| Nichia and Nitride Semiconductor Research Laboratory Claim 135 lm/W White LED at 1A September 8, 2010...Nichia reports having achieved some impressive results in the lab for its white LEDs.
In the latest issue of Physics D, Yukio Narukawa and a group of researchers from Nichia Corporation and Nitride Semiconductor Research Laboratory, claimed to have achieved 135 lm/W efficacy at 1A with four high power blue LEDs dies made into a white LED. Narukawa says that as far as he knows 135 lm/W is a record for... Nichia Files Four Provisional Injunction Actions Against LED Bulb SellerSeptember 8, 2010...Nichia Corporation reports that it has filed four provisional injunction actions in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Tsannkuen Japan (Sankun Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha) from infringing Nichia's patents. Nichia alleges that the white LEDs used in certain LED light bulb products of Tsannkuen Japan, sold by G.K. Seiyu and K.K. Yamada Denki, infringe Nichia's white LED patents (No. 3724498, No. 3995011, No. 4109297, No. 4530094). For this reason Nichia filed... Marl Adds Pink Version to LED FamilyAugust 24, 2010...Marl of Ulverston, UK has reportedly added pink LEDs to its IP67 rated 676 series of standard indicator LEDs. According to Marl, the LEDs are extremely popular for panels and status indication applications due to their wide viewing angle.
With the addition of a pink version, Marl now offers six colors in its 676 series including: red, yellow, green, blue and cool white. Marl contends that the pink... Cree Introduces XLamp MX-3 LEDAugust 24, 2010...Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA, announced the commercial availability of the new 100+ lumen lighting-class PLCC XLamp MX-3 LED. The MX-3 boasts Cree's lighting-class performance and enhanced light uniformity and LED-to-LED color consistency. The cool white (6500K) version of the MX-3 delivers luminous flux of up to 122 lm at 350 mA, and the warm white (3500K) offers up to 100 lm at 350 mA. The MX-3 shares a... Dow Chemical to build LED, Display Components Plant in South KoreaAugust 19, 2010...Dow Chemical Co., the top U.S. chemicals manufacturer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the governments of South Chungcheong Province of South Korea and the city of Cheonan to build the factory for light-emitting diodes and display panel components.
The facility will be located in the city of Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul.
The company plans to invest US$45 million to build a plant producing key electronic materials. Construction... Epistar Invests in OreeAugust 17, 2010...Taiwan-based LED producer, Epistar has invested in Israeli company, Oree.
Oree of Ramat Gan, Israel developed what it refers to as LED planar illumination technology. Oree's solid state light source apparently is thin and flat, and about the size of a credit card.
Oree boasts that its light source is ideally-suited for general lighting applications,
decorative and architectural lighting, as well as backlighting for LCD panels. Oree notes that... Luminus Licenses its PhlatLight Technology to EpistarAugust 17, 2010...Luminus Devices of Billerica, Massachusetts has again licensed its big-chip PhlatLight LED technology. This time, Luminus reports that it has signed an agreement with Epistar to manufacture LEDs on the PhlatLight platform.
Luminus points out that the agreement with Epistar is its third individual licensing agreement to other LED companies. Luminus contends that the licensing demonstrates that LEDs constructed using its PhlatLight technology platform offer unparalleled levels of brightness and... Crystal IS, Inc. and Asahi Kasei to Jointly Develop Larger Diamter AlN SubstratesAugust 16, 2010...Crystal IS, Inc., of Green Island, New York USA, a developer of UV-C LEDs has signed a joint development agreement with Asahi Kasei Corp., to create a manufacturing process for larger diameter aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates. The substrates will reportedly be based upon Crystal IS technology.
“Aluminum nitride substrates are a critical component in the fabrication of UVC LEDs for energy efficient water and air sterilization applications,” said Dr. Steven Berger...
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... Nichia Corporation reports that it has filed four provisional injunction actions in Tokyo District Court to enjoin Tsannkuen Japan (Sankun Nihon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha) from infringing Nichia's patents. Nichia alleges that the white LEDs used in certain LED light bulb products of Tsannkuen Japan, sold by G.K. Seiyu and K.K. Yamada Denki, infringe Nichia's white LED patents (No. 3724498,... 
