Lighting & Illumination

February 2013
LDO voltage-regulator family targets demanding applications
Microchip Technology, a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the MCP1755 and MCP1755S high-performance, high-input-voltage and high-output-current
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Date:
02/27/2013
INSIDE Secure, a leader in semiconductor and software solutions for securing transactions, content and digital identity, has developed a demonstration design of a next-generation home energy gateway
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Date:
02/22/2013
LED Driver optimized for commercial and wireless lighting apps
Designed to address cost, performance and operating life in commercial and wireless solid state lighting (SSL) systems, the iW3630 digital AC/DC LED driver platform from iWatt is a two-stage, Flickerless™
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Date:
02/19/2013
Winning commercial LED outdoor lighting products announced at Strategies in Light event
Thirty-seven commercial LED outdoor lighting products were recognized for excellence by the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition, it was announced
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Date:
02/19/2013
The power-semiconductor switches used in power supplies and inverters are based on two technologies, namely MOSFETs and IGBTs. MOSFETs can operate at relatively high switching frequencies significantly above 30 kHz but, unlike IGBTs, they have a very large chip surface area. A new generation of IGBT modules f
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Date:
02/15/2013
Powerline communication SoC for LED lighting targets cost-sensitive apps
Greenvity Communications expands its Hybrii family of system-on-chip (SoC) connectivity solutions with the Hybrii-Mini GV7013 aimed at cost-sensitive consumer and industrial applications. Compatible
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Date:
02/12/2013
Universal lighting controller presented as first available
Domestic, commercial and public lighting systems can now be made greener, more economical, safer and more flexible with what is presented as the first programmable digital controller specifically
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Date:
02/11/2013
Stadium lamp  characteristic contributed to the length of the delay in Super Bowl XLVIII
Most sports stadiums and indoor arenas use high intensity discharge (HID) lamps for almost all of their overhead lighting needs. On average, stadium lights have much higher wattage than other outdoor
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Date:
02/06/2013
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