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To get even more brightness, rather than combine LED's into one flashlight, multiple LED's could be mounted to the same chip. These multi-die LED's produce 400 to 900 lumens. The Luxeon V was one of the first and produced 100-140 lumens. Seoul produces the P7 and Cree produces the MC-E, each with 4 LED's on a chip. | To get even more brightness, rather than combine LED's into one flashlight, multiple LED's could be mounted to the same chip. These multi-die LED's produce 400 to 900 lumens. The Luxeon V was one of the first and produced 100-140 lumens. Seoul produces the P7 and Cree produces the MC-E, each with 4 LED's on a chip. | ||
Luminus developed the SST-50 and SST-90, larger LED's requiring currents of 5 amps and more, but giving off a lot of light. Cree responded with the XM-L which has a larger ( | Luminus developed the SST-50 and SST-90, larger LED's requiring currents of 5 amps and more, but giving off a lot of light. Cree responded with the XM-L which has a larger (than the XR-E/XP-E series of LEDs) single die and can be driven up to 3 amps. | ||
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