ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global player in intelligent sensors and emitters, and DOMINANT Opto Technologies, a leading Malaysian manufacturer of automotive LED solutions, have unveiled a collaborative partnership aimed at integrating ams OSRAM’s Open System Protocol (OSP) into DOMINANT Opto Technologies’ upcoming generation of intelligent RGB LEDs tailored for automotive ambient lighting. This partnership seeks to foster innovation by inviting even more collaborators and promoting technological compatibility in the automotive lighting sector.
Introduced by ams OSRAM in 2023, the OSP is an open, license-free communication technology for connecting RGB LEDs, sensors, and microcontrollers from diverse manufacturers. DOMINANT Opto Technologies' commitment to integrating OSP into its upcoming products validates the protocol's position as a universal method for connecting intelligent LEDs in vehicles. This major step facilitates a more resilient supply chain for automotive manufacturers, allowing them to source ambient lighting LEDs and components from various vendors without reconfiguring system communication when switching suppliers.
New possibilities for ambient lighting: mood, warnings, information
As automotive interior design evolves into a 'third living space,' ambient lighting takes on a new significance. Dynamic ambient lighting, controlled intelligently with animation effects, color changes, and intensity variations, serves various purposes – such as setting moods, conveying information, displaying warnings, and effectively presenting the car's branding. These functionalities demand intelligent RGB LEDs and a communication protocol compatible with any microcontroller's standard serial interface, capable of carrying high-frequency control signals.
The OSP infrastructure, introduced alongside ams OSRAM's OSP-compliant intelligent RGB LED, the OSIRE® E3731i, fulfils these requirements. With DOMINANT Opto Technologies also joining the OSP ecosystem, automotive manufacturers can from now on have a second source of OSP-compatible LEDs – a fascinating step that fosters innovation and flexibility in ambient lighting solutions.
OSP in action: OSIRE® E3731i
The OSIRE® E3731i, the industry's first OSP-compliant intelligent RGB LED, features an integrated ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) that drives three RGB emitters, ensuring excellent color homogeneity by providing measurement data for automatic color calibration. This calibration is crucial, especially for long strings of LEDs throughout the car interior. The OSIRE® E3731i supports daisy-chain configurations with up to 1000 LEDs in a single string, requiring just two communication and two power lines each, streamlining implementation and potentially enabling single-layer PCB designs.
AEC-Q102-qualified and compliant with automotive EMC requirements, the OSIRE® E3731i is setting benchmarks for intelligent RGB LEDs in the automotive sector.
DOMINANT Opto Technologies is delighted to join the OSP ecosystem. This enables DOMINANT to expand its existing seddLED product portfolio to fulfill various customer requirements. The seddLED+ A3H will be the first OSP-compliant intelligent RGB LED to be launched on the market. The target is to have a prototype sample available in Q3 of FY2024.
Joint vision for the future: OSP adoption
Both ams OSRAM and DOMINANT Opto Technologies emphasize the importance of OSP as a common base for the architecture of their future intelligent RGB LEDs. Recognizing the industry's need for multiple sourcing options, OSP facilitates easy and cost-efficient communication within LED chains, enabling car manufacturers to choose from various vendors without redesigning architectures.
While maintaining unique features in their individual solutions, ams OSRAM and DOMINANT Opto Technologies aim to increase compatibility levels for future generations of LEDs and sensors. While formal standardization is not necessary, it remains an option for discussion within the automotive lighting community. The OSP protocol is open and free of license fees, inviting additional partners to join and contribute to fostering innovation and compatibility within the automotive lighting community.
ams OSRAM has introduced a product innovation that helps manufacturers of automotive lighting modules and systems to increase production throughput and efficiency while achieving very high consistency in optical quality and performance.
- Innovative Data Matrix Code provides individual ID linked to measurement data for each LED
- Provision of data per LED reduces manufacturers’ optical calibration effort, simplifying their production process
- Launch of DMC initiative reflects ams OSRAM’s strategy of adding value to LEDs
ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, has introduced a product innovation that helps manufacturers of automotive lighting modules and systems to increase their production throughput and efficiency while achieving very high consistency in optical quality and performance.
