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ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, today launched a series of sidelooker, low-power LEDs that simplify design, are easier to implement and enables the creation of a homogeneous appearance in extended light bars and other automotive rear lighting applications.

Today, an automobile rear combination lamp (RCL) requires a complex and deep optical assembly consisting of diffusers and light guides to spread the bright points of light from conventional toplooker LEDs without producing visible dark and bright spots.

By replacing toplooker LEDs with the SYNIOS® P1515 sidelookers, automotive manufacturers can achieve a smooth, homogeneous appearance across the width of the vehicle. With the same number of LEDs as in a toplooker-based arrangement, an RCL or turn indicator can be produced with a far thinner and simpler optical assembly. This opens up new potential to create dramatic and distinctive shapes in new RCL designs.

Alternatively, a homogeneous appearance can be achieved with the same depth of optical stack as for toplooker LEDs, but with substantially fewer LEDs and LED drivers. With this option, the lamp manufacturer benefits from a reduced bill-of-materials cost and a simpler circuit configuration.

“With the introduction of this sidelooker innovation, ams OSRAM is bringing new value to manufacturers of automotive rear lighting – it enables superior optical performance at lower cost. ams OSRAM simulations indicate a design based on the SYNIOS® P1515 can reduce the number of LED units and drivers required by as much as 66 percent1 compared to equivalent toplooker-based designs while maintaining a very high level of homogeneity,” said Michael Lobenhofer, Product Marketing Manager for automotive exterior lighting at ams OSRAM.

“The innovative operation of the SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs also enables the design of new super-sleek rear light bars that enhance the aesthetic appeal of the product to discerning car buyers.”

The AEC-Q102 qualified SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs produce a side-emission output with uniform 360° light intensity all round the device. Light is also emitted from the top of the LED, but at lower intensity than from the sides, to ensure that applications such as extended rear light bars can be easily realized with no bright or dark spots.

The side-emission pattern of the SYNIOS® P1515 LEDs is enabled by proprietary ams OSRAM optical packaging technology. ams OSRAM sidelooker LEDs are already widely used in the backlighting for high-performance automotive displays.

The SYNIOS® P1515 family is available for sampling in red (621 nm), super-red (633 nm) and yellow (587 nm) now. Production volumes are available now. For more information, go to Automotive & Mobility page.

Happy to announce that our OSLON® Black and SYNIOS P2720 IR LED series, renowned for industrial applications, are now available in 920 nm wavelength!

This development is essential, particularly in the realm of biometrics (2D face recognition) and consumer tech (smart doorbells). The 920 nm wavelength enhances IR camera performance, striking the perfect balance between sensor sensitivity and minimizing the reddish glow.

As we continue to innovate, this variant of our product series becomes the go-to choice for those in the camera-based illumination systems field, seeking the optimum compromise between the high-power 850 nm and 940 nm IR LEDs.

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For its well-known OSLON® Black and SYNIOS P2720 Infrared (IR) LED product series, ams OSRAM is now introducing a new variant with a wavelength of 920 nm. Read more about this in the following product update:

Premstätten, Austria and Munich, Germany (11 December 2023) -- The well-known OSLON® Black and SYNIOS P2720 IR LED product series, which are mainly deployed in industrial facilities, are now also available with a wavelength of 920 nm. The technologies are used primarily in biometrics (e.g. 2D face recognition) and consumer applications (e.g. smart doorbell). Brighter IR illumination at the optimum wavelength of 920 nm enables the IR camera to see a better image of a person by optimizing the necessary compromise between sensor sensitivity and reddish glow.

The new variant of the product series is thus the perfect choice especially for customers working on camera-based illumination systems who are looking for the ideal compromise between an 850 nm and a 940 nm high-power IR LED.

About OSLON® Black
The OSLON® Black high-power infrared emitters are available in the 850 nm, 920 nm and 940 nm wavelengths. The devices combine a particularly high total optical flux and small housings with a base area of only 3.75 × 3.75 mm² for a high-density assembly.

