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2009
The Magazine of Solid-State Lighting August/September Issue

page 6 page 10 page 13

FEATURES
Case Study: A Spectacular Display of Light, Sound and Movement. . . . .17
Standardization for LEDs and Solid State Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Innovative Power Reduction Techniques Enable Handset Manufacturers
To Provide Media Rich Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
OLED Display Technology Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Integrating Power, Control Offers Flexibility and Simplicity for Lighting
page 17 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

LEDS
The New Class of Light with OSRAM OSLON SSL LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The new ultra-white OSLON SSL LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors may be small in size at 3
mm by 3 mm, but it’s big on performance. Using the latest chip technology, the 1 W OSLON SSL
LED achieves a brightness and luminous efficiency of 100 lm/W.

ARRAYS, MODULES & COMPONENTS

National Semiconductor Introduces High-Side Dual LED Flash Driver. . .8
National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a high-side LED driver that enables dual LED opera-
page 17 tion for the camera flash function in portable, battery-powered multimedia devices. The LM3554
drives one or two high-current LEDs for flash applications in handheld devices such as mobile phones,
smartphones and portable scanners.
On the cover:
MATERIALS, TESTING & MANUFACTURING
LED Technology Relies on Polycarbonate from Bayer MaterialScience. . 13
Borealis Lighting’s patented PolyBrite polymer and light transmitting technology is a unique poly-
mer/LED combination that conducts, angles and radiates a light source through the polymer lens
material illuminated by LEDs.

APPLICATIONS & INTEGRATIONS

W2 Architectural Lighting Introduces VAMP LED Track Fixtures . . . . .15
W2 Architectural Lighting has introduced VAMP LED Spotlights, a new series of track fixtures devel-
oped specifically for the specification market. W2 Architectural Lighting, a division of WAC Lighting,
Case Study: A Spectacular Display is a manufacturer and designer of specification grade products for the architectural markets.
of Light, Sound and Movement
DEPARTMENTS
page 17
2009 Annual Resource Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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 LEDs
The New Class of Light with OSRAM OSLON SSL LED
The new ultra-white OSLON SSL LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors uses the latest chip tech-
nology to achieve a brightness and luminous efficiency of 100 lm/W.
The OSLON SSL LED meets the required standard for gener-
Journal
The Magazine of Solid-State Lighting
al lighting usage and is reliably efficient, even at high currents.
Because of its beam angle of 80°, it is well suited for injecting
light into external lenses. The OSLON SSL LED is well suited for
spotlights, desk lights and ceiling floodlights. Volume 4, Issue 4
“Its ability to handle high currents efficiently enables our cus- Editor & Publisher
tomers to create energy-efficient and cost-saving lighting solu- David Webster
tions,” said Brian Terao, Director of SSL at Osram Opto
Director of Content
Semiconductors, Inc. “The OSLON SSL LED has all the attrib- Shannon M. Given
utes to become the ‘green’ light source of the future.”
Associate Editor
The OSLON SSL LED has a low thermal resistance of 7K/W, Nick Depperschmidt
which simplifies thermal management. Its compact size gives
designers the flexibility to create extremely sophisticated solu- Assistant Editors
Heather Krier, Joanna Larez
tions. In designs where more light is needed, several OSLON SSL
LEDs can be combined to form a cluster. In addition to ultra- News Editors
white (5,700 K to 6,500 K), the LED will be available this sum- Jessi Albers, Sue Hannebrink,
Jeremy Fleming, Laura Mayo
mer in neutral white and warm white with a color temperature
ranging from 2,700 K to 4,500 K. Director of Support Services/Circulation
Manufactured with the latest chip technology, the OSLON SSL Marc Vang

LED has an operating current of 350 mA, which enables the light source to achieve a typical brightness Databases/Directories
of 110 lm in ultra-white (5,700 K and 6,500 K), and a maximum possible luminous flux of 130 lm at Ross Webster
present. At an operating current of 350 mA and a color temperature of 3,000 K, the OSLON SSL LED Advertising Sales and Marketing
can achieve efficiency of 75 lm/W and a brightness of 85 lm. Additionally, brightness is 155 lm at an Laura Mayo, Account Executive
Jennifer Graham, Marketing Assistant
operating current of 700 mA (warm white). At these performance levels, the OSLON SSL LED can
meet the demand for high-lighting levels using fewer LEDs with currents up to 1 A. Production Manager
Julie Hammond

Cree Introduces IPx5-Rated Tri-Color LED for Full-Color Displays
Cree, Inc. has released the first commercially available water-resistant, surface-mount, high-brightness
LEDs for outdoor video screens. This RGB LED has an IPx5 rating, indicating that the LED is pro-
tected against low-pressure jets of water from all directions.
“We’ve developed a water-resistant, red-green-blue LED that
can be used in indoor and outdoor video screen applications,”
said Paul Thieken, Cree director of Marketing, LED compo-
nents. “Previously, LEDs had to be encapsulated to protect
them from water. By incorporating encapsulation at the LED
level, we can help our customers save time and money.”
“Displ’aire, working with Cree, is changing the rules for
LED displays,” says Leo Stearns, Displ’aire’s CEO. “Cree’s
involvement started with us early in our development cycle,
and they provided the support we needed to rapidly deploy our
new technologies. Displ’aire portable, daylight-visible displays
and the new water-resistant Cree LEDs are a perfect technolo-
gy match for creating brighter, more efficient displays that can better stand up to the elements.”
The ScreenMaster CLV6A-FKB features a black face for improved contrast in full-color video screens,
decorative lighting and amusement applications. It has a unique encapsulation resin with UV-inhibitors,
minimizing the effects of long-term exposure to direct sunlight which helps to improve the stability of
the light-output over the life of the LED. It also features a unique matched horizontal radiation pattern-
enhancing color mixing and pixel-to-pixel color consistency.
Administration
Marsha Grillo, Director
Julie Williams, Office Manager
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 LEDs
“The CSM-360-W has a lumen output range that provides industry-lead- QuasarBrite Narrow Beam SMT LEDs Provide
ing efficiency and delivers a new level of Decrease in Light Angle for High-Intensity Applications
performance not previously realized in Lumex has launched its QuasarBrite Narrow Beam SMT LEDs provid-
a single LED package,” said Chad ing users with a tight beam of high-intensity red, green or blue light.
Stalker, director of Product Marketing Compared to traditional SMT LEDs, these Narrow Beam SMT LEDs
and Business Development for the allow for a 93 percent reduction in beam angle, making the technology well
Lighting Business Group at Luminus suited for medical device, security, sensor and visible lighting applications
Devices. “In addition to the that require concentrated, high-intensity light.
PhlatLight LED benefits of simpli- “Despite their many advantages, SMT LEDs traditionally could not pro-
fied fixture design with fewer vide a narrow beam of light without the use of external optics,” said Jeff
LEDs and corresponding optics Oliveros, director of Engineering, at Lumex. “Thanks to QuasarBrite
and drivers, the CSM-360-W also Narrow Beam SMT
provides a package platform mak- LEDs, this is no
ing it possible to service and longer the case.
upgrade the LED itself instead Whereas traditional
of replacing the whole fixture.” SMT LEDs offered
The CSM-360-W is unique a light beam of ±45
in several ways. It consists of to ±85 degrees,
four separate monolithic chips, each with a light-emitting surface of nine QuasarBrite Narrow
square millimeters in size, closely packed in a single Chip-on-Board pack- Beam SMT LEDs
age. The CSM-360-W produces more than 3,600 lumens at high efficacy provide a light beam
and more than 6,000 lumens at high output. PhlatLight LEDs are mercu- of ±6 to ±10
ry-free, highly reliable and provide a lifetime of 60,000 hours with lumen degrees, up to a 93
maintenance of greater than 70 percent. percent reduction in
beam angle.”
With QuasarBrite Narrow Beam SMT LEDs, the LED is mounted upside
Seoul Semiconductor Launches Commercial Sales down and shines directly into an internal parabolic reflector providing high-
of New 120 lm/W Patented Product for Lighting intensity brightness in a narrow beam of light without the need for external
Seoul Semiconductor has launched its 120 lm/W high-efficiency, SMD optics. As such, QuasarBrite Narrow Beam SMT LEDs can provide a 50
type LED for general purpose lighting. percent cost savings and 50 percent real estate savings when compared to
Unlike existing Chip LED devices, traditional SMT LEDs that rely on external optics to achieve a tight beam of
the LCW100Z1 delivers more than light. The elimination of the need for external optics also significantly sim-
120 lm/W with an enhanced pri- plifies manufacturing processes, resulting in additional cost savings.
mary optic. Also, combined with The internal parabolic reflector also collimates the light into a beam,
the metal substrate, luminous effi- allowing high-intensity light to be produced by a standard LED with
ciency is improved substantially standard energy consumption of 75 mW or less. A typical SMT may have
compared to the typical Top a brightness of 1 cd with a view angle of ±45 degrees. QuasarBrite
View LED. Enhanced heat Narrow Beam SMT LEDs provide an intensity up to 100 cd at a view
transfer dramatically improves angle of ±6 degrees.
efficiency. The patented The RoHs compliant QuasarBrite Narrow Beam SMT LEDs are avail-
LCW100Z1 shows remark- able in the following sizes: 4 mm (provides beam angle of 12° to 22°); 6
able value with pricing com- mm (provides beam angles of 14° to 24°); and 8 mm (provides beam angle
parable to similar-sized of 14° to 18°).
Chip LED’s that can toler- Samples of these devices are available from stock, with custom produc-
ate only half of the current of the LCW100Z1. tion quantities in eight to 10 weeks and standard production quantities in
As an ultra-thin LED with dimensions of 3.5 mm by 2.8 mm by 1.6 mm, eight to 10 weeks. Pricing is dependent on quantity ordered, and is approx-
the LCW100Z1 delivers up to 7.8 lm (at 0.06 W) at the low current of 20 imately $1.70 to $7.20 per unit in production quantities dependent on size,
mA, and 14.3 lm 40 mA with a viewing angle of 120° in cool white. color and quantity ordered.
Another strength of the LCW100Z1 is that its reliability is improved by the
optimized thermal design yielding the efficiency needed for indoor and
outdoor lighting.
The new LCW100Z1 product comes in three ranges of correlated color
temperature’s (CCT) including pure white, warm white and natural white.
Samples of the LCW100Z1 were already received favorably by leading
lighting appliance manufacturers around the world. As it can immediately
replace the existing Top View LED, the LCW100Z1 is expected to be
widely adopted for tube-type fluorescent lamps and surface light source
lamps. The LCW100Z1 is also anticipated to serve as a catalyst for expand-
ing the LED lighting market as it allows lighting manufacturers to produce
a variety of lighting devices. In some instances using fewer, higher power
devices has proven too costly and not provided a homogeneous light pat-
tern without an expensive and complex optic.

