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Purple Power for Horticulture Lighting

24.01.2019 | Spotlight

Purple Power for Horticulture Lighting

The benefits of LED based horticulture lighting solutions have triggered a growing demand for solutions catering to both professional as well as consumer applications...

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18.12.2018 | Spotlight

Vital Advancements for Vital Signs Monitoring

Fitness bracelets, smart watches and other wearables provide more and more information to monitor our vital signs.

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Osram Earns Quality Supplier Award from Visteon Corp.

26.11.2018 | Spotlight

Osram Earns Quality Supplier Award from Visteon Corp.

Over the course of our history, Osram Opto Semiconductors has worked incredibly hard to become a valued and trusted partner of the world’s foremost automobile manufacture

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Smart street lighting recognizes ambient condition and adapts automatically with OSRAM sensor technology

07.11.2018 | Spotlight

Smart street lighting recognizes ambient condition and adapts automatically with OSRAM sensor technology

Ambient light sensors enable light-based solutions to automatically adapt to the ambient conditions and thereby not only ensuring ideal visibility but also high energy..

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Oslon Pure 1010 Recognized by IES Progress Report

04.09.2018 | Spotlights

Oslon Pure 1010 Recognized by IES Progress Report

New chip scale package LED receives accolades for its advances in retail lighting

The Illumination Engineering Society (IES) selected Osram’s Oslon Pure 1010 LED to be part of its prestigious 2018 Progress Report. The award was presented on [...]

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Porsche Motorsport

18.08.2018 | Spotlights

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors & Porsche Motorsport

Safety and efficiency in lighting - from racing to the road

The cooperation with the Porsche Motorsport GT Team is a real success story. [...]

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PIA 18 award winner

15.08.2018 | Spotlights

Osram Opto Semiconductors Takes Home Coveted Product Innovation Award for Horticulture Lighting

Osram’s Oslon Square Hyper Red recognized by Architectural SSL magazine for its plant lighting efficiency in commercial greenhouses

Osram Opto Semiconductors is thrilled to announce that it has earned the prestigious Architectural SSL Product Innovation Award (PIA) for [...]

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New ultra-compact series of photodiodes enables advanced automotive applications

11.07.2018 | Spotlights

Going small for a big impact – new ultra-compact series of photodiodes enables advanced automotive applications

Beyond better engine efficiency and the reduction of emissions, the car of the future is an exciting concept when it comes to the driving experience. [...]

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2018 LASER FOCUS WORLD INNOVATORS AWARDS

23.05.2018 | Spotlight

Osram Opto Semiconductors honored with two silver awards at the 2018 Laser Focus World Innovators Awards

Award Recognizes the PLT5 488 Cyan Laser Diode and the Oslon Black Flat SFH 4735

Osram Opto Semiconductors is pleased to announce that it has earned two silver innovators awards from Laser Focus World [...]

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Osram LEDs provide razor sharp displays - Displix E0808 and Displix E1010

08.05.2018 | Spotlight

Osram LEDs provide razor sharp displays

Wherever we go, we are confronted by huge video walls – in shopping malls, at train stations and in airports [...]

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First LEDs leaving the Kulim fab

03.05.2018 | Spotlight

First LEDs leaving the Kulim fab

Following the opening last November of the world´s most modern LED Chip fab (based on 6-inch-wafer-technology) in Kulim, Malaysia, we begun high-volume manufacturing...

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Quantom Dots - Four Q&A´s to OSRAM

03.05.2018 | Spotlight

Quantum Dots - Four Q&A’s to OSRAM

What are Quantum Dots?

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Vertical take-off for VCSEL technology in IR applications

03.05.2018 | Spotlight

Vertical take-off for VCSEL technology in IR applications

What does VCSEL mean? How does it work?

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Horticulture Lighting: Think Pink!

21.03.2018 | Spotlight

Horticulture Lighting: Think Pink!

Greenhouses, green facades, indoor greening of commercial buildings, airports and conference centers or urban farming – the opportunities for horticulture lighting [...]

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Osram Opto Semiconductors makes choosing the right professional and consumer LEDs for General Lighting even easier

20.03.2018 | Spotlight

Osram Opto Semiconductors makes choosing the right professional and consumer LEDs for General Lighting even easier

Osram Opto Semiconductors has been synonymous for many years with not only sensor and laser technologies but also with high-quality LED components for [...]

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Award Winning booth Design

14.03.2018 | Spotlight

Award-winning booth designs – Osram Opto Semiconductors turns light into an experience

Trade fairs are much more than product presentations - ideally they give visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in exciting worlds, they can become [...]

