7 December 2011

Bridgelux announces commercial availability of latest-generation LED arrays

LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA (which claims to be the only vertically integrated maker of LED solid-state light sources specifically for the lighting industry) has announced commercial availability of its latest generation of LS, ES and RS product families, delivering an increase in efficacy of up to 30% and a reduction of up to 30% in cost per lumen compared to previous generations.

Featuring what is claimed to be the largest portfolio of LED arrays in the lighting industry, Bridgelux offers products for applications ranging from the light output equivalent of a 20W decorative lamp to that of a 300W high-intensity discharge (HID) city streetlight.

Bridgelux’s latest generation of LED arrays offers optical and mechanical compatibility with previous product generations, allowing users to incorporate all performance enhancements with a simple upgrade path, minimizing design efforts, the firm says.

Further, the new arrays offer greater system design flexibility to achieve Energy Star, Title 24, Part L and other global energy efficiency standards. All Bridgelux arrays are configured to align with industry-standard drive currents to simplify the electronic driver selection process for new lamp and luminaire product development, enabling accelerated time to market, the firm adds.

“Bridgelux’s commitment to rapid technology innovation while maintaining the product design characteristics of their LED arrays dramatically reduces our development risk, and ensures an easy design-in process,” comments Jeff Spencer, director of product management – commercial for Juno Lighting Group by Schneider Electric, which is using Bridgelux’s latest generation of arrays in its new Indy Performance Series LED downlights being launched later this month. “As LED technology continues to rapidly evolve, Bridgelux has been a terrific strategic partner because they understand that, by providing platform stability with the LED array products we can easily adopt the latest technology improvements and rapidly pass these innovations on to our customers without significant product redesigns,” he adds.

Bridgelux arrays are available in color temperatures ranging from 2700K to 5600K with 3 SDCM color control options to enable clean and consistent lighting installations. Multiple color rendering index (CRI) options are available, providing increased design flexibility for lamp and luminaire manufacturers, the firm adds.

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