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Smaller light-emitting surfaces allow for better beam control in the Bridgelux V
Series COB LEDs to enable solid-state lighting applications such as PAR and
Home LEDs & Sources Bridgelux introduces more compact COB LEDs for retrofit lamps
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MR16 retrofit lamps and small-aperture downlights.
Bridgelux has expanded its lineup of chip-on-board (COB) LEDs with the new V
Series that come in V6 and V8 models with a 6- or 8-mm light emitting surface
(LES), respectively. The V Series is targeted at sub-1000-lm applications
including directional retrofit lamps and other solid-state lighting (SSL)
applications that require tight beam control such as security, track, spot, and
accent lights.
Bridgelux had previously announced the larger Vero series of COB arrays for
higher lumen-output applications, and in fact also announced an efficacy boost
some months after the original launch. These new V6 and V8 LEDs allow the
company to serve a broader set of applications with COB technology.
"These small LED packages are well suited for low-lumen applications and will
help accelerate the migration from traditional light sources, such as
incandescent and halogen, to cleaner, more efficient solid-state lighting," said
Max Hong, chief sales and marketing officer of Bridgelux. "We leveraged many
technological advances from our industry-leading Vero LED Array Series to
bring our high-quality light engine technology to the V Series for lower-power,
cost-sensitive applications."
Generally speaking, COB LEDs don't perform as well as individual emitters in
the best designed SSL products, because you can better control the beam
from a smaller point source. But developers find COBs much easier to apply
given that the system typically includes a single LED for which you have to
match driver circuit, thermal elements, and optics. Indeed, COB LEDs are
proving increasingly popular in the SSL industry with most LED manufacturers
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offering the products.
Certainly, simplicity at the system level can
drive broader uptake of LEDs in lighting,
especially if efficacy is near what can be
achieved with single-die LEDs. The V Series
efficacy varies based on drive current, CRI, and
other factors, but a 3000K LED with 80 CRI
delivers 118 lm/W at nominal drive current
which is 175 mA for the 23.7V device under
discussion. "We have been quick to qualify V
Series arrays into several high-volume product lines so many of our clients can
immediately benefit from the light quality and energy efficiencies realized with
these light sources," said J ack Lam, president of Rio Lighting based in Hong
Kong.
Bridgelux offers the V Series in a variety of electrical configurations with forward
voltage varying from 17.8V to 35.6V. Likewise, the LEDs are available over a
range of 2700K to 5000K CCTs with warmer LEDs offered with CRIs of 80 and
90, and 5000K LEDs also offered in 70-CRI versions.
As has been the case with a number of recent LED announcements, Bridgelux
stressed the performance of its products at higher driver-current levels that are
typical in product designs today with more reliable LEDs and exhaustive LM-80
testing. The efficacy on the LED mentioned previously drops only to 97 lm/W at
double the nominal current.
The V series LEDs also follow the recent trend of COB LEDs with smaller LED
dimensions for tighter beams. Cree, for example, announced 6- and 12-mm
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