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White LEDs without Wavelength Conversion

by Matthew Brennesholtz

[White LEDs (WLED) are a major part of many displays, especially LCD displays. No current white LEDs emit white light directly – they use GaN blue LEDs and use phosphors, quantum dots or some …

Tags:LED| Lighting| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Epistar to Increase LED Capacity by 300%

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan sources say that LED maker, Epistar of Taiwan, is to increase its capacity for CSP (chip scale package) LEDs that are used in TV backlights, by 300%. The chips have previously been used …

Tags:Edge Backlights| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Media Pixel Covers Skyscrapers

by Bob Raikes

Media Facade of Shenzen told us that its MF-C36 RGBW media pixel has been used on several skyscrapers with a total area of 46,000 m². The facades are synchronised by the use of GPRS …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Leading LED Suppliers in 2015

by Yvette Raikes

The IHS Markit Packaged LED Report, published in August, showed that Nichia led with 12.9% of the market in 2015. Osram and Lumileds followed with a combined share of 14.7%. Nichia was the top …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Shoppers Wowed by Rotating Display

by Isaac Oburu

NanoLumens developed a rotating display for the Charlestown Square Shopping Centre in New South Wales, Australia. The display was a double-sided 4mm-pitch portrait unit, measuring 2.4m x 4.3m. It used a rotating mount from …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 30

OLEDs Will Impact Mobile Phone LEDs

by Tom Allen

The market for LEDs used in phones (including for display backlights, keypad illumination and camera flash) will fall at a 2.6% CAGR between 2015 and 2021, says IHS Markit. The rising penetration of OLED …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Ekta Combines Three Devices in One

by Tom Allen

Ukrainian company Ekta has developed a new LED video wall processor, the Ermac Ultra, with many real-time settings. It acts as an LED interface processor, AV matrix and LED video control system. The Ermac …

Tags:Display Controllers| Large Display Monitor| LED| Video Wall Processors| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Chinese LED manufacturer Xiamen Changelight puts AIX R6 MOCVD system into production

by Isaac Oburu

AIXTRON SE, a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Chinese optoelectronics manufacturer Xiamen Changelight has successfully finalized the qualification of AIXTRON’s Close Coupled Showerhead MOCVD system AIX …

Tags:China| LED| Manufacturing| Supply Chain