Cree introduces new XBright power chip
This is the first large-area version of the XBright technology LED offered by the company. The XBright 900 Power Chip product family includes an ultraviolet 405 nm device with a typical brightness of 250 mW at 350 mA, and a 470 nm blue device with a typical brightness of 150 mW at 350 mA.
The targeted application for these devices is the specialty lighting market. The company has begun sampling devices with production targeted to ramp later this month.
Chuck Swoboda, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cree stated, "This is a tremendous milestone for Cree and for the industry. We believe that our new Power Chip sets a new standard for commercially available power chips in the market. Since these chips deliver more than 10 times the light output of our standard XBright chips, we believe these high power LED devices will enable a new range of lighting applications."
The XBright Power Chip product is an offshoot of a collaborative R&D effort between Cree and the US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
