The ISELED Alliance, founded at electronica 2016, with the aim to build an ecosystem with the focus on innovative digital LED technology, announced the expansion of its members.

Starting with initially five members in autumn 2016, the number of alliance members supporting ISELED has doubled in the last few weeks alone from 11 (as of November 2018) to 22 companies now. The spectrum ranges from semiconductor manufacturers and lighting/design specialists to major Tier 1 automotive suppliers. This covers the entire value chain in order to establish ISELED as a standard solution – in future also beyond the confines of the automotive industry.

The new members including LED manufacturers Brightek from Taiwan and ITSWELL from Korea, manufacturer of power and sensor semiconductors, Allegro MicroSystems and German test system developer UG-System, as well as iSYS RTS from Munich for software development. The broad spectrum of the new alliance members will give a further boost to ISELED's already strong momentum.

Furthermore, Germany-based Lightworks and feno, with their specialties in lighting design and the development of the corresponding electronics support ISELED. The company novem, expert of decorative functional elements in vehicle interiors, is also a new member of the ISELED alliance. Meanwhile, Prettl group who offers the complete package of lighting and plastic modules/systems for vehicle interiors and exteriors also joined the alliance.

The ISELED Alliance welcomed Hella and Grupo Antolin, two further leading automotive suppliers for the lighting sector, to enrich the ISELED ecosystem. Stephan Fritsch, Head of Electronics Development at Hella Innenleuchten-Systeme GmbH commented, “Limited space is one of the main challenges for automotive interior light design. The highly integrated ISELED technology provides us with completely new opportunities to realize innovative lighting solutions. So we are really delighted to be part of the alliance.”

Robert Kraus, CEO of Inova Semiconductors, said, “Lighting in vehicles is increasingly becoming an important design element but will in future also take on functional tasks. In conjunction with displays, light is becoming an integral part of innovative visualization concepts especially with regard to highly automated and autonomous driving.”

“ISELED is pursuing this high dynamism in the lighting sector. In future, the possibilities will go far beyond interior lighting, for which ISELED was originally conceived. The close cooperation with the alliance partners in particular makes it possible for us to realize a dynamic display backlight with ISELED, which one editor spontaneously called an “OLED killer”. We are working on the first systems for outdoor lighting – including car-human communication – and are currently introducing an ISELED-based fieldbus, the ICN (ISELED Communication Network), which will in future not only connect lighting elements but also sensors and actuators,” continues Kraus.