UCSB studies optimization, Cree licenses remote technology

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara say that they have discovered how to formulate LED phosphors for better efficiency, while Cree has announced a licensing agreement with NNCrystal covering remote phosphor IP. A team working at the Solid State Lighting & Energy Center (SSLEC) at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has announced a breakthrough in phosphor research that they believe could allow LED efficacy to hit 300 lm/W. In other phosphor news, Cree licensed its remote-phosphor patent portfolio to NNCrystal, a set of intellectual property (IP) that Cree has maintained was fundamental to remote-phosphor-based solid-state lighting (SSL) products.