Finding a way to deposit vertical dielectric barriers has allowed Litecool of Sheffield to make dramatic cut in LED thermal resistance – from 1.25 to 0.5°C/W is one case – see diagram. Dielectric layers are essential to separate electrical conductors but, with a few notable exceptions like diamond, introduce thermal barriers. Spreading heat before it […]
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A Coventry-based company which develops digital printing systems used in high resolution photographic printing believes the system has the resolution to print electronic circuits. LumeJet, a spin-out from Warwick University, developed a three-colour RGB digital print head which is used in an inkless digital photographic printer. The company plans to use the printing technology for
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Making it easy to switch street lamps over to LEDs, is the way West Yorkshire’s Harvard Engineering aims to sell LED lighting to councils. It has created the Retro LED family of ‘gear-trays’ which replace the original discharge lamp assembly – be it low-pressure sodium (SOX), high-pressure sodium (SON) or fluorescent. Each assembly is aimed
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