presents an overview of efficiency losses

The SSL2102 is the latest addition to NXP’s lighting portfolio, offering deep dimming down to one percent of full light intensity, as well as compatibility with a wide range of dimmers. The small, highly integrated and highly efficient driver is the next step in SSL retrofit LED lighting, and is ideal for small form-factor applications with closed casings.

NXP’s new online design tool for SSL applications makes it easy for engineers to evaluate and test the behavior of LED lighting applications based on four NXP products, including the new SSL2102 and SSL2101 for dimmable applications, as well as the SSL1522 and SSL1523 for non-dimmable applications. The tool enables engineers to quickly select the IC they need and test designs for LED drivers from 2W up to 25W. The tool generates schematic, component and transformer parameters, calculates the design’s efficiency, and presents an overview of efficiency losses.

The concept of SMASH is to establish disruptive approaches that exploit nanostructured compound semiconductors to realize the key market factors of high efficiency and low cost. These will be achieved by epitaxial growth of LED structures on ultra-low defect nanostructured templates and by the development of LEDs based on nanorod emitters. These approaches will have large impact on manufacturing costs because they enable growth on large area, low cost substrates such as Silicon.