100+ Years of Innovation

Commercialization of LEDs by HP optoelectronics division

HP LEDs used in HP-35 calculator and first digital watch (Hamilton Pulsar)

Record efficiency of double heterostructure AlGaAs (650nm) LEDs on transparent substrate

High volume manufacturing of double heterostructure AlGaAs LEDs

Pioneering AlInGaP LED innovation

• First publication and commercial introduction of red and yellow AlInGaP LEDs
• Continual performance breakthroughs

First LED rear applique (Ford Thunderbird)

Introduced LED package designed specifically for automotive lighting: SuperFlux

First cost-effective LED solution for automotive lighting: SnapLED

First 0.5W high power LED

• First automotive LED front turn signal lamp (Hyundai Equus)
• First 100 lm/W LED: Record efficiency for AlInGaP LEDs
• Lumileds becomes a joint venture between Philips and Agilent

• First full automotive LED rear combination lamp (Cadillac DeVille)

• First introduction of high power AlGaInN FlipChip light-emitting diodes

• First 1W power LED: LUXEON I
• First 3W and 5W LUXEON power LED families
• Industry's first warm white LED

• First TV backlit with LEDs (Sony Qualia 005)
• First LED for functional phone camera flash used in the Sony Ericsson: LUXEON PWF1
• First LED daytime running lamp (Audi A8 W12)

• Philips acquired Agilent Technologies’ interest in Lumileds
• Lumileds introduced Thin Film Flip Chip architecture (TFFC): High efficiency, highest “punch” LED architecture for lighting

• First full LED headlamp (Audi R8) enabled by first generation of LUXEON Altilon
• World’s smallest, lowest cost power LED introduced: LUXEON Rebel, redefining power LED packaging
• First to publish evidence of Auger recombination as the cause for epi droop

• First to develop and manufacture ceramic phosphor for high-performance amber applications enabling industry's first PC Amber product: LUXEON Rebel PC Amber

• World’s first to ship 1 billion high power LEDs
• First to mass produce power LEDs on 150mm wafers
• First to introduce Freedom from Binning products: LUXEON A and LUXEON S

• Enabled first true replacement for 60 Watt bulb, 90 lm/W, 900 lm, 90CRI DOE L-prize bulb

• First Chip-in-Frame LED product based on 8mm² multi-junction architecture for high bay and outdoor applications with leading lm/W performance: LUXEON M
• First 50 Watt equivalent perfect-fit GU10, enabled by LUXEON H

• World’s first Chip Scale Package LED
• First combined LED lightguide, daytime running light and front turn signal (Audi A3)
• First color tunable cell phone flash

• Introduced nitride red phosphor with record-low FWHM: SLA

• First illumination-grade LEDs with quantum dots
• Lumileds officially an independent company

First Thin-Film-Side-Coat (TFSC) technology allowing for the design of significantly smaller, lighter, and more cost-efficient matrix arrays.

• First LED designed for deep dimming applications: LUXEON 3030 HE Plus Deep Dimming

• Lumileds simplifies and speeds development of human centric lighting solutions with introduction of LUXEON SkyBlue™