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Peter Lowrie

Jan 1, 1970
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13 November 2003

Announcement: Release embargo until 15 November 2003.

Light Emitting Diode (LED) Intensification Breakthrough in New Zealand
laboratory.

Using ultra-small electronic componentry to intensify (make brighter)the
ubiquitous LED, the LED output can be increased by up to four times without
blowing them up as would be expected when you shove too much voltage into
them. The Free Electron laboratory technicians in Lower Hutt, North Island,
New Zealand have developed a device to intensify LED's by overpowering and
then cooling LED's to make an otherwise mediocre LED shine furiously bright.

Given the headlong rush to more Lumens per Watt and the wide range of
applications that LED's lend themselves to, it is surprising that such
an add-on component has not, before today, been developed. The LED
Accelerator brings a solution to bear upon the problem of otherwise poor LED
luminosity performance. At an increasing rate LED's are being used in
industry, transport, home and personal lighting, security, communications,
toys and consumer electronics, the future is bright then, for a company
that will manufacture and distribute the LED Accelerator.

In the next few days it is expected that rights to the device will be
auctioned by eBay and at other auction sites in Europe, and Australasia.

http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator

This press release was provided by:

Peter E. Lowrie.
Chairman,
Free Electron.
High St,
Lower Hutt, 6009.
New Zealand.
 
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Watson A.Name - Watt Sun, Dark Remover

Jan 1, 1970
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13 November 2003

Announcement: Release embargo until 15 November 2003.

Light Emitting Diode (LED) Intensification Breakthrough in New Zealand
laboratory.

Sounds like advertising hype to me. What is needed is a more
efficient LED, not a brighter LED. It sounds to me as if all they did
was make the LED brighter, without an increase in efficiency.
Using ultra-small electronic componentry to intensify (make brighter)the
ubiquitous LED, the LED output can be increased by up to four times without
blowing them up as would be expected when you shove too much voltage into
them. The Free Electron laboratory technicians in Lower Hutt, North Island,
New Zealand have developed a device to intensify LED's by overpowering and
then cooling LED's to make an otherwise mediocre LED shine furiously bright.

Given the headlong rush to more Lumens per Watt and the wide range of
applications that LED's lend themselves to, it is surprising that such
an add-on component has not, before today, been developed. The LED
Accelerator brings a solution to bear upon the problem of otherwise poor LED
luminosity performance. At an increasing rate LED's are being used in
industry, transport, home and personal lighting, security, communications,
toys and consumer electronics, the future is bright then, for a company
that will manufacture and distribute the LED Accelerator.

In the next few days it is expected that rights to the device will be
auctioned by eBay and at other auction sites in Europe, and Australasia.

http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator

This press release was provided by:

Peter E. Lowrie.
Chairman,
Free Electron.
High St,
Lower Hutt, 6009.
New Zealand.




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Jeff

Jan 1, 1970
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Watson A.Name - Watt Sun said:
snip

Sounds like advertising hype to me. What is needed is a more
efficient LED, not a brighter LED. It sounds to me as if all they did
was make the LED brighter, without an increase in efficiency.

Wow a heatsink, how origainal is that a patentable
idea, maybe, for an LED. Someone had to come up
with putting a resistor inside a case with fins.
Jeff
 
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Dave Platt

Jan 1, 1970
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Sounds like advertising hype to me. What is needed is a more
Wow a heatsink, how origainal is that a patentable
idea, maybe, for an LED. Someone had to come up
with putting a resistor inside a case with fins.

I suspect there's too much prior art to allow this. Surely, by now,
someone has come up with an ultrabright-red-LED tailbulb replacement
for a '59 Cadillac?
 
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Jeff

Jan 1, 1970
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Dave Platt said:
I suspect there's too much prior art to allow this. Surely, by now,
someone has come up with an ultrabright-red-LED tailbulb replacement
for a '59 Cadillac?
Hi Dave,
Thats no way to keep a 59 in original condition.
Now a 99 maybe... if the computer is not watching
the current draw for any difference.
Jeff
 
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Dave Platt

Jan 1, 1970
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I suspect there's too much prior art to allow this. Surely, by now,
someone has come up with an ultrabright-red-LED tailbulb replacement
for a '59 Cadillac?
[/QUOTE]
Hi Dave,
Thats no way to keep a 59 in original condition.
Now a 99 maybe... if the computer is not watching
the current draw for any difference.
Jeff

I don't think a '99 has fins? That seemed to be a requirement, and
the '59 was quite notorious in that respect.
 
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Jeff

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi Dave,
Thats no way to keep a 59 in original condition.
Now a 99 maybe... if the computer is not watching
the current draw for any difference.
Jeff

I don't think a '99 has fins? That seemed to be a requirement, and
the '59 was quite notorious in that respect.
[/QUOTE]

Zoom, right by me, I missed the point.
And a good one.
Jeff
 
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Peter Lowrie

Jan 1, 1970
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Time to update information for detractors, supporters and other souls kind
enough to provide feedback herein:

The circuit does not change the colour of the LED.

Most LEDs do not operate at 100% duty - brake lights for example, life
reduction expectancy therefore UP TO 30%.

The circuit does not directly influence the efficiency of the LED, it just
allows a higher voltage to be safely applied to the LED.

In this incantation the circuit is designed for arrays of LED's, such as
traffic lights, indicators and tail lights. It's use will be more
applicable, therefore, to interior lighting, automotive, traffic and
industrial applications.

The low power version sinks 1 Amp, and the power device <4 Amps - which is a
huge output so far as LED applications are involved. At the four Amp rating
8 devices could easily power aircraft runway lights.

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A typo on the website has been fixed.

Thankyou for suggestions insofar as Lumileds and Luxeon are concerned.

Do please post on-topic communiques to this NG rather than posting emails as
is the want in NG culture.

An announcement will be issued shortly as to auctioning the rights to
use/manufacture the device.

Yours faithfully

Peter E. Lowrie.
Chairman,
Free Electron.
High St,
Lower Hutt, 6009.
New Zealand.
++64-4-9766712
 
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William P.N. Smith

Jan 1, 1970
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Peter Lowrie said:
The circuit does not directly influence the efficiency of the LED, it just
allows a higher voltage to be safely applied to the LED.
The low power version sinks 1 Amp, and the power device <4 Amps

You seem a bit confused, can you tell us if you think LEDs are
voltage-mode or current mode devices?
 
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