The innovation, referred to as DMC (Data Matrix Code), is based on a unique, machine-readable code printed on top of each LED package. DMC is already available today for some members of the OSIRE® family of automotive LEDs. The code on the package links to individual data for each LED production unit: color coordinates, luminous intensity and forward voltage at two currents.
This two-current setting gives manufacturers the widest range of dimming options for day and night modes, while meeting the automotive industry’s strict requirements for color point stability.
Anita Wenzl, Senior Product Marketing Manager of ams OSRAM, emphasizes: ”ams OSRAM was the first LED manufacturer to provide a link to the measurement data of each individual LED through a code printed onto the LED itself. Our DMC innovation supports manufacturers in increasing their production throughput. Furthermore, it reduces their need to invest in cost-intensive optical test equipment and the technical skills required to operate it.“
LED+: Greater accuracy through unique data adds precious value to LEDs
With the introduction of DMC, ams OSRAM increases the value of its automotive LEDs as conclusive data effectively support digitalized and automated factory processes. DMC is now available in three automotive LEDs:
- The OSIRE® E5515 is an RGB ‘sidelooker’ LED designed for modern ambient lighting in the vehicle interior. Supplied in a white low-profile, surface-mount package, the OSIRE® E5515 is ideally suited for coupling into thin light guides. In addition, the housing material´s temperature stability has been optimized for improved compatibility with processes based on IMSE® (In-Mold Structural Electronics). The OSIRE® E5515 is available under the part number KRTB AELPS2.32.
- The OSIRE® E3323 is an RGB top surface-emitting LED for ambient lighting applications in the vehicle interior. With dimensions as small as 3.3 mm x 2.3 mm x 0.7 mm, the OSIRE® E3323 is the smallest of its kind in the OSIRE® family – for even more flexible designs than is currently possible with a delta or inline RGB chip configuration. The OSIRE® E3323 products can be ordered under the part numbers KRTB DWLM31.32 and KRTB DWLM32.32.
The DMC will be imprinted on every manufactured LED and manufacturers are free to choose whether to use the data or not. This value-adding feature is likely to be rolled out to other OSIRE® family members in the future.
For more information: OSIRE®
We are thrilled to be part of Light + Building in Frankfurt from March 3 to 8. Sense the power of light with ams OSRAM at Light + Building. Visit our booth 8.0, F30 in hall 8 to discover how we're shaping the future of Home and Building Automation.
In today's digital age, Home and Building Automation plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and security of critical infrastructure. At ams OSRAM, we're proud to provide high-quality products that serve as the foundation for new technical solutions.
ams OSRAM will showcase a unique portfolio of innovative LEDs, spectral and ambient light sensors. Our miniaturized and efficient solutions offer our customers infinite design possibilities, greater cost-savings, outstanding performance, and maximum accuracy – at workplaces and at home.
We will showcase new demos on following topics and areas:
Join us at Light + Building to explore these groundbreaking innovations and witness firsthand how ams OSRAM is shaping the future of intelligent lighting, and home and building automation. You can find us in Booth 8.0, F30, Hall 8.
- LED outdoor lighting solutions from ams OSRAM: Increasing safety and quality of life at workplaces, on public streets and squares.
- Professional lighting solutions: Offering outstanding performance, reliability, and industry-leading lifetime, even in harsh conditions.
- Indoor lighting solutions: State-of-the-art LED lighting and sensing solutions enriching living and working spaces.
- ams OSRAM Horticulture solutions: Demonstrating ams OSRAM leadership in horticulture lighting and ambient light sensing.
- Home and Building Automation (HABA) is all about critical infrastructure. Our high-quality products are the foundation for technical solutions end users can trust. Digitalization of buildings and homes by combining light and sensing technologies.
