Lumileds announces Luxeon III

The Netherlands - Lumileds Lighting has announced "a quantum leap" in LED technology with new red, red-orange and amber LEDs that produce record-breaking typical lumens per package of 110 for Amber, 140 for Red and 190 for Red-Orange, which, the company claims, triples the industry benchmark previously set by the company's Luxeon family of solid-state light sources and quadrupling the performance of other LEDs. The new Luxeon III emitters reduce the cost of semiconductor-based lighting per lumen, and save space, by reducing the number of emitters required to produce a given light output. They also pave the way for development of new LED-based products requiring brighter illumination and/or simpler lighting system design in red and related colours. Applications range from rear automotive lighting to aviation, manufacturing and architainment.

(Lee Baldock)

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