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National Semiconductor Introduces High-Side Dual ming steps, the Illumra LED Dimmer creates what is perceived by the nat-
LED Flash Driver ural eye as a single continuous dim, even at low light levels. The dimmer
National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a high-side LED driver can drive 12 V or 24 V LED fixtures and loads requiring up to 5 amps of
that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in portable, current. The dimmer can be controlled from any switch wired to its local
battery-powered multimedia devices. The LM3554, a member of control input, in addition to Illumra battery-free, wireless light switches.
National’s PowerWise energy-efficient product family, drives one or two The 0 to 10 V dimmer is used to control dimmable LED power supplies
high-current LEDs for flash applications in handheld devices such as or dimmable fluorescent ballasts. In addition to its industry-standard 0 to
mobile phones, 10 V output, the dimmer conveniently provides a fully isolated switch out-
smartphones and put driver. The driver can be used to control an external relay, contactor or
portable scanners. power-pack, completely disconnecting the load when it's not in use, there-
Traditional LED by achieving maximum energy savings.
flash drivers sink cur- The wireless capability of the new Illumra dimmers allow users to con-
rent from a single trol or dim lights using self-powered wireless light sensors, wireless occu-
high-current LED pancy sensors, wireless light switches or other Illumra wireless transmit-
back into the driver ters. This means the dimmers are able to be used in a variety of applica-
resulting in signifi- tions such as architectural
cant heat dissipation dimming, daylighting, load
into the driver IC and shedding, manual ON /
reduced system relia- automatic OFF control and
bility. The LM3554’s dual LED, high-side current-drive architecture sources more. The dimmers can
regulate current into two LEDs with cathodes connected directly to the dim lights in response to
ground. This ground connection provides more effective thermal dissipa- wireless light sensors indi-
tion while minimizing routing complexity and protecting sensitive circuitry. cating when natural light is
Due to nonlinearity of LED light output versus LED current, the dual LED available. They can also turn
architecture consumes less power for the same light output as a single LED. off or dim lights in vacant
In addition, monitoring pins enable detection of other high current rooms or hallways by
demands in the system, adaptively throttling the LED current to avoid draw- responding to signals from
ing excessive battery current, which can cause faults or harm the system. wireless motion sensors.
The LM3554 is offered in a 16-pin micro SMD package. A complete Additionally, the dimmers
boost converter solution for LED flash using National’s LM3554 measures can be manually controlled
less than 23 mm2. with self-powered wireless switches.
National’s LM3554 flash LED driver is a fixed-frequency, step-up DC- Each dimmer has an input for a wired 24 V sensor, stores up to 30 wire-
DC converter with two regulated current sources capable of driving loads less switches or sensors in its memory and may function as a repeater for
up to 1.2 A from a single-cell Li-Ion battery. use in Illumra wireless control networks. The Illumra LED dimmers are
The LM3554 drives the LEDs in a high-power flash mode for still pho- FCC/IC approved and RoHS compliant to minimize the environmental
tography or a low-power torch mode for video recording. To configure the impact over the life cycle of the products.
driver, designers can adjust the flash current levels and timer durations via
an I2C compatible interface. The LM3554 features built-in time-out pro-
tection to protect the flash LEDs in case of a fault condition. LED Drivers Provide Up to 85 Percent Energy Savings
National’s LM3554 features an adjustable switch current limit for the use American Ballast, a commercial and residential power solutions compa-
of small inductors with low saturation currents. The voltage mode offers a ny, has developed a line of energy efficient LED drivers. Enabling
5 V rail, which can be used for backlight LEDs and audio amplifier supplies. advancements in LED lighting, the LED drivers can provide up to 85 per-
One or more high-current LEDs can be driven either in a high-power flash cent energy savings in a wide range of indoor and outdoor lighting appli-
mode or a lower-power torch mode controlled by either an internal register cations such as street lights, indoor down lights, ceiling lights, displays and
or the strobe and TX pins. A GPIO pin adds a separate hardware control channel lighting.
resource to the system. The hardware reset pin offers full control over the Featuring Instant Start
device in the case of I2C communication failure. Additional features technology with parallel
include internal soft-start to eliminate large in-rush currents during start-up circuit configuration, the
and fast switching frequency, allowing for the use of small external compo- LED drivers are engi-
nents. National’s LM3554 is priced at $2.32 in 1,000-unit quantities. neered to outperform
other Instant Start driv-
ers. The operating tem-
Illumra LED Dimmers Provide Ultra Smooth perature range is -20ºC
Wireless Dimming up to 70ºC, eliminating
Illumra Self-powered Wireless Controls has introduced the 65,000 dim the concern for use in
step 24 VDC wireless LED dimmer along with its new wireless 0 to 10 V harsh or cold weather
dimmer. The new wireless devices provide smooth LED dimming at all environments. The LED
light levels. The wireless dimmers provide users the ability to adjust light driver is protected for
levels to their preferences and allow the use of energy saving LED lights failure with over voltage and current protection. In the case where the driv-
with the convenience of quality dimming control. er does short circuit, the advanced engineering provides for auto-recovery
The Illumra wireless 24 VDC LED dimmer eliminates the issue of and return to full power.
choppiness at low dim levels. Through the use of thousands of PWM dim- Well suited for parallel and series configurations, American Ballasts’

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LED driver family is IP20 and IP66 rated for dry and wet locations. In watt chips in a
addition, the LED driver offers enhanced design functions including the recessed cavity with an
capability to create versatile lighting effects with the dimming capabilities optical grade 8mm
and light distribution control for each LED built into the fixture. diameter lens. Typical
Each driver is 95 mm by 76 mm by 32 mm and have an AC input of 110 viewing angle for the
VAC. Operating levels range from 160 VAC to 304 VAC and have been LED assemblies is
tested to ensure a current accuracy level of 1 percent and load regulation 120°, with a typical
of 3 percent. Customers are guaranteed a high-performance driver that emitted CCT of 3,300
meets EMC, FCC, RoHS and government safety standards. All American K, 5,400 K and 6,500
Ballast lighting solutions are UL & CuL recognized. K, depending on LED
With the development of advanced thermal technology the drivers are specifications. Total
guaranteed to maintain a high-level of performance and long operation. luminous flux,
American Ballast offers a three-year or 100,000 hours warranty. depending on device,
ranges from 200 lm to 650 lm, with a maximum current drive range from
700 mA to 1,400 mA, and forward voltage of 10.0 VF. Operating tem-
ERG Offers LED Drivers for SSL Luminaires perature ranges from -40°C to 85°C. Other specifications, including alter-
Endicott Research Group (ERG) is developing new LED driver solu- native custom lens designs, are also available.
tions for the solid state lighting market. Leveraging technology developed Typical pricing for the Optimal XIV Star series LED assemblies ranges
for its CCFL inverters and LED backlight drivers, ERG will be introduc- from $15.45 to $28.96 in quantities of 1,000 pieces. Lead time, if stock is
ing a family of Smart Force LED drivers that combine full-function power not available, is from six to eight weeks.
supplies with energy-efficient controllers for commercial, industrial, archi-
tectural and other
SSL applications. New Schott Cold Light Sources Combine Fiber
ERG’s Smart Force Optics with LED Technology
SSL drivers will offer Schott has expanded its renowned direct LED illumination VisiLED
1 W to 200 W unit and EasyLED series to include an additional product range, specially
power for driving sin- developed for use with fiber optic illumination components in the field
gle or multiple LED of stereomicroscopy.
strings. Standard fea- The development goal was to replace the previous standard fiber optic
tures include universal instruments, the halogen KL200 (20 W) and KL1500 (150 W) light
input (85 V to 277 V sources, with the KL200 LED and KL1500 LED light sources, at a com-
at 50 Hz or 60 Hz), parable price level.
power factor, correc- For the first time it is now possible to combine the high level of light inten-
tion of 0.90 or better sity for small areas, key to applications in microscopy and only achievable with
to maximize circuit efficiency and minimize power consumption, constant fiber optic light guides, with the advantages of an LED light source.
current with extremely low ripple to eliminate thermal issues and visible arti- In comparison with the 400-hour performance of a halogen lamp, the
facts, high efficiency (90 percent) to help luminaires meet Energy Star ratings, high lifetime of 50,000 hours characteristic of LEDs and energy savings
MTBF of more than 50,000 hours, and a three-year warranty. of up to 80 percent, lead
The drivers will be available as standard, off-the shelf product or in cus- to considerably lower
tom designs. ERG will maintain a full in-house engineering staff at its US operating costs and
headquarters to meet virtually any special application requirement. reduced downtimes. This
makes it economically
viable to replace existing
Optek Develops White LED Assembly with High halogen appliances with
Lumen Output and Improved Thermal Resistance this new technology.
Providing lighting designers with a high-brightness, long lasting LED As the tried-and-test-
lighting solution, TT electronics Optek Technology has expanded its offer- ed light guide interface
ing of star-shaped LED assemblies. Designated the Optimal XIV Star of the halogen sources
series, the assemblies feature multiple white LEDs with a luminous flux remains unchanged
range up to 650 lm, while the design provides improved thermal perform- users can simply
ance by recessing its multiple die into a metal core PC board. exchange the light
“With the exceptional thermal resistance of just 1.8°C from junction to sources and continue to
heatsink, the assemblies are able to operate brighter and last longer, while use existing light guides.
also minimizing the power output required,” said Alan Bennett, vice pres- The high-performance LEDs used generate neutral white light with a
ident of Sales for Optek Technology. “Due to their remarkable efficiency, color temperature of approximately 6,000 K. Daylight filters common in
the assemblies are being specified for use in applications ranging from halogen systems are not required and the intrusive change in color tem-
architectural lighting to portable flashlights.” perature when dimming halogen systems also no longer arises.
Additional applications for the Optimal XIV Star series LED assemblies For users preferring the yellowish tinge of halogen lamps, an appropri-
include security and garden lighting, indoor and outdoor commercial light- ate halogen filter is available in the KL1500 LED system.
ing, light guides and MR16 lighting. All instruments are supplied with wide-range power supply units and
Available with cool white, daylight white or warm white LEDs, the universal connector systems, meaning they can be used worldwide with-
Optimal XIV Star series OV14Zxx-y LED assemblies feature multiple 1- out restrictions.

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LED Technology Relies on Polycarbonate from
Bayer MaterialScience
Borealis Lighting’s patented PolyBrite polymer and light transmit-
ting technology is a unique polymer/LED combination that conducts,
angles and radiates a light source
through the polymer lens material
illuminated by LEDs.
The lenses of several lamp products
from Borealis lighting for indoor and
outdoor illumination are molded from
Bayer MaterialScience’s Makrolon
polycarbonate resin. Makrolon poly-
carbonate offers advanced benefits for
this application. For example, it does
not block as much light as other mate-
rials and the higher light transmittance
allows the PolyBrite technology to use fewer LEDs.
Borealis Lighting uses Makrolon 6557 polycarbonate in its R20, PAR30
and PAR38 lamps. The lamps are used in a variety of general lighting appli-
cations, including residential, commercial and retail areas.
Each lamp offers an eco-friendly, energy-saving alternative to incandes-
cent or compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. The Borealis R20 LED
lamps are used for ambient illumination and down lighting of common
areas and work spaces, while the PAR30 and PAR38 LED lamps are used
for ambient illumination and down lighting of larger spaces.
The Borealis lamps that feature Makrolon polycarbonate resin all provide
brightness that is comparable to incandescent lamps, but with reduced glare
and improved shock and vibration resistance. The PolyBrite combination of
polymer and LEDs can be either extruded into a variety of light-scattering
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shapes, or injection molded, depending on the particular application.
“We are always happy to be able to provide materials ideal for applica-
tions like the Borealis Lighting LED lamps, innovative products of the
future,” said Gerald DiBattista, market segment leader, IT,
Electrical/Electronics Polycarbonates, Bayer MaterialScience LLC. “LED
lighting technology requires a material that can withstand the heat while
remaining strong, and offers high light transmittance and flame resistance.
Makrolon 6557 polycarbonate offers those characteristics with the reliabil-
ity and reputation of Bayer MaterialScience behind it.”
New Lithography System Provides Energy and
Environmental Gains
Obducat’s has released its new lithography system, the Sindre 400. The sys-
tem is fully automated for high volume manufacturing of LEDs. Sindre 400
is a vital contribution to the devel-
opment within CleanTech, since,
because of greatly increased energy
and material efficiency, it reduces
the use of natural resources.
“The LED lights manufactured
by the Sindre 400 system will be
used in products such as LCD dis-
plays, instrument panels, general
lighting and cars,” said Patrik
Lundström, CEO, Obducat. “In
addition to lower energy consumption compared with other types of light
sources, LEDs do not contain mercury or led while at the same time fea-
turing a lifetime five times longer than today’s low energy light bulbs.”
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 applications & integrations
W2 Architectural Lighting Introduces VAMP LED vides a uniform 50 percent power reduction while maintaining critical-to-
Track Fixtures safety site lighting uniformity levels so visibility and security aren’t com-
W2 Architectural Lighting has introduced VAMP LED Spotlights, a new promised. In addition, the Generation series LED Luminaire incorporates
series of track fixtures developed specifically for the specification market. a unique house side/street side (2H) dimming option that allows inde-
W2 Architectural Lighting, a division of WAC Lighting, is a manufacturer pendent operation of the house side and the street side of the distribution.
and designer of specifica- This option reduces the light level on the house side of the fixture by
tion grade products for roughly 40 percent and results in a further 50 percent savings in energy
the architectural markets. consumption when dimmed.
Each track fixture is The McGraw-Edison Generation LED series’ modular design allows for
crafted using heavy-duty, mixing of bases, cage assemblies,
die-cast aluminum con- tops and finials to achieve over 100
struction for an exact fit, different looks and styles to offer a
durability and heat dissipa- multitude of both traditional and
tion. The heat sink and contemporary forms to meet evolv-
housing design ensure that ing market needs. For HID retrofit
heat is efficiently trans- applications, the form and function
ferred away from the LEDs, allowing for better thermal management. The of the product remains unchanged
junction box temperature is lower than the LED manufacturer-rated oper- with the implementation of the
ating temperature, thus ensuring 50,000 life with minimal color shift and LED technology.
light loss. High-quality LEDs provide beams free of projected heat, The ease of maintenance was a
infrared and ultraviolet rays and are perfect for illuminating heat or color leading design consideration for the
sensitive objects. All of these features result in lower operating and main- Generation Series. Unique mainte-
tenance costs for the end-user. nance features include a twist lock
Designed with a clean, architectural look, the luminaires offer smooth assembly option offering instant
cylindrical forms and silicone accents and a soft grip that is safe to the access to both the lamp and base by
touch. Each VAMP luminaire has aiming indicators and is lockable and simply twisting the top assembly out
adjustable in the field without tools, with a 350° horizontal rotation and a of its mating lock plate. The ballast/LED driver assembly is mounted on a
90° vertical tilt for precision aiming. The track adapter is heavy-duty rated removable tray with quick disconnects for ease of installation when retro-
for secure connection and heavy load. The state of the art LED luminaires fitting and maintenance.
are offered as 9 W, 18 W and 30 W models.
VAMP track heads are easily re-lamped from the front via the threaded
metal ring. Its closed back eliminates light leaks while threaded captive
accessory-holders accommodate up to three filter mediums including
hexagon louvers, cross-blade louvers, dichroic lenses, UV, IR and UV/IR
filters, as well as hoods.
VAMP LED luminaires can be mounted to W2 single and two-circuit
track systems and are offered in three finishes: black, white and platinum
with black finishes.

