April, 2011

Online LED Lighting Brochure

April 22nd, 2011

Wurth Electronics Midcom has created an online source to highlight catalog and custom magnetics specifically designed for LED lighting. The brochure features over 20 reference designs with major IC houses. Wurth’s inductors are suitable for…read more

New Rack-Mounted Power, Blower and Lighting

April 22nd, 2011

Crenlo’s new power, airflow and lighting accessories for enclosure products include a 30-amp high-current power distribution unit, a rack-mounted blower and a lineup of new rack lighting configurations. The accessories are available for integration into…read more

Portable Explosion Proof LED Light

April 22nd, 2011

Magnalight’s new EPL-JH16C-1MLED-100 ladder/rail bracket mounted LED light is an enclosed space approved LED light that produces 10,000 lumens of light in a wide flood pattern. Constructed of a 16 inch LED light head combined…read more

High-Efficiency Active Cooling Module

April 22nd, 2011

The Sunon high-efficiency active cooling module meets the high-power cooling requirements of the Philips Fortimo LED SLM 3000lm system. It features stable, high-efficiency cooling, which helps prevent light degradation, color rolling and failure of the…read more

New LED Replacement Bulb Creates Self-Cooling Environment

April 22nd, 2011

Switch Lighting’s new LED replacement bulb creates a self-cooling environment inside, allowing maximum brightness with fewer LEDs. The cooling system allows the bulbs to be used in any orientation with no compromise to their 20,000…read more

Automated Manufacturing of Graphene RF Transistors

April 22nd, 2011

A team of engineers at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. has developed an automated manufacturing process for graphene-based radio frequency transistors. Until now, RF transistors made from graphene were one-off products…read more

Internal Combustion Used to Make Metal Oxide Thin-Film Electronics

April 22nd, 2011

As amorphous silicon electronics reach their physical limits, researchers at Northwestern University have figured out a way to make amorphous oxides cheaply and reliably. Amorphous oxides are faster than amorphous silicon and also easier to…read more

Revolutionary New LED Bulb Aims for Prestigious L Prize

April 22nd, 2011

Lighting Science Group Corporation and Prescriptions Innovators, LLC have developed a high output and low cost 60-watt replacement LED bulb, and will submit it for testing to win the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize)…read more

Talk Tackles Challenges of LED Test Standards

April 22nd, 2011

Defining thermal resistance for LEDs is important as some LED vendors neglect the effect of radiant flux in their calculations, which results in better data than is actually achieved in the field, noted Mentor Graphics’…read more

iMAPS NEW ENGLAND 38th Symposium & Expo

April 21st, 2011

May 3, Boxborough, Mass. •         New for 2011 “Big Red’s Marketplace” An Incubator Area of Table Top Spaces for FIRST TIME EXHIBITORS •         Plus Our Fully Carpeted Exhibit Hall with Sixty 8’x10’ Booths – Click for…read more

Connector/Decoupler Integrated in a Heat Sink

April 11th, 2011

United States Patent no. 7,898,078, issued on March 1, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. Two sets of conductor fins are formed on a topmost surface of stacked semiconductor chips are electrically isolated from…read more

New Data Book: SMD PTC Thermistors for Protection, Sensing and Thermal Management

April 8th, 2011

TDK-EPC is offering a new data book containing the extended range of SMD PTC thermistors. The book includes information about New limit-temperature sensors. PTC thermistors for LED driver circuits. PTC thermistors for protection against surge…read more

New Thermal Testing Standard

April 8th, 2011

JEDEC has approved a thermal transient testing-based measurement methodology inspired by an original idea published jointly by Mentor Graphics Corporation’s MicReD® group and the Automotive Power Application group of Infineon in 2005. This newly published…read more

Smart Controller for Explosion-Proof Heaters

April 8th, 2011

Intertec’s smart programmable controller for precision temperature regulation of process instrumentation and analyzer enclosures in hazardous environments is suitable for use with any Intertec explosion-proof electric heater. The new generation Smart Controller 2.0 is flexible…read more