Seoul Semiconductor announces the release of a new Acrich module comprised of the Acrich MJT 2525 series LED along with Seoul Semiconductor's latest generation of Acrich 3 driver IC and a reflector optic-designed specifically for omnidirectional lamps.This new module combines the light source, driver, optics and primary thermal management in a single, compact system, simplifying designs and lowering costs for lighting manufacturers.

Today Philips Lumileds delivers the most affordable chip-on-board (COB) arrays for PAR38 equivalent lamps, which achieve 10% or greater efficacy than competing solutions. Also ideal for spotlights, LUXEON CoB 1202 has a typical efficacy of 115 lm/W, and it varies from 95-130 lm/W depending on color temperature and CRI of the array.

Samsung Electronics Co., a world leader in advanced component solutions, introduced a new lineup of flip chip LED packages and modules offering enhanced design flexibility and a high degree of reliability. The new offerings, for use in leading-edge LED lighting such as LED bulbs, MR/PAR and downlights, will be available in the market during the second quarter of this year.

Plessey announced the launch of its smallest packaged MaGICTM LED (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) aimed at the surging wearable electronics market. The PLW138003 is a white LED in a 1005 SMT package designed specifically for the demand for ever smaller LED components producing highly collimated light. Plessey’s dotLEDs weighing 0.2 milligrams and a profile of 0.2mm are an industry-leading option for any wearable application with LED content.

Philips Lumileds continues its celebration of Mid-Power March with the launch of the reliable and cost effective LUXEON 3020 emitter. This LED solution will drive a variety of long-awaited commercial LED lighting fixtures into the mass market, including lamps and troffers. “The LUXEON 3020 is the most affordable of all our mid-power LEDs, delivering over 1,000 lumens per dollar. This product will inspire the market with the next generation of high quality, efficient and attractively priced LED lamps,” said Orson Lo, Product Manager, Philips Lumileds.

Today Philips Lumileds is introducing the LUXEON 3014 low-power emitter for linear and omnidirectional lighting applications such as under cabinet lighting, refrigerator display lighting, troffers, TLEDs and retrofit bulbs. Delivered in a rectangular 3.0x1.4x0.7 mm footprint, the LUXEON 3014 will be the industry’s first low-power LED offered with the advantages of hot color targeting and a 1/9th micro binning structure.

Cree, Inc. introduces the XLamp XB-H LED, the brightest discrete in Cree’s high-density (HD) class of LEDs, delivering a breakthrough combination of lumen output and efficacy in a small package. The XB-H LED brings the lighting-class performance of the XP-G2 LED into a package that is 50 percent smaller. Delivering more than 500 lumens at 1.5 A, 25º C in a 2.45 x 2.45-mm package, the Cree® XB-H LED can enable luminaires that use the same-size-footprint XB-D LED to triple their light output at the same efficacy. 

Three new LED arrays from Cree, Inc. redefine what is possible for LED lighting in high-intensity applications. The Cree® XLamp® CXA2590, CXA1850 and CXA1310 High-Density LED Arrays double the light output of existing standard-density CXA LED arrays without increasing the size. 

JUNE 9-12, 2013, HONGLITRONIC took part IN the 18th Guangzhou international lighting exhibition (10.2 Hall C02). We had showed a variety of LED package products: LED for lighting, LED for backlight, LED plan growth light, LED for stage light. LED for lighting: COB LM & LT series, and SMD2835、3528、3014、HIGH POWER C3535、EMC3535、5730、COB LC002(LM-80)。145lm/W high reflection aluminum PCB LM series COB, anti-Sulfuration design to eliminate the phenomenon of sulfuration, binning area is controlled in ...

Samsung Electronics provides under the name LC013/26/40B new chip-on-board (COB) LED packages before. The new LEDs provide a high light yield of 129lm / W and have a compact light-emitting surface (Light Emitting Surface: LES). The new LEDs are suitable for Powerful lighting for indoor and outdoor use as well as for applications with directed light (spot light). "We are proud to present today our COB package with family Performance of 13, 26 and 40W and a luminous efficiency of 129lm / W. The LEDs are based on our first-class chip and Phospho...

New XLamp MK-R LEDs Deliver Record-Breaking Efficacy and Next-Generation Price-Performance for LED Arrays Two years after breaking the 200 lumens-per-watt (LPW) R&D efficacy barrier, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) delivers another industry first with the introduction of the Cree XLamp MK-R LEDs. The new MK-R LEDs leverage the SC³ Technology next-generation LED platform to deliver up to 200 lumens-per-watt (at 1 W, 25°C) LEDs. The new MK-R LEDs make the next generation of 100+ lumens-per-watt system possible ...

Manufacturers Form Alliances within the Industry as LED Market Becomes Over-Competitive Thanks to the replenishment demand from brand vendor in 3Q12, the production value for October has shown a respective performance compared to the same period of last year. According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, total revenues for listed LED companies in Taiwan amount to approximately $NT 9.27 billion, a 16.8% growth YoY. With oversupply remaining an issue within the LED industry, many vendors have turned to strategic alliances and share exchanges for the sake of long term development. In the future, the role played by LED manufacturers is likely to expand beyond simply providing chips and components. Many are expected to begin making end products.

LEDinside conducted an interview with Mr. Louis Lam, President & CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd, who shed light on the role OSRAM plays in the global LED, solid-state lighting and LED lighting industries and OSRAM’s strategy regarding the Asian and Chinese markets. Quality and R&D is the Key to Making Inroads into Global SSL Market In regard to OSRAM-OS’s new Wuxi plant, a lot of people in the industry are curious about the Wuxi plant’s role (packaging, assembly, and applications) and the c...

