Chips 4 Light supplies and integrates their specific light source entirely according to your requirements – whether as a standard solution or as a customer-specific project. The company supports companies looking for customized optoelectronic components in desired quantities, with long-term availability and individual specifications.
Their offer includes high quality LED chips, detector chips, LEDs and laser products over a wide range in different power classes from ultraviolet to infrared and also in white.
As extended services, Chips 4 Light offers customers characterization of laser diodes and sorting of LED chips onto various carriers as well as long-term storage. Their products are particularly suitable for applications with a high demand for miniaturization in sensor technology, industry, medicine and much more … today already and for innovations of tomorrow. Wherever optical precision plays a role, the company has the right lighting solution for you.
Interview with Beate Jungwirth, Marketing Communications Manager at Chips 4 Light GmbH.
Easy Engineering: What are the main areas of activity of the company?
Beate Jungwirth: We mainly focus on applications in
- –Industry: Position detection – encoders, sensors, light grids, safety barriers, distance measurement, triangulation, smoke detectors, mechanical engineering, robotics, gas analysis (CO2, oxygen)
- Medical: Dental, Lighting, Endoscopy, Microscopy
E.E: What’s the news about new products?
B.J: We have a strong portfolio in:
- IR LED Chips from 680 nm – 1000 nm and > 1000nm
- UV LED Chips, LED components and LED Modules from 260 – 425 nm
- Laser diodes starting from 380 nm in UV up to 1000 nm in IR, VCSEL, TO housings, SMD devices
E.E: What are the ranges of products?
B.J:
- Optoelectronic components: LED chips, detector chips, LEDs, laser diodes, customer-specific modules/LEDs
- Services: sorting, measuring of LED chips and laser diodes, long-term storage in gel pack, waffle pack in dry storage cabinet
- Customized LED chip qualification and certification; in-house development and naming
- Prototype production with qualified consulting, PCB design, simulation (optical and thermal), manufacturing, quality assessment, functional tests
- Standardized (small) series production
E.E: At what stage is the market where you are currently active?
B.J: Customer often miss the right quantity in the right specification:
- Sample quantities not available for them – we offer precise sorting for our customers
- Desired specifications not available – Binning or characterization of LED chips and measurement of laser diodes
- Recognize technological advantage – we are already looking for a suitable product on the market the moment we experience the need
E.E: What can you tell us about market trends?
B.J: We still see a strong need for miniaturization of light sources in applications such as medical products and industry applications.
E.E: What are the most innovative products marketed?
B.J: Besides our LED chips and detector portfolio we offer a leading edge light engine technology with our Sevengine LED Module of 20° radiation angle at low module height
Features:
- High optical efficiency up to 90-95%
- Dimension 26 x 32 x 10 mm (L x B x H )
- Dual channel controlling, tunable from cold to warm white
- Individually addressable LEDs
- Very homogeneous and high efficient emission
- High light density due to direct chip bonding with integrated TIR silicone lens
- Thermal management controlling due to integrated NTC with connector
- Modules can be connected in series up to 300V
- Extremely robust housing
- Different housing options: waterproof, array layout, housing colours
- Module can be equipped with secondary lenses and drivers
Applications:
General lighting, design illumination, stadium lighting, specialty lighting, position lighting, disinfection systems, sterilization, CCTV, Night Vision
E.E: What activities do you have for 2023?
B.J: Meet us at Laser World of Photonics in Munic, June 2023, Germany at our booth Hall B2- 218.