This presentation was originally given by Andrew Smith, product manager, LED Lighting at Power Integrations for EDN’s May 2011 live LED event in San Jose. Consumers often see LED lamp failures. If you ...

The function of an LED is to emit light when the device is forward biased within its operating range, and it’s known by most people that an LED can also operate as a photodiode. Perhaps some readers ...

The folks at Alpine Electronics asked if I’d like to take apart their LED tube light which is intended as a replacement light for fluorescent lighting. Who could resist an offer like that? Alpine sent ...