Philips Lumileds Introduces LUXEON M for Outdoor and Industrial LED Lighting Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Philips Lumileds introduced LUXEON M today, an illumination grade LED designed specifically to simplify solution design, reduce costs, and provide the optic control and quality of light required by outdoor lighting applications as well as high-bay and low-bay lighting solutions.

“LUXEON M performance fundamentally lowers the cost and design complexity for a wide range of applications in the outdoor and industrial markets and equips lighting fixture designers with a source that allows them to meet the ever increasing demands of customers and regulators”

“LUXEON M performance fundamentally lowers the cost and design complexity for a wide range of applications in the outdoor and industrial markets and equips lighting fixture designers with a source that allows them to meet the ever increasing demands of customers and regulators,” said Rahul Bammi, VP of Marketing for Philips Lumileds.

LUXEON M will release with three different CCTs, 3000K, 4000K, and 5700K each with specified minimum CRI of 70. Each part is hot tested and specified at 85°C and delivers Freedom From Binning. LUXEON M will be broadly available in the second quarter of this year.

Initial specifications for LUXEON M include:

• More than 900 lumens at 700 mA and 85°C junction temperature
• Efficacy greater than 120 lm/W at 350 mA and 85°C junction temperature
• 12 Volt / 8 Watt package on AIN substrate

Utilizing Philips Lumileds’ latest die and phosphor technologies, LUXEON M will deliver the industry’s best lumen/$ that can be realized using low cost, readily available drivers, optics and boards for design simplicity.

Companies interested in LUXEON M can receive updates on availability and specifications by sending an email to Philips Lumileds [e-mail]. The new LUXEON LED will be shown at Philips Lumileds booth, #619, at Strategies in Light opening February 7 in Santa Clara, California.

Philips Lumileds is a leading provider of LEDs for illumination solutions. Its LUXEON products deliver high light output, high efficacy and a more environmentally friendly light source, demonstrating its commitment to innovation.

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