Rapid market growth for HB (high-brightness) LEDs is driving what was once a niche industry into full-fledged high-volume production. With the emergence of applications such as display backlighting, ...

Visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) combine high efficiency and long lifetimes. Today, they’re used in a wide range of applications. Extensive R&D efforts by manufacturers have led to the creation of ...

The commercialization of solid-state lighting based on LEDs could be aided by a new test procedure under development at the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg.