Cree Introduces Industry’s Brightest, Most Efficient Horticulture LEDs
October 06 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New Photo Red LEDs Deliver More than Double the
Flux Density of Nearest Competitor
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the new XLamp® XQ-E and XP-E
High Efficiency (HE) Photo Red LEDs, the industry’s highest
performing LEDs optimized for horticulture. The new LEDs deliver up
to 21 percent higher output than the previous generations of XQ-E
and XP-E Photo Red LEDs, enabling horticulture lighting
manufacturers to deliver higher performance products, reduce
luminaire size and lower system cost.
“The XQ-E family provides a unique combination of ultra-compact
package, high output and wide range of horticulture-optimized
colors,” said Michael Naish, director, Rusalox. “Using XQ-E LEDs
with our unique AlumOxide technology, our customers can create
luminaires that use half the power of conventional HPS luminaires,
as well as being smaller and weighing less than incumbent
technologies. The higher performing XQ-E High Efficiency Photo Red
LED will enable customers to quickly reduce the power consumption
of their current design even further for faster payback
periods.”
The XQ-E High Efficiency Photo Red LED sets a new performance
benchmark by delivering Photosynthetic Photon Flux (PPF) levels up
to 5.39 μmol/sec at 85 C from a package footprint of just 1.6 x 1.6
mm. The new XQ-E’s ratio of output to size is more than double that
of the closest competitor. The XP-E High Efficiency Photo Red LED
delivers up to 6.08 μmol/sec PPF output at 85 C and is the first
LED to break the 1 W radiant flux barrier at 85 C.
“The new XQ-E and XP-E High Efficiency Photo Red LEDs bring
Cree’s latest high-power performance breakthroughs to horticulture
lighting, with twice the PPF density and higher output than all
other available LEDs,” said Dave Emerson, vice president and
general manager for Cree LEDs. “Our technology enables customers to
create high performance, long-life luminaires that drive the
adoption of LEDs in this emerging application. With these
additions, Cree continues to offer the industry’s best portfolio of
LEDs optimized for horticulture, including White, Royal Blue and
Far Red color options.”
Both XQ and XP LEDs for horticulture are built on Cree’s ceramic
high-power technology that can deliver R90 lifetimes over 100,000
hours, even at the extreme temperature of 105 C. In addition,
horticulture lighting manufacturers can immediately take advantage
of the existing ecosystem of drivers and optics proven to work with
the XQ and XP platforms to accelerate their time to market.
Product samples of the new XQ-E and XP-E High Efficiency Photo
Red LEDs are available now and production quantities are available
with standard lead times. For more information on Cree’s entire
range of LEDs optimized for horticulture lighting, please visit
www.cree.com/xlamp/horticulture.
About Cree
Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs,
lighting products and semiconductor products for power and radio
frequency (RF) applications. Cree believes in better light
experiences and is delivering new innovative LED technology that
transforms the way people experience light through high-quality
interior and exterior LED lighting solutions.
Cree’s product families include LED lighting systems and bulbs,
blue and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class
power LEDs, power-switching devices and RF devices. Cree’s products
are driving improvements in applications such as general
illumination, electronic signs and signals, power supplies and
inverters.
This press release contains forward-looking statements involving
risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause
actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Actual
results may differ materially due to a number of factors, including
the risk that actual savings and lifetimes will vary from
expectations; the risk we may be unable to manufacture these new
products with sufficiently low cost to offer them at competitive
prices or with acceptable margins; the risk we may encounter delays
or other difficulties in ramping up production of our new products;
customer acceptance of our new products; the rapid development of
new technology and competing products that may impair demand or
render Cree’s products obsolete; and other factors discussed in
Cree’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 26,
2016, and subsequent filings.
Please refer to www.cree.com for additional product and
Company information.
Cree® and XLamp® are registered trademarks of Cree, Inc.
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