- ams OSRAM UV-C portfolio to address disinfection applications with efficacy, reliability, and cost efficiency
Sense the power of light! ams OSRAM is excited to be at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main from March 3 to 8. At the trade fair, we will present to you our innovations from the fields of street lighting, building management, location within buildings, UV-C applications, and horticulture. Also, our broad portfolio of innovative LEDs, spectral sensors, and ambient light sensors is part of our exhibition. We are looking forward to seeing you at our booth: Hall 8, booth 8.0, F30.
Premstaetten, Austria, and Munich, Germany (February 20, 2024) -- “Sense the power of light”: In line with this motto, ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, will showcase its cutting-edge technologies at Light + Building in Frankfurt am Main from March 3 to 8, 2024.
At the trade fair, the focus will be on innovations from the fields of street lighting, building management, location within buildings, horticulture. The broad portfolio of innovative LEDs, spectral sensors and ambient light sensors is simply ideal for designing miniaturized and efficient solutions. Whether in working or home environments, customers thus benefit from a huge number of design options ensuring excellent performance and maximum precision at all times. Latest-generation LED outdoor lighting solutions enhance both safety and quality of life on public roads and squares, whereas people counting and facial recognition via infrared cameras are constantly gaining in importance in home and building automation.
State-of-the-art LED technology to optimize lighting quality and performance in cities
The Power of Light" is particularly important in public spaces: high-quality lighting ensures that people feel safe, at ease and comfortable. With the AXIA 3 EVO, Schréder is presenting an innovative and powerful luminaire, using OSLON® Square by ams OSRAM. It is specifically designed to meet the requirements of residential streets and living spaces where well-being and safety are key criteria. The premium chip technology ensures excellent performance, long life and high reliability even under harsh operating conditions. Another major plus point: the compact light engine enables significant energy savings!
The innovative Levante 2.0 platform solution created by our customer Cariboni Group is based on a complete, outstandingly flexible system for lighting empty and full urban locations, such as pathways, spaces and architecture. At the core of this sophisticated luminaire is the latest OSCONIQ® S5050 generation, boasting superior efficiency, long service life and high reliability, even in extremely harsh climatic conditions. Developers are free to combine any light distribution (street and asymmetrical) with any fixing system to create ingenious and flexible configurations for any field of application.
Perfectly staged: The latest generation of the OSLON® Pure family opens up numerous individual options for retail customers
Impressive lighting experiences, accent lighting or signal effects: Retail lighting solutions can create positive emotions, encourage customers to make purchases, and showcase certain products in just the right light. The OSLON® Pure product family boasts a large color spectrum and an excellent lumen density. This makes it ideal for use in retail lighting spots – especially in sales spaces where extremely compact LEDs with a very high light output are required to showcase goods in the perfect light. The effortless scalability of the LEDs gives our customers great flexibility in composing lighting solutions optimally tailored to suit individual needs. With its latest OSLON® Pure 1414, ams OSRAM is now launching a next generation of OSLON® Pure 1010 featuring strongly improved performance: simply perfect for professional use in indoor and retail lighting applications, but also ideal for special fields such as architectural and stage lighting, where a high luminous flux density is key.
Intelligent networking of living spaces: That’s what our daily lives will be like in the future, thanks to smart digitalization
The digitalization of buildings is progressing continuously, providing for more comfort, safety and protection while at the same time reducing energy consumption. As a major trendsetter and a reliable partner, ams OSRAM will even present several highlights from its portfolio within the scope of various product demonstrations at Light + Building this year. The highly compact MIRA050 image sensor is designed for 2D and 3D applications in industrial image processing. It mainly stands out due to its small size, user-friendly configurability, and superior sensitivity.
ams OSRAM’s new premium partner Calumino incorporates this innovative sensor family from the company in its Artificial Intelligence-supported thermal sensors that generate individual data records for various scenarios: from data privacy-compliant people counting in rooms to buildings to critical asset monitoring.
The Teknique partner company even uses solutions from ams OSRAM: the BELAGO laser dot projector which projects a grid of small infrared dots onto a user's face; the OSLON Black Infrared (IR) flood illuminator which emits infrared (IR) light onto the face, as well as various image sensor options from the MIRA family which capture an 3D infrared image of the user's face. This is then computed into a generic 3D map which can be further processed in higher level biometry algorithms.