Cooper Lighting Introduces LED Architectural

Outdoor Area Luminaire
Cooper Lighting has introduced the McGraw-Edison Generation LED
Post Top Luminaire, an energy-saving outdoor fixture that combines aes-
thetics with improved photometric performance offering even and uni-
form illumination without pixilation. The fixture’s modular LED light
engine, which is designed to deliver illumination comparable to a 100 W
HID system while offering more than 50 percent in energy savings. The
light engine can also be purchased separately for retrofit applications of
pre-existing Generation series HID fixtures. Well suited for residential
communities, office complexes, downtown streetscapes, roadways, out-
door retail applications, city parks and school campuses, the post top lumi-
naire also features modular fixture design flexibility and maintenance ease.
The Generation LED luminaire provides light output and distribution
comparable to a 100 W High Pressure Sodium luminaire. Producing 5,000
lumens, the fixture provides excellent color rendering, a brilliant white
color temperature and low-glare. The optical design also yields effective
distribution (Type III and Type V) focusing light on the task at hand
instead of producing wasteful and uncontrolled illumination.
To respond to curfew compliance regulatory needs, calling for alternat-
ing site lighting luminaires to be turned off to accomplish power reduction
at the close of business, the Generation Bi-level Switching (2L) option pro-

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PAR30-Style LED Bulb Uses 9 Watts
To Replace 50 to 75-Watt Halogens
LEDtronics has released the latest addition to
its series of high-power PAR30-style LED spot-
light bulbs. The white-body, medium-beam
PAR30 LED bulb is made up of five 3-watt
LEDs and replaces filament-based PAR30 bulbs,
combining LED technologies, standard 26 mm
Edison screw-in base and light optimizing
design, producing 337 lumens of vivid warm-
white light.
The 25°-beam PAR30A LED bulb runs on a
voltage range of 85 V to 260 VAC current, and
thus can be used anywhere in the world. Other
voltages like 12 VAC or DC are optionally avail-
able for qualifying customers. The rugged
LEDtronics PAR30A-style lamp is a direct
screw-in replacement for 50 W to 75 W PAR30
incandescent or halogen bulbs, but typically has
a maximum power draw of 8.5 watts. The
PAR30A LED lamp is available in 3,000 K warm
white color temperature, provides about 40
lumens per watt (at 141 mA), and has a high
color-rendering index of 83.
Designed for customers requiring the highest
levels of brightness and efficacy, the new white-
body PAR30A bulb has a wide range of applica-
tions: recess or track lighting, accent lighting,
general area lighting, architectural and landscape
lighting, display-case fixtures and cabinet light-
ing, signage spotlighting and backlighting, aero-
space lighting systems, industrial OEM equip-
ment lighting, biomedical applications, and
truck-bay dock lighting.
The LEDtronics PAR-30A bulb complies
with RoHS, the lead-free and mercury-free
directive, as well as the CE safety assurance. It is
suited for use with alternative or renewable ener-
gy resources – solar and wind power. Since it
produces no harmful ultraviolet or infrared rays,
it reduces light pollution, and it is compatible
with the international “dark skies” initiative.
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application
Case Study: A Spectacular Display of Light, Sound and Movement
feature
Perpignan’s fountain is a festival for the eyes conjuring the spirit of ancient fountains that
entertained and cooled city dwellers. But behind the mesmerizing visual dance of water and
light lie very modern, high technology Luxeon power LEDs. With 900 separate points of light
embedded in individual water jets, controlled centrally to provide routines that co-ordinate col-
ored light, water and music, the new Perpignan city center fountains are a spectacular illustra-
tion of the novel effects made possible with the use of power LEDs.
The lighting solutions for the new fountain were designed and built by Sacopa, a Spanish divi-
sion of Fluidra that specializes in the development of LED lighting for aquatic applications.
Using LEDs permitted Sacopa’s design team to build a huge array of bright light sources –
each of the installation’s 217 water jets has a Luxeon K2 LED embedded in it. This effect is not
economically viable when using conventional light sources, since the short relamping intervals of
these lights would give rise to crippling replacement and maintenance costs. The effect becomes
practically impossible if relamping entails draining the fountain.
Sacopa expects their lighting solutions for the Perpignan fountains to last approximately 27
years assuming five hours of use a day, 365 days a year.
Sacopa designed a stainless steel fixture made in the shape of a flower, which contains a tri-
color LED luminaire and a water jet inside its stem. While the diffuse beam of light from incan-
descent sources is hard to focus, the beam from the RGB LEDs is mixed and directed by a lens
integrated into the fixture with almost no light loss.
Each of the fixtures, which can produce 16,000,000 colors, is connected to a DMX network con-
troller. LED light sources are more controllable than any other light source and Sacopa’s DMX
controller uses the LEDs’ ability to be blinked, dimmed, flashed, and (in tri-color configurations)
color-changed to produce routines in which this vast array of water jets leaps and dances in synch
to music, with flashes or washes of light turning on and off, fading and changing color in time.
Behind the aesthetics of the lighting routines, however, is some very practical engineering.
The metal flower housing, together with an aluminium heatsink underneath the LEDs, provides
a good thermal conduction path from the LEDs. This is important because controlling the
operating heat at the LEDs below a certain threshold helps to maintain a high light output and
extend operating lifetime.
The Luxeon K2 LEDs in Sacopa’s flowers operate at a typical junction temperature of 80°C
(in air) and 70°C (when cooled by water) even though they are driven at a high 700 mA in order
to produce a strong beam. Since the Luxeon K2 LEDs used in the installation have a high tem-
perature tolerance (a maximum rating for junction temperature of 150°C in the case of the red,
and 185°C for the green and blue versions), the Sacopa fixtures are comfortably inside Philips
Lumileds’ recommended operating conditions. Perpignan, located on the shores of the
Mediterranean Sea, can enjoy daytime unshaded temperatures of up to 50°C, but extensive
product testing before installation showed that the luminaires’ performance would be unim-
paired even on the hottest nights.
The thermal performance of the flower fixtures and of the Luxeon K2 LEDs also enhances
the efficiency of the lights: at full power, each LED consumes 3 W and each RGB luminaire
consumes 11 W in total. Thus the complete installation consumes 9,900 W (maximum).
Sacopa’s calculations show that a halogen-powered equivalent installation, producing the same
light intensity, would consume five times as much power.
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Standardization
By now, most of us have seen these tiny light-
ing devices called LEDs. LEDs illuminate our
daily lives. Where there is light, it is likely that
there is, or there will be LEDs. From the cars we
drive, computers we use, televisions, displays, and
billboard lighting to the fixtures installed in our
work places, stores, streets and our homes, LEDs
are the light sources of the future. LEDs are
often described as the new generation of lighting
devices offering significant advantages in energy
savings, long life, environmental benefits, and in some cases improving
public safety.
An LED is defined, per ANSI / IESNA RP-16, as “A pn junction semi-
conductor device that emits incoherent optical radiation when forward
biased. The optical emission may be in the ultraviolet, visible or infrared
wavelength regions.”
This very small device that emits light is undeniably, quickly and contin-
ually expanding its penetration in the market, and in our lives. As with any
new technology, LEDs are generating public and government interest with
many questions to ask: are they safe and reliable? Are they environmental-
ly friendly? What type of light do they emit? How do they compare with
standard and conventional light sources? Should they be standardized?
Why Do We Standardize LED Lighting?
For simplicity’s sake we can say that there are two primary types of LED
light. LEDs that emit visible light are known as lighting devices. In gener-
al the lighting devices serve two purposes, “To See” and “To Be Seen.” The
lighting devices that provide illumination to assist, enhance and improve
our visibility, (to see) are called illuminating devices. The lighting devices
that provide signal, marking or visual messages, (to be seen), are called sig-
naling devices. Both illuminating and signaling functions can impact pub-
lic safety. For example, in vehicular and transportation lightings, we need
to be sure there is there sufficient light for drivers to see the road, or the
signals are adequate to be seen for the drivers and pedestrians to be safe to
drive and avoid accidents. The need for public safety leads to the need to
standardize or regulate the lighting devices. Standardization of LED light
sources started in the automotive sector and is now happening in the gen-
eral illumination sector as LEDs migrate into new applications. LEDs have
unique characteristics that differ from standard light sources such as incan-
descent, discharge, and florescent lights and there is a need to have a
method by which to measure and compare the light sources.
The process of standardization involves both industries and govern-
ments. Long before white LEDs became bright enough to be used as illu-
minating devices, red, yellow, and green LEDs were introduced in auto-
motive interior, and later exterior lighting applications, as well as for traf-
fic signals. Safety drove the need for standardization to ensure LEDs were
used properly in automotive and traffic signal applications. Both the engi-
neering community and the government regulatory agencies had a vested
interest to be sure that LEDs were successful in these applications and
hence the standards for LED lighting in these applications were estab-
lished. As LEDs extended into the general illumination segment we see the
same pattern emerging in regard to the development of standards.
While automotive and traffic standards were developed with a focus
on safety, the standards for general lighting applications are being driven
by the need for guidance of design and application references. The stan-
dards will address product performance measures with regard to reliabil-
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ity, durability and energy savings and will give LED users a platform
from which to compare the performance of standard light sources with
LED light sources.
Whether it is for public safety, consumers’ recognition, or market
acceptability, LED lighting standardization also serves the need for reduc-
ing complexity, promoting consistency and fair competition in product
design, development and application. As part of the modernization of an
industry, a standardized process can improve efficiency and effectiveness.
LED lighting standardization is the next step in the more widespread
adoption of LEDs for the general illumination market.
Who Develops LED Lighting Standards?
There are three types of organizations that are developing LED related
standards in the United States. Similar initiatives are underway on an inter-
national basis.
Professional Organizations Societies
In these societies, group of professionals in the LED and lighting
fields voluntarily formed committees or working groups who are
developing specific standards based on their knowledge, experiences,
and expertise. These committees or working groups typically include a
few types of members. a) Producers – LED lighting component, sub-
system and system manufactures, and material manufacturers; b) Users
– the integrators, specifiers, designers and others who implement dif-
ferent level of LED product integrations into final applications; and c)
Others – include independent testing laboratories, human factor and
vision experts, federal or state government agency representatives and
individuals who are knowledgeable and interested in the subject. In
principle, the members in the committees or working groups (except
government representatives) should only provide contributions based
on their individual expertise in their own fields, rather than their affil-
iations or employers’ commercial or business purposes or interests.
The societies that are actively involved in the LED-related standard
development include Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE),
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Illuminating Engineering
Society North America (IESNA), and Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
Standard Organizations
Similar to professional societies, the standard organizations are non-
profit with the purpose of establishing standards that ensure public
safety, product consistency, and international harmonization and
cooperation. The membership in the committees or working groups in
the standard organizations is similar to the professional organization,
but often companies’ business interests are recognized. Underwriter
Laboratory (UL) and American National Standard Institute (ANSI) are
the organizations that currently develop LED lighting standards.
Trade Organizations
Different from other two organizations, the members of the standard
committees and working groups can only come from the companies who
are the members of the trade associations. The number of representatives
from companies must be balanced for the voting power in each commit-
tee. Commercialism is often part of the standard development process.
National Electronics Manufactures Association (NEMA) is currently
actively developing LED lighting standards.
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In general, LED lighting standards are developed by these above organ-
izations who are not governments, and standards should reflect the best
practice and are implemented voluntarily by the industry. On the other
hand, the US governments, in both federal and state or local level, often
establish their corresponding regulations, rules, codes, or program specifi-
cations for LED lighting, some are based on government research, safety
or energy policy. Often the government rules are mandatory especially if
they relate to public safety. It has always been the industry’s best interest
that the government rules are consistent with industry standards, but in
reality that is not always the case.
What Are LED Lighting Standards For?
Any lighting standard including the ones for LEDs, whether it is
developed by a professional organization, a standard organization or a
trade associate can be classified into one of the two categories, a) a
testing standard; or b) a performance standard. Sometimes system
architecture can be considered as a type of standard, or can be
grouped into performance standard. A testing standard addresses test-
ing methodologies, procedures, testing equipment (including software
and other technologies) used for testing. Some testing standards also
address recommended testing results which can be used as perform-
ance measures. A performance standard provides properties, charac-
teristics, or other measurable that are required to perform to an
acceptable level for safety, functionalities, reliability and other needs.
Performance standards often also contain tests specified to evaluate
the performances.
For LED lighting, the standards can also be grouped into LED compo-
nent level, and LED subsystem and system level such as luminaire or light-
ing fixture standards, this applies for testing and for performance.
What Are LED Lighting Standards?
Many LED lighting standards have been established by the above
organizations, yet many more are still under development. As LEDs
rapidly penetrate the general illumination sector, professionals are
working diligently and with urgency to develop new LED lighting
standards. The challenge is steep, as all standards should have a scope
to define the purpose, intent and overall coverage of the subject, a list
of references, a list of definitions for the terminologies used in the
standard, a rational and requirements for testing and /or performance.
Depending on the subjects, the broad term of the standards can be
published as: a) recommended practice, b) design guidelines, c) meas-
urements, d) nomenclatures, and e) references (including technical
memorandums, white papers and technical reports).
The following list highlights LED lighting standards within the US
that have been developed or under development. Because there are
many organizations involved in developing LED lighting standards.
The standardization process can be grouped by the organization to
gain a clear overview.
IESNA Testing Procedure Committee (TPC) has developed two standards:
1) IESNA LM-79, “Electrical and Photometric Measurements of Solid-
State Lighting Products.” This is a subsystem and system level testing stan-
dard; 2) IESNA LM-80, “Measuring Lumen Maintenance of LED
Source.” This is a component level testing standard. TPC is currently
developing two new LED standards, one for high power LED measure-
ment, another for measuring LED lamp or light engine lumen output tem-
perature dependency. IESNA Roadway Lighting Committee (RLC) is cur-
rently revising existing standards to address LED light source related
specifics, ANSI / IESNA PR-8, “Roadway Lighting,” and RP-20,
“Lighting for Parking Facilities.” These are system level performance stan-
dards. IESNA Lighting Source Committee (LSC) has published a docu-
ment, IESNA TM-16, “Light Emitting Diode (LED) Source and System.”
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IESNA Nomenclature has published an addendum for ANSI / IESNA
PR-16, “Nomenclature and Definitions for Illuminating Engineering” to
provide definitions of the terminologies for LED lighting. The last two
documents are references.
ANSI, with effort from joint working groups (C78-09 and C82-04), has
published ANSI C78.388, “Specifications for the Chromaticity of Solid
State Lighting Products”. This is a system level performance standard.
NEMA Solid-State Lighting Technical Committee has established
one LED related white paper, NEMA LSD-44, “Solid State Lighting –
The Need for a New Generation of Sockets & Interconnects.”
Currently, the committee is working on several new NEMA standards,
a) solid-state lighting driver, a subsystem level performance standard,
b) LED binning, a component level performance standard, c) NEMA
premium brand, a system level performance standard, d) solid-state
lighting dimmer, a subsystem level performance standard. The com-
mittee is also working on new white papers including NEMA LSD-45,
“Recommendations for Solid State Lighting Sub-Assembly Interfaces
for Luminaires,” and an NEM-ALA (American Lighting Association)
joint white paper, “Solid State Lighting – Definitions for Functional
and Decorative Applications.”
UL is continuing revising its outline of investigation and preparing to
establish a LED source safety standards, UL8750, “Standard for Light
Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products.”
IEEE is developing a standard under IEEE PAR1789, “Recommending
Practices for Modulating Current in High Brightness LEDs for Mitigating
Health Risks to Viewers.”
These are the highlights of major LED lighting related standardiza-
