Osram
Country: Germany
Website: http://www.osram-os.com/
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
Technologies for the Synergy of Light Quality and Energy Efficiency
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors ranks among the world's leading manufacturers of opto-electronic semiconductors and is considered to be the authority on innovative light technologies. For more than 30 years, the innovation leader's high-quality opto-electronic semiconductors have been setting standards in a wide variety of applications. The extensive product portfolio encompasses components for the fields of illumination, visualisation and sensing. The best-known products are high-efficiency light-emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor lasers, infrared diodes (IREDs), detectors and organic LEDs (OLEDs). The products in the LED segment range from miniature components for the back-lighting of small displays, all the way to extra-bright light sources for general lighting, TV screens and car headlights.
LED technology is extremely successful, thanks to its extraordinary technical characteristics. Alongside the widespread use of the small lightsources in mobile phone displays, computers and big screens, the LED is nowadays also turning into an innovative light solution for general lighting. Apart from its small size, one of the decisive reasons for this is its impressive energy efficiency - demonstrated for the first time in a study on the eco-balance of LED lamps from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. The study scrutinised the entire life cycle, the result: today's LED lamps match the eco-balance values of compact fluorescent lamps and are far superior to conventional incandescent lamps.
Demand for LEDs increased rapidly as they became standard components in displays for cell phones, computers and large-format display panels. The market will continue to exhibit dynamic growth as LEDs become firmly established as universal light sources. Thanks to its powers of innovation, its patented technologies and established sales structures the company is well equipped to take advantage of these developments.
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