Philips Lumileds has added its first high voltage emitter, LUXEON H. to its LUXEON LED portfolio.

LUXEON H. is driven directly with rectified AC voltage rather than constant DC current. This high voltage architecture maximizes space for additional thermal management, permitting an increase in the thermal limit for even the smallest bulbs. The 50 Volt LUXEON H flexibly supports both 110V and 240V solutions. And two color temperatures are available, 2700K and 3000K, with typical CRIs of 83. Typical flux is 84 lumens and 90 lumens respectively for the two correlated color temperatures.

Philips Lumileds expects new solutions using LUXEON H to come to market during the second quarter of the year.