tion activities in the US. On an international basis, there is also signif-
icant activity being carried out in Europe, Asia and other parts of
world. Standard development is a complicated and lengthy process,
often taking years, and it is based on the consensus of field experts in
the market. Because LED lighting is still a relatively new technology,
and experience with product design, manufacturing, and applications
in the general lighting arena are limited, it is challenging to reach to the
consensus needed for establishing corresponding industry standards.
A standard should be objective, credible, consistent and useful to pro-
viding guidance for users to design or use the products described. A
standard can’t be perfect, and often needs to be revised based on new
practices and findings. Thanks to industry experts who lend their time
and expertise to advancing the understanding of LED technology,
standards are being established that will lead to more rapid and wider
adoption of LED lighting for the general illumination market.
Dr. Jianzhong Jiao is the manager of Regulations and Emerging
Technologies at Osram Opto Semiconductors, Inc. Dr. Jiao is responsi-
ble for representing Osram Opto Semiconductors in establishing and
maintaining regulatory standards for solid state lighting semiconductor
technology and for researching and exploring emerging semiconductor
technologies for sensing, illumination and visualization. Dr. Jiao was
recently elected Chairman of the Next Generation Lighting Industry
Alliance (NGLIA). He is also the Chairman of NEMS ( National Energy
Modeling System) SSL Section Technical Committee and a leader and
member of several working groups in ANSI, NEMA, IENSA and UL. He
can be reached at jianzhong.jiao@osram-os.com.
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Gels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
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Instrumentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
LED Chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
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Assembly/Manufacturing Equipment
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd
CAO Group Inc
American Bright Optoelectronics Corporation provides various levels of Ecogreen Solutions Inc.
LED-related solutions, with an offering that includes discrete through-hole Navitar Inc
and surface mount LEDs (visible and invisible, standard and high power), Palomar Technologies Inc
LED displays, LED clusters and arrays, progressing to more advanced LED- Quintel Corp
related assembly services and engineering support for LED-based product
Radionic
designs which offers a wide variety of services with a global reach and local
US support, including through-hole and surface mount LED board assembly
SphereOptics
and non-eutectic chip on board technology. The company’s in-depth knowl- Teledyne Hastings Instruments
edge of special materials and methods allows it to provide thermal manage- Yokogawa Corp of America
ment solutions to customers in applications using high power LEDs.
Expertise in MCPCB and flexible circuits is featured as well. American Assembly/Manufacturing Services
Bright has willingly and competently worked on assembly projects calling 4D Optical LLC
out various popular LED brands and styles—not limited to its own LED divi-
sion’s products. Bin sorting at die and device level are offered. Custom plas-
American Bright Optoelectronics www.americanbrightled.com
tic molding services and modular solutions for designers of solid-state light- Data Display Products (DDO)
ing are also available to suit specific requirements from customers. Assembly Ecogreen Solutions Inc.
facilities are ISO-14001 and TS-16949 certified. American Bright announced J P Sercel Associates Inc
the introduction of 5W/10W LED Panel and 10W/20W LED Light Engine LEDdynamics
featuring its new direct die attachment (DDA) technology and integrated LED Specialists, Inc.
thermal management architecture that increases service life, luminous output
and overall luminary efficiency. The new family of products achieve up to
Light Emission Technology Ltd.
typical 65 lpw and can be selected in a broad range of industry standard color Magna Sign International
temperatures ranging from neutral white (4500K) to cool white (7000K). The Nu Horizons Electronics Corp
LED Panel and Light Engine are ideally engineered SSL solutions for lumi- Radiant Technology Corp
naries designed for every application. Signcomplex Limited
American Bright Optoelectronics Corp. Stratedge Corp
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CML Innovative Technologies Inc
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Kwality Photonics P Ltd
Labsphere Inc
LEDtronics, Inc.
Luminus Devices Inc
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
Bergquist Thermal Clad is an insulated metal substrate circuit Quantum Silicones Qsi
board providing complete thermal management systems for Signcomplex Limited
surface mount and High Power LED applications. Available in SloanLED Co
standard and custom configurations, Bergquist Thermal Clad Teka Illumination
Versabright
solutions provide better thermal management with lower die
World Electric Supply
temperatures, extended LED lifetimes, and increased light out-
Yole Development
put. The Bergquist Company designs and manufactures high Zetex Inc
performance thermal management materials used to dissipate Automotive
heat and keep electronic components cool. With some of the Bayer MaterialScience LLC
best-known brands in the business including: Sil-Pad®, Gap California Micro Devices
Pad®, Gap Fillers, Bond-Ply®, and Hi-Flow® phase change Cree, Inc.
grease replacement materials; Bergquist is your total thermal IRC
management supplier. National Semiconductor Corp
Nichia America Corp
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
Para Light Corp
The Bergquist Company Rogers Corporation
18930 West 78th Street • Chanhassen, MN 55317 Supertex Inc
Contact: Markus Benson Visual Instrumentation Corp
1-800-347-4572 Yokogawa Corp of America
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• Henkel-Loctite
• Dymax
A leading manufacturer of LED based lighting systems; D-led's key • Emerson & Cuming
target is the integration of lighting and electronic control. D-led's
LED controllers and drivers are engineered from the ground up for …with brands such as:
use in The Entertainment, Media, and Architectural markets. • Sylgard
• Stycast
Featuring key technologies such as: Flicker Free dimming, thermal • Eccobond
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formance and reliability over time. All of D-led's products are
DMX512 compatible and are CE, FCC, cTUVus approved. ACE Our comprehensive product line
line controllers will drive all “high brightness”, “current regulated includes:
LEDs” currently on the market, and can be found in a variety of • Thermally conductive adhesives
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• Elastomers
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• Optical grade silicone encapsu-
lants
• Coatings and underfills
• Electrically conductive materials
• Liquid casting and molding
• Optical couplants
• Cured and uncured liquids
• UV/LED light cure products
• Dispensing and curing systems
We are ISO 9001:2000 registered
and carry RoHS compliant prod-
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Backlighting
Avago Technologies
Barbizon Lighting Company
Celestica
Dora Texas Corp
Future Lighting Solutions
Since 1965, International Light Technologies, through our Sources JKL Components Corporation
Division, has been providing customers with off-the-shelf and cus- Lambda Research Corporation
tomized solutions across a full spectrum of light sources, including LED, Inc.
high power LEDs and modules, UV-Visible-IR lamps, specialized Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
replacement lamps, and power supplies. Through our Systems Nexxus Lighting Inc
Division, we have been solving the inherent difficulties in light meas- ON Semiconductor
urement through the design and manufacture of a wide range of high- OPTEK Technology, Inc.
ly accurate light measurement instruments and by providing the most OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
reliable NIST traceable commercial calibration services available. Palomar Technologies Inc
Our new Innovations Division, combining the expertise of both of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
these divisions, manufactures an ultra slim Illumaled product line of Toyoda Gosei North America
LED fixtures for task lighting and under cabinet illumination, along
with a high efficiency Linear Lighting System for case and other sim-
Components
ilar lighting devises, plus multiple forms of signage lighting including
American Bright Optoelectronics
solar powered devices. We are committed to providing our customer
the best technical lighting products available. Arrow Electronics, Inc.
BrightBurst Technologies, LLC
California Micro Devices
International Light Technologies Inc
GE Lumination
Sources, System and Innovations Divisions
International Light Technologies
10 Technology Drive • Peabody MA 01960
James Electronics
Phone: 978-818-6180 • Fax: 978-818-6181
RASIRC
ISO9001:2000 Certified
SignResource
www.intl-lighttech.com
Tyco Electronics Corp.
Zettler Components Inc
Connectors/Interfaces
Bulbtronics
Ecogreen Solutions Inc.
Lamina Lighting, Inc
LEDSource LLC
Tyco Electronics Corp.
Vin Overseas Ltd
Since 1963, Kenall is one of the industry’s most respected inde- Design/Engineering Services
pendent lighting manufacturers in the U.S., producing high per- AKJ Inventions
formance lighting for commercial and architectural markets. Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Kenall produces and supports high quality and durable lighting Asahi Spectra USA Inc
solutions for the most demanding of environments. Our products BrightBurst Technologies, LLC
are designed and certified to meet all applicable and recognized BS Elektronik Service GmbH
performance standards, including: those that resist or reduce phys- Ellsworth Adhesives
ical abuse and tampering; corrosion; ingress and passage of Gallegos Lighting Design
insects, dirt, water and microbial contaminants; and RFI and EMI International Light Technologies
interference. Primary applications include public access, health- LED Specialists, Inc.
care, education, correctional, microbial and particulate ingress Moulded Optics
protection and containment, research, and transportation services. OPTEK Technology, Inc.
Optical Research Associates
Orb Optronix, Inc.
Photon Engineering
Kenall PolyBrite International
1020 Lakeside Drive • Gurnee, IL 60031 Visionary Lighting & Display LLC
Contact: Adrienne Cramer XiTRON Technologies
847-599-3453
acramer@kenall.com
www.kenall.com
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www.avagotech.com
www.barbizon.com
www.celestica.com
www.doratexas.com
www.futurelightingsolutions.com
www.jkllamps.com
www.lambdares.com
www.ledinc.biz
www.monolithicpower.com
www.nexxuslighting.com
www.onsemi.com
www.optekinc.com
www.osram-os.com
www.palomartechnologies.com
www.silicone.je/e/
www.toyodagosei.com
www.americanbrightled.com
http://lighting.arrow.com
www.BrightBurstTech.com
www.cmd.com
www.led.com
www.intl-lighttech.com
www.jorgans.com
www.rasirc.com
www.signresource.com
www.tycoelectronics.com
www.zettlercontrols.com
www.bulbtronics.com
www.ecogreen.cc
www.laminalighting.com
www.ledsource.com
www.tycoelectronics.com
www.vinled.com
www.ajki.eu
http://lighting.arrow.com
www.asahi-spectra.com
www.BrightBurstTech.com
www.bs-elektronik-service.de
www.ellsworth.com
www.gallegoslighting.com
www.intl-lighttech.com
www.ledspecialists.com
www.mouldedoptics.com
www.optekinc.com
www.opticalres.com
www.orboptronix.com
www.photonengr.com
www.polybrite.com
www.visionarylighting.com
www.xitrontech.com
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Lambda Research provides world-class optical software
TracePro® for lighting design and engineering for automotive,
architectural and specialty illumination applications, TracePro
Bridge™ for SolidWorks® for 3D MCAD interoperability with
optical software, and OSLO® lens design software. TracePro
models radiometric and photometric systems and accurately and
quickly predicts performance of LED systems. TracePro features
multiple design analysis outputs such as emission spectrums,
angular distributions, light intensities, illuminance/luminance
maps, CIE xy/uv charts and color view and RepTiles surfaces for
micro-structure mapping for backlighting. TracePro Bridge for
SolidWorks offers a seamless interface between mechanical design
and optical analysis. OSLO is used by the world’s best optical
designers for the design of sophisticated lens systems.
Lambda Research Corporation
25 Porter Road • Littleton, MA 01460
Contact: Michael Gauvin
978-486-0766
sales@lambdares.com
www.lambdares.com
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) designs, develops and mar-
kets proprietary, advanced analog and mixed-signal semiconduc-
tors. The company combines advanced process technology with its
highly experienced analog designers to produce high-performance
power management integrated circuits (ICs) for DC to DC convert-
ers, LED drivers, Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL) back-
light controllers, Class-D audio amplifiers, and other Linear ICs.
MPS products are used extensively in computing and network com-
munications products, flat panel TVs and a wide variety of con-
sumer and portable electronics products. MPS partners with world-
class manufacturing organizations to deliver top quality, ultra-com-
pact, high-performance solutions through productive, cost-efficient
channels. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in San Jose,
California, the company has expanded its global presence with
sales offices in Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, and Europe.
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
6409 Guadalupe Mines Road
San Jose, CA 95120 USA
Tel: +1 408-826-0600
usinfo@monolithicpower.com
www.monolithicpower.com
www.ledjournal.com
Optical Research Associates (ORA®) is the world’s leading
developer of optical and illumination design software, provid-
ing CODE V® for image-forming optics, and LightTools® for
innovative illumination design, including backlit and projec-
tion displays, automotive instrumentation, LEDs, reflectors,
and more. ORA is also the largest independent supplier of opti-
cal engineering services with more than 4,500 completed proj-
ects since the company was founded in 1963. Working with our
distribution partners, we now have customers in more than 25
countries.
Optical Research Associates
3280 E. Foothill Blvd. Suite 300 • Pasadena, CA 91107
Stuart David
626-795-9101
info@opticalres.com
www.opticalres.com
Through its LED Technology Center located in Kirkland,
Washington, Orb Optronix provides leading edge LED product
development, light measurement equipment and LED & SSL test
services. Orb’s products include the revolutionary ETO™ LED
Characterization System which makes the detailed parametric meas-
urement of LEDs over a wide variety of input variables simple.Orb's
Engineering Services Group provides leading edge product develop-
ment services and consulting, taking an interdisciplinary systems
approach to working with LEDs in product development.Orb's Test
Laboratory provides comprehensive LED and SSL test services
including LM-79 and LM-80 for CALiPER and ENERGY STAR
along with photobiological hazard assessment services per the ANSI
RP-27.3-07, IEC 62471 and CIE S009.
Orb Optronix, Inc.
1003 7th Avenue, Suite B • Kirkland, WA 98033
Contact: Rob Leonard
425-605-8500
sales@orboptronix.com
www.orboptronix.com
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Diodes/Modules/Arrays
100 West Electronics www.100West.com
BridgeLux Inc www.bridgelux.com
Farnell www.farnell.com
JCA Technologies www.jcatech.com
ROHM Semiconductor, USA LLC www.rohmsemiconductor.com
Samsung LED www.samsung.com
Sunovia Energy Technologies www.sunoviaenergy.com
PerkinElmer is a global technology leader focused on creating a Three Five Compounds, Inc. www.iii-vcompounds.com
brighter, safer, healthier environment through our world-class illu- UPEC Electronics Corp www.u-pec.com
mination and detection solutions.We offer a one-stop-shop for Visitech www.visitech.no
complete, custom LED Solutions including optical design and West Coast Custom Designs www.wccdUSA.com
testing, mechanical and electrical design, thermal management,
and custom chip-on-board (COB) packaging. Through our global Displays
LED team and through two dedicated, ISO-certified LED facilities Avago Technologies www.avagotech.com
in the USA and Germany, we focus on accelerating our customers' ArticulatedTechnologies LLC www.articulux.com
competitive edge with energy-efficient LED-based lighting Daktronics Inc www.daktronics.com
designs for medical, dental, safety and security, industrial, and Gamma Scientific www.gamma-sci.com
architectural markets. PerkinElmer is your trusted partner for Hymite A/S www.hymite.com
Custom LED Solutions. Linrose Electronics, Inc. www.Linrose.com
Novaled AG www.novaled.com
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc www.ul.com
Yokogawa Corp of America www.yokogawa.com/tm
PerkinElmer
35 Congress Street • Salem, MA 01970
Drivers/Controllers
Contact: Francine Bernitz, Global Marketing Director
Bartco Lighting www.bartcolighting.com
978-224-4321
D-LED Illumination Technologies www.d-led.net
ledsolutions@perkinelmer.com
www.perkinelmer.com/ledsolutions
Fusion Optix Inc www.fusionoptix.com
Journee Lighting Inc www.journeelighting.com
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. www.lutron.com/LED
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. www.monolithicpower.com
ON Semiconductor www.onsemi.com
Philips Emergency Lighting (Bodine) www.philips.com/bodine
Rueste International Ltd www.rueste.com
Sipex www.sipex.com
Encapsulants
ABLEtech LLC www.abletechllc.com
Ellsworth Adhesives www.ellsworth.com
GE Advanced Materials www.ge.com
Philips Emergency Lighting is a global leader in emergency light- Lord Corporation www.lord.com
ing solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional applica- Lumen Technology International www.lumentec.com
tions. The company, headquartered in Collierville, TN, designs Momentive Performance Materials Inc www.momentive.com
and manufactures innovative, award-winning Philips Bodine Quantum Silicones Qsi www.quantumsilicones.com
branded products. Its Philips Bodine BSL23C Emergency LED Specialty Coating Systems www.scscoatings.com
Driver was the winner of the emergency lighting category at Vin Overseas Ltd www.vinled.com
Lightfair 2008. The Philips Bodine line includes not only code- Zymet Inc www.zymet.com
compliant emergency drivers for LED lighting but also fluorescent
emergency ballasts, HID backup ballasts and generator-compati- Epitaxy/Fabrication Equipment
ble units. Philips Emergency Lighting was founded in 1962 and Applied MicroStructures, Inc www.appliedmst.com
acquired by Philips in 2006. The company provides nearly a half- Despatch Industries Inc - Ransco Products www.despatch.com
century of experience, quality, reliability and American ingenuity Eldim SA www.eldim.fr
in every product. Gloria Spire Solar LLC www.gloriaspire.com
Highleds www.highleds.com
Plasma Surface Engineering Corp www.msi-pse.com
Philips Emergency Lighting (Bodine) Spire Semiconductor, LLC www.spirecorp.com
P.O. Box 460 • Collierville, TN 38027-0460 Teledyne Hastings Instruments www.teledyne-hi.com
Contact: Melody Ramsey Umicore www.umicore.com
800-223-5728 Veeco Instruments Inc www.veeco.com
bodineinfo@philips.com Wafer World Inc www.waferworld.com
www.philips.com/bodine

