Next week at Strategies in Light, the premier conference and exhibition for solid-state lighting (SSL), emerging fabless company, Ikon Semiconductor, will debut its digital controller Integrated ...

There’s progress in better chip performance and lower cost. But system-level attention needs more focus to reduce the costs of supporting drivers, thermal management, optics, and package housings.

Supertex introduced HV9973—a patented, isolated, constant current LED driver for use in high voltage solid-state lighting applications such as incandescent bulb retrofits. The IC achieves +/-3% ...

The early years of any technology are invariably the most exciting, as we welcome a whole new way of doing things that is simpler, faster, or more efficient. But with that excitement typically comes ...

HIGH-POWER LEDS are a completely different light source compared to previous technologies used in general illumination applications. Therefore, to leverage the optimal fixture life-expectancy and ...

While Democrats and Republicans squabble over the future of the incandescent light bulb, a Livermore-based company has produced an LED that they claim could lead to brighter, more affordable solid ...

"Smart" solid-state light sources now being developed not only have the potential to provide significant energy savings, but also offer new opportunities for applications that go well beyond the ...

For towers that require incandescent lighting, regular tower-light inspection and maintenance is a task that tower owners must undertake. Broadcasting’s early days saw many station engineers climbing ...

Rick Tsai, ex-chairman for Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and ex-CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), reportedly will join China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup to assist in... Epistar has ...

The future of lighting is solid state. And well over 100 people gathered Wednesday at the University of Michigan - Dearborn to talk over that future at the second annual day-long symposium of the ...