GREENVILLE, USA: KEMET Corp., a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, announced the expansion of its KEMET Organic Capacitor (KO-CAP) Conductive Polymer portfolio with the release of the T522 Reduced Leakage Polymer Tantalum Series. T522 Series capacitors are an ideal solution for applications that seek high capacitance, low ESR, low profile, safety, and low power consumption.
"The release of our T522 Series highlights KEMET's continued commitment to capacitor technology advancements in the areas of portable electronics and other applications seeking improved battery life," said Jayson Young, KEMET Technical Product Manager for Polymer Capacitors. "These devices offer the lowest leakage values available in polymer tantalum capacitors, with upper leakage limits that are up to 70 percent lower than other conductive polymer capacitor products."
The T522 Series is a KEMET Organic Capacitor (KO-CAP) which utilizes organic conductive polymer as the cathode plate of the capacitor and is designed to meet the needs of leakage sensitive applications such as battery supported circuits. KEMET offers this solution in low profile and standard case height configurations with capacitance values up to 470uF in 6.3V ratings and ESR offerings as low as 25mOhms.
The KO-CAP is a tantalum capacitor with a Ta anode and a Ta2O5 dielectric. KO-CAP devices eliminate the ignition failures that can occur in standard MnO2 tantalum types and may also be operated at steady state voltages up to 90% of rated voltage.
Typical applications for the T522 Series include battery-dependent applications such as handheld consumer electronics, global tracking systems, wireless sensors, and energy harvesting.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
WiSpry’s new antenna tuner enables small antennae to deliver high speed connections across worldwide frequency bands
IRVINE, USA: WiSpry, Inc., the leader in tunable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, introduced its WS2018 Antenna Tuner – the industry’s lowest current consumption antenna tuner. The single-chip design WS2018 sits in the RF signal chain between the antenna and the front-end module of a mobile phone and provides superior transmit and receive chain impedance optimization over the full 824 MHz – 2170 MHz Global mobile frequency range.
WiSpry’s innovative digitally tunable capacitor technology enables a completely new type of RF matching component that combines excellent RF performance with versatile digital control of the capacitance values. The WS2018 can be quickly re-programmed to compensate for antenna source impedance changes due to the need to operate over different frequency bands as well as to compensate for antenna load changes that are caused by hand, head and other body effects.
The digitally programmable capacitive elements implemented in WiSpry’s WS2018 are controlled by the modem via a MIPI Alliance RFFE or SPI serial interface, and make the WS2018 compatible with all popular Smartphone chipsets and modems.
“Our new WS2018 antenna tuner combines the industry’s best RF performance with the smallest form factor and the ability to tune any phase, any VSWR for 2G, 3G and LTE frequency bands,” said Victor Steel, VP of Products of WiSpry. “Our latest offering enables smaller antennas to deliver the high quality reception performance that today’s Smartphone users demand. We have also integrated the widely adopted MIPI RFFE interface, making this tuner plug-and-play compatible with all major Smartphone chipset vendors.”
The ultra low power WS2018 can be driven by an existing single supply rail such as an LDO regulator output or directly from the battery supply. The charge pump, serial bus and driver circuits are all fully integrated on the same CMOS die as the MEMS capacitor elements, making the WS2018 a true single chip solution for antenna impedance matching.
WiSpry’s innovative digitally tunable capacitor technology enables a completely new type of RF matching component that combines excellent RF performance with versatile digital control of the capacitance values. The WS2018 can be quickly re-programmed to compensate for antenna source impedance changes due to the need to operate over different frequency bands as well as to compensate for antenna load changes that are caused by hand, head and other body effects.
The digitally programmable capacitive elements implemented in WiSpry’s WS2018 are controlled by the modem via a MIPI Alliance RFFE or SPI serial interface, and make the WS2018 compatible with all popular Smartphone chipsets and modems.
“Our new WS2018 antenna tuner combines the industry’s best RF performance with the smallest form factor and the ability to tune any phase, any VSWR for 2G, 3G and LTE frequency bands,” said Victor Steel, VP of Products of WiSpry. “Our latest offering enables smaller antennas to deliver the high quality reception performance that today’s Smartphone users demand. We have also integrated the widely adopted MIPI RFFE interface, making this tuner plug-and-play compatible with all major Smartphone chipset vendors.”
The ultra low power WS2018 can be driven by an existing single supply rail such as an LDO regulator output or directly from the battery supply. The charge pump, serial bus and driver circuits are all fully integrated on the same CMOS die as the MEMS capacitor elements, making the WS2018 a true single chip solution for antenna impedance matching.
Mouser unveils newest medical apps product knowledge site
TAIWAN: Mouser Electronics Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, announced the launch of its second Medical Applications Product Knowledge Center (PKC) training site devoted to medical therapies.
In keeping with Mouser’s objective to keep design engineers informed about the latest products and new design possibilities in the increasingly complex and demanding medical arena, Mouser has created the second in a series of medical application websites focusing on common medical therapies. Medical therapy often necessitates direct patient interaction with therapy devices and, therefore, must be easy to use, small, power efficient, and reliable, as well as meet federal regulations.
The site includes block diagram navigation, part lists, resources, videos, and featured products for the targeted therapies: Hearing aids, infusion pumps, and CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines. Industry leading suppliers, such as Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor, Omron, Maxim Integrated Products, and Honeywell Sensing and Control, provide the latest microprocessors, sensors, ADCs, power management devices, and more.
“We are pleased to be able to provide this new PKC training site for electronic design engineers,” says Kevin Hess, Mouser VP of Technical Marketing. “Technological advancements in the medical market are moving at lightning speed. This new resource serves as an extension of our original Medical Applications PKC training site for patient monitoring and diagnosis, and helps break down the latest applications and newest products for medical therapies in a quick, easy-to-digest format.”
With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects.
Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8 million products to locate over 2 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.
