The average monthly price of sapphire has fallen by more than 30% year on year this September, according to the LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This decline is the result of suppliers expanding their production capacities despite the weaker-than-expected demand...

The scale of China’s LED package market is projected to expand 16% year on year to 61.4 billion RMB in 2015, according to the latest Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of Chinese LED package market on the whole has slowed...

Plessey announced today that it has developed a patented technology for Chip Scale Optics (CSO) based on its GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. Chip Scale Optics permits design of light emission angles down to ten degrees direct from the LED...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The largest-ever layoffs of the company, Epistar Co., the nation’s No. 1 LED chipmaker is going to layoff 65 employees next week. As a matter of fact, it’s been viewed as a way to response to the emerging “Red Supply Chain” from China...

The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. According to LEDinside analyst Allen Yu, the U...

According to Research and Markets that the LED components market in Japan to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% during the period 2014-2019. APAC is the major producer of LED components and is home to the four major manufacturing countries: Japan, Taiwan, China, and South Korea...

The HT7L5821 is a Power Factor corrected Quasi-Resonant PWM controller for two stage LED power supply systems. Suitable applications could be LED lamps for outdoor street lighting and ceiling lamps for indoor illumination. The device meets the usual LED lighting requirements for high power, high efficiency and safety...