of light pollution on insects including moths - which provide essential food sources for a variety of animals and are important pollinators - are well known. However, scientists behind this latest research say it is the first investigation into the e...
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2021-10-04

Ultrathin Quantum Dot LED That Can Be Folded Freely As Paper

The new device can be folded into complex 3D structures such as butterflies, airplanes, and pyramids Quantum dot light-emitting diode (QLED), which employs quantum dots as a light-emitting material, has attracted significant attention as a promising alternative for next-generation display technologies, owing to its outstanding electroluminescence properties. Since it does not require any bulky components such as backlight units, QLED displays can potentially be manufactured into an ultrathin form factor. A joint research team led by KIM Dae-Hyeong (Professor at Seoul N...
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Display devices have been used for many years as a means of HMI (Human Machine Interface) to connect humans and machines interactively, and their usage are still expanding. Automotive interiors are no exception to this trend, with an increasing ... READ MORE
About LiDAR Automotive industry trends In recent years, many vehicles have been launched with ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) as standard equipment. As the future evolves towards more automated driving, sensing around the vehicle i... READ MORE