Lighting & Illumination

August 2019

The Road to Success for Power Semiconductors

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Figure 1: Comparison of Superjunction transistor, SiC MOSFET, and GaN HEMT

The Road to Success for Power Semiconductors

By Dr. Gerald Deboy, Senior Principal Power Semiconductors and System Engineering and René Mente, MSc, Staff Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies

The commercial availability of Superjunction transistors 20 years ago, challenged and finally proved wrong the limitations of conventional silicon-based transistors with respect to on-state resistance. What was regarded as revolutionary at that time is standard today. Today there is not a single transistor from 25

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08/31/2019

Access Fixtures Introduces a Versatile New LED Canopy Light

Access Fixtures Introduces a Versatile New LED Canopy Light

WORCESTER, Mass./PRNewswire/ -- Access Fixtures has introduced a budget-friendly canopy light called the SYRF which is available in both a round and a square design. SYRF is a fixture that flush mounts to ceilings and canopies at retail facilities, schools, hotels, hospitals, and any other similar commercial location. The SYRF boasts incredible value and efficiency at 22 lumens per dollar, and an L70 rated life of 147,000 hours, guaranteeing years of maintenance-free use. A smooth frosted polycarbonate lens emits light in a wide 110 degree beam spread and prevents glare, even when mounting from ceilings between 8 to 12 feet high. A durable die cast aluminum housing and vandal resistant one-piece lens prevents breakage or shattering. At 11.6 system watts, SYRF emits up to 75 lumens per watt, making it an incredibly efficient fixture. SYRF is low profile, m

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08/28/2019

LEDs Enable High-Flux Narrow-Spotlight Retail Designs

LEDs Enable High-Flux Narrow-Spotlight Retail Designs

Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors. Housed in an extraordinarily small 1 mm × 1 mm real chip scale package, the LEDs offer a top-emitting surface with a 120-degree viewing angle ideal for high-end retail lighting, customized chip-on-board (CoB) designs,

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08/28/2019

LED Light Bars Enable UL-Listed Lighting Applications

LED Light Bars Enable UL-Listed Lighting Applications

San Diego, CA– Environmental Lights announced the launch of LiteLinks LED Light Bars. LiteLinks LED Light Bars are a new modular solution for display and accent lighting which enables users to create UL Listed lighting applications quickly. They feature built-in diffusers that run to the edge of each light

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08/28/2019

TTI Stocks Abracon's Automotive, Industrial Power Inductors

TTI Stocks Abracon's Automotive, Industrial Power Inductors

Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., a leading specialty distributor of electronic components, is now stocking the Abracon ASPIAIG family of power inductors. These Automotive and Industrial Grade (AIG) power inductors are manufactured on TS 16949 certified production lines, AEC-Q200 certified and PPAP ready u

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08/28/2019

New Lens for Lasers Operate in Harsh Environments

New Lens for Lasers Operate in Harsh Environments

Elk Grove Village, IL - BEA Lasers has announced the introduction of a new lens for use with its MIL Series Lasers. The E²L Extreme Environment Lens incorporates a quartz glass lens into the end ferrule, providing resistance to harsh or extreme environmental conditions, such as welding arc flash, abrasive

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08/27/2019

Sager Electronics Stocks 30mm Stacklights from Mallory

Sager Electronics Stocks 30mm Stacklights from Mallory

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Sager Electronics is now stocking Mallory’s JR series of 30mm stacklights. Mallory has introduced the new JR series of 30mm stacklights with sound and light options. These leading edge stacklights are small enough to fit on top of control boxes, or anywhere space is at a premium. The

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08/27/2019

Detraction-Free Light-Matter Interaction

Sven Scholz (left) and Arne Ludwig are experts for generating quantum dots in semiconductors.

Detraction-Free Light-Matter Interaction

Ruhr-University Bochum

Certain semiconductor structures, so-called quantum dots, might constitute the foundation of quantum communication. They are an efficient interface between matter and light, with photons (light particles) emitted by the quantum dots transporting information across large distances. However, structures form by de

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08/26/2019

Are you SiC of Silicon? – Part 5

Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Are you SiC of Silicon? – Part 5

By: Anup Bhalla, Vice President Engineering, UnitedSiC

Ultra-High Voltage SiC and Supercascodes New applications are emerging that require high voltage switch technology which is significantly lower in balance-of-system costs and operating losses than silicon IGBT and IGCT technology. This spans a wide range from solid state transformers, MW motor drives, to smart

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08/20/2019

A Laser for Penetrating Waves

An international research team has been able to show that it is relatively easy to generate terahertz waves with an alloy of mercury, cadmium and tellurium.

