Cree Raises Performance Levels for Certain XLamp XP LEDs
Source/Type:  LIGHTimes Online - News - Staff reports

Author: LIGHTimes News Staff

February 11, 2010... Cree announced adding higher-flux bins for warm and cool white XLamp XP-E LEDs and higher maximum forward currents for both XLamp XP-E and XP-G LEDs. XLamp XP-E cool white LEDs are reportedly now available in the R3 bin. They offer 122-130 lumens at 350 mA and deliver up to 116 lumens per watt. Cree has also made its warm-white (3000 K) XP-E LEDs available in the Q3 bin. They provide 94-100 lumens at 350 mA. Cree has increased the maximum forward current for all XLamp XP-E to 1 A. The company indicated that this increase enables more design flexibility and higher light-output applications.

In addition, Cree raised the maximum forward current for its XLamp XP-G LEDs to 1.5 A. The XP-G LEDs deliver up to 493 lumens at 92 lumens per watt. According to Cree, the XP-G LEDs offer high efficacy at high currents, which can allow new high-performance LED applications where more light in less space is necessary. "While others continue to offer 100-lumen LEDs as their highest performance level, Cree is leading the industry in lighting-class brightness and efficacy," said Paul Thieken, Cree director of marketing, LED components. "Our lighting-class LEDs are designed to deliver the performance our customers need: hundreds of lumens, high efficacy, good quality of light and long lifetimes." Cree News Release

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