Scarcely a lighting application exists that designers have not considered converting to solid-state lighting, especially as LEDs by leaps and bounds improve both the quantity and the quality of their ...

When designing a handheld device with a colour display using white LEDs for backlighting, is it better to use parallel or series connected LEDs? Both architectures have their own advantages when you ...

Sponsored by Digi-Key and Infineon Technologies: Today’s lighting systems are dominated by LED technology. Though it seems a relatively simple concept, lighting multiple LED arrays requires special ...

Designers use ballast ICs, such as International Rectifier’s IR53HD420, in CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) for heating the filaments, igniting the lamps, and supplying the lamps with current ...