Agilent, Lumileds team up in mid-power LEDs

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Lumileds Lighting have collaborated on developing a new series of LEDs that will cater to the automotive, mobile phone and lighting markets. The mid-power components will also complement the high-power Luxeon devices offered by Lumileds and the lower power devices from Agilent.

The two companies agreed on having Lumileds provide high brightness LED chips while Agilent contributes to the design, development and system integration. Furthermore, Agilent is sharing its patented manufacturing techniques on the project.

According to the companies' representatives, customers can expect a product portfolio that is broader and deeper than the previous line up. The first products from the collaboration are expected to be available in Q4 2004, which will be sold by Agilent and distributed by Future Electronics.