In keeping with Mouser’s objective to keep design engineers informed about the latest products and new design possibilities in the increasingly complex and demanding medical arena, Mouser has created the second in a series of medical application websites focusing on common medical therapies. Medical therapy often necessitates direct patient interaction with therapy devices and, therefore, must be easy to use, small, power efficient, and reliable, as well as meet federal regulations.
The site includes block diagram navigation, part lists, resources, videos, and featured products for the targeted therapies: Hearing aids, infusion pumps, and CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines. Industry leading suppliers, such as Texas Instruments, Freescale Semiconductor, Omron, Maxim Integrated Products, and Honeywell Sensing and Control, provide the latest microprocessors, sensors, ADCs, power management devices, and more.
“We are pleased to be able to provide this new PKC training site for electronic design engineers,” says Kevin Hess, Mouser VP of Technical Marketing. “Technological advancements in the medical market are moving at lightning speed. This new resource serves as an extension of our original Medical Applications PKC training site for patient monitoring and diagnosis, and helps break down the latest applications and newest products for medical therapies in a quick, easy-to-digest format.”
With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects.
Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8 million products to locate over 2 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.
Global LED future market prospects positive
TAIWAN: Following the speech of Shuji Nakamura, Ph.D. (the inventor of GaN LED) on the first day of LEDforum, the second day kicked off with the speech of Philips Lumileds’ SSL Fellow and the inventor of yellow LED, Dr. George Craford. He addressed the LED innovations in the next generation lighting. Dr. Craford is an IEEE fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His research focus on several compound semiconductor materials and LEDs with visible light.
In the early 1970s, Craford garnered recognition from his achievement in GaP:N LED research. After joining Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Craford became the pioneer in developing AlGaInP LED, launching a number of AlGaInP and InGaN products.
Osram: Driving Force for Future Optimization in Solid State Lighting
Kai-Chong Cheng, Marketing Director of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd., addressed the topic of “Driving Force for Future Optimization in Solid State Lighting.”
OSRAM, which owns a number of world-leading patents and has provided numerous world renowned constructions with lighting products and solutions, is not only one of the major lighting companies in the world but also an innovative LED lighting company.So far, OSRAM’s LED products have made their ways into car, signal light and building markets. OSRAM already began dedicating to the development of new light source since the last century and prided itself in being one of the first companies to launch white light LED products.
Currently, OSRAM’s products have made their ways into car, signal light and building markets. The sizes of wafers OSRAM manufactures have become bigger, from 2-inch, through 6-inch, to 8-inch. The first batch of OSRAM’S 6-inch wafer has gone into production. OSRAM states that the popularization of LED in lighting applications is still at the nascent stage, because presently, most of the LED applications are street lamps or for specific usages, which account for a mere portion of sales in the lighting market. It is expected that LED will take up a bigger share in the household lighting market in the future.
Henkel (China): Innovations in Assembly Solutions for LED Lighting
Kent Lu, LED Sales Manager of Henkel (China), dissected the LED assembly material market and the LED assembly solutions of Henkel. He introduced not only the construction, the global capacity, partners, breakthroughs, quality and efficiency of Henkel, but also Henkel’s solutions in the LED lighting supply chain. The solutions include materials of LED chip packages, conductive materials, thermal dissipation products such as heat conductive adhesive, thermal pad, phase change material which are crucial to LED lighting products, encapsulation and protection of LED driver and light bar, and low-pressure and low-temperature molding technology and products.
Henkel’s technology in the LED sector is an integration of that of Ablestik, Emerson & Cuming, Hysol and Loctite, which is proficient to provide the market with total solutions of LED package and lighting product assembly.
Delta Electronics: Tactics of Taiwanese LED Manufacturers to Obtain a Global Presence
Calvin Wang, Director of Lighting Power Business Unit of Delta, presented the tactics of Taiwanese LED manufacturers to obtain a global presence. He addressed topics including the development of LED lighting products, the basic structure of the lighting market, the strategies of global major makers, and market position of Taiwanese manufacturers. In regards to the lighting market structure, he compared the global market, consumer-based market and local market and explained the relation between upstream and downstream channels and the impacts of LED.
He believed that Taiwanese manufacturers should obtain new clients by displaying high-quality products at exhibitions. As for Taiwanese LED makers, the product life cycle, target market and the timing of market entrance are the key factors to be taken into account when establishing strategies. As for channel strategies, self-own channels and OEM/ODM are crucial.
EverLight: New Prospects of LED End-Market Applications
Dr. Ilkan Cokgor, VP of Global Marketing at EverLight Electronics, provided analysis on the new direction of the LED end-market based on a market review and forecast, the proportion of LED lighting versus other light sources, etc. Dr. Cokgor believes that Japan’s earthquake-induced nuclear scare has increased global awareness on the importance of nuclear safety.
Germany has decided to shut down seven of its nuclear plants, while Switzerland, China, India, and Korea are re-evaluating their nuclear development plans. However, decreasing power consumption reduces cost more than the development of a new energy source. At present, LED technology is capable of providing energy savings. Dr. Cokgor indicated that 60W bulbs are currently the most popular type; furthermore, energy saving begins to decrease above 80 lm/W specifications. As LED accounts for 35-40 percent of LED lighting system cost, lowering LED cost will have a large impact on total lighting system cost. Additionally, Dr. Cokgor also presented numerical analysis on electricity consumption, LED bulb return rates, LED parameters, etc.
Miniwiz: LED Lighting in Global Green Building Applications
Arthur Huang, founder and MD of Miniwiz, addressed the innovative applications in green buildings and the future trend in his presentation. Miniwiz is a company dedicated to developing green-energy products. Huang focused on rechargeable products and green building solutions. He believed that LED plays an integral role in modern buildings. Numerous successful examples around the world are a testament to the importance of LED lighting. LED’s ability of reducing cost largely contributes to LED’s wide adoption in green building. In addition, he illustrated a number of green building projects including Super Dragon Technology Co. Singapore’s zero-carbon National Park and EV charging stations, with abundant visual aides.