A Laser for Penetrating Waves

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

The "Landau-level laser" is an exciting concept for an unusual radiation source. It has the potential to efficiently generate so-called terahertz waves, which can be used to penetrate materials as well as for future data transmission. So far, however, nearly all attempts to make such a laser reality ha

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08/16/2019

Silicon Photodiode Offerings Include New Processes

Silicon Photodiode Offerings Include New Processes

Latham, NY, USA – Marktech Optoelectronics, Inc. has expanded its standard Silicon photodiode offerings to include additional processes, active area sizes, case isolation and packaging options. Marktech customers can now choose from among four unique processes to accommodate an expanded

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08/15/2019

Laser and Sensor Research Advanced by new Inquiries

Schemes of PPC with equal effective refractive index and structure period. a 1D PPC and b 3D opal-like PPC

Laser and Sensor Research Advanced by new Inquiries

Kazan Federal University

A group of researchers led by Professor Myakzyum Salakhov has been working on the problem of optical states in plasmonic-photonic crystals (PPCs). The group mostly consists of young scientists, some of whom started their participation in the project during their student years. First Category Engineer Artyom Ko

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08/12/2019

TTI Offers Infrared Emitters and Sensors from Kingbright

TTI Offers Infrared Emitters and Sensors from Kingbright

Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., is now stocking the APT2012 Series infrared emitters and detectors from Kingbright. These LEDs are targeted for unique sensing applications in industrial and medical equipment applications. Kingbright’s IR LEDs selection with infrared, phototransistor and sensor indus

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08/09/2019

High isolation, regulated DC/DC converters in compact package

High isolation, regulated DC/DC converters in compact package

The core characteristic of the TRI line is a sophisticated reinforced isolation system which is able to withstand high test voltages (9000 VDC for 1s and 5000 VAC for 60s) and working voltages (1000 VACrms). Complementing this isolation characteristic is a high Common Mode Transient Immunity of 15 kV/µs. The

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08/09/2019

The Future of Perovskite-Based Light-Emitting Diodes

(A) Photoluminescence and (B) electroluminsecence in low-dimensional and 3D perovskite-based devices. Photoluminescence (PL) refers to the emission of light caused by the absorption of incident photons, whereas electroluminescence (EL) is the emission of light owing to the energy supplied by an electric current. Although low-dimensional perovskite exhibits better PL properties than 3D perovskite, the latter has better EL properties, which can be exploited to design very bright and efficient PeLEDs.

The Future of Perovskite-Based Light-Emitting Diodes

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology discover a new strategy to design incredibly efficient perovskite-based LEDs with record-setting brightness by leveraging the quantum confinement effect. Several techniques for generation of light from electricity have been developed over the years. Devices that can

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08/08/2019

High-Energy Lasers to Treat Alzheimer's Disease

High-Energy Lasers to Treat Alzheimer's Disease

Tokyo University of Science

Amyloid fibrils are a type of self-assembled proteins/peptides that take on a stacked sheet-like formation. Amyloid fibril aggregates are known to be a cause of several diseases--including Alzheimer's--and therefore, it is of immense scientific interest to understand how these aggregates can be broken. Some type

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08/08/2019

Neural Networks Will Help Manufacture Carbon Nanotubes

This is a scheme of the proposed method.

Neural Networks Will Help Manufacture Carbon Nanotubes

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)

Thin films made of carbon nanotubes hold a lot of promise for advanced optoelectronics, energy and medicine, however with their manufacturing process subject to close supervision and stringent standardization requirements, they are unlikely to become ubiquitous anytime soon. "A major hindrance to unlock

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08/08/2019

700V Ultra-High Voltage Process Technologies

700V Ultra-High Voltage Process Technologies

SEOUL, South Korea and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation announced it now offers 0.35 micron 700V Ultra-High Voltage process technologies (UHV) suitable for different system requirements for AC-DC converter ICs and LED driver ICs. Currently, the market demand is increasing dramaticall

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08/05/2019

LEDs with High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Technology

LEDs with High-Efficiency Quantum Dot Technology

Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking Osconiq S 3030 QD LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors. Utilizing Quantum Dot (QD) tunable light conversion technology, these mid-power LEDs are designed for area lighting and downlight applications that benefit from high efficacy and excellent color rendering. This product i

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08/02/2019

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