New Osram LED Packs More Power for ProjectorsOsram Opto Semiconductors has introduced two new high-power versions of the Osram Ostar Projection LED for projectors with a brightness of up to 1,700 lumens. With to their optimized design, the company says they offer high luminous flux from the available chip surface. Between 1,000 and 8,300 lumens can be produced, depending on the color and the version (two or four chip) used. An anti-reflection coated glass cover instead of the usual lens, together with external optics, ensures that the light is well bundled. The new LEDs are matched to various additional optics for efficient light output. The two new light emitting diodes offer such high luminous flux that they can be used in office projectors with brightness levels of up to 1,700 lumens. At the heart of the products is a 2mm² LED high-current chip based on state-of-the-art thin-film and UX:3 technologies. The two versions of the new Osram Ostar Projection contain two (P1W) or four chips (P2W) with a total luminous area of 4mm² and 8mm² respectively. In LED projectors, three LEDs in the colors red, green, and blue serve as the light source. The LEDs are pulsed one after the other (color sequential mode), making the color filter wheel used in classic lamp projectors unnecessary. The high output of the new LEDs comes from the latest chip technologies and Osram's C² ceramic conversion technology for a particularly efficient green. The P2W version emits light pulses with brightnesses of 1,000, 2,500, and 8,300 lumens for blue, red, and green. These brightness levels require current pulses of up to 32A (8A per chip) and optimized product design to efficiently remove the resulting heat. "To apply this high current, the four high-power chips of the P2W are connected in parallel. Only then do the new Osram Ostar Projection LEDs generate their maximum brightness from the chips and turn into real power packs for large imagers," said Andrew Lin, LED product marketing manager at Osram Opto Semiconductors. "This really opens up the use of LED projectors in offices and classrooms." Osram Ostar Projection enables light to be routed as efficiently as possible through the optical system, which is restricted by the etendue. The etendue describes the relationship between the emitting light surface and the projected light surface and characterizes how "spread out" the light is in area and angle. The etendue of these light emitting diodes is retained, producing an image with the same etendue as the source and, in conjunction with external optics, an extremely narrow beam of light is produced. To keep the thermal resistance and, therefore, the temperature rise of the LEDs at an extremely low level, the chips are placed directly on a copper plate and not in a classic LED package. They are screwed down to improve the connection with the heat sink. The two new Osram Ostar Projection LEDs will be premiered at the company's suite in the Las Vegas Hotel (#12-121) at the International CES show January 7 - 10, 2014 in Las Vegas. Volume production is due to start in March 2014. 
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