Plessey today announced its expansion into Chip Scale Packages and Wafer Level Packaging solutions leading to its Application Specific LED -- the AS-LED.  Recent performance improvements have elevated Plessey's award winning GaN-on-Silicon technology MaGIC LEDs to be competitive with any LED technology with improvements in key critical areas including lumens/watt, elevatingGaN-on-Silicon above existing LED technology. 

Aimed at the surging wearable electronics market, the PLW138003 is Plessey's smallest packaged MaGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) LED. The PLW138003 is a white LED in a 1005 SMT package designed specifically for the demand for ever smaller LED components producing highly collimated light. Plessey's dotLEDs weighing 0.2 milligrams and a profile of 0.2mm are an industry-leading option for any wearable application with LE...

Plessey Semiconductor has launched its next-generation GaN-on-Silicon mid-power LEDs, doubling the efficacy of the first generation MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C) products released earlier in 2013. Developed using standard silicon semiconductor production techniques to achieve high flux output at substantially lower cost, the PLW114050 is the first in a family of entry-level LED lighting products.

Plessey is working closely with Plymouth City Council to help achieve the Council's ambitious carbon reduction strategy for all their managed buildings and infrastructure. Plessey is replacing the existing fluorescent lighting in Douglass House with solid-state LED luminaires that combine design and lighting excellence with extraordinary energy savings.

Plessey today announced that samples of a 350mW LED product (p/n PLB010350) are now available. These entry level lighting products are manufactured on Plessey's 6-inch MAGICTM (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line at its Plymouth, England facility. These new LED products are aimed at a variety of solid state lighting and entertainment-type lighting products including accent lighting, wall washing, wall grazing, strip-lighting and a variety of pulse ligh...

Plessey today announced that samples of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products (p/n PLW111010) are today available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available anywhere in the world. Plessey is using its proprietary large diameter GaN on silicon process technology to manufacture the LEDs on its 6-inch MAGICTM (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line at its Plymouth, ...

Plessey Semiconductors today announced the release of the PS2292X family of easy-to-use, robust, linear regulator products that uses Plessey's bipolar process to offer industry-leading, low noise performance and very low dropout. The devices are part of a high current, single supply, LDO family that operates from an input voltage as low as 1.7V and as high as 12V.

Plessey has today revealed that they will be exhibiting at the International IC China Exhibition in Shenzhen from 28 February to 2 March 2013. Plessey will be featuring solutions for the tele-health markets including the handheld imPulse and the wrist worn inCite incorporating the company's award winning EPIC sensor.

Plessey today announced that its new innovative MAGIC (MAnufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LED products have won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012. The winners were revealed last week at the European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London.

Plessey has developed a novel solution to monitor driver fatigue that is based on its multi-award winning EPIC sensor technology. According to the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, research shows that driver fatigue may be a contributory factor in up to 20% of road accidents and up to a quarter of fatal and serious accidents. Car manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to make their vehicles safer especially as safety c...

Plessey has today announced that it plans to launch a new hand held, ECG monitor at this year's electronica Show in Munich next month. Aimed at the home health market, the imPulse will allow the routine, quick and accurate recording of ECG signal outside of the medical environment and without the need for conductive gel or skin preparation.

Plessey today announced that it has been shortlisted for its new innovative MAGIC (MAnufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LED (HBLED) products in the Elektra Awards 2012 Solid-State Lighting Application Category. The winners will be revealed on Wednesday, 12 December 2012 at the European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London.

Plessey has been shortlisted for its new innovative MAGIC (MAnufactured on Gan ICs) High Brightness LED (HBLED) products in the British Engineering Excellence Awards 2012 Electronics Product Category. The winners will be revealed on Thursday 25 October 2012 at a prestigious awards ceremony in London.

Plessey Semiconductors has today taken delivery of a CRIUS II-XL reactor in a 7x6-inch wafer configuration from AIXTRON, as the first part of a multi-million pound investment to create a production line for its new High Brightness LED (HBLED) products. These will use Plessey's MaGIC (MAnufactured on Gan ICs) technology of GaN on 6-inch silicon substrates. Manufacturing will be at the company's Plymouth facility creating new high tech manufacturin...

Plessey Semiconductors announced today the release of the PS25451, an ultra-low cost version of its award winning EPIC sensor that provides remote sensing for high volume consumer markets. A novel electrode design has been devised to replace the expensive titanium dioxide electrodes currently used for the higher end, medical applications of EPIC technology.

Plessey Semiconductors' award winning EPIC sensor technology has been creating considerable interest with car manufacturers as it can be used to provide low cost, reliable detection systems for several automotive applications. Plessey will be launching a version, the PS25203, which is specifically aimed at this market at the Chicago Sensor Expo 2012. This has a lower gain and higher input impedance making it ideal for certain types of contactless...

Plessey Semiconductors has designed a heart rate monitor demonstration using its award-winning EPIC sensor technology, which is the same size as a wristwatch and does not require a chest strap or second sensor at the end of a cable that could be easily lost or damaged. This reference design shows that simple and effective personal monitoring of electrocardiograph (ECG) signals can be as easy as taking a pulse measurement.

At the Manufacturing Summit held on February 23rd at the Bristol & Bath Science Park, Mark Prisk MP, the Minister for Business Innovation and Skills, was particularly interested by what was being shown on Plessey Semiconductors' exhibition stand. On display were Plessey's EPIC sensor technology and its recently launched High Brightness LED technology called MAGIC.

Plessey has acquired CamGaN Limited, a University of Cambridge spin-out formed to commercialisenovel technologies for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) high-brightness LED drivers on large-area silicon substrates. The acquisition will enable Plessey to exploit synergies with its 6-inch processing facility in Plymouth, England to produce HB LEDs based on CamGaN's proprietary 6-inch GaN-on-silicon technology. The Company believes this acquisition...

Plessey Semiconductors announced today that it has agreed to a product licensing agreement with Intel Corporation and a share warrant agreement with Intel Capital. Under the terms of the licensing agreement, Plessey will be licensed to manufacture, sell and support a select number of products in Intel's digital tuner portfolio. The warrant agreement is for an unspecified number of shares in Plessey's holding company.