New Bridgelux LED arrays double the illumination output of...

New Bridgelux LED arrays double the illumination output of today?s available products

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Bridgelux has expanded its RS LED Array family with new models that reach 5600 lm in warm white and 8000 lm in cool white, and targets market segments such as retail lighting and street lights. Bridgelux introduced the RS family of LED arrays a year ago, and is now adding products with greater lumen output for solid-state-lighting (SSL) applications. The company has enhanced versions of existing products that boost output 20% while reducing the cost per lumen by 30%, and the company introduced new products that offer light output in the 5600-to-8000-lm range. Bridgelux is offering the new members of the RS family in 2700K, 3000K, 4000K, and 5600K color temperatures. The LEDs have a CRI of 82, although the 2700K products can be optionally specified with a 90 CRI. The company is offering 3-step MacAdam ellipse binning. The brand new arrays that range from 5600 to 8000 lm leverage emitters manufacturers with a larger semiconductor area; larger chips. Bridgelux doesn?t disclose the number of emitters used in its arrays because it sells the products as integrated single light sources. While the RS family has already found success in retail lighting, the company believes that the new models will lead to success in street lights also. ?We have a lot of customers developing solutions for street lighting. The challenge there is obviously developing optical solutions around this larger source size to create the required beam patterns,? said VP of Global Marketing Jason Posselt. Street lights that use small emitters utilized total internal reflection (TIR) lenses to form the beam pattern, but such lenses aren?t practical with larger sources such as the Bridgelux arrays. According to Posselt, the company is working with partners to combine lens and reflector technology to form the required beam patterns but was unwilling to detail when that technology might come to market. For more information visit: http://bridgelux.com/media-center/press-releases/new-bridgelux-lef-arrays-double-light-output/


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