Difference between revisions of "Philips Lumileds"

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company is based in San Jose, California. It was started in 1999 as a joint venture between Philips and Agilent (spun off of HP), but in 2005 Philips bought Agilent's share, so now it is part of Philips. They developed some of the first power LED's to be used in flashlights, like the Luxeon I, III, and V, and continue to produce the Luxeon Rebel. Red and blue Rebel LED's are used in the household lightbulb that won the [http://www.philipslumileds.com/L-Prize L Prize] for Philips in 2011.

Slightly larger than the Cree XP-G at 3.7 mm square, the Luxeon T is binned at 700mA and 85°C with a maximum current of 1000mA. The Luxeon T was introduced in December 2012. The LED is available in CRI values of 70, 80, and 90. Tints are based on ANSI White points (27 corresponds to 2700K, up to 57 for 5700K). To compare to other LED's which often use 25°C as the temperature, the values below have been increased by 8% from the [http://www.philipslumileds.com/uploads/382/DS106-pdf datasheet].