LG Innotek, UV LED partner of LASER COMPONENTS, announces the first 70mW UV-C LED in the world. At 278nm, it features the highest power ever achieved from a single chip.Its improved light emission capabilities derive from a newly developed semi-conductor technology. Thanks to its robust 6x6mm SMD casing, it can be used in almost any […]
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SOT-223 package option for 600V, 700V and 800 V MOSFETs
Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its recently launched CoolMOS P7 technology with a SOT-223 package. The device has been developed as a one-to-one drop-in replacement for DPAK. It is fully compatible with a typical DPAK footprint. The combination of the new CoolMOS P7 platform with the SOT-223 package is a perfect fit for applications such […]
Website covers smart building controls and systems
Cortet by CEL announces a new online resource for manufacturers, integrators, installers and reseller of lighting systems, luminaires, lamps and control/management systems for industrial and office facilities, warehouses, and other large facilities. “Businesses and manufacturers looking to expand their product lines within the Smart Building Technology space face a fractured and disorganized cornucopia of suppliers […]
LEDs mimic the natural spectrum of the sun for Circadian rhythm-optimized light
Seoul Semiconductor, a global innovator of LED products and technology, has developed a new LED technology that produces light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight. Announced at a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany on June 26, 2017, the new SunLike Series natural spectrum LED technology was co-developed by Seoul Semiconductor and Toshiba Materials […]
High-voltage ac LED driver needs no diode bridge
LSI/CSI announces the availability of a powerful, all-inclusive new system level, High Voltage LED Dimmable Driver IC. Designated LS9100 Archimedes Series, this high-performance, low cost IC has a rugged design optimized for driving LED banks directly from the main utility line which eliminates the previously required, expensive and bulky AC-DC Power Supplies formerly used to drive LEDs. […]
High-side smart power switch ICs for automotive applications
Car makers want in-vehicle electronic systems to provide a large number of energy-efficient functions in as little space as possible. Infineon Technologies AG supports this trend with its new power IC manufacturing technology SMART7. Infineon designed it specifically for automotive applications such as Body Control Modules or Power Distribution Centers. SMART7 power ICs drive, diagnose and protect […]
LED controller handles dense exterior lighting with little EMI
The MAX20078 synchronous buck, high-brightness LED controller from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. provides both fast response time and low electromagnetic interference (EMI) for exterior LED lighting and improved safety applications. Ideal for matrix lighting designs, the LED controller allows designers to achieve high performance, ease of design, and fast time-to-market. In advanced lighting applications such as matrix […]
Wireless self-powered BLE wall switches handle LED lighting systems
EnOcean has launched a new product line for wireless and self-powered LED lighting controls for open standards under the brand Easyfit, which will be presented at Smart Lighting 2017 Conference (Hamburg, May 30-31, 2017). The Easyfit product line includes wireless and self-powered wall switches based on Bluetooth Low Energy radio standard for LED lighting systems for […]
Why do we need all this LED driver stuff, anyway?
The late Bob Pease, a venerated and well-liked engineer at National Semiconductor Corp. (now part of Texas Instruments) once wrote a series of technical musings inspired by questions that mostly younger engineers had to put to him somewhere along the line. We thought back to how Mr. Pease might have reacted when we noticed a […]
Dimming LEDs
As the use of LEDs for area lighting has grown dramatically, with both the use of LED-based replacement bulbs as well as LED-based fixtures for new construction (called luminaires in the trade), the issue of dimming these LEDs becomes more critical. LEDs require a very different technique for dimming than the conventional legacy incandescent bulb. […]