Further advantages include a very high total radiant flux at 1 A DC, low thermal resistance for operation at high ambient temperatures, as well as high-current DC operation.

About SYNIOS® P2720
The SYNIOS® P2720 products stand out due to a very low height of 0.6 mm and are thus ideal for narrow applications that still require high efficiency. The products do not come with an integrated lens, but secondary optics are available for narrow beam angles.

The compact design with high power output makes the infrared LED ideal for security applications, 2D face recognition, as well as gesture recognition in consumer and industrial applications.

ams OSRAM is developing a new chip manufacturing facility in Kulim, Malaysia. By increasing its manufacturing capacity, the company is supporting the semiconductor industry’s efforts to mitigate pressure on the global chip supply chain, as well as meeting increasing demand for more advanced, energy-efficient chips for state-of-the-art mobility, computing, and connectivity applications.

This increase in semiconductor production capacity must also take into account another customer requirement: sustainability. Customers increasingly want the products they buy to be both sustainable and sustainably produced. Eventually, the goal must be to eliminate CO2 emissions completely from the manufacturing process. Our customers set great store by their ‘green’ reputation, and the concern over sustainability extends to the products they buy: this means they should be manufactured as energy- and resource-efficiently as possible, under fair working conditions and with respect for human rights.

Of course, all industrial and manufacturing activity inherently has an impact on the environment, and on resources. ams OSRAM has set itself ambitious targets to keep its impact as low as possible, for example by applying strict regulations to suppliers and contracted companies, and through a commitment to achieving CO2-neutral production by 2030.

The new 8-inch Kulim manufacturing facility is an important element of ams OSRAM’s sustainability program. It will be the first fully automated 8-inch wafer fab for optical semiconductors in the world. Using the latest technologies and processes for high-volume semiconductor fabrication, it will mainly produce advanced LEDs and microLEDs. Alongside other elements of our technology portfolio, these optical products help to address global challenges such as climate change and the pressure on resources and urbanization, as well as helping customers to improve quality of life in domains such as health, safety, and mobility.

Read our interview with Roland Mueller to learn more.

We are proud to announce the launch of our latest innovation: A high performance three-in-one emitter, engineered to advance vital sign monitoring in wearable devices. The SFH 7018 enables improved quality of heart rate and blood oxygen measurements for wearables. It surpasses existing products with a notable enhancement in radiant intensity, paired with its unique two-cavity design.

• The new SFH 7018 red/green/IR LED increases total radiant intensity by more than 40 percent over the previous generation product. The green emitter’s radiant intensity is more than 100 percent higher in one of the two versions of the product. Internal research shows that the SFH 7018 is one of the highest performing products on the market.
• Brighter LEDs in combination with two-cavity design enable higher accuracy for heart rate and blood oxygen saturation measurements.
• The compact form factor and the optimal LED spacing improve system performance and increase ease-of-integration into end-product designs.

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Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (4 December, 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensing and emitting, released a new multi-LED package which offers more than 40 percent higher radiant intensity than the previous generation product, resulting in higher accuracy PPG (photoplethysmography) measurements in smart watches, wristbands and other wearable devices.

The SFH 7018 features a highly reflective QFN (Quad Flat No Leads) package for significantly increased light output. In addition, an improved two-cavity design separates the green LED from the red LED and infrared (IR) LED: the spacing and optical isolation ensure that the light sources are optimally placed relative to their photodiodes and reduce interference between the green light (for heart rate measurements) and the red light and IR source (for blood oxygen saturation, or SpO2, measurements). Furthermore, the green chip does not cause the red and IR chips to fluoresce due to cross-excitation from the shorter wavelength.

The optimized form factor of the surface-mount QFN package – just 0.6 mm high – makes it easy to integrate the module into any type of wearable device. Despite its compact size, the SFH 7018 provides dual driving capability with optimized forward voltage headroom and reduced overall power consumption.

