protection necessary to enable advanced lighting designs that provide reliable

As next-generation LED designs and applications grow ever more demanding, global lighting OEMs are seeking innovative new material solutions that can withstand the higher internal temperatures of new LEDs, as well as their increasingly harsh operating conditions,” said Kaz Maruyama, global industry director, Dow Corning Lighting Solutions. “The latest additions to Dow Corning’s broad portfolio of optical silicone encapsulants for LEDs deliver the performance and protection necessary to enable advanced lighting designs that provide reliable, high-quality illumination over the course of their expected lifetimes.

Higher lumens-per-watt means fewer LEDs and smaller heat-sinks in our customers’ products,” says Herb Schlegel, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Intematix. “While lowering costs, our ChromaLit Candle and Dome products also improve light quality and uniformity in applications like light bulbs, pendants and sconces.”

Since its establishment in 1996, Epistar has firmly believed that technology innovation is the foundation for being a leader in the industry, and that acquisition and strategic deployment of intellectual property rights, such as patents, is a key to success.

In Epistar’s extensive patent portfolio, ITO technology is one core technology that Epistar’s founders developed while they were at ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute). In the early stages of LED technology development, thin metal was adopted for current spreading, but had the drawback of hindering light extraction. Epistar’s founders realized ITO’s advantages of being transparent and conductive, and developed the implementation of ITO in LEDs to improve current spreading and light extraction. Furthermore, due to its low contact resistance, ITO can be a good ohmic contact layer, and its optical characteristics are suitable for optical field tuning. Epistar’s advancements in this innovative technology can be found in its patents that have been issued in countries around the world, including in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.