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Photon Engineering, LLC, proudly announces the release of
FRED and FRED Optimum version 8.50, the premier proven opti-
cal and illumination engineering software. FRED can model the
interaction of light emitted from any type of source with any opto-
mechanical geometry, and includes the effects of scatter, diffrac-
tion, transmission, reflection, and absorption of light. Photon
Engineering also provides superior optical engineering services to
commercial and government customers, custom software solu-
tions, introductory FRED tutorials and advanced short courses on
the topics of coherence theory, illumination and stray light. For
more information, contact sales@photonengr.com or visit the
company’s Web site at www.photonengr.com.
Photon Engineering
440 S. Williams Blvd., Suite 106 • Tucson, AZ 85711
Contact: Donata Pfisterer
520-733-9557
donatap@photonengr.com
www.photonengr.com
Samsung LED Co. Ltd. began its operation in April, 2009 to pro-
duce world class light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Samsung LED is a
joint venture between Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.,
(SEMCO) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., (SEC) with equal
investment between the two companies. Before the formation of
Samsung LED, the LED business was operated by SEMCO since
1995. Samsung LED has epi and chip production sites in Korea
and LED packaging sites in Korea and China. Samsung is dedi-
cating their resources to become a leading manufacture of middle
power and high power LEDs and LED lighting solutions.
Samsung LED
3345 Michelson Dr., Ste. 350
Irvine, CA 92612
Contact: Steve Byun
949-797-8054
sbbyun@samsung.com
www.ledjournal.com
Signcomplex is a leading manufacturer of LED lighting products
in China. The line covers LED strip, bulb, module, aquatic light,
inground light, flourescent replacement tube,etc. We have become
one of the biggest suppliers of LED strip light for indoor decora-
tion, architecture, commercial applications. As an ISO9001:2000
certified company, Signcomplex has been deticated to researching,
producing and marketing high-tech and echo-freiendly LED prod-
ucts. All items from Signcomplex are CE certified and ROHS
compliant. We provide quality solid state LED lights to clients in
Europe, America and Asian-Pacific countries. Besides standard
products, Signcomplex also provides OEM/ODM service and
assembly.
Signcomplex Limited
3-4/F., Bldg. C, Chuangfu Science & Technology Park,
Shenzhen/Gruangdong 518108 China
Contact: Peter Wu
+86 755 2760 8650
info@signcomplex.com
www.signcomplex.com
For over 60 years, Tyco Electronics has worked to lower costs,
increase reliability and devise novel ways to create lighting
products. Our product portfolio includes interconnects, circuit
protection devices, solid state relays, terminal blocks, thermal
solutions and wire and cable for solid-state lighting applica-
tions. With market dynamics forcing ever-shortening design
cycles, our ability to quickly turn around product concepts
keeps projects on schedule and shortens time to market. We
design and test our products to satisfy requirements through
qualification testing, periodic retesting, and labeling and mark-
ing. We comply with standards from ANSI/AAMI, IEC,
UL/CSA, CE, VDE and other international agencies.
Tyco Electronics
P.O. Box 3608 • Harrisburg, PA 17105-3608
Contact: Product Information
717-986-7777
tycosupport@custhelp.com
www.tycoelectronics.com/lighting
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General Lighting
Barbizon Lighting Company
BI Technologies
BrightBurst Technologies, LLC
Edge Lighting
H&H Industries Inc
Kwality Electricals Private Limited
LED Specialists, Inc.
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
With the world-class LED manufacturing facility since 1969 Lynk Labs, Inc.
(25 million products manufactured daily, ISO14001 / ISO9001 MaxLite
/ TS16949 certified, RoHS compliant, white LED licensed), Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
VaOpto offers LEDs, LED assemblies, and LED complete Nexxus Lighting Inc
OPTEK Technology, Inc.
products with U.S.A. quality (U.S.A. patented/patent pending,
Rueste International Ltd
cULus certified/pending) and effective price. Samsung LED
SunLED Corp
Technical Consumer Products, Inc (TCP)
Winona Lighting
www.barbizon.com
www.bitechnologies.com
www.BrightBurstTech.com
www.edgelighting.com
www.lightsbyhh.com
http://LED-ecolight.page.tl
www.ledspecialists.com
www.lutron.com/LED
www.lynklabs.com
www.maxlite.com
www.monolithicpower.com
www.nexxuslighting.com
www.optekinc.com
www.rueste.com
www.samsung.com
www.us.sunled.com
www.tcpi.com
www.winonalighting.com/winonaled