Dr. Sergey Kudaev, Senior Staff System Architect at ams OSRAM, said: ‘By using the new SFH 7018, manufacturers of wearable devices can dramatically improve the quality of the optical signals on which heart rate and blood oxygen measurements are based, making them more accurate and reliable in all operating conditions. The SFH 7018 can help to transform vital signs measurements into accurate and absolute determinations of heart rate, blood oxygen levels and even more advanced parameters, such as blood pressure.’

Higher radiant intensity increases the signal-to-noise ratio

The SFH 7018’s improvement in radiant intensity is dramatic: the red and IR LEDs are more than 40 percent brighter than in the existing SFH 7016, and the green LED in the SFH 7018A version of the product is 80 percent brighter, while in the SFH 7018B version, the green LED is more than twice as bright. The brightness of the SFH 7018 at each of the red, green and IR wavelengths also greatly exceeds that of today’s best-performing competing product.

Since all vital signs monitoring devices face the challenge to detect little modulations of already small light signals, the result of scattering and absorption in tissue (depending on various factors), the amount of light emitted by the LEDs strongly affects system performance. When more light is modulated by the blood flow and subsequently reaches the photodiode, signal quality improves, yielding higher accuracy and better repeatability of measurements. The SFH 7018 enables this superior performance by emitting more light into the body.

The SFH 7018 is available in two versions: SFH 7018A is optimized for low forward voltage at high currents, allowing for operation without a costly voltage booster. SFH 7018B is optimized for maximum radiant intensity.

Both variants are in volume production now. For more information or to request samples, please visit our product websites:

• SFH 7018A
• SFH 7018B

ams OSRAM releases RGB versions of high-power OSTAR® Projection Compact LEDs for machine vision and stage lighting. High current density, very low thermal resistance and low-profile mean that lighting equipment manufacturers can increase brightness while reducing system size.

• High current density, very low thermal resistance and low-profile mean that lighting equipment manufacturers can increase brightness while reducing system size
• Flat LED package for easy integration and closest mounting of optics to light emitting surface (LES)
• With new Red, True Green and Blue LEDs alongside the existing White version, the OSTAR Projection Compact family provides flexible optical design options in applications from machine vision and stage lighting to projectors and architectural lighting

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Premstätten, Austria and Munich, Germany – ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, today adds Red, True Green and Blue colors to its OSTAR Projection Compact family of low-profile, ultra-high brightness LEDs, to enable manufacturers of machine vision systems or stage lighting fixtures to create more powerful and slimmer products. ams OSRAM already offered a White option in this package specification, that time known as OSLON Boost.

The new LEDs are ideal for premium high-power lighting products because of their high current density and very high brightness. Featuring a new rectangular ams OSRAM 2 mm2 chip, these LEDs produce very high luminous output – the True Green version is the brightest 520 nm product in its class (1000 lm at 6 A).

The OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs can be packed very closely together in high-power luminaire designs because of their excellent thermal dissipation and small, flat package. The thermal resistance is just 1.4 K/W, while the 4040 package has dimensions of 4.0 mm x 4.0 mm x 0.75 mm. The LEDs’ low profile enables lighting equipment and vision system manufacturers to reduce the size of their products without compromising brightness and performance.

Compared to competing products with a domed primary lens, the flat package of the OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs makes them very easy to couple into optics, giving considerable flexibility to optimize the optical performance of the products for individual applications. All the OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs share the same footprint, enabling easy exchanging of colors in variants of a single board design.

Winfried Schwedler, Marketing Manager of ams OSRAM, said: ‘The excellent current-carrying capability, low thermal resistance and low profile of the OSRAM OSTAR Projection Compact LEDs means that machine vision products and stage lighting equipment can produce an impressively powerful output in any color. These LEDs can also offer high value in projectors and in architectural lighting units such as wall washers.’