Philips Lumileds: The Success and Challenge in LED Lighting Component Industry
Sean Zhou, Regional Marketing Director of Philips Lumileds Lighting Co., shared the successful experience of Philips Lumileds and also analyzed the current challenges for the LED indoor lighting sector. Zhou provided a detailed analysis on the LED market in different sectors such as hotel lighting, office lighting and LED replacement light, and then he pointed out the key element in indoor lighting and explain the LED bin code and thermal dissipation issue from a professional perspective.
He believed, as far as indoor lighting is concerned, even though the LED penetration rate in the office lighting sector seems limited at the moment, it also shows great promise: lighting applications account for 30-50 percent of the total orders from commercial buildings. In the future, the new office buildings will put more accent on lighting in order to meet the energy-saving requirement, which will in turn increase the popularity of T-LEDs.
LEDinside: Analysis on Global Major LED Markets and Chinese and European Lighting Markets; Price Outlook on Global LED Lighting Market
As the highlight of this year’s LEDforum, LEDinside’s analysts jointly presented their analysis and market forecasts for the global LED industry. LEDinside’s Green Energy Division Research Director Roger Chu provided an outlook on the LED industry development trends in 2012; Research Manager Simon Lo covered China’s LED market; Analyst Renee Liao discussed the European LED market, and Research Manager Doris Yang presented global LED price trends and market expansion.
Chu provided a review and outlook on the LED industry, LED supply and demand forecasts, and discuss how corporate competition and cooperation will affect LED industry trends in 2012. He expected that the proportion of LED lighting applications on the HB LED market will increase from 24 percent to 52 percent, becoming the fastest growing sector in the next five years. In 2012, the LED backlight market will be affected by weak demand and lower than expected LED penetration rate. Furthermore, as China’s currency policy will have an impact on local government and company loans, LEDinside believes that Chinese chip manufacturers will suspend expansion plans in order to reduce capital expenditures.
Simon Lo elaborated even further on the outlook for China’s LED market. He estimated that China’s government subsidies have spurred LED industry development, with more than 70 LED chip manufacturers, the current market value is approaching $625 million. Product value China’s over 3,000 lighting and backlighting products has reached $19.6 billion. From the perspective of the global lighting market, China accounts for $12.2 billion, 15 percent of the market. Lo also provided a cost analysis outlook.
Ms. Renee Liao believed that as the global economy slowed in 2011, the scope of the worldwide lighting industry will only increase by 5.6 percent, to $8.39 billion. The European market plays an important role in the LED lighting market, with 27-28 percent market share. Ms. Liao expected the combined growth rate to be 47 percent in the next five years. Indoor lighting will show the most rapid growth from 2010 to 2011.
Due to the number of brands and varying efficiencies, it can be difficult to do a price comparison of LED products in different countries. Ms. Doris Yang compared product pricing of the six major brands, and provided analysis of 40W and 60W bulb price trends in Japan, Britan, Korea, and the US. Additionally, she used statistical data to discuss global LED market price trends and market expansion.
Panel Discussion: Strategies to Enhance Product Competitiveness in Oversupplied LED Market
Due to the recent surge of global LED capacity and the weak demand in the market, the LED market is currently under the oversupply pressure. As a result, enhancing product competitiveness becomes the pressing issue for numerous companies. The panel discussion centered around this issue, and the panelist offered their own insights from a professional perspective.
Yi-Jen Chan, Ph.D., VP and GM of Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, hosted the panel discussion, including panelists such as Sean Zhou, Regional Marketing Director of Philips Lumileds, Ilkan Cokgor, Ph.D., VP, Global Marketing of Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd, Gary S. Sheu, Ph.D., CTO of Genesis Photonics Inc., and Vincent Cheng, Associate VP of Lighting Biz Divn., Lextar Electronics.
In the early 1970s, Craford garnered recognition from his achievement in GaP:N LED research. After joining Hewlett-Packard, Dr. Craford became the pioneer in developing AlGaInP LED, launching a number of AlGaInP and InGaN products.
Osram: Driving Force for Future Optimization in Solid State Lighting
Kai-Chong Cheng, Marketing Director of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Asia Ltd., addressed the topic of “Driving Force for Future Optimization in Solid State Lighting.”
OSRAM, which owns a number of world-leading patents and has provided numerous world renowned constructions with lighting products and solutions, is not only one of the major lighting companies in the world but also an innovative LED lighting company.So far, OSRAM’s LED products have made their ways into car, signal light and building markets. OSRAM already began dedicating to the development of new light source since the last century and prided itself in being one of the first companies to launch white light LED products.
Currently, OSRAM’s products have made their ways into car, signal light and building markets. The sizes of wafers OSRAM manufactures have become bigger, from 2-inch, through 6-inch, to 8-inch. The first batch of OSRAM’S 6-inch wafer has gone into production. OSRAM states that the popularization of LED in lighting applications is still at the nascent stage, because presently, most of the LED applications are street lamps or for specific usages, which account for a mere portion of sales in the lighting market. It is expected that LED will take up a bigger share in the household lighting market in the future.
Henkel (China): Innovations in Assembly Solutions for LED Lighting
Kent Lu, LED Sales Manager of Henkel (China), dissected the LED assembly material market and the LED assembly solutions of Henkel. He introduced not only the construction, the global capacity, partners, breakthroughs, quality and efficiency of Henkel, but also Henkel’s solutions in the LED lighting supply chain. The solutions include materials of LED chip packages, conductive materials, thermal dissipation products such as heat conductive adhesive, thermal pad, phase change material which are crucial to LED lighting products, encapsulation and protection of LED driver and light bar, and low-pressure and low-temperature molding technology and products.
