- 23 June 2006 -

Avago Technologies enters high-power LED market

The world's largest privately held semiconductor company, Avago Technologies, announced its first series of 1W, high-power LEDs in one of the thinnest packages available. This new LED offers brighter illumination, greater reliability than competing products and can be installed easily. Avago's ASMT-MX00 is ideal for use in applications that require ultra-high-brightness LEDs, such as flashlights, reading lamps, architectural and garden lighting. This offering can lead to new lighting applications, such as brilliantly-backlighted signs no thicker than a picture frame.

Avago's new ASMT-MX00 LED package provides manufacturers with two significant advantages. First, it can be easily soldered using conventional surface mount techniques to minimize production costs, and the package is qualified to a JEDEC moisture sensitivity level (MSL) rating of 2A. For manufacturers, this rating means that the ASMT-MX00 LEDs can be kept in the open air (30C, 60% relative humidity) for up to four weeks after being removed from their sealed package without the need to remove absorbed moisture.

"Avago has entered the 1W LED market to provide our customers with a unique product combined with the assurance of our industry recognized reliability and ability to deliver in volume," said Cheng Kai Chong, worldwide marketing manager for Avago Technologies' Optoelectronic Products Division. "Our ASMT-MX00, which is the first in a series of 1W LED products, provides customers with one of the thinnest packages available, superior heat dissipation, compatible to IR soldering, robust moisture resistance and encapsulated in heat and UV-resistant silicone compound."

The ASMT-MX00 series of 1W continuous power dissipation InGaN LEDs are available in blue, green and phosphor white, and feature a smooth radiation pattern with a 120-degree viewing angle (110 degree for white).

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