Key features of the OSTAR Projection Compact family are:

Part number	Color	Maximum output power at maximum current
KR CULPM1.23	Red	650 lm at 6 A
KT CULPM1.13	True Green	1000 lm at 6 A
KB CULPM1.14	Blue	7200 mW at 8 A
KW CULPM1.TG	White	1700 lm at 10 A

New OSLON® Submount PL LEDs support direct mounting to heatsink to provide system cost savings in standard low- or high-beam headlamps. Available in two sizes of light emitting area, giving the choice to optimize for efficacy or to achieve the ideal balance between luminance and efficacy. Supplied in a standard submount footprint, the OSLON® Submount PL is a drop-in replacement for less bright competing products.

Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters, today launches the next generation of its popular OSLON Submount PL family of LEDs, offering higher brightness and more design flexibility to manufacturers of automotive forward lighting modules and products.

The third-generation OSLON® Submount PL LEDs are around 9 % brighter than the second generation based on internal data. This gives automotive manufacturers the potential to reduce the system cost of new headlamp designs. With the introduction of the new Gen3 products, the OSLON® Submount PL family is expected to maintain its strong market position in standard static headlamps for entry-level vehicles and electric vehicles.

ams OSRAM provides the OSLON® Submount PL Gen3 family in variants with one of two options for the light emitting area (LEA), giving headlamp manufacturers the flexibility to meet different customer specifications in a product with a single board layout:

• The (1030 µm)2 LEA option provides a balance between high luminance and high efficacy.
• The (1150 µm)2 LEA option is optimized for efficacy.

Philipp Puchinger, Product Marketing Manager for Automotive Forward Lighting at ams OSRAM, said: ‘These new LEDs are equally applicable to static headlamp designs, in which the light source is mounted directly on the heatsink, eliminating the need for a high-performance PCB, and to standard modules, in which the LED is mounted on an open-frame housing. In both cases, the introduction of the latest generation of OSLON® Submount PL LEDs gives automotive manufacturers a roadmap to higher efficacy and lower system costs.’

Superior performance and quality

The new LEDs maintain the characteristics of quality and value offered by earlier generations of the OSLON® Submount PL product line. They are supplied in tightly specified single-color bins, enabling manufacturers to streamline their inventory and to simplify the assembly process. The LEDs also offer high thermal stability and a uniform beam pattern characterized by homogeneous color-over-angle radiation.

The OSLON® Submount PL Gen3 products are available for sampling now with a (1030µm)2 LEA. The part numbers are KW2 C2LNL3.TK (two-chip module) and KW3 C3LNL3.TK (three-chip module).

Versions with a (1150µm)2 LEA will be available for sampling from December 2023. Part numbers are KW2 C2LPL3.TK (two-chip module) and KW3 C3LPL3.TK (three-chip module).

For more technical information or to request samples, go to our Automotive & Mobility page.

Premstätten, Austria and Munich, Germany – ams OSRAM, the market leader in automotive lighting, is expanding its renowned series of LED retrofit lamps. With the street-approved OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED, drivers can legally, easily and cost-effectively upgrade their conventional H1 halogen low-beam and high-beam head-lights to LED technology.

Thanks to the OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H4 and H7 LED lamps, motorists in Germany can already benefit from LED retrofit lamps on more than 200 models from different vehicle manufacturers. The launch of the new NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED opens up this benefit to at least 19 further models with H1 sockets. The number of compatible models is ever growing – the full list can be found here.

The OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED produces bright white light with a color temperature of up to 6,000 Kelvin. A special feature of the LED retrofit lamp is its low level of glare, which is up to 40 percent less than the permitted maximum value². Despite its high output, the OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED consumes up to 55 percent less energy than conventional lamps thanks to its advanced LED technology. This also has a positive effect on the lamp’s longevity. Together with the specially developed compact, vibration-resistant design, it results in a service life up to five times longer³. Upgrading from halogen to the OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED does not require any modifications to the vehicle so anyone with a reasonable level of competence can do it, or it can be done the next time the car is being serviced.

The OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® H1-LED is vailable now for 144.99 euros (RRP).

ams OSRAM is constantly working on wider approval of the OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® LEDs. Retrofit lamps are available for a variety of contemporary motorcycles, classic cars, trucks and motorhomes in addition to cars. This is yet another way in which ams OSRAM is making an important contribution to road safety. For a list of compatible vehicle models please click on this link.

¹ Approved LED vehicle light. Applies only to countries in which approval has been granted or for which a comparable approval applies, and to vehicle models and lighting functions currently indicated in the compatibility list. For more details go to www.osram.com/nb-led.
² Compared to the minimum requirements of ECE R112.
³ Compared to traditional halogen lamps.

Premstätten, Österreich and Munich, Germany (11 October 2023) – ams OSRAM, the market leader in automotive lighting, is launching its first street-approved1 LED retrofit lamps for motorcycles. Motorcyclists can now upgrade their old halogen lamps legally, easily and cost-effectively with the NIGHT BREAKER® H4-LED. They will then be able to see and be seen better at all times – especially at night.

The award-winning OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® family is already a firm favorite among motorists. Motorcyclists can now also experience the benefits of the product range. NIGHT BREAKER® H4-LED is the simple choice for upgrading low beam and high beam to state-of-the art LED technolo-gy. They are ideal as replacements for conventional H4 lamps and bases.

The NIGHT BREAKER® H4 LED for motorcycles produces bright white light with a color tempera-ture of up to 6,000 Kelvin. The product is up to 230 percent brighter than conventional lamps , while reducing glare by 50 percent2. What’s more, the NIGHT BREAKER® H4-LED consumes up to 55 percent less energy than conventional lamps and will last up to five times longer thanks to LED technology and the specially developed vibration-resistant design3.

The NIGHT BREAKER® H4-LED for motorcycles are approved for various models of the manufac-turers Kawasaki, BMW and KTM. A list with all approved motorcycles can be found under this link. The products will be available from mid-October for €74.99 (RRP).

ams OSRAM is constantly working on wider approval of the NIGHT BREAKER® LEDs. In addition to motorcycles, the retrofit lamps are available for a variety of contemporary cars, classic cars, trucks and motorhomes. This is yet another way in which ams OSRAM is making an important contribution to road safety. For a list of compatible vehicle models please click on this link.

Further information

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1 Approved LED vehicle light. Applies only to countries in which approval has been granted or for which a comparable approval applies, and to vehicle models and lighting functions currently indicated in the compatibility list. For more details go to www.osram.com/nb-led
2 These offer up to 230 percent brighter light and 50 percent less glare compared to the maximum permissible thresholds of ECE R112
3 Compared to traditional halogen lamps

Introducing a ground-breaking innovation in automotive lighting with our ALIYOS™ LED-on-foil technology, which opens up all-new possibilities for design freedom and creativity in automotive lighting.

The world of automotive lighting design has long been confined by technological constraints — limiting the creativity of designers, the innovation of engineers, and the choices available to consumers. From now on, form and function no longer follow one another, but instead follow a common goal: best-in-class customer-centric designed automotive lighting solutions.

Dr. Gerald Broneske, Vice President Global Product Marketing OS Automotive at ams OSRAM, said: ‘With the release of its ALIYOS™ technology, ams OSRAM is taking another major step towards strengthening its position as one of the most innovative suppliers of lighting technology in the automotive industry. The introduction of advanced LED-on-foil technology marks a new revolution in the way that LEDs are applied in automotive lighting, giving customers exciting new opportunities to differentiate vehicle brands.’