LED has been penetrated into a wide range of applications such as lighting and TV, thanks to the rapid price fall and aggressive push among vendors. Despite the LED market is still growing steadily in terms of demand, corresponding market growth slows down amid excess capacity build. LEDinside expects the LED package industry to grow only 9.6% YoY at US$11.27 billion in 2013. In spotlight: iPad Mini, Android & Windows tablet PC The LED market value for backlight application is expected to be flat YoY at US$2.69 billion in 2013 with tablet PC con...

Germany’s OSRAM, the lighting firm under Siemens, is a well-organized company – its OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is speclizaed in LED epitaxy, LED package and is an vertically integrated company. It also has a subsidiary company for LED phosphor business. OSRAM establishes strategic alliances with international major companies and OEMs to strengthen its leading position in the global market. LEDinside staff flied to Penang, Malaysia to do a report on OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ LED production base (the biggest in the world). T...

Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company) (TAIEX: 3698) announced its results for the second quarter of 2012. The Company reported consolidated revenue of NT$ 2,611 million, up 19% from the previous quarter and near 10% of YoY increase.  Gross profit was NT$ 650 million with the gross margin of 15.1%, a 3.2 percentage point QoQ growth.  Lextar’s consolidated net profit for the second quarter of 2012 was NT$ 126 million, EPS NT$ 0.3. For the first half of 2012 Lextar’s consolidated revenue reported NT$ 4,805 million with an EPS of NT$ 0.3.

In the presence of high-ranking representatives of the Jiangsu province, OSRAM AG today laid the foundation of its new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi. In doing so, the company is taking the next step in expanding its activities in China, the world’s largest single lighting market. LED chips will be packaged in housings at the backend facility, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013. The production of the LED chips (frontend) will continue in the Regensburg (Germany) and Penang (Malaysia) plants. “China is already today the biggest sales market with significant future potential.

Zigui Kento Electronic in Hubei Province, China has made a breakthrough on SMD LED packing technology. According to the company ,it has expanded the span of LED lighting angle from 120° to 150°,and increased the light efficiency by 20% as well as reduced more than 50% cost , which filling the blank in SMD LED application in outdoor high definition LED display....

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, the March revenues of Taiwanese listed LED manufacturers totaled NT$8.109 billion (MoM+17.72%, YoY-12.2%). Due to the inventory stocking in the backlight market and the impending peak season of the commercial lighting market, the orders are expected to pour in well into May. The 1Q12 revenues of Taiwanese LED companies amounted to NT$21.05 billion (-2.5%QoQ, -14.9%YoY). The TV demand triggered by the May Day Holiday will help shed light on the market acceptance of the new TVs. Reven...

Chinese major LCD-TV maker TCL Corp., will partner with Harvatek Corp. a Taiwanese LED maker 15% held by silicon foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), to build an LED package venture, in the mainland’s southern coastal province of Guangdong. Under their cooperation, it’s estimated to cost around RMB200 million in investment spending, will be equally shared by the two companies in cash. The venture is scheduled to operate production for the second half of this year, with initial output set at two billion packages a year. According to in...

Extends Leadership with Unveiling of Highest Efficacy Power LED LED lighting maker Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), delivers another industry first with a barrier-breaking 254 lumen-per-watt white R&D power LED. This significant milestone exceeds Cree’s previous R&D industry record of 231 lumens per watt and demonstrates Cree’s continued commitment to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting. Elements of Cree’s innovative SC³ Technology Platform, available today in Cree XLamp® LEDs, enable this record-breaking R&a...

HPL(High Power Lighting) has recently launched a series of newly developed COB LED packages, the C40  (3~5W) , C70  (7~9W) and C90  (12~14W), which provide high output, efficacy and quality light that meet Energy Star Specification.   The C40, C70 and C90 were designed with HPL patented metal cooper substrate cost effective package technology, which offers not only higher light efficiency, higher thermal conductivity and excellent light quality, but also competitive price/performance. The outstanding characteristics of the COB ty...

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, the total monthly revenue of Taiwanese LED companies listed on TWSE reached NTD 8.648 billion in July, 2011 (MoM-6.35%, YoY-18.8%). The LED chip manufacturers’ monthly revenue has decreased by 20.5% to NTD 3.95 billion, compared to that of last year (MoM-8.9%; YoY-20.5%). Furthermore, the LED package manufacturers’ monthly revenue has dropped sharply by 17.4% to NTD 4.695 billion, compared to that of last year (MoM-4.1%，YoY-17.4%). The weak demand for end-market applications has compromised the revenues of LED package and chip manufacturers. In addition, affected by the decreases of subsidies from local governments in China, LED chip makers have delayed their equipment installment plans, whose fulfillment will be the key to equipment makers’ revenues in 2H11.

According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, the Taiwanese listed LED manufacturers’ revenues in May, 2011 reached NTD 9.96 billion (MoM+5.8%; YoY+8.3%). As for the upstream players of the LED industry, the revenues of Taiwan’s listed LED chip makers in May, 2011 increased 8.3% to NTD 4.63 billion, compared to the same time last year (MoM+5.8%; YoY+8.3%). As for the downstream players of the LED industry, the revenue of Taiwan’s listed LED package makers in May, 2011 dropped 0.8% to NTD 5.33 billion compared to ...

Based on the statistics of LEDinside, the research division of TrendForce, the revenue of Taiwan listed LED manufacturers in April 2011 has reached NTD 9.62 billion (MoM +3.39%, YoY+6.6%). As can be seen from the chip makers’ revenue, the revenue of listed LED chip makers has increased to NTD 4.37 billion with 8.5% rise compared with last April  (MoM+1.8%; YoY+8.5%). On the other hand, the revenue of listed LED package makers has increased to NTD 5.25 billion, up 5% on yearly base (MoM+2.9%，YoY+5%). Generally speaking, LED backlight sales steadily increased and April revenue remained flat growth.