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• Philips Lumileds Announces Brighter, More Stable Amber LEDs Using Phosphor
  LIGHTimes News Staff
  July 2, 2009...Philips Lumileds has made available its new phosphor coated (PC) Amber LEDs, a new member of their Luxeon Rebel series. The company boasts that the new PC Amber LEDs have 2 to 5-times as much light output as typical amber LEDs. Additionally, the company contends that they have dramatically less color shift compared to conventional amber LEDs. A PC Amber LED apparently uses either a blue or UV LED and a specialized phosphor mixture to emit amber light.
  
  The company says that the Luxeon Rebel PC Amber delivers typical flux of 70 lumens at 350mA. The company contends that the PC Amber LED offers a lower cost per lumen, and a greater overall luminous flux, and it can lower system cost. The company also indicates that the PC Amber LED can operate at higher temperatures than conventional amber LEDs. Company News Release LIGHTimes SecondPage members login for more. Guests can view membership details.
  
  Huga Optotech to Form Joint Venture with Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Optodevice
  July 2, 2009...Huga Optotech, an LED chip maker based in Taiwan, will reportedly form a joint venture with Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Optodevice, according to the company's filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange and a Digitimes article. Huga Optotech will reportedly own 49 percent of the company, and Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Optodevice will own 51 percent of the joint venture, according to the article. The Chinese language Economic Daily News reports that the company will add 10 MOCVD systems in the second half of 2009. This will add to the company's current LED production capacity of some 800 million LED chips. This year through May, Huga Optotech has reported revenues of NT$470.55 million, which is down about 49 percent compared to the first five months of 2008.
  
  GE Lumination Introduces New Tetra miniMAX for Shallow Channel Letters
  LIGHTimes News Staff
  July 2, 2009...GE Lumination, GE Consumer & Industrial’s LED business introduced the new Tetra miniMAX LED System for shallow-depth channel letter applications. The company says that the new Tetra miniMax illuminates a surface area four times larger than the previous generation Tetra Mini. According to the company, the new LED Tetra miniMax LED light engine improves the appearance, and lowers system costs.
  
  Also the company says that the new light engine delivers over 3 times brighter light at 24 lumens/module (6500 Kelvin) and 20 lumens/module (3200 Kelvin). The Tetra miniMAX’s unique design features patent-pending OptiLens technology, that the company says captures otherwise wasted light and redirects it toward the illuminated surface in a broad, 155-degree pattern. The company touts the LED light engine's 41 percent wider viewing angle at 155-degrees, which it says enhances uniformity of light throughout the application.
  
  GE revealed that the light engine allows the use of fewer LEDs per sign to achieve optimal performance, while reducing the cost of materials for sign manufacturers. “Our latest LED technology positively impacts the sign owner, OEM and distributor by providing compact, long-lasting LEDs for applications that require a lot of light in a limited amount of space,” said Eric Stevenson, global product manager-signage, GE Lumination. “Now, even the shallowest channel letters can pack a huge visual punch.” GE Lumination News Release
  
  
  
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