| Klauf Lighting Introduces Relatively Inexpensive Remote Phosphor LED Light Bar May 2, 2013...After a year of research and development, Klauf Lighting of Lewes, Deleware
has introduced the Klauf light bar. Uniquely, the light bar takes advantage of
remote phosphor technology. The warm white light is also leverages better
dimming technology that is compatible with standard inexpensive dimmers. The
luminaire has an extruded aluminum housing and a yellow-orange diffuser, which
gives the Klauf light bar a distinctive appearance.
Unlike conventional LED lighting that uses blue LEDs packaged with a
phosphor... Acuity Brands Unveils Aera LED luminaire System; Expands Availability of eldoLED Driver PortfolioApril 25, 2013...Acuity Brands unveiled a new LED lighting system concept during LIGHTFAIR®
International 2013 in Philadelphia. Acuity Brands also announced expanded
access to its eldoLED Driver portfolio. The Aera system uses wall-recessed LED
luminaires to offer a combination of indirect ambient illumination and luminous
presentations that can be customized for the occupant and the space. The
company says that the trim-less wall integration and daylight appearance of the
lighting system add to its appeal. The Aera LED... Marvell Deep Dimming LED Driver to Power 3M LED Lamps Manufactured by MSiApril 24, 2013...Santa Clara, California-based Marvell, announced that MSi LED Lighting has
selected its 88EM8183 deep dimming single-stage AC/DC LED driver integrated
circuit (IC) to power its new line of LED bulbs they are manufacturing for 3M.
MSi says it selected Marvell’s 88EM8183 LED driver because of its high
compatibility with a wide variety of installed dimmers, deep dimming
performance similar to that of incandescent bulbs and the lowest component
count on the market. Leveraging Marvell’s driver, 3M... Intematix Awarded New Remote Phosphor PatentApril 12, 2013...Intematix of Fremont, California, an innovator of patented phosphors and
phosphor components for LED lighting, has been awarded a new U.S. patent.
Specifically, the company was awarded U.S. patent number 8,376,580,
which covers LED-based lighting systems using its remote phosphor technology. Intematix says that this patent marks the 21st remote phosphor
patent the Company has received. (See company
patent chart with Field, “RP”)
Interestingly, none of the remote phosphor patents specifically uses the term "remote phosphor",... Philips Unveils 200 lm/W Prototype TLED lamp to Replace Fluorescent Tube LightingApril 12, 2013...Royal Philips Electronics of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, announced a tube lighting
(TL) replacement TLED laboratory prototype that produces a record 200 lumens
per watt of high-quality white light. Compared with 100-110lm/W for fluorescent
lighting (and just 15lm/W for traditional incandescents) the prototype TLED lamp
is twice as efficient as the best incumbent predecessor lamps, showing the potential of LEDs to cut lighting... Acuity Brands Acquires eldoLED, a Designer and Manufacturer of Intelligent Drive Solutions for LED-based LightingMarch 14, 2013...Acuity Brands, Inc. of Atlanta,Georgia USA, announced it has acquired
eldoLAB Holding B.V., (“eldoLED”), a designer and manufacturer of
intelligent drivers for LED-based lighting systems. Founded in 2003, eldoLED is
a privately owned company headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Terms of
the acquisition were not disclosed.
eldoLED offers a range of available LED drivers using networking and control
architectures. The drivers provide full-range dimming for white LED and dynamic
color solutions for RGB effect lighting. eldoLED also... Power Integrations' New LED-Downlight Reference Design Achieves High Performance Dimming With Reduced Component CountFebruary 27, 2013...Power Integrations a maker of LED driver ICs, announced the RDR-347, an LED-downlight reference design. The company says that the LED driver IC, part of the LYTSwitch™ IC family. offers the highest performance from a single stage LED driver. It therefore has all the advantages of being a single stage driver including efficiency, space and cost. Power Integration's RDR-347 12 W reference design is based on... Dialight Announces 20-Year Power Supply For LED Lighting FixturesFebruary 26, 2013...Farmingdale, New Jersey-based Dialight, announced a new solid state lighting
power supply with an expected life of 20 years. Dialight says its new power
supply technology guarantees long-life performance even in the most demanding
applications. The new power supply will debut on the company’s LED High
Bay products for industrial and hazardous locations in Q2-2013 and will be
integrated into additional Dialight fixture families this year.
“Dialight has once again set the bar with our latest...
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