Henkel’s technology in the LED sector is an integration of that of Ablestik, Emerson & Cuming, Hysol and Loctite, which is proficient to provide the market with total solutions of LED package and lighting product assembly.
Delta Electronics: Tactics of Taiwanese LED Manufacturers to Obtain a Global Presence
Calvin Wang, Director of Lighting Power Business Unit of Delta, presented the tactics of Taiwanese LED manufacturers to obtain a global presence. He addressed topics including the development of LED lighting products, the basic structure of the lighting market, the strategies of global major makers, and market position of Taiwanese manufacturers. In regards to the lighting market structure, he compared the global market, consumer-based market and local market and explained the relation between upstream and downstream channels and the impacts of LED.
He believed that Taiwanese manufacturers should obtain new clients by displaying high-quality products at exhibitions. As for Taiwanese LED makers, the product life cycle, target market and the timing of market entrance are the key factors to be taken into account when establishing strategies. As for channel strategies, self-own channels and OEM/ODM are crucial.
EverLight: New Prospects of LED End-Market Applications
Dr. Ilkan Cokgor, VP of Global Marketing at EverLight Electronics, provided analysis on the new direction of the LED end-market based on a market review and forecast, the proportion of LED lighting versus other light sources, etc. Dr. Cokgor believes that Japan’s earthquake-induced nuclear scare has increased global awareness on the importance of nuclear safety.
Germany has decided to shut down seven of its nuclear plants, while Switzerland, China, India, and Korea are re-evaluating their nuclear development plans. However, decreasing power consumption reduces cost more than the development of a new energy source. At present, LED technology is capable of providing energy savings. Dr. Cokgor indicated that 60W bulbs are currently the most popular type; furthermore, energy saving begins to decrease above 80 lm/W specifications. As LED accounts for 35-40 percent of LED lighting system cost, lowering LED cost will have a large impact on total lighting system cost. Additionally, Dr. Cokgor also presented numerical analysis on electricity consumption, LED bulb return rates, LED parameters, etc.
Miniwiz: LED Lighting in Global Green Building Applications
Arthur Huang, founder and MD of Miniwiz, addressed the innovative applications in green buildings and the future trend in his presentation. Miniwiz is a company dedicated to developing green-energy products. Huang focused on rechargeable products and green building solutions. He believed that LED plays an integral role in modern buildings. Numerous successful examples around the world are a testament to the importance of LED lighting. LED’s ability of reducing cost largely contributes to LED’s wide adoption in green building. In addition, he illustrated a number of green building projects including Super Dragon Technology Co. Singapore’s zero-carbon National Park and EV charging stations, with abundant visual aides.
Philips Lumileds: The Success and Challenge in LED Lighting Component Industry
Sean Zhou, Regional Marketing Director of Philips Lumileds Lighting Co., shared the successful experience of Philips Lumileds and also analyzed the current challenges for the LED indoor lighting sector. Zhou provided a detailed analysis on the LED market in different sectors such as hotel lighting, office lighting and LED replacement light, and then he pointed out the key element in indoor lighting and explain the LED bin code and thermal dissipation issue from a professional perspective.
He believed, as far as indoor lighting is concerned, even though the LED penetration rate in the office lighting sector seems limited at the moment, it also shows great promise: lighting applications account for 30-50 percent of the total orders from commercial buildings. In the future, the new office buildings will put more accent on lighting in order to meet the energy-saving requirement, which will in turn increase the popularity of T-LEDs.
LEDinside: Analysis on Global Major LED Markets and Chinese and European Lighting Markets; Price Outlook on Global LED Lighting Market
As the highlight of this year’s LEDforum, LEDinside’s analysts jointly presented their analysis and market forecasts for the global LED industry. LEDinside’s Green Energy Division Research Director Roger Chu provided an outlook on the LED industry development trends in 2012; Research Manager Simon Lo covered China’s LED market; Analyst Renee Liao discussed the European LED market, and Research Manager Doris Yang presented global LED price trends and market expansion.
Chu provided a review and outlook on the LED industry, LED supply and demand forecasts, and discuss how corporate competition and cooperation will affect LED industry trends in 2012. He expected that the proportion of LED lighting applications on the HB LED market will increase from 24 percent to 52 percent, becoming the fastest growing sector in the next five years. In 2012, the LED backlight market will be affected by weak demand and lower than expected LED penetration rate. Furthermore, as China’s currency policy will have an impact on local government and company loans, LEDinside believes that Chinese chip manufacturers will suspend expansion plans in order to reduce capital expenditures.
Simon Lo elaborated even further on the outlook for China’s LED market. He estimated that China’s government subsidies have spurred LED industry development, with more than 70 LED chip manufacturers, the current market value is approaching $625 million. Product value China’s over 3,000 lighting and backlighting products has reached $19.6 billion. From the perspective of the global lighting market, China accounts for $12.2 billion, 15 percent of the market. Lo also provided a cost analysis outlook.
Ms. Renee Liao believed that as the global economy slowed in 2011, the scope of the worldwide lighting industry will only increase by 5.6 percent, to $8.39 billion. The European market plays an important role in the LED lighting market, with 27-28 percent market share. Ms. Liao expected the combined growth rate to be 47 percent in the next five years. Indoor lighting will show the most rapid growth from 2010 to 2011.
Due to the number of brands and varying efficiencies, it can be difficult to do a price comparison of LED products in different countries. Ms. Doris Yang compared product pricing of the six major brands, and provided analysis of 40W and 60W bulb price trends in Japan, Britan, Korea, and the US. Additionally, she used statistical data to discuss global LED market price trends and market expansion.
Panel Discussion: Strategies to Enhance Product Competitiveness in Oversupplied LED Market
Due to the recent surge of global LED capacity and the weak demand in the market, the LED market is currently under the oversupply pressure. As a result, enhancing product competitiveness becomes the pressing issue for numerous companies. The panel discussion centered around this issue, and the panelist offered their own insights from a professional perspective.