ALIYOS™ is the key ingredient for novel, multi-optional design applications in the field of automotive lighting. As flexible, transparent and bright, ALIYOS™ LED technology opens a new dimension of communication via light: The LED segments of ALIYOS™ LED foils can be controlled individually and combined to create sophisticated signatures, lettering and light image scenarios. This way light becomes a communication interface on almost any material and at any place in the vehicle.

All performance aspects of ALIYOS™ LED technology are designed to meet economic requirements in terms of energy and construction efficiency. The individual components of the LED foil system realize an ultra-thin overall height of < 1mm and are true lightweights in automotive design. With a brightness level of > 10.000 cd/m² and individual controllable segments, completely new application areas and engineering approaches are possible - in the interior and exterior.

• ALIYOS™ technology pushes boundaries of multi-segmented area lighting and enables customization of light emission patterns
• Characteristics such as transparency, thinness, 2.5D bendability and freedom to create new lighting effects enable customers to differentiate their lighting solutions
• Legal requirements for the luminous intensity of rear combination lamp (RCL) functions are met with the ALIYOS™ technology
• ALIYOS™ LED-on-foil technology enables creation of customized, multi-segment lights in new configurations such as three-dimensional structures or ‘invisible’ lights on curved panels
• The ALIYOS™ lighting technology reflects ams OSRAM’s leadership position in innovation in automotive lighting

Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (25 September 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), reveals today the development of its ALIYOS™ LED-on-foil technology, which opens up all-new possibilities for design freedom and creativity in automotive lighting.

Using ALIYOS™ technology, car makers will be able to express brand personality through exterior and interior lighting in previously unattainable ways, as well as to introduce completely new three-dimensional lighting and animation effects for displaying dynamic individual messages and information signals to drivers and other road users.

Gerald Broneske, Vice President Global Product Marketing OS Automotive at ams OSRAM, said: ‘With the release of its ALIYOS™ technology, ams OSRAM is taking another major step towards strengthening its position as one of the most innovative suppliers of lighting technology in the automotive industry. The introduction of advanced LED-on-foil technology marks a new revolution in the way that LEDs are applied in automotive lighting, giving customers exciting new opportunities to differentiate vehicle brands.’

Transparent, flexible, thin LED lighting

The ALIYOS™ technology enables ams OSRAM to apply mini-LEDs on a thin, flexible and transparent substrate. Connected by almost invisible metal traces, the mini-LEDs can be arranged with a large degree of freedom to form individually addressable segments of any shape. They can be positioned to perform standard lighting functions such as a stop light or turn indicator, but with unique, custom shapes and animation effects. The mini-LEDs can also be used to display symbols, words, images or abstract patterns for decoration, information, or warning.

Transparency, an outstanding feature of ALIYOS™ technology, in combination with mini-LEDs, means that light can appear out of nowhere. In addition, multiple foil assemblies can be placed one behind the other to create dramatic new 3D lighting and animation effects.

ams OSRAM is now working with the world’s leading automotive Tier One suppliers and OEMs to explore the new possibilities in automotive interior and exterior lighting. One demonstration design exploits the transparency of the ALIYOS™ foil substrate to produce new 3D effects in rear lights: a transparent array of three ALIYOS™ LED foils mounted one behind the other creates a sense of depth.

Another design shows that ALIYOS™ LED-on-foil technology can be applied to curved body panels, and is invisible when turned off, creating the effect of ‘Light out of nowhere’.

Thanks to the unique transparency, thinness and flexibility of ALIYOS™ technology, thousands of other new design possibilities are now open to car manufacturers. Legal requirements, for example UN Regulation No. 148 for the brightness of rear light and stop lights as well as turn indicators, can be met through the application of ALIYOS™ technology.

Industrialization of the technology has begun. The aim is to enable the first cars to be equipped with ALIYOS™ technology by the end of 2025, and to have achieved qualification for compliance with automotive quality and safety standards by this time.

ams OSRAM is introducing the ALIYOS™ technology at the ISAL 2023 automotive lighting symposium (Darmstadt, Germany, 25-27 September).

