Bridgelux has announced its eighth generation of its chip-on-board products, delivering up to 185 lm/W from its V, Vero and Vero SE (pictured) Series families at nominal drive current – a 10% efficacy improvement over its previous product generations, it said.

“This performance is benchmarked at the 3,000K 80CRI colour point. Efficacies above 200 lm/W are possible at other colour points,” according to the company, adding that up to 3x overdrive capability is available, delivering a 30% increase in maximum lumens per light-emitting surface (LES) size – LES from 8mm to 29mm are available.

Sampling is now and production shipments scheduled for April this year.

The firm is also:

developing Vesta Thrive CoB – a tunable white natural spectrum light source with reduced blue spike and cyan valley
developing Vesta SE dim-to-warm and tunable white CoBs with integrated holders
adding Casambi and Silvair control modules to its Vesta Flex dual channel driver and controls family