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What is an LED? - LEDs Magazine
WEBSep 1, 2004 · In the simplest terms, a light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when an electric current is passed through it. Light is produced when the particles that carry the current (known as electrons and holes) combine together within the semiconductor material.
Technology roadmap shows UV-C LEDs are on the rise - LEDs …
WEBJul 24, 2020 · The 1980s inventions enabling the synthesis of high-quality gallium-nitride (GaN) on a common substrate material (sapphire) provided an unprecedented platform for the development of visible-spectrum LEDs: a fully optically transparent and robust compound semiconductor material system specifically suited for the efficient generation of blue light, the primary light source necessary to enable ...
Running LEDs from an AC supply
WEBMay 2, 2006 · Figure 1b - C3LED circuit: A typical C 3 LED device combines 2 or more LEDs/die (in multiples of 2 or more, to use both halves of the AC cycle efficiently) with a capacitor.. Mike Miskin explains the role of the capacitor in the circuit. "Much like the resistor in the DC circuit, the capacitor drops the voltage and delivers the required current to the LEDs, based on the voltage and frequency ...
Understand energy efficiency of LED horticultural lighting systems ...
WEBApr 19, 2017 · FIG. 1. The ability to deploy lighting solutions within inches of a crop canopy is a breakthrough for vertical farming applications. Properly designed LED solutions enable higher yields per square foot compared to poorly designed LED solutions and other lighting technologies such as HPS and fluorescent.
L-Prize Prototypes advance connected lighting innovation
WEBOct 27, 2023 · Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company ...
Agilent semiconductors group becomes Avago (update)
WEBDec 1, 2005 · [For press releases from Agilent and Avago, see Related Stories at right] The businesses formerly comprising Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group will be unveiled later today as what is being described as "the world's largest privately-held independent semiconductor company."
Ams Osram to spend nearly a billion dollars on new LED plant
WEBApr 6, 2022 · Mark Halper is a freelance business, technology, and science journalist who covers everything from media moguls to subatomic particles. Halper has written from locations around the world for TIME Magazine, Fortune, Forbes, the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian, CBS, Wired, and many others.A US citizen living in Britain, he cut his journalism teeth cutting and pasting copy for ...
What’s new for lighting controls in the upcoming Title 24
WEBOct 6, 2022 · Commercial building energy codes regulate the designed energy efficiency of nonresidential buildings to minimize energy consumption. While most states adopt model codes and standards, the State of California developed its own code, Title 24, Part 6: Building Energy Efficiency Standards. Historically, California’s energy code has led the nation in terms of innovation and strictness ...
AI meets LEDs for innovations in lighting control (MAGAZINE)
WEBJul 21, 2021 · FIG. 2. AI-enhanced smart LED lighting and controls can handle functions from executing color-changing lighting schemes to more sophisticated building management operations that integrate safety and security measures, networked sensors, HVAC, and scheduled lighting to supplement natural daylight — all by using machine learning to automate programming, reduce human intervention where needed ...