Demand recovery not in sight; pressure of 2010 Q4 LED price decline expected to extend till 2011 Q1
Posted by admin in Elctronic Stuff on January 18, 2011
TAIWAN: According to the latest price survey by LEDinside, an LED research division of TrendForce, in 2010 Q4, demand from LED applications still has not recovered, including continued inventory adjustment of large-size panels and lower-than-expected demand from general lighting.
As a result, pressure of LED price decline extends from 2010 Q3. Among them, price of LED for large-size panel applications fell by 5-9 percent, with most substantial decline in TV backlight applications; high power LED lighting applications declined by more than 12 percent. Due to relatively stable demand from mobile phone applications, LED prices in this segment are fairly stable with a mere 3 percent seasonally adjusted decrease.
As for prices of LEDs in large-size backlight applications in 2010 Q4, due to slower-than-expected panel shipment recovery, vendors have adjusted shipments, while LED demand recovery is not yet in sight. Hence, in TV backlight applications, LED prices of mainstream specification 5630 decreased by 9 percent, to $0.11~$0.15, while LED prices of LCD notebook backlight dropped by 5-6 percent.
LEDinside noted that at this stage, LED prices for mobile backlighting applications, including specifications 0.4t and 0.6, are relatively stable due to stable shipment; price decline for this segment is estimated at 3 percent in 2010 Q4.
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Cree launches industry’s first commercial silicon carbide power MOSFET
Posted by admin in Elctronic Stuff on January 17, 2011
DURHAM, USA: In a move that heralds a performance revolution in energy efficient power electronics, Cree Inc. has introduced the industry’s first fully-qualified commercial silicon carbide power MOSFET.
This establishes a new benchmark for energy efficient power switches and can enable design engineers to develop high voltage circuits with extremely fast switching speeds and ultralow switching losses.
The SiC MOSFET can be used today for solar inverters, high-voltage power supplies and power conditioning in many industrial power applications. Over the next several years, SiC power switches and diodes could also expand into motor drive control, electric vehicles and wind energy applications. The market for power semiconductors in these applications is estimated at approximately $4 billion today, reaching nearly $6 billion by 2015.
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Arrow signs distribution agreement with Janus
Posted by admin in Elctronic Stuff on January 14, 2011
MELVILLE, USA: Arrow Electronics Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Janus Remote Communications, a leader in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Janus provides cellular-enabled devices for data acquisition and telemetry, asset tracking, facility and equipment monitoring, smart utilities and security applications.
Under the new agreement, Arrow will distribute Janus Terminus platform devices in the Americas regions. The Terminus platform encompasses cellular communication terminals from simple telemetry devices through intelligent control terminals, in a wide array of package options. Incorporating a variety of different communications modems from their partner company, Telit Wireless Solutions, Janus offers their customers a variety of paths to integrate wireless technology into both new and existing applications.
“The Janus Terminus platform provides a quick-and-easy solution to cellular enablement, with little to no hardware design effort,” said David West, vice president of supplier marketing and asset for Arrow Electronics. “Our customers now have access to a simplified transition to an embedded cellular module design using Telit, with minimal software changes to the embedded firmware or the end application.”