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New photodiode for precise health monitoring

21.02.2018 | Spotlight

New photodiode for precise health monitoring

Thanks to the emergence of fitness trackers and similar applications in recent years it is now easier than ever before to monitor your own health. [...]

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What a colorful world

14.02.2018 | Spotlight

What a colorful world: New flash applications for true-color smartphone photos

It is now a good 15 years since the majority of cell phone users have been able to take photos with their phones. [...]

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For a brilliant performance: the Osram Ostar Stage.

18.01.2018 | Spotlight

Perfect light for star performances

Light not only allows us to see things. Light also has a tremendous influence on our moods. [...]

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Mini projectors with maximum power

11.01.2018 | Spotlight

Mini projectors with maximum power

In this digital age, we carry around pictures, videos and presentations on our smartphones and tablets wherever we go. But when it comes to presenting [...]

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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors receives EdisonReport´s Light Trade Award for OSCONIQ P 3737

22.12.2017 | Spotlight

Osram Opto Semiconductors Receives EdisonReport’s LightTrade Award for Osconiq P 3737

EdisonReport Honor is given out annually to the very best products of the year

Osram Opto Semiconductors, a leading lighting and technology company, earned a LightTrade Award from EdisonReport for its Osconiq P 3737, launched at LIGHTFAIR [...]

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The latest technology in the popular vintage look: filament LEDs for stylish lighting

16.11.2017 | Spotlight

The latest technology in the popular vintage look: filament LEDs for stylish lighting

Osram Opto Semiconductors is adding the Duris L38 to its retrofit portfolio

Retrofitting is right on trend at the moment in the lighting sector. Osram Opto Semiconductors has been quick to recognize this and has developed appropriate [...]

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Osram’s Broadband Infrared LED Named CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree

27.10.2017 | Spotlight

Osram’s Broadband Infrared LED Named CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree

SFH 4735 Emitter Allows Consumers to Analyze Food, Medicine and More on Mobile Devices

Osram Opto Semiconductors is thrilled to announce its SFH 4735 emitter was selected as an honoree for the prestigious CES 2018 Innovation Awards in the [...]

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Providing drivers with perfectly illuminated roads: a compact brightness sensor for headlamp control.

26.10.2017 | Spotlight

Providing drivers with perfectly illuminated roads: a compact brightness sensor for headlamp control.

Osram introduces a new photodiode with ambient light sensitivity for automotive applications

Osram Opto Semiconductors expands its ambient light sensor portfolio to address automotive applications challenged by strict limitations with respect to cost or size.

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Osram Opto Semiconductors’ Filament LED Wins Prestigious Product Innovation Award

16.08.2017 | Spotlight

Osram Opto Semiconductors’ Filament LED Wins Prestigious Product Innovation Award

The Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards (PIA) honor the most innovative LED and solid-state luminaires on the market, including the companies behind the components.

The award shines a light on industry leaders, like Osram Opto Semiconductors, that provide cutting-edge R&D and push to make solid state lighting a truly sustainable...

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OSRAM receives the Bosch Global Supplier Award

21.07.2017 | Spotlight

OSRAM receives the Bosch Global Supplier Award

There’s yet another reason to celebrate!

On July 13, OSRAM received the Bosch Global Supplier Award 2017. Bosch, the renowned technology and service company, presented the award in recognition of the...

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Yazaki Names Osram Opto Semiconductors as a 2017 Environmental, Health & Safety Supplier Award Winner

20.07.2017 | Spotlight

Yazaki Names Osram Opto Semiconductors as a 2017 Environmental, Health & Safety Supplier Award Winner

Top automotive supplier Yazaki recognized Osram Opto Semiconductors with an Environmental, Health & Safety Supplier Award at its annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

Osram Opto Semiconductors was chosen from Yazaki’s top 97 suppliers in North and Central America.

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New outdoor portfolio illuminates garden highlights

06.07.2017

New outdoor portfolio illuminates garden highlights

Outdoor versions with impressive performance added to the Duris-S LED-portfolio

The Osram Opto Semiconductors Duris S family just got larger. Offering the usual high quality and robustness, the new LED versions add an efficient outdoor consumer line

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Locating actions in 3D space

22.06.2017 | Spotlights

Locating actions in 3D space

Osram launches infrared laser for position tracking and 3D sensing

Osram Opto Semiconductors introduces its first high power single mode infrared laser. With an emission wavelength of 850nm, the SPL TR85 matches both camera sensors [...

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Osram’s broadband infrared LED is product of the year 2017

11.05.2017 | Spotlights

Osram’s broadband infrared LED is product of the year 2017

Osram scores a hat-trick featuring in the top ranks of the specialist journal Elektronik readers award for three consecutive years.

For 19 years, Elektronik, one of Germany’s most widely read electronics trade journals for industry markets has asked its readers to vote for their product of the year.

