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Over the last ten years, the colour

range, luminous efficacy and power
of LEDs has been transformed.
As a result, the outstanding
qualities of LEDs can now provide
solutions in an ever-creasing range

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LEDs
of lighting applications.
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Introduction

under laboratory conditions,

Evolution of Lighting continued rapid improvement will
take place.
200
A good quality white light can be
made by either combining red,

Luminous Efficiency (lm/W)

150 Electrical High-Pressure green and blue LEDs or by using
Discharge Lamps Sodium Light Emitting LEDs emitting blue light and
Metal Halide
Diodes converting this to white by means
100 of an internal phospher. For both
Fluorescent Best LED types of white light generation
Mercury vapour the projections on efficacy
50 Shaped Reflectors
improvements show a steep
Tungsten-Halogen rise to 50 lm/W within the next
Incandescent White LEDs 5 years.
Conventional Incandescent

1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Power improvements

Year Improvements in light output per
LED have been achieved with
LumiLeds’ unique high flux LED
LEDs: Lighting the future Orientation: modules. Advances in chip/
Cost of ownership, dynamic and substrate technologies and their
Life: aesthetics advantages for heat sinking have led to LED
- 100 K hours: emergency, security, orientation modules of up to 1 W with no
Sealed for life luminaires and amenity lighting. loss of life, compared to traditional
"5 mm" technology maximum
Size: New Opportunities powers of around 50 mW.
- Light emitting area < 1 mm2 Signage:
New luminaire concepts Allows Point of Sale to become a High-flux emitter technology
Hidden luminaires more sophisticated marketing • High current capability
Sparkling effects tool - different shapes, different • Large LED chip
colours, dynamic. • Excellent thermal characteristics
Flexibility: Cost of ownership and • Optimised light extraction
• Dynamic light environmental advantages for
• Dimming channel letter and contour strip Conventional LED
• Flashing applications (alternative to neon). 5 mm
• Colour mixing Flux 0.5–1 lumen
• DC operation Light Emitting Diodes(LEDs) Power 25–100 mW
The advantages of LEDs as a High Flux LED
The rapidly evolving LED signalling source are well known. Flux 10–50 lumen
technology creates new They have a lifetime of up to Power 625–1200 mW.
possibilities for lighting designers, 100 khrs, operate on low voltage,
offering performance benefits can be switched almost infinitely
over traditional sources. with instantaneous 100 % output,
have a very small light emitting
New applications area and can be produced in
Retail: many colours. Efficacy and power
Allows more artistic decorative / limitations have until now
effect lighting ("light & emotion") prevented their widespread usage
e.g. coloured wall washing and for general lighting.
spots with fibre-optic like
precision. Flexibility to suit Efficacy improvements
different promotions, seasons or Over the last 10 years rapid
special occasions. progress has been made with
Allows better lit shelving - more respect to the colour range,
discrete (concealed lighting), more luminous efficacy and power of
flexibility including dimming to LEDs. Currently all colours from
match ambient light levels, new red to blue are available in
shapes (curved) - all to efficacies which outperform
strengthen house style of stores. coloured incandescent lamps.
Efficacies of over 40 lm/W for
amber and red LEDs are
currently available from standard
production lines, but with over
100 lm/W having been produced

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LEDs:The products for
illumination
Luxeon High Flux LED’s are
available mounted upon an
aluminium Core Printed Circuit
Boards maximising heat transfer.
• Highest flux per LED in the
world
• Very long operating life
(up to 100 k hours)
• Available in white, blue, cyan,
green, red and amber
• Available in various arrays
• Low voltage DC operation
• Cool beam
• Unlimited switching
• Instant light
• Fully dimmable
• No UV
Certain Luxeon High Flux LED
arrays are available with UV
resistant PMMA plastic collimating
optics.This secondary optic
concentrates the LED light output
into a narrow beam for maximum
effect.
• All the advantages above with
collimators maximising light
collection from LEDs with over
90 % optical efficiency.
• Available in single LED
"Luxeon™ Stars", linear arrays
of 12 LEDs in "Luxeon™ Lines"
and 6 or 12 LED "Luxeon™
Rings."
• Available in white as standard
with colours available on
request.
To complete an LED system a
range of two drivers are available
developed especially for the
Luxeon High Flux LED
characteristics.
• Two versions available to
operate either 6-18 LEDs or
1-8 LEDs. Input 120 V/60 Hz or
230 V/50 Hz
• Small housings to take
advantage of the unobtrusive-
ness of LED systems.
• Long life time: 5 % failures at
50 K hours
LEDs: products for signs
LED Rail
LED Rail is a complete LED
system, including driver and fixing
means, which delivers all the
benefits of LEDs – in a safe, cost-
effective package. It provides the
ideal solution for applications such
as contour and channel letter
application.
LED Rail
outperforms neon
In particular LED Rail is a superior
alternative to neon in many
applications. It operates on a safer
low voltage, has no fragile glass
and requires no expensive
bending during manufacture.
Compared to the same size neon
channel letters, LED Rail provides
energy savings of up to 80 %.
Individual light emitting modules
are fixed into a flexible track
which can be bent to any shape
before being mounted onto a
backplate, providing complete
design freedom. Lifetime and lumen maintenance state LED lighting where
Compared to conventional light catastrophic failure is rare and
DC/DC drivers are available sources, LEDs have a very long degradation of in initial
which provide optimum life. A life of 100,000 burning performance is a more common
operation for any number of hours is possible if the nominal metric.
LEDs on the rail up to 140 forward current and thermal
(for red). constraints are respected. Lighting Luxeon are guaranteed to have
lifetime figures (such as 100,000 less than 5 % catastrophic failures
LED Rail burning hours) usually refer to at 50,000 hours and typically have
the benefits at a glance the technical average life, defined a lumen maintenance exceeding
• Low voltage – safer, eliminates as the time after which 50 % of 50 % after 50,000 hours.
fire risk, wider application the lamps in a representative
possibilities installation have failed.
• Non-toxic materials – The definition is not true for solid
eliminates safety hazard
• Rugged – eliminates breakages For details of LED products
at all stages, offers increased please contact your local Philips
vibration resistance for wider representative.
application possibilities
• Long life – lower cost of
ownership through reduced
replacement and maintenance
costs
• Energy efficient – reduces
energy bills.
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