USHIO to Begin Sales of Superline LED Series
LED halogen replacement lamps with “GaN on GaN”*1 single-core*2 LED
developed by Soraa
USHIO INC. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and Chief Executive Officer: Shiro Sugata; hereinafter "USHIO") today announced that on November 1, 2012 it will begin sales of Superline LED (hereinafter "Superline LED"), a series of next-generation LED lamps from US company Soraa Inc. featuring use of gallium nitride (GaN) substrate. These products will be sold via USHIO’s subsidiaries in countries including Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Germany(Contact list).
Superline LED is a series of LED MR16 halogen replacement lamps that come with "GaN on GaN" LED, an LED chip created with a technology for creating a GaN semiconductor on a GaN substrate.
“GaN on GaN” LED features high luminous efficiency and light-extraction efficiency and also boasts superior heat radiation performance. This enables both large currents and high levels of illumination to be achieved for a given area, in turn enabling the miniaturization of the module, something that had been difficult to attain with conventional LED chips that use sapphire or silicon substrates. Using the “GaN on GaN” LED, the Superline LED, a single-core LED, enables the same or higher brightness than a standard, multi-core LED halogen replacement lamp. It is also highly compatible with existing lighting fixtures for halogen lamps since its size is equivalent to that of halogen lamps.
As a series of next-generation LED halogen replacement lamps, Superline LED delivers not only the brightness of the halogen lamps that users demand, but also faithfully recreates the quality and properties of the light, and provides expressive power enabled by its beautiful expanse of light and superb shadowing.
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*1 An LED lamp with multiple LED modules is called a multi-core LED, while one with only one LED module is called a single-core LED. ＊2 An LED lamp with multiple LED modules is called a multi-core LED, while one with only one LED module is called a single-core LED. |
Appendix
- Superline LED Data Sheet
（PDF：360KB）
Contact list
Asia
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Singapore |
USHIO ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. |
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Thailand |
USHIO ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. |
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Taiwan |
USHIO TAIWAN, INC. |
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South KOREA |
USHIO KOREA, INC. |
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Shanghai |
USHIO SHANGHAI, INC. |
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Hong Kong |
USHIO HONG KONG LTD. |
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Japan |
USHIO INC. |
Europe
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Netherlands |
USHIO EUROPE B.V. |
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Germany |
BLV Licht - und Vakuumtechnik GmbH |
About Soraa Inc.
Soraa is the world's leading developer of solid-state lighting technology built on pure gallium nitride substrates, commonly referred to as GaN on GaN™ technology. Only Soraa uses a pure GaN crystal to create simply perfect light. Founded in 2008, Soraa is a privately-owned company based in Fremont, CA. For more information, visit http://www.soraa.com/