Producing sustainably and locally grown food with Horticulture Grow Light for vertical farming: harvest-fresh fruit and vegetables, whatever the season of the year
In light of climatic change, a continually growing world population and increasing urbanization, vertical farming is becoming more and more relevant as a simple and sustainable solution for the growing of crop plants. Appropriate lighting and sensor solutions enable efficient monitoring of plant growth, optimize yields, minimize the use of fertilizers and reduce energy costs. To meet the food supply needs of today’s world, ams OSRAM as technology leader is continuously driving efficiency and performance straight forward and preparing the launch of new innovative products for 2024. Experts of ams OSRAM are available at the L+B trade fair and will readily provide interested visitors with first-hand information on the future horticulture options.
Introducing the OSLON® Submount PL Gen3: These top-contact LEDs are versatile and cost-effective light sources for cost-optimized lamp systems in entry-level vehicles, EVs, or standard equipment. They offer the flexibility to choose between two different LEA sizes, (1030µm)² and (1150µm)², allowing you to prioritize either a combination of luminance and efficiency or pure efficiency.
The OSLON® Submount PL is a versatile solution that can meet various output and adaptability requirements in different ambient conditions. It provides a uniform light pattern, thermal stability, and impressive brightness. With its top contact LED design, the OSLON® Submount PL allows for direct mounting onto a heatsink, resulting in significant cost reduction for the PCB. The OSLON® Submount PL is capable of meeting a wide range of output and adaptability requirements, while also offering a uniform light pattern, thermal stability, and high brightness.
Features
- Latest chip and conversion technology Improved brightness performance
- Two different LEA sizes (1030µm²) and (1150µm²) available
- Ceramic package with top electrode contacts
- Direct attach of whole LED Backside on heatsink
- Compatible with other Submounts
- New FWL Single Color Binning
Benefits
- Improved brightness performance
- Freedom of choice no matter if you need highest efficacy or best combination of luminance and efficacy
- Best thermal management because whole bottom side of the device can be used for heat dissipation
- Lower head lamp cost due to no need of high thermal performance PCBs
- Easy replacement
- It is possible to order just one single bin
ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, today launched a series of sidelooker, low-power LEDs that simplify design, are easier to implement and enables the creation of a homogeneous appearance in extended light bars and other automotive rear lighting applications.
Today, an automobile rear combination lamp (RCL) requires a complex and deep optical assembly consisting of diffusers and light guides to spread the bright points of light from conventional toplooker LEDs without producing visible dark and bright spots.
By replacing toplooker LEDs with the SYNIOS® P1515 sidelookers, automotive manufacturers can achieve a smooth, homogeneous appearance across the width of the vehicle. With the same number of LEDs as in a toplooker-based arrangement, an RCL or turn indicator can be produced with a far thinner and simpler optical assembly. This opens up new potential to create dramatic and distinctive shapes in new RCL designs.
Alternatively, a homogeneous appearance can be achieved with the same depth of optical stack as for toplooker LEDs, but with substantially fewer LEDs and LED drivers. With this option, the lamp manufacturer benefits from a reduced bill-of-materials cost and a simpler circuit configuration.
“With the introduction of this sidelooker innovation, ams OSRAM is bringing new value to manufacturers of automotive rear lighting – it enables superior optical performance at lower cost. ams OSRAM simulations indicate a design based on the SYNIOS® P1515 can reduce the number of LED units and drivers required by as much as 66 percent1 compared to equivalent toplooker-based designs while maintaining a very high level of homogeneity,” said Michael Lobenhofer, Product Marketing Manager for automotive exterior lighting at ams OSRAM.
“The innovative operation of the SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs also enables the design of new super-sleek rear light bars that enhance the aesthetic appeal of the product to discerning car buyers.”
