Previous eNewsletters
Issue	eNewsletter Highlights
December 2011	Lighting Science Group’s Ultra-Efficient LED Bulbs Light-Up New Dallas Arboretum Grounds What the Heck is a Hexa-Kaleidocycle? Cree Expands Design and Evaluation Services to Accelerate LED Product Development Sharp Expands Its Portfolio with Even Brighter LED Arrays Lumidigm Chooses Osram Pointled as Light Source in Mercury, Mariner Fingerprint Sensors Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Announces New Automotive High Current LED Driver IC Family New Market Research Report:  High-Brightness LEDs in Lighting Applications Solais LED Lamps Receive Energy Star Certification Richardson RFPD and RECOM Power Team-Up for Global Distribution
November 2011	High-Quality White Light Produced By Four-Color Laser Source ZigBee Resource Guide ON Semiconductor Introduces Highly Optimized LED Lighting Chipset New Osram IR Power Topled with Nanostack Chip Technology Provides 80 Percent Switch Dimmable LED Driver from Supertex Works with Any Standard Light Switch Microsemi Unveils Revolutionary Driver for LED Street Light Fixtures Next Generation Luminaires Expands to Include Separate Indoor and Outdoor Competitions Sol Provides Lighting Solutions for Car Park in Queensland, Australia Cooper Lighting LED Solutions Add Safe, Reliable, Energy-Efficient Lighting to Detroit Windsor Tunnel Strip Mall Combines Lumenpulse LED Fixtures and Wind Turbines to Deliver Pop-Art, Cree Shines the LED Light on Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base Breakthrough's in LED Technology Increase Beam Angle Range and Uniformity of Light Everlight Electronics Offers 'Smart Binning' for Shuen and Shwo High Power LED Series Save the Date: 2012 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop
October 2011	Winona Lighting Illuminates 9/11 Ground-Zero Memorial What the Heck is a Hexa-Kaleidocycle? Cooper Lighting Introduces the Next Generation LED LightBAR System austriamicrosystems Releases Industry’s Light Output Photo-Flash LED Driver Family with Small Device Footprints Laboratory Record: Red LED Breaks Through the 200 Lm/W Barrier Luminus’ Releases Color Mixing LED Chip Offline LED Driver for Retrofit Lamps Dims to Zero Light Intensity without Flicker TI Introduces Two Phase-Dimmable, Offline LED Lighting Drivers Sol Installs Mission-Critical Solar Lighting Systems at the Famed Top Gun Flight School ON Semiconductor Expands Portfolio of Constant Current Regulators for 1.0 watt LED Lighting Applications Strategies Unlimited Forecasts LED Revenue to Peak at $16.2B in 2014 Cree Continues to Lead LED Industry with Even Brighter Lighting-Class LEDs Relume Technologies’ LED Fixtures Selected for Detroit Lighting Project BULBRITE Launches Online LED Resource Center
September 2011	International Light Technologies Announces the Canopylight LED Retrofit Kit Advanced Energy's New Ascent DC Product Selected to Power High-Growth OLED and Tablet Display Manufacturing Applications Power Integrations’ LinkSwitch-PH Delivers Flicker-Free TRIAC Dimming for LED Downlights WAC LIGHTING Introduces Impulse family of Versatile LEDme and Halogen Track Luminaires New R16 LED Lamps Deliver Energy-Efficiency and Long Life for Showcase Lights, Area Lights and Signage Protect-R-Shield Introduces Lens Attachments for LED Boards Lighting Science Group and Dixon Technologies Announce Sub-$15 Ultra-Efficient 60-Watt Equivalent LED Bulb Osram Opto Semiconductors Introduces the Smallest Infrared LED in the 1-Watt Class New Automotive LED Driver from Supertex Reduces Board Space While Improving System Reliability DOE Releases GATEWAY Report on LED Retrofit Lamps
