2013-10-11

Sumitomo Electric Develops Thermal Resistant LED FPC

Sumitomo Electric has successfully developed Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) for LED applications that can tolerate high temperature of 150 degrees Celsius, according to a report by Nikkei.
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2013-02-22

Soitec and Sumitomo Electric Sign Smart Cut™ Licensing Agreement

Major step in joint partnership to develop market of GaN substrates for high-performance LED lighting applications. Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., a leading worldwide provider of compound semiconductor materials, have signed a licensing and technology-transfer agreement under which Sumitomo Electric will use Soitec’s proprietary Smart Cut™ technology to manufacture engineered gallium nitride (GaN) substra...
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2010-11-24

Japan Sumitomo Created the World’s First 6-in. GaN Wafers for White LEDs

Recently, Japan's Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is said to develop the world’s first 6-inch diameter gallium nitride (GaN) substrates for white LEDs. Presently, the white LED market has been growing using 2- to 4-inch sapphire substrates. As an alternative to sapphire, Sumitomo Electric began production of 2-inch diameter GaN substrates designed for use in white LEDs.
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Strawberries flourish in a Controlled-Environment Agriculture Installation with Horticulture LED lighting provided by Cree LED and RED Horticulture. (Photo courtesy of RED Horticulture) The integration of technology into every aspect of life i... READ MORE

The prior blog titled “Nichia’s contribution to a realization of a mercury-free society” took a short break. However, there was a release about new LED-based water disinfection devices made by Miura Co., Ltd., a Japanese manu... READ MORE