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News Release from: Philips Lumileds Lighting | Subject: Luxeon III
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 October 2003
Bright showing from long-life LEDs
The Luxeon III is a new high-power 100kh-life LED that generates typical light output of 65 and 80 lumen from a single emitter at 700 and 1000mA operation, respectively.
The Luxeon III is a new high-power 100kh LED that generates typical light output of 65 and 80 lumen from a single emitter at 700 and 1000mA operation, respectively The new addition to Lumileds' Luxeon family allows designers to achieve desired light output with fewer LEDs than the company's original 25-lumen product, simplify engineering and manufacturing, and minimize luminaire size to create new designs more affordably than ever before
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Luxeon III delivers more than twice the luminous flux of Lumileds' 25-lumen white Luxeon in the same footprint while lowering the cost per lumen by 30 to 50%.
In comparison, high-flux LEDs from other suppliers produce only 2 to 5 lumens per package in white and comparable performance in colour.
The new Luxeon LED also offers the same industry-leading lumen maintenance as all Luxeon models, retaining 70% of its brightness after 50kh of operation at 700mA and 50% at 20kh at 1000mA.
In addition to white, the Luxeon III is available in blue, royal blue, green and cyan.
It offers significant size, longevity and energy-saving benefits for products of all kinds, including traffic signalling, edge-lit signs and LCD backlights.
"Luxeon III is the result of direct feedback from both lighting designers and manufacturers who asked for a new LED with light output between the Luxeon and Luxeon V products to provide new design options", said Jason Posselt, Director of Product Marketing for Lumileds Lighting.
"The optical and thermal characteristics of Luxeon III and the new 700 and 1000mA drive current limits, without sacrificing lumen maintenance, uniquely qualify Luxeon III for a wide range of applications".
All Luxeon light sources provide significant energy savings over incandescent and most halogen lamps, an extremely small form factor, instant illumination, full dimming capability, precise beam control, mercury-free and UV-free operation, a cool light beam that is safe to touch, and higher flux per emitter than LEDs from any other supplier.
The Luxeon III Emitter and Luxeon III Star (mounted on FR4/aluminum PC board) are immediately available in the Lambertian radiation pattern in white, royal blue, blue, green and cyan.
All Lumileds Luxeon products are available from Future Electronics.
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