DfR Solutions at APEC Conference in Orlando, FL: February 8

Craig Hillman will be making a presentation at the Applied Power Electronics Conference. His presentation will be on "Using Physics and Industry Best Practices to Predict the Lifetime of LED Power Supplies." For more information, contact Craig Hillman.

Greg Caswell Cited by IPC as Leading Expert in LED Technology

In the lead up to Greg's insightful course on LED Packaging, Performance, and Reliability, Terry Costlow interviewed Greg to get his thoughts on effectively managing thermal performance of LEDs. "In a street lamp, you'll see between 90 to 150 high brightness LEDs on a circuit board. That's a lot of current and it creates a lot of heat. If you don't remove the heat, you're going to reduce the lifetimes," Caswell said. Packaging is a major aspect in removing this heat, he added. For more information on optimizing LED technology, please contact Greg Caswell, gcaswell@dfrsolutions.com

EMPC – IMAPS Europe (Brighton, UK: September 12-15)

Greg Caswell will be teaching a NEW course: High Brightness Light Emitting Diodes - Reliability Considerations. If you would like to schedule a visit with Greg at the conference, please contact June Caswell, jcaswell@dfrsolutions.com.

Making the World a Brighter Place one HB-LED at a time

The light bulb is long overdue for an overhaul. Current innovations like compact fluorescent, efficient but expensive, or halogen, poor efficiency and short lifetime, are only temporary fixes. High Brightness Light Emitting Diode (HB-LED) offers a real solution, but its design must remove thermal stresses to ensure lifetime. In this white paper, DfR elaborates these issues and demonstrates how we can support you through-out product development. Contact Greg Caswell, gcaswell@dfrsolutions.com, for more information.

DfR is Hiring!

DfR is looking for two senior members of the technical staff. The first should have 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience and an operational knowledge of Abacus modeling software. The second should have 10+ years of experience in a technical discipline, such as SMT, Solar, LED, etc. Both will be expected to manage and assist on DfR projects, write technical reports, make presentations at conferences, and provide guidance to staff engineers. Send your resume and cover letter to Tammy Smittenaar.

LEDs - Next Generation Lighting

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are increasingly the next generation lighting solution for multiple applications. However, there are increasing concerns regarding their reliability characteristics, especially in regards to solder joints. To provide more guidance to designers, DfR has put together this insightful white paper on ensuring the reliability for LEDs. For more information on LEDs, please contact Randy Kong, rkong@dfrsolutions.com.