Learn more about ALIYOS™ and find more details about Light-on-foil technology.

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The new OSIRE® E3731i RGB LED is especially designed for automotive interior applications requesting high dynamic RGB lighting scenarios. This device is an intelligent RGB device, incorporating besides R/G/B LEDs an IC from ams OSRAM. This embedded IC integrates the drivers for the three R/G/B LEDs. It enables creation of dynamic color and motion effects across hundreds of LEDs. The embedded IC includes the optical measurement data of the three R/G/B LEDs as well. An external micro controller can address and control each device in a daisy chain architecture via an open system protocol. The intelligent RGBi uses a new and license-free Open System Protocol for communication with any microcontroller. Combination of new LED and protocol reduces implementation cost and complexity, to bring dynamic lighting within reach of a wide range of models and market segments. The open protocol allows the micro controller to read back these data and to run any color algorithm. It also allows to read back a temperature value to optimize this color algorithm.

Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (July 27, 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, introduces new technology which greatly simplifies the implementation of dynamic, color- and intensity-changing arrays of hundreds of RGB LEDs in car interior lighting.

The new OSIRE® E3731i RGB LED features a digital core that enables low-latency communication over a standard serial bus interface with any microcontroller. ams OSRAM has also developed a new Open System Protocol (OSP) running on the OSIRE® E3731i. Using OSP, any microcontroller can transmit instructions to modulate brightness and color individually to each LED. OSP is available for use license- and royalty-free by any car, LED, lighting system or microcontroller manufacturer.

By using the OSIRE® E3731i LED and OSP, automotive manufacturers can realize novel dynamic lighting effects in the car interior. Up to 1,000 LEDs can be connected in a daisy chain, controlled via one microcontroller.

Hermann Senninger, Senior Product Manager of ams OSRAM, said: ‘Dynamic lighting promises to add value to cars by combining changes in color and brightness with pulsing, breathing or moving light effects, for decorative or functional purposes. The OSIRE® E3731i and OSP enable dynamic interior lighting to be implemented with a simpler architecture, fewer components, less wiring and at lower system cost. These benefits are attracting customers already, and we expect to see the product deployed in production vehicles soon.’

Intelligence built in to every LED
The development of the new intelligent LED draws on the extensive capabilities of ams OSRAM in optical technology and IC design and fabrication. The OSIRE® E3731i is a high-performance RGB LED co-packaged with an IC that features three LED drivers, a serial bus interface supporting the OSP, a temperature sensor and on-chip memory.

Each intelligent RGB LED is characterized at the factory, and its optical performance data are stored in the LED’s on-chip memory. This makes it easier for automotive manufacturers to perform end-of-line calibration of interior lighting systems, and to achieve very high optical uniformity and consistency across arrays of hundreds of OSIRE® E3731i LEDs.

The OSIRE® E3731i is now qualified to the latest AEC-Q102 Annex 3 standard.

About ams OSRAM
The ams OSRAM Group (SIX: AMS) is a global leader in optical solutions. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich people’s lives. This is what we mean by Sensing is Life.

With over 110 years of combined history, our core is defined by imagination, deep engineering expertise and the ability to provide global industrial capacity in sensor and light technologies. We create exciting innovations that enable our customers in the automotive, consumer, industrial and healthcare sectors maintain their competitive edge and drive innovation that meaningfully improves the quality of life in terms of health, safety and convenience, while reducing impact on the environment.

Our around 22,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnosis more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience. Our work creates technology for breakthrough applications, which is reflected in over 15,000 patents granted and applied. Headquartered in Premstaetten/Graz (Austria) with a co-headquarters in Munich (Germany), the group achieved over EUR 4.8 billion revenues in 2022 and is listed as ams-OSRAM AG on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ISIN: AT0000A18XM4).

Find out more about us on https://ams-osram.com

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