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The ECN Impact Awards logo

27.03.2017 | Spotlights

ECN Magazine Recognizes Osram Opto Semiconductors with Esteemed IMPACT Award

Osram Opto Semiconductors honored for excellence in engineering and innovation

Osram Opto Semiconductors was named a winner of the ECN IMPACT Awards (2016) in the product category of optoelectronics for its Oslux SFH 4786S infrared LED (IRED) [...]

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Osram Opto Semiconductors Wins Multiple LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards

16.03.2017 | Spotlights

Osram Opto Semiconductors Wins Multiple LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards

Osram Opto Semiconductors Winner for 2017 Illumineer of the Year and Best Packaged LEDs and OLEDs category

LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards are the first awards program in the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) sectors honoring innovation in enabling technologies and [...]

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Osram Opto Semiconductors provides LEDs for spectral and dynamic light for human centric lighting

02.03.2017 | Spotlights

Using human centric lighting to improve cognitive functions

Osram Opto Semiconductors provides LEDs for spectral and dynamic light for human centric lighting

What is human centric lighting? Human centric lighting is the art of creating lighting that mimics the natural daylight that drives our bodily functions. It [...]

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Osram Opto Semiconductors presents two new sensors for monitoring fitness levels. Their main benefit is the excellent signal quality for heart rate measurements, which allows the derivation of secondary measurement parameters such as blood pressure. The SFH 7072 has also been further optimized for determining the oxygen saturation of blood (SpO2).

17.10.2016 | Spotlights

Precise heart rate measurements

Osram adds new generation of sensors to BioFy family

Osram Opto Semiconductors presents two new sensors for monitoring fitness levels. Their main benefit is the excellent signal quality for heart rate measurements, [...]

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Infrared LEDs with black packages meet industrial design criteria for surveillance cameras (SFH 4258S & SFH 4279S)

20.09.2016 | Spotlights

Perfectly discreet

Infrared LEDs with black packages meet industrial design criteria for surveillance cameras

Osram Opto Semiconductors presents infrared LEDs that make surveillance cameras much more discreet. The new Power TOPLEDs emit light with a wavelength of 850 [...]

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The SFH 2440 L: A photodetector for low-profile fitness sensors

13.09.2016 | Spotlights

Photodetector for low-profile fitness sensors

Osram presents flush-mountable photodiode for heart rate measurements

Photodiode SFH 2440 L from Osram Opto Semiconductors saves on mounting height in the design of heart rate sensors. It can be flush-mounted on the printed circuit [...]

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The infrared SFH 4711A is an economical solution for short-range CCTV systems

07.09.2016 | Spotlights

The right amount of light for middle distances

Infrared LEDs optimized for indoor surveillance

The SFH 4711A from Osram Opto Semiconductors is an economical solution for short-range closed circuit TV (CCTV) systems. This emitter offers the right optical [...]

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ORCA project: rare-earth-reduced white LEDs

28.07.2016 | Spotlights: Technology

Lab news: rare-earth-reduced white LEDs

The “ORCA” project is researching and developing new materials for generating light

Rare-earth metals, which are needed for dyes and phosphor converters in light emitting diodes, are a finite resource. Osram Opto Semiconductors, as one of four [...]

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Communication by eye contact makes using electronics more intuitive

22.06.2016 | Spotlights: Products

Eye tracking: new interaction between man and machine

Communication by eye contact makes using electronics more intuitive

Powerful computer chips, highly efficient infrared LEDs and modern camera sensors now make it possible for previously complex eye-tracking systems to be adapted [...]

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Product Innovation Award (PIA): DURIS S 5 color and DURIS S 2

14.06.2016 | Spotlights: Success Stories

Architectural SSL Magazine Honors DURIS with Product Innovation Awards

Osram’s DURIS S 5 Color and DURIS S 2 products receive Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural SSL Magazine.

The annual PIAs recognize accomplishments in various categories, honoring the most innovative LEDs, solid-state luminaires and fixtures, while also recognizing [...]

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Colour LEDs - a technology profile

22.04.2016 | Spotlights

Colour LEDs – a technology profile

Shine or illuminate? Developing what the market needs

From smart bulbs in private households to efficient greenhouse lighting to attractively staged architecture, depending on the application soft or signal colours [...]

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Same difference - TEN° binning for color consistency

14.03.2016 | Spotlights: Products

Same difference

Osram is introducing the Soleriq S 13 with 10° binning for unprecedented color consistency

Since the intense use of LEDs in general lighting, white binning has become increasingly important. However, as the CIE 1931 2° color space which is used globally [...]

