Invented and manufactured by Luminus Devices, PhlatLight technology is a new type of solid state light source that combines the benefits of both LED and laser technologies. This unique solid state lighting technology is ideal for display and illumination applications that require high brightness and the efficient harnessing of light from a small point source.
Reliability
PhlatLight LEDs are one of the most reliable light sources in the world today. PhlatLight
LEDs have passed a rigorous suite of environmental and mechanical
stress tests, including mechanical shock, vibration, temperature
cycling and humidity, and have been fully qualified by several
companies for mass production for use in even the most extreme high
power and high current applications.
Unlike conventional LEDs, which emit into an
epoxy-based encapsulant, PhlatLight LEDs emit directly into air,
resulting in significantly longer lifetimes. PhlatLight
LEDs have very low failure rates and median lifetimes that are well
above 100,000 hours under extreme, high current operating conditions.
Luminus has instituted a two year warranty for its
PhlatLight products - a first of its kind for LEDs in the projection TV
industry. The benefits of Luminus’ two year warranty apply to PhlatLight devices used for display and illumination applications.
Environmental Benefits
The consumer electronics and general lighting
industries are working diligently to reduce the impact of their
products on the environment. At Luminus, we are proud to
contribute to this initiative with PhlatLight LEDs making a better,
greener world by reducing power consumption and reducing the amount of
hazardous waste entering the environment.
PhlatLight Reduces Power Consumption
In consumer electronics, projection products using
PhlatLight LEDs use far less power than comparable products illuminated
by mercury-arc, high intensity discharge, or halogen lamps, which means
they help to reduce air pollution from carbon emissions.
Environmental Highlight: Portable Projectors
Portable projectors are a class of projectors weighing under 
four pounds. A
new class of portable projector now available is the LG Electronics
HS-101 Ultra-Portable Projector, using PhlatLight LEDs instead of the
usual mercury-arc lamp. PhlatLight allows the HS-101 to
be a smaller, lighter, quieter more versatile product, and when
compared to the average power consumption of ten popular lamp based
portable projectors, the HS101 consumes 60% less power.
Chart Source: LG Electronics and Luminus market survey. Click to enlarge.
PhlatLight Helps To Reduce Hazardous Waste
All PhlatLight products manufactured by Luminus
are RoHS compliant and 100% free of hazardous materials, including lead
and mercury.
High intensity mercury arc lamps used in video
projection, such as those in PTVs or front projectors, contain between
10 to 50mg of mercury. PTV lamps fade during their life and eventually
burn out, requiring replacement every 2,000 to 6,000 hours. When
the lamps in these products are replaced or the product is discarded at
the end of its life, it must be discarded in an environmentally safe
manner to avoid contaminating the environment.
With millions of PTVs and projectors sold each
year and millions of lamps replaced, the use of PhlatLight in these
products reduces hazardous waste and overall ownership costs..
Interesting Facts:
Arc Lamp PhlatLight
Mercury 10-50 mg 0 mg
Life 2k - 6k hours 100k or life of set
2400 Nielsen average annual TV viewing
4 Estimated lamps replaced per PTV
$250 Typical lamp replacement cost
$1000 Total replacement lamp savings
