Sharp Microelectronics Introduces New LED Product Lines.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2002 Sharp's new lines of RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). Super-luminosity TAF TAF abbr. tumor angiogenic factor LEDs and Surface Mount Chip LEDs offer brighter light in smaller packages to enable innovations in consumer electronics Sharp Microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. of the Americas A·mer·i·cas , the See America. (SMA (1) See SMA connector. (2) (Shared Memory Architecture) See shared video memory. (3) (Software Maintenance Association) A membership organization that began in 1985 and ended in 1996. ) today announced the availability of two new LED product lines that incorporate advancements in package sizes, luminosity luminosity, in astronomy, the rate at which energy of all types is radiated by an object in all directions. A star's luminosity depends on its size and its temperature, varying as the square of the radius and the fourth power of the absolute surface temperature. , and color reproducibility reproducibility Lab medicine The degree of agreement among repeated measurements of a particular parameter, presented in terms of a standard deviation or coefficient of variation of the results in a set of measurements . These Sharp LEDs are being manufactured specifically for design engineers working on consumer electronics that feature the innovative use of light sources. These components expand Sharp's LED offering in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and allow design engineers to utilize smaller, thinner, and higher luminosity LEDs. "An increasing number of applications, from new cell phones with built-in camera functionality to white goods to LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. backlights, are now being designed using LEDs," said Herb Moeller, senior product marketing manager at Sharp. "Sharp's extensive line of LED components offer design engineers the broadest package designs and features on the market today, and will help them meet the market demand for innovative applications." The new LED products lines were developed using Sharp Corporation's proven compound semiconductor technology, assuring design engineers the highest quality and performance. The LED lines are represented in the Americas by SMA, and globally by other Sharp Corporation subsidiaries and distributors. Sharp's first line of LEDs is an RGB Super-luminosity TAF (Tough and Flush To empty the contents of a memory buffer. See buffer. Flush Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s spaniel, subject of a biography. [Br. Lit.: Woolf Flush in Barnhart, 446] See : Dogs (data) flush ) LED. This is a three-die chip LED that provides better color reproducibility than other full-color LEDs. Because of its brightness, this new chip can be used as a light source for the cutting-edge mobile phones with built-in camera functionality, or as a backlight back·light n. A type of spotlight, used in photography, that illuminates a subject from behind. tr.v. back·light·ed or back·lit , back·light·ing, back·lights for instrument panels or LCDs. It also is a design alternative for single-die White LEDs for small electronics equipment. The chip's TAF 6-pin package has a thickness of 2.4mm and features the ability to use a larger drive current without an increased degradation DEGRADATION, punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon. of the LED. The 6-pin configuration allows series connection of LEDs as a backlight to drive colors independently with the same current, thus reducing power consumption, offering better control of both heat output and color (e.g. red, green and blue can be concentrated to get truer colors). Sharp has also expanded its lines of Surface Mount Chip LEDs, with the following new components: -- 1) High Brightness Ultra Thin .35mmt AlGaInP LEDs, which are ideal for applications that require thinner packages, such as cell phones and PDAs. Additionally, when used in membrane switches for white goods, these chips eliminate the need for one or more spacers in the membrane switch. These LEDs provide a bright backlight without high energy requirements. Also available in .55mm and .8mm thin 1608 chip sizes with same footprint as .35mm. Colors available: Yellow-green, Blue, Green, Amber, Sunset orange, Orange, and Red. -- 2) 1616 Dichromatic and Full-Color Chip LEDs -- Sharp's dichromatic high luminosity chip LEDs have two different colors in the same package, and are used in cell phones, backlights or other applications that require multiple color options from one LED. This package design affords the option of having either die turned on or both simultaneously, producing a third color (e.g., red and green together to produce orange or yellow). Available colors: Yellow-green/Yellow, Green/Sunset orange, Yellow-green/Red. Similarly, Sharp's 4-pin, full-color 1616 chip LED integrates three colors in one chip, is smaller than TAF LEDs, and uses less power.
LED Description Fwd Luminosity Operating Cond.
Voltage Intensity typ. Temp. IF
typ. (V) (mA)
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GM5WA06260A RGB Super Red: 2.3 R: 40
luminosity Green: 4.4 White: 1725 mcd G: 40
TAF Chip LED Blue: 4.6 -30/+85C B: 20
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GM1JV35200AE 0.35mm Super 18.8 mcd
Thin 1608 2.0 -30/+85C 20
Chip LED
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GM1EG35200A 0.35mm Super 19.0 mcd
Thin 1608 2.1 -30/+85C 30
Chip LED
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GM1C35200AC 0.35mm Super B: 3.2 B: 13mcd
Bright Blue G: 3.7 G: 54mcd -20/+80C 10
or Green
1608 Chip
LED
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LT1ED67A 0.8mm 1616 Y-G: 2.1 Y-G: 19.0mcd
Dichromatic R: 2.0 R: 8.8mcd -30/+85C 20
Chip LED
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GM1WA80350A 0.8mm 1616 B: 3.2 B: 30mcd B: 10
Full Color G: 3.2 G: 92mcd G: 10
Chip LED O: 2.1 O: 100mcd -20/+80C O: 20
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Price and Availability Sharp's RBG RBG Royal Botanical Gardens RBG Revolutionary But Gangsta (Dead Prez album) RBG Regalbediengerät (machine for moving pallets in an automatic warehouse) RBG Red Blue and Green Super-luminosity TAF LED chips are available in production quantities, and priced from $2.00 - $3.00 for quantities of 5,000. Sharp's new surface mount Chip LEDs are available in production quantities, and priced from $.05 to $1.25, depending on color, for quantities of 5,000. About Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA), Camas, Wash., is a U.S. based company and a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation which is a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Osaka, Japan. Sharp is a worldwide developer of core digital technologies that are playing an integral role in shaping the next generation of electronic products for consumer and business needs. SMA offers breakthrough memory, LCD, Opto, CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. , RF/IR, microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. and system-on-chip components, along with packaging and integration skills that help design engineers throughout North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. bring their ambitious ideas to market. SMA is dedicated to improving people's lives through the use of advanced technology and a commitment to innovation, quality, value and design. More information regarding SMA's products can be found at www.sharpsma.com or by calling 1-800/642-0261. |
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