August 2011	Power Supply Architecture for LCD TV Prototype and Low-Volume Parts in One Business Day ESI Revolutionizes LED Manufacturing Process with New LED Tester GE LED Lighting Goes from 60 to 100 in 16 Months AVX Develops Ultra-low Profile LED Lighting Connectors for Fluorescent Light Retrofit & Replacement New Exalos High-Performance Superluminescent LED For OCT Applications RAB Lighting Introduces “LPACK52” LED Replacement for 250 W Metal Halide Wallpacks Cree Launches New High-Performance XLamp XT-E Royal Blue LED and Patent Licensing Program for Remote Phosphor Applications DDP Develops Low-Profile Linear LED Lighting System Optimized for Surface Grazing and Wall-Washing Applications New Breakthrough in GaN-on-Silicon Technology for SSL OLED Lighting Falls Short $10 Million and GE Collaboration Light Way for Growth of Nuventix, Maker of LED Cooling Technology
July 2011	Light Extravaganza at Galleria Centercity Lighting Elevates Bridge to Icon Status Osram Expands Colors and Beam Angle Product Offerings of TopLED Black Package Series Frigodynamics Launches a Series of Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Coolers KYOCERA Announces Development & Commercialization of LED-UV Curing System American-Made Series of ETL-Listed T8 Fixture Replacements for LED Tube Lights Dimmable 10 Watt, AC-DC LED Drivers Meet Harsh Requirements for Commercial Outdoor Lighting Six Channel LED Driver Provides Robust Fault Protection for LED Strings Dialight Debuts Compact, High-Output Class I & Class II, Div 1 LED Area Light for Hazardous Locations DOE Publishes Updated Recommendations for Testing and Reporting LED Luminaire Lifetime Hella Sees Growing Demand for Rear LED Automotive Lighting
June 2011	Boats Glow When Illuminated From Below LEDs and Healthcare: A Perfect Remedy Step Up LED Drivers WAC LIGHTING Unveils Galileo LEDme Track Luminaires Luminus Introduces the Compact SBT-16 and SBT-39 Red-Green-Blue LED Chipsets, Targeted to the Rapidly-Growing Ultra-Mobile LED Projector Segment Switch Lighting Unveils 100 Watt Equivalent A19 LED Replacement Bulb to Replace Incandescent Bulbs National Semiconductor Introduces Industry’s First 2A, Single Inductor, RGB LED Driver for Portable Projectors Dow Corning Announces Dow Corning OE-6370 Series Optical Encapsulant for Improved LED Manufacturing OLED: Record-Breaking Efficiency Strategy Analytics: LED Manufacturers Target General Illumination Lighting Market New NanoMarkets Report Forecasts European OLED Lighting Market to Reach $1.5 Billion by 2016
May 2011	Driving High-Voltage, High-Brightness LEDs Journée Lighting Featured in Sycamore House Solar-Powered LED Luminaire Illuminates Mailbox Panel in Sonoran Desert City ETC Selador Lustr LEDs Illuminate Historic Royal Wedding Dresses Avago Introduces White HB-LED in Surface Mount Package for Streamlined Assembly Toshiba Introduces New High Luminous Flux White LEDs Luxeon LEDs Provide a Path to Efficient, High Quality Illumination with White as well as Royal Blue LEDs for Remote Phosphor Solutions TE Connectivity Extends its Line of Poke-In Connectors to Include New Low-Profile Design for LED Applications GlacialPower LED Driver Bundled Package Now Available for GL-AR111AD & GL-AR111AN LinkSwitch-PH LED Driver ICs Eliminate Electrolytic Capacitors DOE Publishes Updated SSL R&D Plan NanoMarkets Releases Latest Global OLED Lighting Market Forecasts, Sees $4.8 Billion Market in 2016 High-Power R&D Result Sets Record for Solid-State Lighting Industry
