UK Government Starts NoveLELs Project
Source/Type: News - Staff reports

Author: LIGHTimes Staff

July 26, 2007... The UK Department for Business , Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) (formerly part of Department of Trade and Industry) has begun a vertically integrated consortium to focus on novel GaN chip technology. The project, named NoveLELS gets its funding of £3.3 million from the DBERR. The UK Government and Technology Strategy Board puting up funds in excess of £1.7M of the total for the project. The project is a partnership among 2 universities, 4 manufacturers, and 3 large aerospace companies.

The project aims to commercialize high power solid-state LED sources. The planned strategy that project leaders hope to utilize for this purpose is to have the groups of researchers focus on the improvement of efficiency and quality of the light from these new light sources. Project leaders also hope the project will stimulate the commercialization of advanced GaN epitaxy and LED chip manufacturing in conjunction with advanced phosphors and thermally efficient packaging. The novel LED arrays and light engines will go into solid state lighting applications.

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