It is not often you see something properly new in LED optics.
Polymer Optics managed it with its hybrid lens/reflector, mentioned here, and last year Ledil pulled a rabbit out of the hat with its Rita reflectors.
When describing the Rita series, wonky white funnel seems to sum it…
The German government has pulled together a team of expert companies to develop led adaptive headlights.
They are:
Osram – automotive lighting LEDs, control gear.
Fraunhofer IZM (Institute for Reliability and Microintegration) – interconnection and materials.
Infineon – automotive electronics and LED drivers.
Hella – optical system, headlamp structure, prototype build.
Daimler – vehicle tests…
Lumileds has unveiled the Luxeon 3535 2D, which has two LED die in a 3.5×3.7×0.8mm package.
Efficacy is claimed to be up to 140 lm/W (4,000K, 100mA (6.1V) 25°C solder pad) and minimum CRI is 80 across the 2,700-6,500K range…
Edison Opto has launched a series of TIR optics for its 3.6×3.6mm 700mA ET-3535 LED range.
There are six single lens types and ten multi-lens types (for three to 12 LEDs), with each type coming in multiple beam widths.
“For example, the narrow angle (12°) lens…
Claiming up to 33% more light out, and higher efficacy, Citizen has announced version 2 of its chip-on-board LED arrays.
“Luminous flux and luminous efficacy are improved by 15-33 % and 15-38 %up to 33 % and 38 % respectively and luminous flux of 20,190 lm is achieved…
LED Engin’s 4-die LZ4-series flattop cool white is the source inside the Dedolight Ledzilla, an light that fits onto a camera that can adjust from 4 to 56 degrees.
Price is a bit under £300…
There are three versions, all dimmable:
Warm white ‘60W’ (9.5W, 800 lm 2,700K)
Daylight ‘60W’ (9W, 800 lm, 5,000K)
Warm white ‘40W’ (6W, 450 lm, 2,700K)
All are said to have a CRI of 80 and be omnidirectional.
Inside, it looks like there is a central…
Lumileds has announced Luxeon CoB, chip-on-board LED arrays up to 6,000 lm with versions with illuminated diameters of 9, 13 or 15 mm.
Colour temp is 3,000K, states Lumileds, with 105 lm/W efficacy and CRI >80; all at 36V nominal forward drop. Versions are…
Premier Farnell has signed a global agreement to distribute LEDs from Lumileds. “Philips Lumileds were particularly attracted to…
Luminus and Vision X Lighting have teamed-up to create LED-based after market automotive spotlights
This LED street lighting module is the first product in a line of light engines to be launched by Carclo. It uses the firm’s S class free-form optic…