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Next Wave of Mass-Market Residential and Business Lighting

With consumer interest in energy-efficient lighting growing rapidly, the next wave of mass-market residential and business lighting could be coming from LEDs - light-emitting diodes, also known as solid-state lighting.

29 Apr 2008

New Patented Film Has the Highest Reported Water Vapour Barrier Performance

A breakthrough barrier technology from Singapore A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) protects sensitive devices like organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells from moisture 1000 times more effectively than any other technology available in the market, opening up new opportunities for the up-and-coming plastic electronics sector.

29 Apr 2008

PLCC-6 Package Provides Better Color Control and Reliability

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced a new family of compact high-brightness tricolor surface mount (SMT) LEDs for indoor and outdoor full color signs and video displays.

29 Apr 2008

DRS Technologies Receives Order for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System Subassemblies

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an initial order of $36.4 million on a five-year contract with a projected minimum value of approximately $101 million to produce critical subassemblies for the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) program.

28 Apr 2008

Optical Feedback Support To Help LED Designers Maintain Perfect Color

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced significant enhancements for its award winning EZ-Color(TM) design solution for intelligent color and white LED lighting systems. The new ColorLock(TM) feature enables designers to use optical feedback to automatically ensure precise color points over time and temperature for applications such as LCD backlighting, architectural lighting and more.

28 Apr 2008

Leading Supplier Issued Patent for LED String Driver Architecture

O2Micro® International Limited, a leading supplier of innovative power management, and security components and systems, was issued 10 claims under United States patent number 7,339,323 for its LED String Driver Architecture.

23 Apr 2008

Improved OLED Sealing Process Reduces Moisture Intrusion and Improve Device Lifetime

Researchers have developed an improved organic light emitting diode (OLED) sealing process to reduce moisture intrusion and improve device lifetime.

22 Apr 2008

New 880nm SLED Ideal for Medical Imaging and Fiber Optic Sensor Applications

AMS Technologies announces the extension of Exalos family of powerful Superluminescent Light Emitting Diodes (SLEDs) with the new 880nm SLED (EXS8810).

22 Apr 2008

LEDs Offer Enhanced Performance Over Traditional Lighting Sources

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with their improved color range, lumen output, color stability and lifespan, offer enhanced performance over traditional lighting sources that don't provide flexibility in selection, design and installation of lighting fixtures.

17 Apr 2008

An Easier Way of Taking 3D Images

The car tires have left deep tracks in the muddy forest floor at the scene of the crime. The forensic experts make a plaster cast of the print, so that it can later be compared with the tire profiles of suspects' cars.

16 Apr 2008

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