With the Oslon Signal, Osram Opto Semiconductors provides a new LED that currently boasts the world’s brightest blue light. Made using a special thin-film chip technology, the Oslon Signal can be operated even at a high current while providing a sustained, powerful, bright blue light. This powerful blue light that lasts even throughout long journeys is crucial for the signal lights of the police and emergency services.

An integrated miniature projector that can display images on a much larger surface than existing displays is the next giant leap for smart phones and cameras. This is known as embedded projection and uses LEDs as the light source. The greatest challenge so far for lighting technology has been the limited efficiency of the green light emitting diodes. This is because high brightness is essential if the projected image will be seen with ambient lig...

Osram Opto Semiconductors has added a new LED to the already popular Oslux family. This LED is specifically designed for camera flash in smartphones and provides a high quality white light that illuminates the target area. Due to its specially shaped lens that allows it to be discreetly fitted into the device, design compromises for flash applications are eliminated. This enables perfect marriage of design and function when it comes to using LE...

Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new laser bars offer extremely high efficiency of up to 65 percent at 200 Watts optical output power and can simplify the design of laser systems and reduce their cost. Laserline, one of the leading manufacturers of diode lasers for industrial material processing, is taking advantage of these benefits in its new fiber-coupled diode lasers used in applications from welding of metals and plastics to surface treatment an...

Osram has built a new web-based smart phone app for designers of exterior automotive lighting called the Automotive Signal LED Selector. Available for the iPhone, Android or Blackberry OS, or any device with a web browser, this new tool provides lighting designers and engineers with a mobile, convenient and easy-to-use tool to select the correct LEDs for their applications.

The new high power laser diode PL TB450 from Osram Opto Semiconductors is mounted in a compact TO-56 package and features an optical power of 1.4 Watts (W), making it particularly suitable for high-quality professional projectors such as those used in offices, conference rooms and home cinemas. The latest in Osram’s portfolio of lasers on indium-gallium-nitride substrates, the PL TB450 is also excellent for a range of other applications from la...

More and more frequently, luminaires in the professional sector are equipped with LEDs. This applies both for indoor and outdoor lighting solutions. In the process, luminaire manufacturers give particular importance to durable, efficient and high-quality LEDs. “The demand for high-quality and robust light emitting diodes will continue to increase in the future. The Duris P 5 represents a true leap in innovation, in particular owing to its minim...

New OSRAM Ostar Stage LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors are making spotlights more compact and brighter than ever by means of a much flatter profile, an extremely narrow beam angle, and significantly higher luminance. These LEDs are ideal for moveable stage lights, known as moving heads that provide powerful light beams for rock concerts and other events.

Oslon SSL-LEDs by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors stand for high light output. The new generation of high-power-LEDs will be appreciated by users for its improved performance, with an efficiency increase of approximately 25 percent. Additionally, the luminous flux of the LED at elevated temperatures has now been stabilised. In doing so, it is possible to retain a virtually constant luminous efficacy, despite high application temperatures. Thanks to thi...

The Jerónimo Martins Group is among the first European retail companies to equip its new stores entirely with innovative LED lighting, a move that will save the company 50 percent of its lighting energy costs in future – thanks to Oslon SSL LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and the intelligent light management system of the luminaires supplied by the Portuguese lamp manufacturer Arquiled.

At this year’s Light+Building Preview, OSRAM introduced a selected range of new products which will be shown at the largest and most important trade fair of the lighting industry: the first LED-substitute for the 75W-light bulb in Europe; its first LED-module in accordance with Zhaga standards; the sure course to the world of LED-street lighting as well as the latest generation of lighting management systems. “In the course of the past year, ...

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Researchers at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in manufacturing high-performance blue and white LED prototypes in which the light-emitting gallium-nitride layers are grown on silicon wafers with a diameter of 150 millimeters (approx. 6 inches). The silicon wafers replace the sapphire substrates commonly used in the industry up to now, with no loss of quality. Already in the pilot stage, the new LED chips are being tested under practical ...

With immediate effect, OSRAM now offers an up to 70 percent more efficient generation of the Prevaled LED Light Engine range. The products of the Prevaled Core Eco Z2 line attain a module efficiency of up to 108 lumen/watt (lm/W). With its LED Light Engines, OSRAM offers planning security, despite continually improving LED performance data. The standardised basic information, such as dimensions, luminous flux and light distribution, is the equiva...

When education and practical application merge, the results can be astounding. That was the aim of the College for Creative Studies (CCS), Visteon and OSRAM in their collaboration during the 2011/2012 academic year. As part of CCS’s ongoing Corporate Sponsorship program, 18 CCS Transportation Design Seniors researched areas of innovation focused on the development of new exterior automotive lighting and styling concepts with representatives fro...

Part 14 of LED & Solid-State Lighting Standardization by Dr. Jianzhong Jiao

Lumidigm has selected the Pointled from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors as the illumination source in the company’s Mercury and Mariner Fingerprint Sensors (Lumidigm M-Series). Lumidigm has long been at the forefront of the fingerprint sensor market with its proprietary multispectral imaging technology. The recent adoption of the compact, bright and efficient OSRAM Pointled has enabled Lumidigm to reduce the size and cost of its sensors and expand ...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors showcased two new LED prototypes for headlights in the shape of the OSLON Black Flat and the OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro. Both combine new chip and package technologies and are equipped with a ceramic converter. Their strengths include high light output even at high currents, a uniform light pattern, thermal stability and a particularly good contrast ratio

Part 13 of LED & Solid-State Lighting Standardization by Dr. Jianzhong Jiao