| WLED Charge-Pump Backlight Driver Dramatically Lowers Power Consumption of Handheld Devices August 26, 2010...Analog Devices, Inc. of Norwood, Massachusetts USA, a producer of semiconductors for signal-processing applications, introduced the ADP8870 white LED charge-pump backlight driver. ADI boasts that the ADP8870 lowers the power consumption of battery-operated handheld devices by up to 45 percent without compromising viewing quality.
According to the company, the ADP8870 combines three key functions. It has a programmable backlight LED charge-pump driver and has inputs for a photo transistor to... Lextar of Taiwan to Adopt 6-inch Epitaxy MOCVD EquipmentAugust 24, 2010...Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, will reportedly adopt MOCVD systems for 6-inch epitaxial wafers at the end of 2010, according to an article in Digitimes.
After the new MOCVD systems are installed, Lextar may be the first LED chipmaker in Taiwan with such equipment. The switch from 4-inch to 6-inch epitaxial wafers for LED production translates to a lower cost per LED and less unused wafer space.
According... SemiLEDS Files for $173 Million IPOAugust 10, 2010...SemiLEDS Corporation, a U.S.-based maker of LED chips and components for customers in China, Taiwan, and Korea, filed for an Initial Public Offering on Friday. The company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $173 million. The company was founded in 2005 and booked $29 million in sales for the 12 months ended May 31. SemiLEDs plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol... Philips Lumileds' Factory Gets Visit From Penang’s Chief MinisterAugust 3, 2010...In his first visit to the Philips Lumileds' plant in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia, Penang’s Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was greeted by Glen Brownlie, General Manager. Jascha Ortmanns, VP of Asia Operations; and Lee Weng Seong, chairman and chief executive officer of Philips Group of Companies in Malaysia were also on hand. Lee Weng Seong gave the state’s premier a brief on the factory’s history before embarking on an exclusive... Bridgelux Former President and CEO Becomes CEO of IntematixAugust 3, 2010...Mark Swoboda, the former president and CEO of LED maker Bridgelux, has become the CEO of the phosphor expert company, Intematix.
At Bridgelux, Mark Swaboda reportedly transformed the company from an R&D and chip design business into a vertically integrated solid state lighting product company. Prior to Bridgelux, Mark served as Executive Vice President of Philips Lumileds, where he led sales, marketing, applications and custom product development teams that pioneered... Analog Devices Introduces New LED Flash Driver for Camera PhonesJuly 30, 2010...Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has added a new 1500-mA white LED driver. The ADP1650, an inductive-based flash driver has a 4-bit ADC, two separate TxMASK inputs, a programmable I²C interface, and a programmable flash and torch currents up to 1500 mA for single LED.
According to the company, the ADP1650 LED driver offers 85 percent high-efficiency at a battery voltage at 90 percent peak. The driver is comes in a... Philips Lumileds Improves Luxeon Rebel PC Amber Hot/Cold Factor and Light OutputJuly 16, 2010...Philips Lumileds reports that the Amber version of its Luxeon Rebel phosphor converter (PC) LED now has improved performance. Specifically the amber LED has a 12 percent increased hot/cold factor at 80 degrees C. The hot/cold factor indicates how much light is delivered at operating conditions as opposed to test conditions. Additionally, Philips Lumileds contends that the LED's lumen output and lumens per watt (efficacy) performance exceed that... Future Lighting Solutions to Offer Nuventix LED CoolingJuly 9, 2010...Nuventix, Inc., developer of SynJet® thermal management solutions for LED luminaires based in Austin, Texas, announced a distribution agreement in which Future Lighting Solutions would distribute its LED cooling products. Nuventix boasts that its solutions help increase the brightness and LED lifetime of solid state luminaires by actively displacing heat, even in small spaces such as recessed downlights and spotlights. Nuventix's SynJet solution reportedly creates turbulent air jets for active...
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... LCD TV panel prices fell quickly in Q3’10 due to oversupply and inventory adjustments downstream. However, LED panel prices are falling even faster than CCFL. According to market analyst company, DisplaySearch, the continuing transition to LED backlights is motivating LCD TV panel manufacturers to develop their supply chains in order to reduce the cost of LED-backlit panels. In DisplaySearch's... 
