Illumination with solid state lighting technology

High-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to differentiate themselves from their more common cousins the indicator LED. Today these LEDs are designed to generate 10-100 lm per LED with efficiencies that surpass incandescent and halogen bulbs. After a summary of the motivation for the development of the high-power LED and a look at the future markets, we describe the current state of high-power LED technology and the challenges that lay ahead for development of a true "solid state lamp." We demonstrate record performance and reliability for high-power colored and white LEDs and show results from the worlds first 100-plus lumen white LED lamp, the solid state equivalent of Thomas Edison's 20-W incandescent lightbulb approximately one century later.

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