Renaissance Lighting to reveal liquid-phosphor LED technology at upcoming tradeshow
Herndon, VA--Renaissance Lighting, a developer and manufacturer of solid-state luminaires, is coming to LIGHTFAIR International 2010 (May 12-14, Las Vegas, NV) to introduce what it calls a significant technological breakthrough in solid-state light-emitting diode (LED) lighting: the adoption of a clear liquid phosphor as the primary light source in LED luminaires—a radical departure from the present-day use of high-brightness (HB) LEDs that have dominated the solid-state LED lighting industry.
By combining the company's patented Constructive Occlusion with newly created proprietary techniques and a sourced clear, colorless phosphor, the promise of the most energy-efficient light—the equivalent of up to 100 lumens-per-watt out of the fixture—is a virtual reality. The technology replaces the phosphor-enhanced approaches of today whereby high-brightness LEDs remain as the primary light source and a yellow-tinted phosphor is used to help boost the LEDs light output.
Renaissance Lighting has partnered with Arkansas-based NNCrystal US Corporation, a producer of high-quality nanocrystal-based products, in the development of its newest technological approach to high-efficacy LED lighting. These phosphors will be used commercially when Renaissance Lighting’s next generation of luminaires is formally introduced later this year.
Suresh Sunderrajan, president of NNCrystal US Corporation, said, "Today’s yellow-colored phosphors create an unattractive appearance when a fixture is not illuminated. Our Qshift Lucid [trade-marked] technology-based nanophosphor solutions are very cost-effective, enable superior performance, and are void of color altogether, making it highly pleasing to the eye," he said.
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