Gels
ACC Silicones Ltd
Bulbtronics
Virginia Optoelectronics, Inc.
Cofan USA
1405 Ashford Court • Blacksburg, VA 24060
Ellsworth Adhesives
Contact: Charles Li
Quantum Silicones Qsi
540-449-9658
Vin Overseas Ltd
charles.li@vaopto.com
www.vaopto.com
ICs/Semiconductors
Andy Optoelectronic Co.,Ltd
Bulbtronics
Independent Testing Labs Inc
Linear Technology Corp
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
National LED Direct
Zymet Inc
www.acc-silicones.com
www.bulbtronics.com
www.cofan.com
www.ellsworth.com
www.quantumsilicones.com
www.vinled.com
www.ledlighting.cc
www.bulbtronics.com
www.itlboulder.com
www.linear.com
www.monolithicpower.com
www.nationalleddirect.com
www.zymet.com

Williams Advanced Materials (WAM) is a leading global supplier Instrumentation

of specialty materials and services for thin film coatings. WAM SphereOptics www.sphereoptics.com
supplies the LED industry with an array of sputtering targets and
evaporation materials, pure and custom alloys along with Shield LED Chips
Kit Precision Parts Cleaning Services and Precious Metal Refining ArticulatedTechnologies LLC www.articulux.com
and Recycling. The combination of supplying thin film materials Bratic Enterprises LLC www.bratic.net
and shield kit cleaning services provides customers a value added FlatIron Consultants Inc. under construction
solution reducing overall material cost and management. Opto Diode Corp www.optodiode.com
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics www.optoelectronics.perkinelmer.com
Materials – Au, Ag, Pd, AuGe, AuSn, Ni, Ti, Precious Metal Texas Photonics Inc www.texas-photonics.com
Alloys and more…
LEDs
Shield Kit Precision Parts Cleaning include chemical and mechan- American Bright Optoelectronics www.americanbrightled.com
ical metal layer removal, surface texturizing and final ultrasonic Arrow Electronics, Inc. http://lighting.arrow.com
parts cleaning and clean room packaging. In-house precious met- Bivar, Inc. www.bivar.com
als reclamation services offer quick and accurate metal returns. Cree, Inc. www.cree.com
D-LED Illumination Technologies www.d-led.net
Williams Advanced Materials Denso International America www.densocorp-na.com
2978 Main Street • Buffalo, NY 14214 ElectraLED, Inc. www.electraled.com
Contact: Lisa Bruce Grote Industries www.grote.com
716-837-1000 Honeywell Obstruction Lighting www.oblighting.com
lbruce@beminc.com International Light Technologies www.intl-lighttech.com
www.williams-adv.com

