News: LEDs
3 July 2024
Luminus adds SFT-03X RGB LED chipset to projection product portfolio
Luminus Devices Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA – which designs and makes LEDs and solid-state technology (SST) light sources for illumination markets – has added the SFT-03X Red-Green-Blue (RGB) LED chipset to its projection product portfolio, enabling extremely compact yet bright projection engines for embedded consumer and industrial applications.
Featuring a light emission size of only 0.345mm2, the SFT-03X chipset is optimized for operation with small micro-displays including Texas Instruments (TI) 0.16” DLP Digital Micro-Display (DMD) and sized to enable a projection engine with an extended depth of focus, allowing for a change to the projection distance without requiring manual adjustment. Comprising individual Red-Amber, Converted Green, and Blue LED emitters with high color saturation, the SFT-03X chipset helps to create images and videos with vibrant colors that increase the perception of brightness to the human eye.
Due to an advanced compact package of only 3.0mm x 3.0mm per emitter and Luminus’ high-intensity projection chip technology, the SFM/SFT-03X LEDs achieve what is claimed to be a market-leading combination of performance and efficiency, delivering up to 50lm typical brightness at 3W electrical power in a 2cm3 form factor in a 2-channel configuration — all without requiring active cooling fans. For applications demanding even higher brightness levels, the chipset can scale up to 100lm typical at higher input power with four active LED channels.
Luminus says that the miniature and cost-effective engine can easily be embedded in a variety of consumer and industrial host devices and deliver a projected image ranging from 12” to 20”, depending on ambient lighting conditions. As such, the technology offers a large display without the large and bulky form factor of flat-panel displays such as LCD screens. Consumer applications include battery-powered companion projectors for smartphones, augmented reality wearable displays, Homepods, smart home controllers, lighting track fixtures, bulb projectors, white goods such as refrigerators and washing machines where the projector delivers information signage, entertainment content or advanced lighting effects. In industrial applications, screenless displays are not subject to damage and can be used for industrial signage, retail displays, and factory automation applications.
The SFT-03X chipset is available immediately and may be purchased from most of Luminus’ authorized distribution partners.