Yi-Jen Chan, Ph.D., VP and GM of Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, hosted the panel discussion, including panelists such as Sean Zhou, Regional Marketing Director of Philips Lumileds, Ilkan Cokgor, Ph.D., VP, Global Marketing of Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd, Gary S. Sheu, Ph.D., CTO of Genesis Photonics Inc., and Vincent Cheng, Associate VP of Lighting Biz Divn., Lextar Electronics.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Digi-Key expands product base with military-spec connectors from Amphenol
THIEF RIVER FALLS, USA: Digi-Key Corp. announced the availability of military-spec connectors from Amphenol.
As one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, Amphenol has long been a valuable supplier of product for Digi-Key. Amphenol’s Aerospace Operations provides Digi-Key with a full range of high reliability connectors and interconnection systems including, but not limited to, D38999 Series I, II, III; M5015; and M39029 contacts.
Digi-Key meets the military high reliability standard MIL-STD-790F which includes such standards as date/lot code traceability. The expansion of this long-standing partnership into the realm of military-spec products will allow Digi-Key to provide product to a much wider and more demanding customer base.
“We are excited for the opportunity to offer these high quality military-spec products,” said Jeff Shafer, VP, Global Interconnect, Passives and Electromechanical, Digi-Key. “Amphenol has provided us a unique opportunity to offer the highest quality product to our customers, increasing accessibility to high reliability military products while growing our customer base.”
Currently, Digi-Key offers over 52,000 separate Amphenol military-spec product SKUs, in-stock and ready for immediate shipment to its North American customers. Digi-Key will be expanding this offering in the near future.
As one of the largest manufacturers of interconnect products in the world, Amphenol has long been a valuable supplier of product for Digi-Key. Amphenol’s Aerospace Operations provides Digi-Key with a full range of high reliability connectors and interconnection systems including, but not limited to, D38999 Series I, II, III; M5015; and M39029 contacts.
Digi-Key meets the military high reliability standard MIL-STD-790F which includes such standards as date/lot code traceability. The expansion of this long-standing partnership into the realm of military-spec products will allow Digi-Key to provide product to a much wider and more demanding customer base.
“We are excited for the opportunity to offer these high quality military-spec products,” said Jeff Shafer, VP, Global Interconnect, Passives and Electromechanical, Digi-Key. “Amphenol has provided us a unique opportunity to offer the highest quality product to our customers, increasing accessibility to high reliability military products while growing our customer base.”
Currently, Digi-Key offers over 52,000 separate Amphenol military-spec product SKUs, in-stock and ready for immediate shipment to its North American customers. Digi-Key will be expanding this offering in the near future.
University of Michigan’s “Big House” gets bright makeover with Cree LEDs
DURHAM, USA: Football fans of the University of Michigan kicked off the 2011 season enjoying a new look to Michigan Stadium, now complete with newly upgraded scoreboards from Lighthouse Technologies. The state-of-the-art video displays and scoring systems feature Screen Master high-brightness LEDs by Cree Inc., delivering crystal-clear, high definition images to fans throughout “The Big House.”
A college football icon, Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 and is the largest stadium in the United States, consistently boasting game day crowds of more than 100,000 fans. On September 10, the stadium hosted a record crowd of more than 114,800 Wolverine and University of Notre Dame fans at the first nighttime football game ever played at the “Big House.”
The scoreboard replacement project began in March 2011, with the addition of two Lighthouse outdoor LED video systems. Positioned in each of the end zones, the high-resolution LED video boards are 40 percent larger than the previous system, providing in-game broadcast capability, instant replay, animation and dynamic promotional content in vivid color and ultra-sharp detail.
More than three million Cree Screen Master CLV6A LEDs illuminate each of the LED video boards. With industry-leading water-resistant packaging, Cree’s versatile 3-in-1 LEDs feature the high-intensity output and wide viewing angles needed for the stadium’s stunning outdoor LED video systems.
Cree-powered Lighthouse LED video screens are also installed at the University of Michigan’s Yost Ice Center, home to Wolverine hockey, as part of its first ever renovation. The Crisler Area, home to Michigan basketball since 1967, has also gone LED, replacing the center-hung scoreboard that was installed in 1998 with a four-sided LED video system complete with 14 LED video displays.
“Cree’s broad portfolio of high-brightness LEDs complements Lighthouse Technologies’ state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor applications,” said Mike Watson, Cree, senior director of marketing, LED components. “With vibrant color and crisp in-game detail, the University of Michigan is a shining example of how sports arenas can increase the fan experience by upgrading to LEDs.”
“Lighthouse is pleased to collaborate with Cree on this high-profile, multi-facility project,” said Ed Whitaker, Lighthouse NASA, director of sales. “Cree’s vast experience and exceptional LED technology enabled us to design the optimal solutions for Wolverine fans.”
A college football icon, Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 and is the largest stadium in the United States, consistently boasting game day crowds of more than 100,000 fans. On September 10, the stadium hosted a record crowd of more than 114,800 Wolverine and University of Notre Dame fans at the first nighttime football game ever played at the “Big House.”
The scoreboard replacement project began in March 2011, with the addition of two Lighthouse outdoor LED video systems. Positioned in each of the end zones, the high-resolution LED video boards are 40 percent larger than the previous system, providing in-game broadcast capability, instant replay, animation and dynamic promotional content in vivid color and ultra-sharp detail.
More than three million Cree Screen Master CLV6A LEDs illuminate each of the LED video boards. With industry-leading water-resistant packaging, Cree’s versatile 3-in-1 LEDs feature the high-intensity output and wide viewing angles needed for the stadium’s stunning outdoor LED video systems.