April 2011	A Traffic Light at Your Feet LED Bulb Design Improves Locomotives Ground Lighting White Paper: A Systems Approach to Solid State Lighting New Luxeon H LED Simplifies Design of Space Constrained Lighting Solutions Such as Retrofit Bulbs Cree XLamp XM-L EasyWhite LED Delivers Lower-Cost Solution for 25-Watt Replacement Lamps 60 V Step-Down LED Driver Drives Three Independent LED Strings of 100 mA LEDs LEDs Assemblies Provide an Illuminating Solution to ATM Manufacturer’s Backlighting Challenge Wired for Light Martin MAC 101 Available in Three White Light Versions SOL, Inc. Introduces New 20/20 LED Lighting System Cree Expands LED Module Options to Speed Customer Time-to-Market NEMA Publishes SSL 3-2011 High-Power White LED Binning for General Illumination Digital Lumens Secures $10 Million in Funding to Expand into New Markets and Enhance Product Line Daktronics Releases Industry White Paper on Digital Billboard Calibration Oxford Instruments System Sales into European LED Manufacturing
March 2011	Optimizing LED Drivers for Power, Display Life and the Visual Experience Cree Launches High-Performance Warm, Neutral White Lighting-Class LEDs LED Driver Provides High Current Accuracy with Minimum Parts AnalogicTech Launches Small, Quiet, Serial, Step-Up LED Backlight Drivers for Handheld Devices ASYMTEK Fluid Dispensers Jet Precisely into Narrow Cavities to Improve Side-View LED Manufacturing Process Ultra-Compact LED Drivers Waterproof to IP67 Rated and UL1310 Class 2 Ultra-Compact LED Driver Reference Design for Candelabra-Style Bulbs Tyco Electronics Launches Solderless LED Socket Capacity Expansion at Osram Opto Semiconductors Cree and Zumtobel Extend Strategic Agreement for LED Downlights Solais Lighting Ships Industry's First 1200-Lumen PAR38 LED Lamp Replacement
February 2011	Sizing Up Circuit Protection for LED Strings WAC LIGHTING Unveils Dorian Opto Diode Introduces High Output Red LEDs High Intensity LEDs that Retain a High Level of Light Quality iWatt’s High Power-Factor-Corrected Digital LED Driver IC Delivers Flicker-Free Dimming for Commercial and Industrial LED Lighting Microsemi Introduces Timing Controller Plus LED Backlight Solution for Next-Generation 3D LCD TVs Isolated Active PFC Off-Line LED Controller Sportlite Improves Efficiency with its New LED Garage Fixture Series New Bridgelux LED Arrays Double Light Output of Today’s Commercially Available LED Products  Albeo Introduces C3-Series LED Lighting for General Illumination Applications Tricolor Plcc-6 SMT LED Barco Introduces Energy-Efficient Indoor 7 mm LED Display ROHM High-Performance Infrared LEDs are Well Suited for Proximity Sensing Power Integrations Expands LinkSwitch-PH Family of LED Driver ICs for General Lighting Veeco Introduces MaxBright MOCVD Multi-Reactor System Digi-Key Corp. Announces Stock of Cree’s LMR4 LED Lighting Modules in Europe and Around the World Cree Banishes Last Century’s Lighting with Revolutionary LED Light Bulb
January 2011	DOE’s CALiPER Program: Shedding Light on an Emerging Marketplace L.A. Museum Hosting 4.5-Billion-Old Specimens Employs 21st Century LED Lighting Technology New Lumex Quasarbrite 0404 RGB LED Provides Compact Package Size Luminus Devices’ Big-Chip LEDs Power New Aiptek PocketCinema V50 Projector Intematix Unveils ChromaLit LED Driver from Supertex Delivers Improved Current Accuracy with Integrated MOSFET Opto Diode Offers Custom, High Quality LEDs LEDs Grown on Ostendo’s Semi-Polar GaN Achieve 2.5x The Brightness of C-Plane GaN Based LEDs OSRAM LEDs Homing in on Office Projectors New High-Efficiency Cree XLamp LED Can Reduce Initial Fixture Cost for Lighting Manufacturers Power Integrations Introduces Reference Design for 5 W LED Lamps with PFC and Flicker-Free TRIAC Dimming LED Package Market & Industry Outlook (2008~2013) ON Semiconductor Acquires SANYO Semiconductor from SANYO Electric Rubicon Technology Opens State-of-the-Art Sapphire Polishing Facility in Malaysia

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