Novel Concepts, Inc. has developed and has patents pending for the world's thinnest forced convection (fan cooled) heat sink dubbed ThinSink™. Thinner than a credit card, this low profile ThinSink cools integrated circuits, semiconductors, LEDs and other microelectronic heat generating devices. ThinSink has an amazing thermal performance of 2.73°C/W (degrees Centigrade per … [Read more...]
LED Design Case Study: Lighter Thermal Management with Simulation
Future Facilities Incorporated recently released a case study showing that its new CFD software for electronics cooling design, 6SigmaET, solves the problem of how to shrink electronics devices that generate heat. The study describes how Advanced Thermal Solutions-Europe, BV used Future Facilities’ 6SigmaET software to model lamp performance while simultaneously reducing heat … [Read more...]
With LED Lighting, LA Museum Highlights the Old with the New
The $107 million restoration of the Rotunda building of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, included the modernization of the building’s electrical system to support multimedia presentations and events, improve climate control and enhance exhibition lighting in an energy-efficient manner. Modernizing of the lighting system involved a retrofit from incandescent light … [Read more...]
LED Chip Manufacturing Facility Opens in Huizhou, China
Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. marked the opening on Dec. 8 of its LED chip manufacturing facility at the Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Cree signed an agreement with Huizhou in November 2009, which involved the establishment of Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. With support from the … [Read more...]
IMS Research Estimates LED Market Shares for 2009 and 2010
In a new report updating market shares for 2009 and provisional market share for 2010, IMS Research says 2010 was a year of tremendous growth in the LED industry, dramatically higher than the typical growth rates of recent years. The researchers estimate the market for LEDs has grown from $6.1 billion in 2009 to about $10 billion in 2010, driven by economic recovery, lighting … [Read more...]
