EDN

Infrared LED permits gesture control in automobile interiors

Osram’s Oslon Piccolo infrared LED packs high optical power in a tiny footprint for automotive interior applications like gesture control. This ultra-compact infrared LED delivers DC power of 1.15 W ...
Science Daily

Discovery of non-toxic semiconductors with a direct band gap in the near-infrared

Scientists have discovered a potentially promising infrared LED and infrared detector component. This compound -- composed of calcium, silicon and oxygen -- is cheap to produce and non-toxic. Many of ...
EDN

Side-emitting infrared LED targets VR/MR/AR applications

Rohm Semiconductor has extended its PICOLED family with the launch of the CSL1501RW ultra-compact side-emitting (side view) infrared LED (IR LED). Target applications include head-mounted displays, ...
Digi Times

Epistar develops SWIR LED chips for bio-sensing

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed SWIR (short-wavelength infrared; wavelength exceeding 1,100nm) LED chips for use in non-invasive bio-sensing applications, such as measuring ...
Digi Times

Commentary: micro LED is candidate display technology for Metaverse applications

While infrared (IR) LED devices are necessary for the sensing functions of many AR/VR devices, micro LED has large potential of becoming a candidate display technology for immersive Metaverse ...