White Light-Emitting Diodes

Lehigh University Office of Technology Transfer
posted on 06/11/2011

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Description:

Lehigh has developed a process to produce a Group III Nitride LED yielding a broad spectrum of warm white light. This warm white light results with the preferred broadband and super continuum spectrum for applications in residential lighting. The process is compatible with current LED manufacturing techniques and may reduce manufacturing costs over current products. A provisional patent application, 61/420,859 has been filed for this technology

The Market

The SSL market is predicted to reach $33 billion by 2013 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.67%. [1] This market is an umbrella market for LEDs, OLEDs, and PLEDs. LED technologies make up a majority of this market ($5.08 billion), with a growth rate of over 24%.[2] The OLED market is also predicted to grow at a considerable rate, about 24.7%, with a market size of $730 million. [3] Twenty-two percent of the United States electricity is consumed by lighting, which costs consumers over $50 billion each year. SSL technologies have the potential to reduce this consumption by up to six times less. This potential has led to increased market need, funding resources and science centers dedicated to SSL development, such as the $46 million Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) for solid-state lighting science funded by the Department of Energy. [4]

The Opportunity

Lehigh University is interested in licensing this technology.

About Lehigh University

Lehigh University is a leading research university with an enrollment of approximately 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students

For More Information on this Technology Contact:

Yatin S. Karpe, Ph.D.
Associate Director

Office of Technology Transfer
Lehigh University
354 Whitaker Laboratory
5 East Packer Ave.
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Phone: (610) 758-5841
Fax: (610) 758-5888 fax
Email: yatin.karpe@lehigh.edu
Web: http://www.lehigh.edu/ott

Claire Casola

Licensing Coordinator

Foresight Science & Technology

401-273-4844 Ext. 17; Claire.Casola@Foresightst.Com  

[1] "Solid-State Lighting Market Will Reach $33 Billion Worldwide by 2013" AZooptics.com web site.

http://www.azooptics.com/Details.asp?NewsID=3867  (accessed September 28, 2010).

[2] "About Us." GE Lumination web site. http://www.lumination.com/overview.php  (accessed September 28, 2010). 

[3] "MarketsandMarkets: Global OLED Market Worth US$2.2 Billion by 2014." PR Newswire web site. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/marketsandmarkets-global-oled-market-worth-us22-billion-by-2014-92163829.html  (accessed September 28, 2010). 

[4] "Solid-state lighting's contributions to national energy efficiency discussed at AAAS meeting." February 21, 2010. PHYSORG web site. http://www.physorg.com/news185943042.html  (accessed September 28, 2010).