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Lumileds sold for just $239m
Lumileds sold for just $239m
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European LED supplier Lumileds has been sold for $239m. The cash deal will see San’an Optoelectronics of China team with…
World’s first SoC with PSA Level 4 security
World’s first SoC with PSA Level 4 security
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Silicon Labs has certified its latest Series 3 system on chip devices to the highest security level in the Platform…
First LED with nano-engineered Eu3+-based phosphor
First LED with nano-engineered Eu3+-based phosphor
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Partnership to market Eu3+-based phosphor LED for solid-state lighting on a commercial scale and unlocks never-before-seen efficiencies.
Hydrogen test lab for lower carbon family car
Hydrogen test lab for lower carbon family car
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Renault has developed a vehicle platform to test out a wide range of sustainable, low carbon technologies including hydrogen for…

Highly integrated SoC for automotive lighting
Highly integrated SoC for automotive lighting
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Novosense Microelectronics has developed a highly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) for modern automotive ambient lighting systems. The NSUC1500-Q1 can be combined with the high-precision NSLxxxxx series of linear LED drivers for…
Seoul Semi LED patent sales ban will have implications across Europe
Seoul Semi LED patent sales ban will have implications across Europe
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A judgement by the Unified Patent Court will see a sales ban and destruction of products infringing a key LED patent from Seoul Semiconductor in eight European countries. The decision…
Three vie for 2024 German Future prize
Three vie for 2024 German Future prize
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Three teams of technologists from Infineon, ams Osram and LMU Munich are in the short list for the €250,000 German Future prize in 2024. The three nominees for the German…
12-channel LED driver for digital signage and displays
12-channel LED driver for digital signage and displays
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LED driver enables high-performance with enhanced visual refresh rates and output-current bilateral processing for EMI reduction.
Panasonic adds relays for high inrush currents and PiP reflow processing
Panasonic adds relays for high inrush currents and PiP reflow processing
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An improved high inrush current and reinforced insulation type relay extends the popular LQ series of electromechanical power relays.
Inclusive design for wheelchair EV
Inclusive design for wheelchair EV
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UK automotive design house Callum has developed a concept electric vehicle (EV) for wheelchair users. The eVITA accessible and versatile electric vehicle (EV) concept was developed with Callum to demonstrate…
Seoul Semi moves to pan-European LED patent suit against Amazon
Seoul Semi moves to pan-European LED patent suit against Amazon
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Seoul Semiconductor (SSC) has filed an LED patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon in the newly-formed European Unified Patent Court. The lawsuit covers technology to adjust the brightness and colour of…
Three channel linear LED driver with controls for brightness and colour
Three channel linear LED driver with controls for brightness and colour
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Diodes has launched an automotive-compliant 55V linear LED driver with independent control of the brightness and colour of its three channels. The AL1783Q LED driver from Diodes has current set by…
Würth Elektronik participates in HyPerStripes research project
Würth Elektronik participates in HyPerStripes research project
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HyPerStripes project partners will develop technologies and production processes for long, smart and flexible cable replacements.
Seoul Semiconductor LED patent deal for automotive boost
Seoul Semiconductor LED patent deal for automotive boost
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Seoul Semiconductor has licensed LED patents from GE Licensing, Current Lighting Solutions and Savant Systems covering potassium fluorosilicate (PFS) phosphors. The Seoul Semiconductor PSF patent deal covers all application fields…
ISELED Alliance adds three new members for automotive LED lighting
ISELED Alliance adds three new members for automotive LED lighting
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The ISELED Alliance has added three new members in Germany and China making microcontrollers and Arduino-compatible LED driver and development boards for automotive applications. Adding AutoChips, Zhixin Semiconductor and Hebatronic…
Inova looks to Samsung on path to a billion LEDs a year
Inova looks to Samsung on path to a billion LEDs a year
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Inova Semiconductors in Germany has signed a deal with Samsung Foundry to be an additional source for its ISELED smart LED controllers from 2025. Long-term mass production at Samsung is…
Colour mixing reduces variations with RGB chip LED
Colour mixing reduces variations with RGB chip LED
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Rohm has developed an RGB chip LED for automotive interiors, such as function and status indicators in instrument clusters, CID (Centre Information Displays) and accent lighting for footwells and door…
Bluetooth mesh for heavy duty industrial LED lighting
Bluetooth mesh for heavy duty industrial LED lighting
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Lumary in the US is set to launch a smart LED lighting system for industrial applications. The 150W Smart UFO LED heavy duty High Bay lights provide 22000 lumens with…
Integrated flyback controller boosts LED lighting
Integrated flyback controller boosts LED lighting
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STMicroelectronics has launched a 90-400V flyback controller for LED lighting designs up to 180W. The HVLED101 simplifies design with higher integration, patented control techniques and support for primary-sensing regulation. 800V…
Hermetic TO-can package for 235nm and 255nm UV-C LEDs
Hermetic TO-can package for 235nm and 255nm UV-C LEDs
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Silanna UV in Australia has launched two UV-C LEDs in a hermetic TO format package to ease the integration into high performance sensor designs. The packaging is used for the…
Siemens teams for digital twins and AI in vertical farms
Siemens teams for digital twins and AI in vertical farms
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Siemens is to provide hardware and software, including a digital twin model and machine learning, for the latest indoor vertical farms in the Netherlands and the US. A deal with…
2Gbit/s LiFi aims for trains
2Gbit/s LiFi aims for trains
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French LiFi pioneer Oledcomm has doubled the speed of its second generation light-based communications technology, aiming it as transportation and industrial automation LiFiMAX2G, launched at CES 2023 this…
0603 LED range for low current, low light applications
0603 LED range for low current, low light applications
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Rohm has launched a series of 0603-size (0.6inch × 0.3inch) / 1608-size (1.6 mm × 0.8 mm) LEDs for industrial low-light applications. The CSL1901 series is aimed at indicators and…
Nanostructure breakthrough for UVC LEDs
Nanostructure breakthrough for UVC LEDs
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Silanna UV in Australia is claiming a major breakthrough for UV-C LED technology production using nanostructures. UV-C LED devices are increasingly important for disinfection applications, water quality monitoring, gas sensing,…
€5m for LED plastic optical fibre expansion
€5m for LED plastic optical fibre expansion
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Dutch plastic optical fibre (POF) developer FiberUnlimited has raised €5m to expand its LED technology into international markets. FiberUnlimited has developed a plug and play POF network using LED technology…
Debonding LED die to tackle supply issues
Debonding LED die to tackle supply issues
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Tresky Automation in Germany has developed a technique for safely and reliably debonding LED die, allowing devices to be reused or replaced. In times of limited availability of components and…
$2m prize in LED lighting prototype competition
$2m prize in LED lighting prototype competition
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has opened the Prototype Phase of its L-Prize competition, which seeks to boost innovation in advanced LED lighting fixtures and control systems for use in commercial and…
Quantum dots boost LED smart lighting
Quantum dots boost LED smart lighting
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an LED smart lighting system using a combination of printed nanotechnology, colour science and advanced computational methods. Using quantum dots, the team…
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