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New photodetector improves optical pulse measurements

09.03.2016 | Spotlights: Products

New photodetector improves optical pulse measurements

Osram modifies its ambient light sensor to achieve outstanding signal quality

The new SFH 2440 photodiode from Osram Opto Semiconductors combines short switching times with a spectral sensitivity optimized for visible light. The component [...]

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Osram completes the Soleriq S range

02.03.2016 | Spotlights: Products

Osram completes the Soleriq S range

New Soleriq S 9 with medium brightness and smaller LES

With the launch of the Soleriq S 9 a new member will be added to the CoB portfolio of Osram Opto Semiconductors. With a smaller light emitting surface (LES) of [...]

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Osram at the Mobile World Congress (MWC)

17.02.2016 | Spotlights: Technology

Osram at the Mobile World Congress

Infrared LEDs for intuitive interaction between man and machine

“Light is connecting” is the slogan Osram Opto Semiconductors is using at the 2016 Mobile World Congress (MWC) to present itself as a competent partner for optical [...]

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Osram LEDs recognized in the 2015 IESNA Annual Progress Report

10.02.2016 | Spotlights: Success Stories

Osram LEDs recognized in the 2015 IESNA Annual Progress Report

Three Osram Opto Semiconductors SSL products recognized for innovative industry developments

Each year, the Progress Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) considers hundreds of submittals for inclusion in the IES [...]

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Osram automotive LED wins prestigious Product of the Year Award

28.01.2016 | Spotlights: Success Stories

Osram automotive LED wins prestigious Product of the Year Award

Oslon Black Flat family of multichip LEDs recognized as best products in the industry

Editors at Electronic Products Magazine evaluated a pool of thousands of products launched in 2015, specifically on the basis of innovative design, significant [...]

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Two Osram LEDs included in EDN’s Hot 100 Products of 2015

20.01.2016 | Spotlights: Success Stories

Two Osram LEDs included in EDN’s Hot 100 Products of 2015

Osram Ostar Stage and Duris S 10 recognized as most significant products of the year

As 2015 drew to a close, EDN (Electronic Design News) recognized the year's top products with its annual Hot 100 Products list. These 100 products were selected by [...]

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The world’s first industry standard for ray files

16.12.2015 | Spotlights: Products

The world’s first industry standard for ray files

Osram Opto Semiconductors implements uniform data format

Ray files can now be obtained from Osram Opto Semiconductors in the global IES TM-25-13 industry standard – making the work of customers considerably easier [...]

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The new Duris S 5 color can be used in color mixing systems in combination with white LEDs.

26.11.2015 | Sportlights: Products

New Duris for color mixing applications

Consumer lighting solutions with Duris S 5 Color LEDs

For smart lighting solutions and all kinds of colored lighting applications, customers now can rely on the new Duris S 5 Color LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors [...]

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One of world’s smallest LED fixture shines with Osram LEDs

19.11.2015 | Spotlights: Products

One of world’s smallest LED fixture shines with Osram LEDs

20 watt Pica Cube ideal for even brighter stage lighting

Black Tank, a product development and engineering design company, has fabricated one of the world’s smallest 20 watt LED fixture using Osram Opto Semiconductors [...]

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More light for pico projectors

11.11.2015 | Spotlights: Products

More light for pico projectors

Green laser diode with high optical output

Osram Opto Semiconductors is getting around 60 percent more light from its new PL 520B green laser diode. Pico projectors that only use green lasers achieve a [...]

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Osram adds to the Synios P 2720 series

23.09.2015 | Spotlights: Products

Osram adds to the Synios P 2720 series

Presentation of new chip versions at ISAL 2015

At ISAL 2015 (International Symposium on Automotive Lighting), Osram Opto Semiconductors will be presenting its Synios P 2720 LED series with all previously [...]

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Osram Honored with Supplier Award

22.09.2015 | Success Stories

Osram Honored with Supplier Award

Truck-Lite awards Osram Opto Semiconductors with Global Supplier of the Year.

Osram Opto Semiconductors was recently honored with an award from Truck-Lite Co., LLC, for superior performance. Truck-Lite honored Osram's exceptional [...]

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Light Effects for the Salzstadel

10.07.2015 | Spotlights

Light Effects for the Salzstadel

Daniel Bandke illuminates the Regensburg cultural heritage

For this year's citizen's festival in Regensburg, Osram Opto Semiconductors commissioned the light artist Daniel Bandke to project fascinating effects onto the [...]

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Spotlights: Duris E5 with even greater efficacy

14.01.2015 | Spotlight

Duris E5 with even greater efficacy

New LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors with high CRI for professional indoor lighting applications

Osram Opto Semiconductors presents a new Duris E5 with a significantly improved efficacy of more than 130 lm/W compared to the current version [...]

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