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More Efficient LEDs
More Efficient LEDs
Apr 03, 2017
New semiconductor technologies mean that increasingly energy-efficient and price-competitive LEDs are constantly coming to market. 
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From LEDs to Smart Lighting
Apr 28, 2016
These days, the rate of adoption for LEDs has never been higher. Shelves in the big box home improvement stores devote more space to LED bulbs than “old fashioned” incandescent bulbs, as just one example. The effect and use of LEDs is growing ...
Flexible OLED strips developed by LG Display Image courtesy of LG Display
OLED Lighting Flickers Through Growing Pains
Mar 24, 2016
Fluorescent and incandescent bulbs have been fixtures of the last century, but they are slowly dying out, replaced by highly efficient LED bulbs. But another form of lighting known as organic LEDs, which can be molded into panels and twisted into...
Q&A: James R. Biard, GaAs Infrared LED Inventor
Q&A: James R. Biard, GaAs Infrared LED Inventor
Mar 17, 2016
Dr. James R. “Bob” Biard (born May 20, 1931) is an American electrical engineer and inventor who holds 72 U.S. patents, including the GaAs infrared light-emitting diode (LED), the optical isolator, the Schottky transistor, and Metal Oxide Semicon...
Tiny LED lamp Using LiFi technology LED bulbs send data into visible light instead of the radio waves used by traditional wireless technology like WiFi Image courtesy of Gina Haubge Flickr
Li-Fi Leaves the Laboratory
Mar 09, 2016
With newly developed technology, accessing wireless networks nearly 100 times faster than Wi-Fi could be as simple as switchin...
LEDs Shine On Through Thermal Management
LEDs Shine On Through Thermal Management
Jun 17, 2015
LEDs last longer and operate more efficiently when maintained at lower operating temperatures, as they effectively flow heat away from the active device junctions.
A project led by Osram Opto Semiconductors will look to optimize the production of LED components and modules to create new LEDs and reduce fabrication costs Image courtesy of Osram
Project Seeks to Streamline LED Production
Apr 08, 2015
By optimizing the production of light-emitting diode (LED) components and light modules, a collaborative effort will focus on developing new types of LEDs as well as reducing manufacturing costs. The “Integrated High-Volume Production along the L...
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