UBM Electronics Announces EDN's Designing with LEDs 2011 Workshop Program

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the EDN Designing with LEDs workshop program and speaker roster.  The workshop will be led by the most forward-thinking minds in electronics LED design, including Lightspeed Technologies, Lutron, Intematix, Bergquist, Carclo Technical Plastics, Power Integrations, NXP, and Texas Instruments.

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EDN's Designing with LEDs workshop will be held on May 4, 2011 in San Jose, CA, and on September 27, 2011 in Boston, MA.

Highlights of the workshop program include:

• The plenary LED manufacturers' panel, featuring representatives from Cree, Lumileds, and Osram, will focus on the relationship between LED drive current and lifetime.
• Industry luminary and perennially top-rated speaker Cary Eskow will give the morning keynote, covering the newest advancements in LED technology and applications.
• This hands-on workshop was created for design engineers and systems architects who need to learn and explore drive and control electronics, optics, and thermal management options for the newest generation of solid-state illumination components.  The workshop classes will provide education and training on design considerations for the power drive stage, thermal management options, and secondary optics of LED lighting, including:  LED system reliability, de-rating capacitors, dimming considerations, efficiency in drive stages & power factor correction, government and industry guidelines and regulations, off-grid lighting, selecting secondary optics and system communication and networking.

"The opportunities that LED technologies represent for the industry are tremendous.  New HB LED devices, packages, control electronics and thermal devices combine to revolutionize lighting for consumer and medical devices, automotive, architectural, and signage applications," said David Blaza, Vice President, UBM Electronics.  "EDN's Designing with LEDs workshop will provide unparalleled connections to the entire LED food chain, top-notch education, and new partnerships opportunities."

To register to attend EDN's Designing with LEDs Workshop, visit http://e.ubmelectronics.com/LED/index.html

For more information or sponsorship details, please contact Judy Hayes, Associate Publisher at 408.421.3799 or judy.hayes@ubm.com

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