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Lighting & LEDs
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LED Lighting Promises More as Li-Fi Hits 10Mbps
French research institute Leti has been demonstrating a data transmission system operating at 10Mbps based on the modulation of LED lighting
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LED-on-Wire Startup Aims at Displays, Automotive
After nine years and raising $115 million of funding Swedish startup Glo is coming to market with its LED-on-wire technology.
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World's Thinnest LED Is Three Atoms Thick
Tungsten diselenide LEDs could be used as part of energy-efficient on-chip data transmission, according to University of Washington researchers.
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Thick-shell Quantum Dots Raise Image Brightness
Quantum dots with thick shells and nano-scale cores is being licensed by a startup from the developers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The dots could improve LED and emissive display brightness and efficiency.
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ST Reduces Losses But Outlook Remains Weak
STMicroelectronics is forecasting a decline in its first quarter 2014 sales, partly due to falling away of legacy sales at its now discontinued joint venture ST-Ericsson.
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GaN-on-Si to Gain Ground in LEDs
Making GaN LEDs using silicon wafers has compelling economic benefits and is expected to drive strong market growth for GaN-on-Si technology.
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Plessey Doubles Efficiency of GaN-on-Si LEDs
Plessey's new PLW114050, with a nominal flux of 10 lumens, is designed for decorative and automotive interior lighting.
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Digital Signage Lighting Up LED-Driver Opportunities
The ubiquitous flat displays are the visible indication of the growth in digital signage; for IC vendors, the opportunity is the "behind the screen" providing LED drivers.
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Startup Appoints CEO to Drive OLED Displays
Well-connected inkjet printing equipment startup thinks it can help make flexible OLED displays happen, appoints industry veteran as CEO.
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LED Oversupply Likely to Continue as Suppliers Add Production Capacity
Despite a major surplus in the LED market, suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business.
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Demand for Key Raw Material Set to Double as LED Market Booms
The market for precursor used in the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition manufacturing process for making LEDs will rise to 69 tons in 2016, up a notable 114 percent from 2012.