Cree-powered Lighthouse LED video screens are also installed at the University of Michigan’s Yost Ice Center, home to Wolverine hockey, as part of its first ever renovation. The Crisler Area, home to Michigan basketball since 1967, has also gone LED, replacing the center-hung scoreboard that was installed in 1998 with a four-sided LED video system complete with 14 LED video displays.
“Cree’s broad portfolio of high-brightness LEDs complements Lighthouse Technologies’ state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor applications,” said Mike Watson, Cree, senior director of marketing, LED components. “With vibrant color and crisp in-game detail, the University of Michigan is a shining example of how sports arenas can increase the fan experience by upgrading to LEDs.”
“Lighthouse is pleased to collaborate with Cree on this high-profile, multi-facility project,” said Ed Whitaker, Lighthouse NASA, director of sales. “Cree’s vast experience and exceptional LED technology enabled us to design the optimal solutions for Wolverine fans.”
Inventor of GaN LED optimistic about LED’s growth momentum; manufacturers strive to reach balance between LED demand and supply
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: The LED industry outlook is fast-changing, currently facing oversupply after its growth surge over the recent years. LEDforum 2011 Taipei, organized by TrendForce’s research division, LEDinside, on November 1 and 2, 2011 at the NTUH International Convention Center. This year the inventors of GaN LED and yellow LED, LEDinside analysts as well as international and Taiwanese LED key industry leaders are invited to analyze the global LED industry.
Several international industry leaders shared their perspectives on the manufacturing technologies and equipment as well as the LED market dynamics from a professional perspective, moreover, the LEDinside’s analysts provide insights on the development of the global LED industry, with focus on the Chinese and European LED lighting markets, and they also analyzed the 2012 global LED industry price trends.
Day One of LEDforum: LED Industry’s Technology Innovations
Given that the LED industry has always been highly technology-driven, sessions on the first day focused on LED manufacturing technologies, components and innovative applications. C. L. Liu, Sc.D., gave the opening speech, followed by the keynote speech given by Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., (the inventor of the first high brightness GaN LED).
Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., (Inventor of the First High Brightness GaN LED): GaN-Based Nonpolar/Semipolar Emitting Devices
Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., professor of University of California, Santa Barbara, illustrated the solid-state light market’s trends and development at LEDforum 2011 Shanghai, which garnered great response from the attendees. At LEDforum 2011 Taipei, Nakamura provided in-depth analysis on GaN-Based Nonpolar/Semipolar Emitting Devices, covering the issues of efficacy droop, semipolar LEDs and GaN growth.
Dr. Nakamura presented the approaches that can help stop LED industry’s recession through charts and statistics, and he also introduced the structures of GaN sapphire and bulk GaN. Moreover, he compared the difference between green LED and turquoise LED and introduced a new type of LED (20-2-1).
Dr. Nakamura pointed out that since 2001, the invention of nonpolar and semipolar GaNs offered LEDs and LDs higher efficiency. The short efficacy droop of the (20-2-1) LED will help the development of blue and green LDs. Compared with other semipolar LED’s uneven efficiencies, the new LED still requires further research.
Aixtron: Productivity and Performance Factors in Compound Semiconductor Production by MOCVD
Manufacturing equipment takes up the largest portion of LED manufacturing cost. Christian Geng, Ph.D., the Vice President Greater China of German equipment maker Aixtron, analyzed the factors that affect the quality, capacity and efficiency of coupled semiconductor’s mass production by MOCVD.
Based on the trends of the LED industry from 2010 to 2015, Dr. Geng pointed out that lighting will undoubtedly become the most promising market in the long term. He illustrated the factors that affect the manufacture of coupled semiconductor through charts and statistics. He stated that in addition to production area, automation, supplier service and employee training, production reactor and chip size also closely influence the manufacturing cost. In addition, Geng introduced Aixtron’s several different models of MOCVD equipment.
Veeco: Maintaining Quality and Cost-Down in the Highly Competitive LED Industry
Jia Lee, director of Marketing of Veeco Instruments, addressed “Maintaining Quality and Cost-Down in the Highly Competitive LED Industry.” Dr. Lee expected the penetration rate of LED TV to reach 50% in 2011 and to advance to 80 percent in 2013. He also predicted that the increasing rate of LED chips will reach 68 percent in the next five years. In addition, with the fast growth of the LED industry, he provided relevant data to demonstrate how the advancement of MOCVD equipment is able to aid manufacturers in reducing costs, provide a system for designing high-brightness LEDs, increase capacity and decrease carbon emission.
In May, 2011, Veeco inaugurated its new Customer Support & Training Center in Shanghai which was about 1700 square meters in size and accommodates approximately 40 Veeco employees. The center is equipped with three classrooms as well as Veeco’s market leading Veeco TurboDisc K465i MOCVD system.
Epistar: The Technology Break-through of LED Components for Lighting Fixtures
Carson Hsieh, Ph.D., VP of R&D of Epistar, analyzed LED component technologies and the outlook of LED light bulb market. Hsieh saw wide adoption of LED light bulbs in the next few years, with the penetration rate expected to reach 40 percent in 2015 and to advance to roughly 75 percent by 2018. At present, there are all kinds of light bulbs in the market, but the prices do not exactly make economic sense. For example, 40W light bulb’s price is $20, while the price of 60W light bulb is $40.
By comparing the LED light bulbs of Philips, Sharp, and Toshiba and taking into account of the users’ needs and LED light bulbs’ structures, Hsieh pointed out that an ideal light bulb needs to be highly efficient, cheap and user-friendly. In addition, he shared the latest development of LED components via statistics and diagrams, including the best solution of warm white light LED.
