Osram

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Osram is a German company owned by Siemens. Their subsidiary that produces LED's is called Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH.

Osram Golden Dragon Plus LED from a Uniquefire AA-S1 flashlight

Golden Dragon Plus

Osram is known for the Golden Dragon series of LED's and the OSTAR multiple-die LED's. The Golden Dragon Plus LED (comparable to a Cree XP-E) was used in several NiteCore flashlight models and is still used in some budget models (e.g. the Black Cat HM-01, Tank007 E07, and Uniquefire AA-S1). The Golden Dragon Plus is denoted by the product code W5AM while the regular Golden Dragon is W5SM. The difference between the two seems to be the Plus has a clear silicone lens over the LED while the Golden Dragon has flatter clear resin. However for some reason, the GDP seems to have a wider hotspot which is opposite of what a lens should do. There are tint families for warm white (product code LCW, also includes neutral white tints), white (LW), and ultra white (LUW, others call it cool white).

Osram Golden Dragon Plus Brightness Bins
Bin 350mA
100%
700mA
170%
1000mA
220%
JZ 61-71 104-121 134-156
KX 71-82 121-139 156-180
KY 82-97 139-165 180-213
KZ 97-112 165-190 213-246
LX 112-130 190-221 246-286
LY* 130-150 221-255 286-330


Oslon Square

 
Osram Oslon Square LED

The Oslon Square was announced in November 2011. Capable of being driven at currents up to 1.5 amps, it is a rough equivalent of the Cree XP-G, although the LED itself is a little smaller at 3mm by 3mm. The viewing angle is 120°. The LED is binned at 700mA. The LED is binned by tints using the ANSI scheme below with the cooler tints using a different scheme. There are several varieties of this chip. The Oslon Square LCW CQAR.EC Eco Champ is intended for indoor use with a warm white tint and a minimum CRI of 80. The LCW CQAR.PC Power Champ has neutral tint of 4000-5000K with a minimum CRI of 70, the LUW CQAR Streetwhite is a cooler 5300-6500K tint with a minimum CRI of 65. Datasheets: EC, PC, EQW, LUW.

Osram Oslon Square Brightness Bins
Bin 350mA
56.5%
700mA
100%
1000mA
132%
1500mA
172%
LT 85-93 150-164 198-216 258-279
LU 93-102 164-180 216-238 279-310
MP 102-110 180-194 238-256 310-334
MQ 110-119 194-210 256-277 334-361
MR 119-127 210-224 277-296 361-385
MS 127-136 224-240 296-317 385-413
MT 136-146 240-259 317-342 413-445
MU 146-158 259-280 342-370 445-482
NP 158-172 280-304 370-401 482-523
NQ 172-186 304-330 401-436 523-568

Tint Bins

The warm white and ultra white families ares sometimes binned using a system based on ANSI White with a number of subgrids overlaid on each ANSI White quadrangle and sometimes falling above or below the ANSI quadrangle. The grid has numbers which are vertical subdivisions (6500K is divided into layers 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 with 4 falling below and 8 falling above ANSI 6500K) and letters which are horizontal (they follow the color temperatures; for instance, 6500K is divided into vertical bands C,D, and E while 5700K is divided into F and G, and no bands are cooler than ANSI 6500K). It doesn't seem to be their intention to bin by individual subgrid but by groups of subgrids, so a product might be binned as "5J7K" meaning it will somewhere between those subgrids. Finer binning might be available though.

Osram Golden Dragon Plus Tint Bins
Bins Subgrids Temperature ANSI Subgrids Family
4C-8E 15 6500K 5C-7E ultra white
5F-8G 8 5700K 5F-7G ultra white
4J-8K 10 4500K 5J-7K neutral white
4L-8N 15 4000K 5L-7N neutral white
4O-9Q 18 3500K 5O-8Q warm white
4R-9T 18 3000K 5R-8T warm white
4U-9X 24 2700K 5U-8X warm white

To make it a little more confusing, Osram has a different set of chromaticity groups that are not based on ANSI white but whose codes look very similar. These also appear in their datasheets for the Golden Dragon line. The regular white products only use this nonstandard approach.

External Links

These pages have more info about Osram LED's, including data sheets which contain performance information and binning and labeling info.

Golden Dragon at Osram

Golden Dragon Plus at Osram