Articles

09/22/2011 LUXEON Rebel and LUXEON Rebel ES Assembly and Handling
A very handy paper from Philips Lumileds detailing recommended board designs and assembly procedures for LUXEON® Rebel LEDs and highly efficient LUXEON Rebel ES* LEDs (part # LXML-PWN2 and LXML-PWC2).

09/19/2011 Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) Chart
A nice illustration of the relevance of color temperature provided by Lighting Science Group.

11/27/2009 Dimmable LED Lighting Made Easy with National Semiconductor, Arrow, and Cree
Designers of lighting systems have had a challenging time dimming every light source technology developed beyond the filament-based lamp. Dimming is critical in many applications because it allows the setting of an appropriate and desired level of light as well as significant energy savings.

10/27/2009 Efficient LED Headlights even more important for electric cars
Osram’s LED technology will contribute to the energy efficiency of Volkswagen’s L1 concept car, which according to Volkswagen can go into production in 2013, has headlights that are equipped with new Osram Joule JFL2 LED systems and matching reflectors.

09/15/2009 Elimination of Binning and Enhanced CCT Control
Enfis has developed a patented vari-CCT technology that enables tuneable white light of very high CRI guaranteed to be controlled to within tight CCT limits.