The AEC-Q102 qualified SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs produce a side-emission output with uniform 360° light intensity all round the device. Light is also emitted from the top of the LED, but at lower intensity than from the sides, to ensure that applications such as extended rear light bars can be easily realized with no bright or dark spots.
The side-emission pattern of the SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs is enabled by proprietary ams OSRAM optical packaging technology. ams OSRAM sidelooker LEDs are already widely used in the backlighting for high-performance automotive displays.
The SYNIOS® P1515 family is available for sampling in red (621 nm), super-red (633 nm) and yellow (587 nm) now. Production volumes are available now. For more information, go to Automotive & Mobility page.
ams OSRAM is developing a new chip manufacturing facility in Kulim, Malaysia. By increasing its manufacturing capacity, the company is supporting the semiconductor industry’s efforts to mitigate pressure on the global chip supply chain, as well as meeting increasing demand for more advanced, energy-efficient chips for state-of-the-art mobility, computing, and connectivity applications.
This increase in semiconductor production capacity must also take into account another customer requirement: sustainability. Customers increasingly want the products they buy to be both sustainable and sustainably produced. Eventually, the goal must be to eliminate CO2 emissions completely from the manufacturing process. Our customers set great store by their ‘green’ reputation, and the concern over sustainability extends to the products they buy: this means they should be manufactured as energy- and resource-efficiently as possible, under fair working conditions and with respect for human rights.
Of course, all industrial and manufacturing activity inherently has an impact on the environment, and on resources. ams OSRAM has set itself ambitious targets to keep its impact as low as possible, for example by applying strict regulations to suppliers and contracted companies, and through a commitment to achieving CO2-neutral production by 2030.
The new 8-inch Kulim manufacturing facility is an important element of ams OSRAM’s sustainability program. It will be the first fully automated 8-inch wafer fab for optical semiconductors in the world. Using the latest technologies and processes for high-volume semiconductor fabrication, it will mainly produce advanced LEDs and microLEDs. Alongside other elements of our technology portfolio, these optical products help to address global challenges such as climate change and the pressure on resources and urbanization, as well as helping customers to improve quality of life in domains such as health, safety, and mobility.
Read our interview with Roland Mueller to learn more.
We are proud to announce the launch of our latest innovation: A high performance three-in-one emitter, engineered to advance vital sign monitoring in wearable devices. The SFH 7018 enables improved quality of heart rate and blood oxygen measurements for wearables. It surpasses existing products with a notable enhancement in radiant intensity, paired with its unique two-cavity design.
- The new SFH 7018 red/green/IR LED increases total radiant intensity by more than 40 percent over the previous generation product. The green emitter’s radiant intensity is more than 100 percent higher in one of the two versions of the product. Internal research shows that the SFH 7018 is one of the highest performing products on the market.
- Brighter LEDs in combination with two-cavity design enable higher accuracy for heart rate and blood oxygen saturation measurements.
- The compact form factor and the optimal LED spacing improve system performance and increase ease-of-integration into end-product designs.
Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (4 December, 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensing and emitting, released a new multi-LED package which offers more than 40 percent higher radiant intensity than the previous generation product, resulting in higher accuracy PPG (photoplethysmography) measurements in smart watches, wristbands and other wearable devices.
The SFH 7018 features a highly reflective QFN (Quad Flat No Leads) package for significantly increased light output. In addition, an improved two-cavity design separates the green LED from the red LED and infrared (IR) LED: the spacing and optical isolation ensure that the light sources are optimally placed relative to their photodiodes and reduce interference between the green light (for heart rate measurements) and the red light and IR source (for blood oxygen saturation, or SpO2, measurements). Furthermore, the green chip does not cause the red and IR chips to fluoresce due to cross-excitation from the shorter wavelength.
The optimized form factor of the surface-mount QFN package – just 0.6 mm high – makes it easy to integrate the module into any type of wearable device. Despite its compact size, the SFH 7018 provides dual driving capability with optimized forward voltage headroom and reduced overall power consumption.