GT Advanced Technologies: Defining the Sapphire Metrics that Matter: A Data-Driven Approach
Cheryl Diuguid, VP and GM, Sapphire Equipment and Material Business of GT Advanced Technologies, introduced GT Advanced Technologies’ strengths in manufacturing sapphire and the key metrics of sapphire. Ms. Diuguid pointed out that assorted sapphires produced through different technologies have respective traits: GT Advanced Technologies’ ASF material can help package makers achieve high efficiency. GT Advanced Technologies provides the market with high-brightness sapphires and conducts researches on materials’ colors and traits. The research results show that all the sapphire materials are colored. GT’s materials have purer blue light quality.
Merck Display Technology: LED Phosphors for Backlighting and General Lighting Applications
Holger Winkler, Ph.D., head of R&D Solid State Lighting of Merck Display Technology, addressed “LED Phosphors for Backlighting and General Lighting Applications” and the current prospects and challenges facing LED phosphors. Dr. Winkler introduced the new BOSE phosphor material with enhanced stability, and illustrated the path to a higher efficiency. He pointed out that BOSE phosphor material has flexible chromatograph (from green to orange).
He also proved that BOSE material can enhance LED’s stability and make it compatible in high-temperature and severe environment through the stability test of green and yellow BOSE phosphor material. Moreover, the flexibility and other performances of mixed phosphor materials are better than those of singular materials: in terms of BLU applications, mixed materials have a wider range of colors; in terms of regular lighting applications, they give CCT more flexibility.
KLA–Tencor: Process Control and Yield Management in HBLED Manufacturing
Product Marketing Manager for KLA-Tencor, Mr. Eric Yang presented a comprehensive overview of current trends in the LED industry, and share his insights on the HBLED production process and yield rate management strategies. Yang indicated that the largest increases in LED demand will come from lighting and television applications. Looking at supply chain trends, production may peak in 2013, while power consumption trends will stimulate a mold size increase. Furthermore, Yang believed that testing frequency should be increased in order to increase investment returns. He shared strategies on the high-quality HBLED production process and yield-rate management.
ULVAC: Development of LED Manufacturing Equipment Solutions
Dr. Koukou Suu, GM of Japan’s ULVAC Institute of Semiconductor & Electronics Technologies will discuss the development of LED manufacturing equipment solutions. Looking at global energy data, Suu indicated that as worldwide power consumption and carbon emission levels both increased in 2010, spreading awareness about the importance of energy conservation and the need for new, safe energy sources is of the utmost importance.
As a company devoted to alternative energy solutions and related equipment, ULVAC is also focused on LED and OLED equipment. Suu indicated that LED chips will continue to develop in the direction of high performance, low cost, while LED equipment will progress towards high performance, high cost. Finally, Suu introduced ULVAC’s LED chip manufacturing process and solutions and share related production data.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC: GaN on Sapphire and Si Substrate to Improve LED Productivity Using Innovative MOCVD Machinery
Dr. Koh Matsumoto, president of Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC, Japan’s largest industrial gas supplier and equipment manufacturer, will discuss how to use innovative MOVPE equipment to increase LED capacity through the use of GaN layers. Dr. Matsumoto is an expert on the ETL photosensitivity process, devoted to the design and production of MOCVD machinery and the development of CS, reactors, etc. He believes that MOCVD capacity doubles every four years. Established in 1910, Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC is Japan’s largest industrial gas supplier and equipment manufacturer and ranked as one of the top five global industrial gas providers.
Panel Discussion：Facing a Huge Demand Surge in the Near Future, How Can the LED Industry Strike a Balance between Supply and Demand?
The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Carson Hsieh, VP of R&D at Epistar Lab, featuring panelists Dr. Christian Geng, VP of Aixtron AG Greater China, Dr. Koukou Suu and ULVAC Institute of Semiconductor & Electronics Technologies GM.
Several international industry leaders shared their perspectives on the manufacturing technologies and equipment as well as the LED market dynamics from a professional perspective, moreover, the LEDinside’s analysts provide insights on the development of the global LED industry, with focus on the Chinese and European LED lighting markets, and they also analyzed the 2012 global LED industry price trends.
Day One of LEDforum: LED Industry’s Technology Innovations
Given that the LED industry has always been highly technology-driven, sessions on the first day focused on LED manufacturing technologies, components and innovative applications. C. L. Liu, Sc.D., gave the opening speech, followed by the keynote speech given by Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., (the inventor of the first high brightness GaN LED).
Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., (Inventor of the First High Brightness GaN LED): GaN-Based Nonpolar/Semipolar Emitting Devices
Shuji Nakamura Ph.D., professor of University of California, Santa Barbara, illustrated the solid-state light market’s trends and development at LEDforum 2011 Shanghai, which garnered great response from the attendees. At LEDforum 2011 Taipei, Nakamura provided in-depth analysis on GaN-Based Nonpolar/Semipolar Emitting Devices, covering the issues of efficacy droop, semipolar LEDs and GaN growth.
Dr. Nakamura presented the approaches that can help stop LED industry’s recession through charts and statistics, and he also introduced the structures of GaN sapphire and bulk GaN. Moreover, he compared the difference between green LED and turquoise LED and introduced a new type of LED (20-2-1).
Dr. Nakamura pointed out that since 2001, the invention of nonpolar and semipolar GaNs offered LEDs and LDs higher efficiency. The short efficacy droop of the (20-2-1) LED will help the development of blue and green LDs. Compared with other semipolar LED’s uneven efficiencies, the new LED still requires further research.
Aixtron: Productivity and Performance Factors in Compound Semiconductor Production by MOCVD
Manufacturing equipment takes up the largest portion of LED manufacturing cost. Christian Geng, Ph.D., the Vice President Greater China of German equipment maker Aixtron, analyzed the factors that affect the quality, capacity and efficiency of coupled semiconductor’s mass production by MOCVD.
Based on the trends of the LED industry from 2010 to 2015, Dr. Geng pointed out that lighting will undoubtedly become the most promising market in the long term. He illustrated the factors that affect the manufacture of coupled semiconductor through charts and statistics. He stated that in addition to production area, automation, supplier service and employee training, production reactor and chip size also closely influence the manufacturing cost. In addition, Geng introduced Aixtron’s several different models of MOCVD equipment.