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LEDs continued
Kenall
Lane Technical Sales
LED, Inc.
Light Emission Technology Ltd.
Linrose Electronics, Inc.
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Lynk Labs, Inc.
Martin Professional Inc
Nuelight Corp
Optrans Universal Corp
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
Richter Metalcraft Corp
Samsung LED
Signcomplex Limited
Three Five Compounds, Inc.
Virginia Optoelectronics, Inc.
Wireless Solutions Sweden AB
Lighting Fixtures/Systems
AgiLight Inc
Cree, Inc.
D-LED Illumination Technologies
Durel Corp
ElectraLED, Inc.
Glow Lighting
Hella Lighting Corp
International Light Technologies
Light Emission Technology Ltd.
JM Electronics Co Ltd
Kenall
LED Power Inc
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
Savoy House
Tomar Electronics Inc
Versabright
Virginia Optoelectronics, Inc.
WAC Lighting
Materials & Packaging
Adhesives Research Inc
Bayer MaterialScience LLC www.bayermaterialsciencenafta.com
DuPont Teijin Films USA
Ellsworth Adhesives
GE Plastics
Vin Overseas Ltd
Virginia Optoelectronics, Inc.
Wako Chemicals USA Inc
Williams Advanced Materials
Zymet Inc
Medical
California Micro Devices
LightTest Labs, LLC
Pure Lighting LLC
Three Five Compounds, Inc.
Visitech
Williams Advanced Materials
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www.kenall.com
www.lanetechsales.com Arrow Electronics, Inc.
www.ledinc.biz 7459 S. Lima St.
www.ledemission.com Englewood, CO 80112
www.Linrose.com Contact: Arrow Lighting
1-888-9LIGHT1
www.lutron.com/LED
lightingsolutions@arrow.com
www.lynklabs.com
http://lighting.arrow.com
www.martinpro.com
www.nuelight..com Arrow Lighting’s experts are dedicated to providing HB-LED
www.optransuniversal.com solutions from concept through production utilizing our design
www.osram-os.com tools, engineering services and the industry’s
www.perkinelmer.com premier line card of lighting manufactures.
www.charlesrichter.com
www.samsung.com
www.signcomplex.com Avago Technologies
www.iii-vcompounds.com 350 West Trimble Rd
www.vaopto.com San Jose, CA 95131
www.wirelessdmx.com Contact: Technical Support
1-800-235-0312 or 1-408-435-4903
support@avagotech.com
www.agilight.com www.avagotech.com or www.avagotechlighting.com
www.cree.com
www.d-led.net
www.rogerscorporation.com/durel Avago Technologies is known for its LED's performance, efficiency
www.electraled.com and reliability. Avago offers an extensive portfolio of products - high
www.glowlighting.com brightness and high power LEDs, PLCC surface-mount LEDs, color
www.hella.com sensors and display backlighting module solutions.
www.intl-lighttech.com
www.ledemission.com
www.jmeleco.com
www.kenall.com
www.ledpower.com
www.perkinelmer.com
www.savoyhouse.com
www.tomar.com BrightBurst Technologies, LLC
www.versabright.com 610 Township Line Road • Hillsborough, NJ 08844
www.vaopto.com Contact: Peter Dimitrov-Kuhl
908-359-5851
www.waclighting.com
pete@BrightBurstTech.com
www.BrightBurstTech.com
www.adhesivesresearch.com BrightBurst Technologies provides premier optical solutions for LED
green lighting applications. Our proprietary designs increase output
www.dupontteijinfilms.com brightness, improve uniformity and save energy dollars.
www.ellsworth.com
www.geplastics.com
www.vinled.com
www.vaopto.com
www.wakousa.com LED Specialists, Inc.
7A Main St.
www.williams-adv.com
Kings Park, NY 11754
www.zymet.com
Contact: Michael Fusco
631-269-0841
mfusco@ledspecialists.com
www.cmd.com www.ledspecialists.com
www.lighttestlabs.com
www.purellc.com
www.iii-vcompounds.com Engineering Services for design and development of LED lighting
products. Subassemblies through complete light fixtures. Manufactur-
www.visitech.no
ing services for LED arrays, drivers and other components.
www.williams-adv.com
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LED, INC. OLEDs
1601 Fairview Drive DuPont
Carson City, NV 89701 EagleLight.com
Contact: Allen Wen Linrose Electronics, Inc.
775-885-1510 Novaled AG
infor@ledinc.biz Universal Display Corp
www.ledinc.biz
Optics
The Brilliance of our LED lighting in your Channel Letters, Advanced Link Photonics Inc
Interior Design and Architectural application will BrightBurst Technologies, LLC
guarantee that Centellax Inc
Hamamatsu Corp
second glance.
Lambda Research Corporation
Ledman Optoelectronic Co Ltd
Opto Technology Inc
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
Light Emission Technology Ltd.
Photon Engineering
1261 Broadway Suite 403
PolyBrite International
New York, NY 10001
Williams Advanced Materials
Contact: Thomas Guan
212-213-8290 World Electric Supply
service@ledemission.com Zygo Corp
www.ledemission.com
Power Supplies
Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc
Light Emission Technology Ltd. introduces the world’s longest Bartco Lighting
life, high intensity, and dimmable LED lamp series. Reduce energy
Lynk Labs, Inc.
and replacement costs by 90% with high CRI drop in replacements
Power Integrations Inc
operating from 80-260V.
ROHM Semiconductor, USA LLC
Universal Lighting Technologies
V•I Chip, Inc.
World Electric Supply
Linrose Electronics, Inc
29 Cain Drive Signage
Plainview, NY 11791 Avago Technologies
Contact: Debra Freedman Design LED Products Ltd
516-293-2520 ElectraLED, Inc.
Debra@Linrose.com Heatron Inc
www.Linrose.com International Light Technologies
J&J Electronics Inc
Master Distributors of Bare LED's, LED Strip & Rope Lighting, Labsphere Inc
LED Housing, Connectors and Lenses,LED/Neon/Incandecent LED, Inc.
Indicator Lights. Specializing in those smaller businesses who Permlight Products Inc
need personal service. Sumitomo Corporation of America
Software
ADDCO Inc
Lambda Research Corporation
Luminex Corp
Optical Research Associates
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Photon Engineering
7200 Suter Rd. RSoft Design Group
Coopersburg, PA 18036 ZEMAX Development Corp
Contact: LED Solutions Group
610-282-6341 Substrates
LEDs@lutron.com Accuratus Ceramic Corp
www.lutron.com/LED Bergquist Company
Lutron designs and delivers industry leading lighting controls that California Micro Devices
enhance the visual environment and save energy. Lutron offers LED Rogers Corporation
drivers that dim to 1% and additional LED dimming solutions.
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 feature By Antony Christian, Systems Applications Engineer • Analog Devices, Inc.
Innovative Power Reduction Techniques Enable Handset
Manufacturers to Provide Media Rich Devices
The demand for mobile devices with high-end features has been rapid-
ly increasing. Features like text messaging, gaming, GPS navigation, web
browsing and video playback on high resolution color displays are becom-
ing the norm in today’s portable consumer electronics market. While con-
sumers are asking for these high-end features, they also want reasonable
battery life. Unfortunately, the larger LCD displays used on these devices
are backlight and processor intensive, which translates to longer and larg-
er drain on the already limited battery capacity.
At one time, monochrome display backlights used two green LEDs and
consumed a mere 10 percent of the overall power consumption of mobile
devices. Today however, the larger, higher resolution color displays
required for multimedia devices have increased the on-time and backlight
power consumption to more than 50 percent.
Despite recent advances in battery technology, battery capacity has not
evolved fast enough to keep up with the extra energy demands of multi-
media mobile devices. Since battery technology has not improved at the
same pace as battery usage, portable device manufacturers have encoun-
tered difficulties with meeting consumer expectations. Unless they develop
innovative ways to reduce power consumption or increase battery capaci-
ty, they will need to sacrifice battery life for features.
In addition to techniques such as time based dimming, display timeouts and
user selectable brightness settings, many mobile device manufacturers are
implementing ambient light sensing (ALS), content adaptive backlight control
(cABC) and the use of keypad/GPIO expanders to help reduce current drain.
The display backlight has become one of the top battery drain concerns
for most portable device manufacturers. Media intensive devices with
high-resolution color displays require that the display has proper back-
lighting at all time to avoid degrading optical performance and readability.
Despite its constant need for backlighting and relatively high power con-
sumption, highly transmissive displays are preferred by mobile device man-
ufacturers. Its indoor performance, National Television Standard
Committee (NTSC) color gamut ratio, high contrast ratio and high bright-
ness have won it an easy victory over its reflective counterpart. To reduce
backlight power consumption, it has become necessary to control and
manage backlight intensity as closely as possible.
While devices save power by dimming the backlight during times of
inactivity, many devices have applications, such as web browsing, emails,
GPS navigation, gaming or video playback, which require the backlight to
remain on during long periods of user interaction.
The brightness control in the products settings menu allows the user to
adjust the backlight intensity to save power during these use cases, but requires
user input and would need multiple changes for different ambient light condi-
tions to really be effective. These techniques are no longer practical for the
user, nor are they sufficient to meet today’s intensive and unique use cases.
Ambient Light Sensing (ALS)
The amount of back light required by an LCD or keypad can vary sub-
stantially with changes in the lighting environment. With ambient light
sensing, a photo diode or transistor measures the local light intensity. The
light source can be the sun, office lights or moonlight. The amount of light
captured by the sensor is translated into current or voltage. Based on pre-
set thresholds, the backlight driver or processor can then determine how
much backlight is required by the LCD or keypad.
Driving the high current required during sunny conditions wastes ener-
gy during dimmer light conditions and can cause eye strain in dark condi-
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tions. Changing backlight intensity based on ambient light conditions can
save more than 60 percent of the current necessary to drive the backlight
LEDs in bright conditions for typical use cases.
ALS Implementation Methods
Some manufacturers use an analog or digital light sensor IC to sense the
ambient light. Analog light sensors convert the light into a current, while
digital light sensors use an internal ADC to produce a digital bitstream.
Analog light sensors are less expensive due to the simpler implementation.
Regardless of which sensor is used, the output needs to be decoded in
order to be useful. Many designs use the host processor to decode the sen-
sor output and control the backlight. However, the host processor must be
fast enough to provide multimedia features, so its higher speed and band-
width also means higher current drain for ALS polling functions. Minimizing
processor involvement is essential to keep down battery consumption.
Some ICs integrate light input decoding and backlight driver control.
There are several advantages to having the light sensor intelligence inte-
grated in the backlight driver. First, the driver uses a simple state machine
to perform the task, allowing the current consumption required to per-
form the decoding and backlight control to be reduced to less than 20 μA.
Second, everything is in one package, thus minimizing the number of con-
nections and traces in the PCB layout. Third, it minimizes back and forth
communication between the backlight driver and the host processor.
To provide flexibility to handset manufacturers, these integrated devices
have implemented programmable threshold, hysteresis and filter time.
Because all mechanical designs are different, it is essential that the intelligent
driver have enough flexibility to handle all conditions. Programmable thresh-
olds allow the handset manufacturers to program the range of light input
that should be considered as daylight, office environment or dark. Hysteresis
at each threshold keeps the backlight from tripping back and forth. Filter
time allows the user to program how long the device should be exposed to
a lighting environment before a backlight adjustment is made. Adjustments
like these have made it easy to provide the flexibility handset manufacturers
Figure 1. Series backlight driver with integrated photo-sensor input and mini
keypad/GPIO expander
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need to correct variances that may exist from product to product.
Display Backlight Analysis
A display backlight using six series LEDs driven at 18 mA draws 111 mA
from the battery (assuming 3.5 V LED forward voltage, 85 percent driver
efficiency, and 4 V battery). So, the display backlight alone can drain an 1,100
mAh battery in 9.9 hours if driven at maximum intensity all of the time. The
display does not have to be illuminated at maximum backlight intensity
under all conditions, allowing significant power to be saved in lower light
environments, such as offices, movie theaters and outdoors at night.
Sunny day luminance can vary from 32,000 to 100,000 lux, two orders of
magnitude greater than a 400 lux brightly lit office, so cutting the backlight
intensity by half, or even more, when going from outside to inside will not
cause any loss of display usability or readability. Most people spend an average
of 60 percent of their time in an office, so this cutback in backlight brightness
will reduce current drain by approximately 50 percent or more. The backlight
power consumption in the previous example will go from 111 mA to 55.5 mA.
Using ALS, the same display will last 19.8 hours on an 1,100 mAh battery.
Content Adaptive Backlight Control (cABC)
Content Adaptive Backlight Control (cABC), shown in Figure 2, is a
method that analyzes display content and adjusts the display backlight based
on the grayscale content of the image and gamma correction techniques.
The display driver outputs a PWM waveform to the backlight driver, with
varying duty cycle based on video grayscale content and gamma correction.
Backlight is reduced for dark images. This reduces backlight power con-
sumption and enhances display contrast while maintaining vivid display
quality. This method is particularly useful in video playback where scenes
can change from bright to dark for extended time periods. The cABC can
also reduce current drain for still images and standard menu screens.
The user interface on the mobile product can be tailored to take advan-
tage of these savings. Depending on image data, cABC can reduce display
power by 20 percent to 50 percent. When combined with ALS, power sav-
ing can exceed 70 percent. IC manufacturers are already designing ICs to
take advantage of the combined power saving of ALS and cABC.
No ALS Daylight (ALS) Office (ALS) Dark (ALS)
Display BL 111 mA 111 mA 56 mA 24 mA
KP BL 30 mA 0 mA 0 mA 30 mA
Total Current 141 mA 111 mA 56 mA 54mA
Total Saving 0% 21% 61% 62%
Table 1. ALS impact on backlight current drain in different light environment
Keypad Backlight
In addition to display backlight, ALS can also save power on keypad
backlight. Most keypads have a visible silkscreen, which requires no back-
lighting when there is ambient light available. An average size keypad back-
light based on LED or electroluminescent lamp (EL) technology draws
about 30 mA from the battery. Without ALS, the keypad needs to be back-
lit at all times, which wastes a lot of energy. With ALS, the backlight driv-
er can turn off or dim the keypad backlight, saving hundreds of mAh.
Backlight drivers with integrated ALS control provide interrupt notifica-
tions between light changes, allowing the processor to make changes in
keypad or other peripheral lighting.
On a device that can play seven hours of video with an 1,100 mAh bat-
tery, 111 mA display backlight current drain represents 70 percent of the
total current consumption in video mode. Cutting down display backlight
current drain by half, with ALS implementation, will increase video play time
from 7 hours to 10.8 hours. Table 1 illustrates power savings with ALS in dif-
ferent lighting environments. The display and keypad backlight in the previ-
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Figure 2. Content Adaptive Backlight Control (cABC)
ous examples draw a total of 141 mA at full power. In daylight, the keypad
can be turned off completely, which can save 21 percent in backlight current.
The real current drain saving is in office and dark environments. Display
backlight current can easily be cut back by 50 percent without significant dis-
play quality degradation, and again no keypad backlight is necessary to view
the keypad. With ALS implementation, current drain for both backlights can
be cut down by 61 percent. Remaining conservative with the keypad back-
light and keeping it on at full current in dark environment, while cutting the
display backlight to 24 mA, translates to a 62 percent saving.
GPIO/Keypad Expander
With designers fighting to get every milliamp-hour out of the battery, it
has become critical to look everywhere for power savings. In recent times,
text messaging has increased 100 fold. Teenagers text their friends and
loved ones more than they talk on their mobile phones. Though not be as
significant as the power consumption of the backlight, every single key-
stroke can wake up the application processor, draining hundreds of mil-
liamps for a few milliseconds. Thousand of keystrokes a day can quickly
add up, deplete the battery capacity by tens of milliamp-hours. To increase
processor bandwidth and minimize processor current drain, handsets
designers are relying on keypad expanders to handle the keypad in QWER-
TY cell phones designs. Keypad expanders process all the key strokes, sav-
ing processor bandwidth and current drain. Features like key lock capabil-
ity and light sensor decoding are also integrated in the IC, helping to save
additional bandwidth and current drain.
Demands for larger, higher resolution color displays will continue to rise
in the years to come. Devices equipped with cABC, ALS and other current
saving techniques are allowing consumers to watch videos, browse the web
and send text messages with vivid display quality, all while keeping back-
light power consumption in check. Continuing to find ways to curtail back-
light power consumption will be a challenge, but new methods are being
developed to address the high power consumption areas of displays and
processors. Using ALS, cABC, GPIO/keypad expanders, and other inno-
vative power reduction techniques will enable manufacturers to provide
the media rich devices craved by today’s consumers without compromising
multimedia features or extended battery life.
Antony Christian is a system applications engineer at Analog Devices. He
has been developing power management ICs for multimedia devices for
more than two years. At Analog Devices, Antony works extensively on power
management solutions specifically targeted for portable applications.
Antony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from
Florida International University (FIU). Antony can be reached at
antony.christian@analog.com.
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 feature By Oliver Nachbaur, System Engineering Manager, Display Power • Texas Instruments

OLED Display Technology Capabilities:

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Does the power supply impact display picture quality?
The organic light emitting diode (OLED) dis- control the OLED current.
play is becoming more and more popular espe- In Figure 1, transistor T2 is the pixel control transistor turning each
cially for mobile phones, media player and small pixel on and off. This is similar to any other active matrix liquid crystal
entry level TVs. Contrary to a standard liquid display topology. A T1 is used as a current source, and the current is
crystal display, the OLED pixel is driven by a given by its gate source voltage. The storage capacitor is Cs, which
current source. To understand how and why the holds the gate voltage of T1 stable and clamps the current until the
OLED power supply impacts the display picture pixel is addressed again. The simple single transistor current source in
quality, it is key to understand the OLED display Figure 1 has a major
technology and power supply requirements. This cost advantage since
article explains the latest OLED display technology and discusses the only two transistors
main power supply requirements and solutions. are required. The dis-
advantage of the sim-
Market Environment ple circuit is a varia-
All major mobile phone companies now offer one or more models tion in current
featuring an OLED display. Sony has the first OLED TV in mass pro- depending on
duction and many other companies show first prototypes. The OLED process variations
display offers wide color gamut, contrast ratio, viewing angle and fast and voltage variation
response time. This makes the display well suited for multimedia appli- of Vdd. The OLED
cations. The self-emitting OLED technology doesn’t require a back- power supply circuit
light and the power consumption depends on the display content. usually provides two
Power consumption can be much lower compared to an LCD using voltage rails: Vdd and
backlight. With a larger panel size, the superior image quality of an Vss. The voltage rail,
OLED becomes more noticeable. Therefore, more and more OLED Vdd, needs to have
panels being used have a display size greater than 3 inches and the ulti- very tight regulation Figure 1. Simple active matrix OLED pixel
(ITO – Indimum thin oxide)
mate application in the future still might be the TV panel. Another to achieve best pic-
market for the OLED display is certainly the flexible display. ture quality and to avoid image flicker. The voltage regulation accuracy
Currently, the OLED and electrophoretic display technology look of Vss, which usually is a negative voltage, can be less accurate since it
most promising. The electrophoretic or bi-stable display being used has a minor effect on the LED current. The effect of voltage fluctua-
for electronic reader applications needs to be improved in color qual- tions on Vdd to the OLED display is shown in Figure 2.
ity. On the other hand, currently OLED display is not ready for mass As the voltage supply Vdd changes, OLED brightness changes as
production when using fully-flexible materials. This depends mainly well. Any superimposed voltage ripple on Vdd, can cause horizontal
on the backplane technology. bars on the image due to different brightness levels. Depending on the
display, a voltage ripple larger than 20 mV already can cause such a
Backplane Technology Enables Flexible Displays phenomena. The visibility of the horizontal bars depends on ampli-
High-resolution color active matrix organic light emitting diode tude and frequency of the superimposed voltage ripple. As soon as
(AMOLED) displays require an active matrix backplane using an active the frequency interferes with the frame frequency, the bars appear.
switch to turn each pixel on and off. The LC display (liquid crystal) Under a normal laboratory environment the superimposed voltage rip-
amorphous silicon process is mature and provides a low-cost active ple on Vdd is usually smaller than 20 mV. The problem appears as the
matrix backplane and used for OLEDs as well. Flexible displays com- display and power supply are integrated into a system. As soon as any
panies are working with an organic thin film transistor (OTFT) back- sub-circuit in the system draws pulsating current from the system
plane process. This process also can be used for an OLED display to
realize flexible, full color displays. Whether a standard or flexible OLED
is being used the same power supply and driving mythology needs to be
applied. To understand the OLED technology, capabilities and its inter-
action with the power supply, a closer look into this technology is given.
The OLED display itself is a self-emitting display technology and does-
n’t require any backlight. The material for the OLED belongs to the cat-
egory of organic materials due to its chemical structure.

