Powerful LEDs: Prospects and Benefits

The scope of LEDs is gradually expanding, if previously they were mainly used for indication, now powerful LEDs are used in traffic lights and billboards. They are widely used in the automotive industry, LED-based stop lamps have proven themselves well. A relatively new direction is their use in lighting. They are used in luminaires and searchlights for road lighting, there are also lamps for lighting both apartments and large areas, for example, salons, restaurants, bars or cinemas.

Excellent performance properties and excellent characteristics of such devices allow them to compete with the previously used lighting devices. They consume less electricity and are reliable in operation. If certain parameters are observed when powering such devices, they do not fail, and for a long time their luminosity remains at the original level. Powerful light-emitting diodes are an excellent analogue of outgoing lighting devices. The latter work quite according to other principles.

Due to their unique qualities, which are advantageously allocated by powerful LEDs from all other lighting devices, they are gaining increasing popularity and have long been in the sphere of producers' interests.

• Energy saving makes it possible to save decent amounts and fits well into the policies of many states.
• The quality of light distinguishes these devices from the total mass, the Lumen / Watt ratio is the highest on the planet.
• Directional luminous flux makes it possible to simplify the design of luminaires and projectors due to the absence of reflectors. This also affects the cost of lighting devices.
• Long service life implies the lack of maintenance, installing lighting devices based on powerful LEDs, you can save on repairs.
• Powerful LEDs are produced in a conveyor way, and the technology of their creation is constantly being improved. This leads to a gradual reduction in the cost of these devices.

A wide range of radiation allows us to apply them in the most diverse spheres of our life. Powerful infrared LEDs have shown themselves well in night vision devices. They provide the backlighting necessary for the operation of these devices.

In addition, they are used in surveillance cameras and provide a good overview in the dark. Such cameras are perfectly visible in the IR range. With the use of such devices, there is no need to spend many kilowatts of electricity and to cover large protected areas.

The capabilities of these devices have not been exhausted yet. At the present time, developments are being made aimed at increasing the radiated power and simultaneously reducing the power consumed. In addition, devices have been developed and improved where high-power LEDs have a curvilinear surface. This makes it possible to disperse a narrow luminous flux, making it more pleasing to the eye.