Veeco: Maintaining Quality and Cost-Down in the Highly Competitive LED Industry
Jia Lee, director of Marketing of Veeco Instruments, addressed “Maintaining Quality and Cost-Down in the Highly Competitive LED Industry.” Dr. Lee expected the penetration rate of LED TV to reach 50% in 2011 and to advance to 80 percent in 2013. He also predicted that the increasing rate of LED chips will reach 68 percent in the next five years. In addition, with the fast growth of the LED industry, he provided relevant data to demonstrate how the advancement of MOCVD equipment is able to aid manufacturers in reducing costs, provide a system for designing high-brightness LEDs, increase capacity and decrease carbon emission.
In May, 2011, Veeco inaugurated its new Customer Support & Training Center in Shanghai which was about 1700 square meters in size and accommodates approximately 40 Veeco employees. The center is equipped with three classrooms as well as Veeco’s market leading Veeco TurboDisc K465i MOCVD system.
Epistar: The Technology Break-through of LED Components for Lighting Fixtures
Carson Hsieh, Ph.D., VP of R&D of Epistar, analyzed LED component technologies and the outlook of LED light bulb market. Hsieh saw wide adoption of LED light bulbs in the next few years, with the penetration rate expected to reach 40 percent in 2015 and to advance to roughly 75 percent by 2018. At present, there are all kinds of light bulbs in the market, but the prices do not exactly make economic sense. For example, 40W light bulb’s price is $20, while the price of 60W light bulb is $40.
By comparing the LED light bulbs of Philips, Sharp, and Toshiba and taking into account of the users’ needs and LED light bulbs’ structures, Hsieh pointed out that an ideal light bulb needs to be highly efficient, cheap and user-friendly. In addition, he shared the latest development of LED components via statistics and diagrams, including the best solution of warm white light LED.
GT Advanced Technologies: Defining the Sapphire Metrics that Matter: A Data-Driven Approach
Cheryl Diuguid, VP and GM, Sapphire Equipment and Material Business of GT Advanced Technologies, introduced GT Advanced Technologies’ strengths in manufacturing sapphire and the key metrics of sapphire. Ms. Diuguid pointed out that assorted sapphires produced through different technologies have respective traits: GT Advanced Technologies’ ASF material can help package makers achieve high efficiency. GT Advanced Technologies provides the market with high-brightness sapphires and conducts researches on materials’ colors and traits. The research results show that all the sapphire materials are colored. GT’s materials have purer blue light quality.
Merck Display Technology: LED Phosphors for Backlighting and General Lighting Applications
Holger Winkler, Ph.D., head of R&D Solid State Lighting of Merck Display Technology, addressed “LED Phosphors for Backlighting and General Lighting Applications” and the current prospects and challenges facing LED phosphors. Dr. Winkler introduced the new BOSE phosphor material with enhanced stability, and illustrated the path to a higher efficiency. He pointed out that BOSE phosphor material has flexible chromatograph (from green to orange).
He also proved that BOSE material can enhance LED’s stability and make it compatible in high-temperature and severe environment through the stability test of green and yellow BOSE phosphor material. Moreover, the flexibility and other performances of mixed phosphor materials are better than those of singular materials: in terms of BLU applications, mixed materials have a wider range of colors; in terms of regular lighting applications, they give CCT more flexibility.
KLA–Tencor: Process Control and Yield Management in HBLED Manufacturing
Product Marketing Manager for KLA-Tencor, Mr. Eric Yang presented a comprehensive overview of current trends in the LED industry, and share his insights on the HBLED production process and yield rate management strategies. Yang indicated that the largest increases in LED demand will come from lighting and television applications. Looking at supply chain trends, production may peak in 2013, while power consumption trends will stimulate a mold size increase. Furthermore, Yang believed that testing frequency should be increased in order to increase investment returns. He shared strategies on the high-quality HBLED production process and yield-rate management.
ULVAC: Development of LED Manufacturing Equipment Solutions
Dr. Koukou Suu, GM of Japan’s ULVAC Institute of Semiconductor & Electronics Technologies will discuss the development of LED manufacturing equipment solutions. Looking at global energy data, Suu indicated that as worldwide power consumption and carbon emission levels both increased in 2010, spreading awareness about the importance of energy conservation and the need for new, safe energy sources is of the utmost importance.
As a company devoted to alternative energy solutions and related equipment, ULVAC is also focused on LED and OLED equipment. Suu indicated that LED chips will continue to develop in the direction of high performance, low cost, while LED equipment will progress towards high performance, high cost. Finally, Suu introduced ULVAC’s LED chip manufacturing process and solutions and share related production data.
Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC: GaN on Sapphire and Si Substrate to Improve LED Productivity Using Innovative MOCVD Machinery
Dr. Koh Matsumoto, president of Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC, Japan’s largest industrial gas supplier and equipment manufacturer, will discuss how to use innovative MOVPE equipment to increase LED capacity through the use of GaN layers. Dr. Matsumoto is an expert on the ETL photosensitivity process, devoted to the design and production of MOCVD machinery and the development of CS, reactors, etc. He believes that MOCVD capacity doubles every four years. Established in 1910, Taiyo Nippon Sanso EMC is Japan’s largest industrial gas supplier and equipment manufacturer and ranked as one of the top five global industrial gas providers.
Panel Discussion：Facing a Huge Demand Surge in the Near Future, How Can the LED Industry Strike a Balance between Supply and Demand?
The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Carson Hsieh, VP of R&D at Epistar Lab, featuring panelists Dr. Christian Geng, VP of Aixtron AG Greater China, Dr. Koukou Suu and ULVAC Institute of Semiconductor & Electronics Technologies GM.
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