Quanlight is a San Diego company developing new technology for light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Existing AlInGaP-based YAR LED performance has plateaued. Quanlight has developed a new material (InGaNP) for manufacturing LEDs with superior performance over AlInGaP.
Appropriate for use in signal, signage, automotive, and theatrical/architectural lighting applications, the Quanlight LED chip is less expensive to manufacture, generates twice the lumens per watt of electricity, and has less color shift as its temperature rises. Quanlight also intends to expand the market for LEDs by enabling applications not previously economically feasible.
The Quanlight technology was originally developed at UCSD by Dr. Charles Tu and Dr.Vladimir Odnoblyudov. Quanlight holds an exclusive license. Tu and Odnoblyudov worked on the technology for three years before perfecting the InGaNP material.
While working on the LEDs, Quanlight found a new approach for developing a power-generating solar cell. In early 2007, Quanlight spun out YBR Solar to further develop the solar cell. There's no information available on YBR, so watch this coloumn for an update in the future.
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