OLED Technology Requires a Current Control Driving Method

A simplified circuit, representing one pixel, is shown in Figure 1.
The OLED has electrical characteristics very similar to a LED where
brightness depends on the LED current. A control circuit, thin film
transistors (TFTs) are being used to turn the OLED on and off and to Figure 2. Voltage fluctuations on the supply rail causing horizontal bars

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power supply a voltage ripple appears, common to all circuits con-
nected to the system power supply. Typical sub-circuits drawing pul-
sating current are the GSM power amplifier in a mobile phone, motor
driver, audio power amplifier or similar. In such systems, the system
supply rail has a superimposed voltage ripple. If the AMOLED power
supply doesn’t reject this ripple, it will appear on its output as well,
causing the discussed visible image distortion. To avoid this, the
AMOLED power supply needs to have a very high-power supply
rejection ration and line transient response.
For the AMOLED power supply, a boost converter is required for the
positive voltage rail, Vdd and a buck-boost or inverter for the negative
voltage rail, Vss. This puts the challenge to the IC manufacturer providing
a suitable power supply IC providing a very accurate positive voltage rail,
Vdd and negative voltage rail, Vss, achieving minimum component height
and smallest solution size.
To meet all these requirements a novel power supply topology is chosen
to provide both positive and negative output voltage rails from a Lithium-
Ion (Li-Ion) battery using just a single inductor.
SIMO Regulator Technology Enables Best-in-Class
Picture Quality
Figure 3 shows the typical application circuit using the TPS65136,
offered by Texas Instruments, device with single-inductor multiple-output
(SIMO) regulator technology. The device operates with a four-switch
buck-boost converter topology. SIMO technology features best-in-class
line transient regulation, buck-boost mode for both outputs and highest
efficiency over the entire load current range.
minimized and the minimum switching frequency is controlled to be
outside the audio range of typically 40 kHz. This avoids possible audi-
ble noise caused by ceramic input or output capacitors. This is especial-
ly important when using the device in a mobile phone application and
simplifies the design process.
Since OLED display technology is just emerging, there is still a lot of
room to conserve power, increase OLED efficiency and minimize the
total solution size. As OLED becomes more mature, it is also possible
to use OLED for architectural lighting or as backlight for LCDs. Both
opportunities allow lower power consumption and higher design flexi-
bility compared to traditional lighting solutions. For OLED technology,
the future seems to be very bright.
References
To download a datasheet on the TPS65136 with SIMO technology, visit:
www.ti.com/tps65136-ca.
Oliver Nachbaur is a member of the Technical Staff at Texas
Instruments in Germany where he is a System Engineering Manager for the
Display Power Converter group. Oliver has more than a decade of experi-
ence in the semiconductor industry working as an applications engineer
and system engineer on Power Management Products. Oliver received a
degree in Electrical Engineering in Ravensburg, Germany. He can be
reached at ti_onachbaur@list.ti.com.

Figure 3. TPS65136 Buck-Boost Converter topology supporting dual output

Advanced Power Save Mode Enables High Efficiency

As with any battery-powered equipment, long battery standby time is
only achieved when the converter operates at highest efficiency over the
entire load current range. This is especially important for an OLED dis-
play. The OLED display consumes its maximum power when the display
is fully white and much lower current for any other display color. This
is because only the white color requires all the sub-pixels red, green and
blue to be fully turned on. For example, a 2.7-inch display requires 80
mA current for a fully white picture and only 5 mA current when icons
or graphics are displayed. Therefore, the OLED power supply needs to
provide high converter efficiency at all load currents. This is achieved by
using an advanced power save mode technology reducing the converter
switching frequency as the load current decreases. Since this is done
using a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), possible EMI problems are

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 feature By Gavin Hesse, Product Marketing Engineer • Cypress Semiconductor

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Integrating Power, Control
Offers Flexibility
Simplicity for
Lighting Applications
In uncertain economic times, the message given to
design engineers is clear: save money. In LED light-
ing designs, that message needs to be even clearer,
as the LEDs themselves take up a large portion of
the bill-of-materials (BOM). A new device to the
market helps provide a necessary cost-down solu- Figure 1. Standard, Single-Channel Lighting Design
tion, PowerPSoC, an embedded power controller.
PowerPSoC provides an unprecedented level of
integration for customers, containing four chan-
nels of internal current sense amplifiers rated at 6
MHz, four 2 MHz hysteretic controllers independently configurable as
buck, boost or buck-boost and four low-side n-FETs rated at 1 A, 32 V
each. Not to be content with only the output stage, PowerPSoC also
includes a 32 V internal input regulator. The simple advantage this supplies
to lighting customers is cost. In Figure 1, we see a standard lighting design.
The figure can appear somewhat intimidating and complex but can actual-
ly be condensed to three simple sections. First off, everything electronic
requires some form of regulation off the 12 V to 32 V line. Secondly, the
LED strings require a regulated current provided by a controller IC.
Finally, an intelligent controller will provide dimming and communication,
as well as any other additional feature needed in the system. In
PowerPSoC, the regulation, current control and intelligent controller are all
combined into one semiconductor device.
To fully grasp the integration potential, the picture needs to be expand-
ed from one channel of LED control to four. Many LED fixtures require Figure 2. Standard 4-Channel Lighting Design
multiple channels to intelligently modify color, correlated color tempera-
ture and intensity. Figure 2 shows a four channel system.
In the system above, we see the need for one constant current control
loop per LED channel, so although only one intelligent controller is neces-
sary, additional cost is incurred. PowerPSoC fully integrates these additional
constant current controllers, shown in the highlighted section of Figure 3.
The integration potential of PowerPSoC is readily apparent. Virtually
the entire four channel LED system is collapsed into the one device. Since
each of these constant current channels can cost multiple dollars, the
BOM savings can be significant.
Cost isn’t the only advantage. Flexibility from a design standpoint is what
comes from utilizing an embedded controller over discrete options. For
example, the internal hysteretic controllers have adjustable settings for the ref-
erence voltages, essentially meaning that the constant current for the lighting
system can be digitally modified instead of having to change out an external
sense resistor. Another example uses dedicated function pins connected to an
external temperature sensor such as one shown in Figure 1 to trip the
onboard hysteretic controller in case of a thermal runaway condition.
Flexibility also means that a lighting engine can be laid out for multiple light-
ing fixtures, as PowerPSoC is available in pin compatible devices from 1 to 4 Figure 3. 4-channel Lighting Design with PowerPSoC. A single PowerPSoC
device integrates all the devices within the shaded area.
channels. This can save multiple hours of engineering redesign effort, and
means that base projects can be used in separate application spaces, from user modules (pre-configured, pre-characterized blocks of code to sim-
white light in office environments to mixed color entertainment downlights. plify implementation of common functions) and three lines of “C”
Acknowledging that many lighting designers are new to the semicon- code. Shown below in Figure 4 is the PSoC Designer layout for
ductor market, PowerPSoC was created to be a simple device to use. For PowerPSoC. The power section is laid out in an intuitive way for engi-
one channel of power control, PowerPSoC takes three PSoC Designer neers who are familiar with constant current feedback loops.

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User Modules are precon-
figured blocks of code that
include APIs and register set-
tings. To set up the first user
module required for a power
channel, an engineer must
drag and drop a current sense
amplifier onto the required
placement shown above. The
current sense amplifier has
some adjustable settings,
most notably the gain set-
tings, another way of inde- Figure 5. Only three lines of C code are necessary to turn on an LED channel.
pendently modifying the con- Figure 4. Intuitive design software interface
stant current of the system. faces such as Cypress’s CapSense touch control technology.
The second user module is the Modulator, another feature of PowerPSoC Between saving customers costs on their bill-of-materials, providing
compared to other devices, most of which only offer a small number of hard- greater design flexibility, and even allowing for additional functionality,
ware eight to 10 bit PWMs. PowerPSoC offers four hardware 16-bit dimmers, PowerPSoC is a strong new entry into the burgeoning lighting market. It
which can be configured as either a PWM or two other options, the first being can be the brains and brawn of a light engine, handling the communica-
the PrISM spread spectrum signal, which reduces radiated EMI in a lighting tion, dimming, input voltage and constant current control. As lighting
system by up to 70 dB, and the second being the Hardware Density designers continue to work on how to utilize the potential of LEDs,
Modulated PWM (DMM), a 12-bit dithered PWM. PowerPSoC is well suited for the creative and cost conscious.
The final user module is the Hysteretic Controller, which connects to the
current amplifer and modulator, as well as the internal n-FET. These are
what can then be configurable for buck, boost or buck-boost applications.
The “C” code necessary? Three Start commands. Gavin Hesse received his BSEE from Seattle Pacific University and is
now a product marketing engineer for Cypress Semiconductor. For the
Outside of the power channels discussed and shown above, PowerPSoC
past few years, he has been focused on intelligent lighting solutions,
includes additional digital and analog resources for functions such as digi- including Cypress’s PowerPSOC embedded power controller. Gavin can be
tal communication protocols such as DMX512 and DALI, and user inter- contacted at gvh@cypress.com.

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 industry news
Martin, Lighting Science Sign
Distribution Agreement
Lighting Science Group Corp. (Lighting
Science), a developer and integrator of intelligent
LED lighting solutions and Martin Professional
A/S, a provider of dynamic lighting systems, have
signed a distribution agreement that will give
Martin access to Lighting Science’s X16 DOTZ
LED strings for global distribution. The X16
DOTZ LED string has been well-received in the
market since its introduction and will be marketed
under the name FlexDOT in Martin’s line of LED
video products. FlexDOT has already been used
in multiple projects across the lighting market.
FlexDOT is a string of bright (RGB) LEDs
designed for a variety of lighting applications
including video and other entertainment displays.
Leveraging the DMX512 lighting control proto-
col, each LED capsule on the string produces a
wide color palette of millions of hues. This allows
the user to create a personalized interactive expe-
rience through color control, special effects and
animation of each light point.
Labsphere, Orb Optronix
Announce Collaboration
Light measurement companies Labsphere and
Orb Optronix have announced a far-reaching col-
laboration to encompass product development,
manufacturing and distribution. Under the new
agreement, select Orb Optronix LED test instru-
mentation will be manufactured at Labsphere’s
New Hampshire facility. The two companies will
cooperate on the development of a broad range of
new LED, display and light metrology products.
Orb Optronix also plans to expand its LED meas-
urement services laboratory with the addition of
several Labsphere systems. In addition, the compa-
nies will now share sales channels. Orb Optronix’s
LED characterization systems and software will be
sold through Labsphere’s worldwide sales organi-
zation while Labsphere products will be available
through Orb Optronix’s US distribution network.
Juiceworks’ New LED Products
JuiceWorks LLC has released the Sea Gull
Lighting LED surface mount downlights,
including a retrofit version for converting
recessed lighting to LED. The Sea Gull Lighting
LED downlights are low-profile, surface mount
alternatives to traditional recessed and other
types of ceiling lights. They are powered by
JuiceWorks and are offered with two color tem-
peratures (3,000 K and 4,500 K) both 80 CRI, 15
W, smooth dimming to 10 percent, 35,000 hours
unit life, nearly 7 foot candles at 8 feet , 600
lumens (3,000 K temp), and a 60° beam angle,
similar to standard flood lamps.
US Coast Guard Stocks Up on
Solar-LED Marine Lanterns
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has
placed an order for hundreds of solar-LED
marine lanterns from Carmanah Technologies.
Valued at approximately $600,000, this latest
shipment of 701-5 and 704-5 lanterns will
replace older incandescent lanterns throughout
the region, while providing an additional level of
safety and security for marine traffic and Gulf
Coast communities during the hurricane season.
LED Lighting Trial Delivers 75
Percent Saving on Energy SafeSite
LED lighting by Dialight has been installed by
Henkel, manufacturer of Loctite and a producer
of adhesives, sealants and surface treatments, at
its waste water treatment plant in Puerto Rico.
This installation is the first of a series of LED tri-
als. Henkel was able to save on power consump-
tion and achieve a more efficient lighting system
by using 12 of Dialight’s 100 W SafeSite LED fix-
tures to replace 16 of the existing 250 W HPS fit-
tings that are used to light the tank and walkways.
The result is that energy needs are reduced by 75
percent and improved quality of illumination. On
these light fittings alone this amounts to an annu-
al energy saving worth almost $3,500.

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