Dr. Sergey Kudaev, Senior Staff System Architect at ams OSRAM, said: ‘By using the new SFH 7018, manufacturers of wearable devices can dramatically improve the quality of the optical signals on which heart rate and blood oxygen measurements are based, making them more accurate and reliable in all operating conditions. The SFH 7018 can help to transform vital signs measurements into accurate and absolute determinations of heart rate, blood oxygen levels and even more advanced parameters, such as blood pressure.’
Higher radiant intensity increases the signal-to-noise ratio
The SFH 7018’s improvement in radiant intensity is dramatic: the red and IR LEDs are more than 40 percent brighter than in the existing SFH 7016, and the green LED in the SFH 7018A version of the product is 80 percent brighter, while in the SFH 7018B version, the green LED is more than twice as bright. The brightness of the SFH 7018 at each of the red, green and IR wavelengths also greatly exceeds that of today’s best-performing competing product.
Since all vital signs monitoring devices face the challenge to detect little modulations of already small light signals, the result of scattering and absorption in tissue (depending on various factors), the amount of light emitted by the LEDs strongly affects system performance. When more light is modulated by the blood flow and subsequently reaches the photodiode, signal quality improves, yielding higher accuracy and better repeatability of measurements. The SFH 7018 enables this superior performance by emitting more light into the body.
The SFH 7018 is available in two versions: SFH 7018A is optimized for low forward voltage at high currents, allowing for operation without a costly voltage booster. SFH 7018B is optimized for maximum radiant intensity.
Both variants are in volume production now. For more information or to request samples, please visit our product websites:
ams OSRAM releases RGB versions of high-power OSTAR® Projection Compact LEDs for machine vision and stage lighting. High current density, very low thermal resistance and low-profile mean that lighting equipment manufacturers can increase brightness while reducing system size.
- High current density, very low thermal resistance and low-profile mean that lighting equipment manufacturers can increase brightness while reducing system size
- Flat LED package for easy integration and closest mounting of optics to light emitting surface (LES)
- With new Red, True Green and Blue LEDs alongside the existing White version, the OSTAR Projection Compact family provides flexible optical design options in applications from machine vision and stage lighting to projectors and architectural lighting
Premstätten, Austria and Munich, Germany – ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, today adds Red, True Green and Blue colors to its OSTAR Projection Compact family of low-profile, ultra-high brightness LEDs, to enable manufacturers of machine vision systems or stage lighting fixtures to create more powerful and slimmer products. ams OSRAM already offered a White option in this package specification, that time known as OSLON Boost.
The new LEDs are ideal for premium high-power lighting products because of their high current density and very high brightness. Featuring a new rectangular ams OSRAM 2 mm2 chip, these LEDs produce very high luminous output – the True Green version is the brightest 520 nm product in its class (1000 lm at 6 A).
The OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs can be packed very closely together in high-power luminaire designs because of their excellent thermal dissipation and small, flat package. The thermal resistance is just 1.4 K/W, while the 4040 package has dimensions of 4.0 mm x 4.0 mm x 0.75 mm. The LEDs’ low profile enables lighting equipment and vision system manufacturers to reduce the size of their products without compromising brightness and performance.
Compared to competing products with a domed primary lens, the flat package of the OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs makes them very easy to couple into optics, giving considerable flexibility to optimize the optical performance of the products for individual applications. All the OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs share the same footprint, enabling easy exchanging of colors in variants of a single board design.
Winfried Schwedler, Marketing Manager of ams OSRAM, said: ‘The excellent current-carrying capability, low thermal resistance and low profile of the OSRAM OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs means that machine vision products and stage lighting equipment can produce an impressively powerful output in any color. These LEDs can also offer high value in projectors and in architectural lighting units such as wall washers.’
Key features of the OSTAR Projection Compact family are:
Part number Color Maximum output power at maximum current KR CULPM1.23 Red 650 lm at 6 A KT CULPM1.13 True Green 1000 lm at 6 A KB CULPM1.14 Blue 7200 mW at 8 A KW CULPM1.TG White 1700 lm at 10 A
