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New LED Light with 16 Million Color Choices from Philips

Philips has launched a new LivingColors LED lighting fixture that incorporates advanced LED technology.

From Lumileds 20 May 2010

Ophir Optronics Expands Beam Profiling Business with New Acquisition

Ophir Optronics has purchased the precision laser beam profiling equipment developer Photon.

From Ophir Optronics Group 20 May 2010

Apollo Solar Purchases Thin Film Solar Panels in U.S. for New Project in China

Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ASOE) ("Apollo Solar" or "the Company"), a refiner and producer of high purity tellurium (Te) and tellurium-based metals for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and specific segments of the electronic materials market worldwide, in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement with the Ningguo Municipal Government to build a 2MW demo solar power station in Ningguo City, Anhui Province, China.

20 May 2010

St. Jude Medical Signs Acquisition Agreement with LightLab Imaging

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, and LightLab Imaging, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which St. Jude Medical will acquire LightLab, a subsidiary of Goodman Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 7535) for approximately $90 million in cash.

20 May 2010

Semtech Introduces New 3-Channel HB LED Driver for Rugged LCD Panels

Semtech Corp., a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors today announced the SC446, a 3-channel high brightness LED (HB LED) driver with an integrated 2.5A boost power switch.

From SEMTech Solutions Inc. 20 May 2010

Fraunhofer Institute Researchers Develop Triple-Junction Solar Cell

Dr. Andreas Bett and Dr. Frank Dimroth of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg developed metamorphic triple-junction solar cell consisting of III-V compound semiconductors: gallium indium phosphide, gallium indium arsenide and germanium.

20 May 2010

New Light Blue UniversalPHOLED Emitter System to be Highlighted at 2010 SID Event

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ:PANL), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED™ technology and materials, announced today that it will present a number of advances in the company’s phosphorescent OLED technologies and materials at the 2010 Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition being held from May 23 through May 28, 2010.

20 May 2010

New Approach to Develop High-Efficiency PV Modules

Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is the ideal semiconductor material for power electronics. For instance, efficient power converters for electric vehicles or photovoltaic systems can be produced - as well as electronics that work at high temperatures.

20 May 2010

New HTVL-E Standard to Measure CCTV Camera Resolution

Research and consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan, announces its endorsement of the HTVL Effective specification, a new measurement technique for CCTV camera resolution.

20 May 2010

3M to Showcase Optical Film Solutions at Display Week 2010

Building upon its efforts to improve energy efficiency in electronic devices, 3M’s Optical Systems Division will showcase a number of energy efficient exhibits for notebooks, handheld devices, monitors and LCD TVs during SID Display Week 2010, to be May 24-28 in Seattle, Wash.

20 May 2010

New 40-Inch Version of BeoVision 8 LCD TV Arrives North America

Bang & Olufsen, the Danish provider of high-end audio and video products, announces the arrival of the BeoVision 8 40-inch LCD in North America.

20 May 2010

Mitsubishi Adopts Broadcom's Bluetooth Technology for New LED TVs

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America has selected Broadcom's advanced Bluetooth® technology for streaming stereo audio to the premium audio systems built into select Mitsubishi Unisen™ Immersive Sound LED televisions.

20 May 2010