Date: 02/02/2010

HB water-resistant tricolor surface mount LEDs for indoor/outdoor full color signs and displays

Avago has made available compact high-brightness water-resistant tricolor surface mount light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for use in indoor and outdoor full color signs and displays. These LEDs are suitable for use in electronic video screens and advertising signs used in transit malls, airports, and stadium scoreboard applications.

ASMT-QTCO Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC)-6 Blackbody and ASMT-YTBO industry standard PLCC- 4 LEDs enhanced to make them water-resistant.

The key features of the tricolor surface mount LEDs are,

Water resistant to comply with IPx6 per IEC 60529:2001
Silicone encapsulation material enables high reliability and long operating life (over 50,000 hours)
Compatible with reflow soldering processes
Low thermal resistance
Pb-Free and RoHS compliant
Moisture sensitivity: JEDEC MSL 2a

The enhanced ASMT-YTBO LEDs provide full color display with better color control and contrast, a 115-degree viewing angle to meet indoor and outdoor LED screen requirements for better screen resolution (greater than 12mm pixel size), and high-brightness performance. They also have six leads to enable enhanced thermal management and individual color control of each chip to display a multitude of colors including white.

The compact ASMT- QTCO package incorporates a separate heat path for each LED dice to enable it to be driven at high currents, and operates in a wide range of environmental conditions with high reliability. Both tricolor LEDs are compatible with reflow soldering processes and have a moisture sensitivity level of 2a (MSL 2a) to make them suitable for use in SMT production environments.

Price:
ASMT-YTBO: Each $0.60 for 1k pieces
ASMT-QTCO: Each $0.58 for 1k pieces
Availability: Now

For more details visit www.avagotech.com