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News Shin-Etsu promises longer-life, brighter LEDs

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 17 Feb 2012.

  1. brumgrunt

    brumgrunt What's a Dremel?

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  2. bowman

    bowman Minimodder

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    Very good - the phosphor is the main source of loss in LEDs.
     
    bowman, 17 Feb 2012
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  3. bulldogjeff

    bulldogjeff The modding head is firmly back on.

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    OOOOOOOo, more pretty lighting for me and Blarte to play with. He's going to be so happy when he reads this..
     
    bulldogjeff, 17 Feb 2012
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  4. kingred

    kingred Surfacing sucks!

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    They are quite an unknown player in the LED market, Cree,general electric and phillips have spent billions investing in r&d developing their products.

    Having a new encapsulating material and proclaiming it "brighter" without any facts is quite a stretch considering cree this year are breaking the 160lumens/watt barrier.
     
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  5. feathers

    feathers Minimodder

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    It would be better to show a prototype at least before making the claims but if it works out then it will be great.

    LED's are already way brighter than I remember in the 70's when I started with electronics. The colours were very dull back then.
     
    feathers, 18 Feb 2012
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  6. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    I like how they made the diagram in Word 97
     
    ch424, 18 Feb 2012
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  7. benji2412

    benji2412 <insert message here>

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    Seems legit.
     
    benji2412, 18 Feb 2012
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    greigaitken Minimodder

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    cool, hope this improves head torches too
     
    greigaitken, 18 Feb 2012
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  9. mclean007

    mclean007 Officious Bystander

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    Ha! Just needs a funky 3D title in WordArt and it could be any school kid's science report. I particularly love the aliasing on the arrows. Nice.
     
    mclean007, 19 Feb 2012
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  10. longweight

    longweight Possibly Longbeard.

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    They still aren't efficient enough though.
     
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  11. mclean007

    mclean007 Officious Bystander

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    compared to what? They are massively more efficient than any competing lighting technology.
     
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  12. longweight

    longweight Possibly Longbeard.

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    Not always and it depends how define the efficiency. The chips themselves are efficient but when you start putting them in GU10 lamp form factor with nasty onboard circuitry then the efficient and lifetime drops massively.
     
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