Cree Adds 68 Percent Brighter CXA LED Array

Cree, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina USA, has introduced two new XLamp® LED Arrays for high-lumen applications. The new CXA3590 LED Array provides up to 16,225 lumens at 85°C, 68 percent more lumens compared to the company's brightest array previously. Cree has also introduced the CXA3070 LED Array, which provides more than 11,000 lumens at 85°C and shares the same footprint and package design as the existing CXA3050 LED. Cree says that both the CXA3590 and CXA3070 arrays are optimized to simplify design and enable low system cost. Also, both of Cree's new high light-output LED arrays reportedly offer up to 134 lumens-per-watt at 85°C and 70-95 CRI options.

Characterized and binned at 85°C, the new LEDs are available in ANSI White and EasyWhite® color temperatures (2700K – 5000K). Cree claims that the new LEDs provide the industry’s best color consistency for designs that use only one LED. Cree also says that the CXA3590 LED Array is the ideal light source to replace 250-watt metal halide (MH) fixtures. According to Cree, the CXA3590 uses 40 percent less power and is designed to last twice as long as 250-watt metal halide fixtures.

“We are excited that Cree is extending the CXA family because it enables us to address more applications with a single, easy-to-use platform,” said David Lin, general manager, YAH JUANG Lighting Technology. “The CXA3590 LEDs allow us to address high-lumen applications with a single LED, a feat which would have taken hundreds of other LEDs to accomplish.”
“Cree CXA LED Arrays set the industry standard for integrated arrays, providing excellent efficacy, reliability and light output,” said David Gershaw, president, RemPhos Technologies LLC. “The high-performance CXA3070 LED Array enables us to offer metal halide replacements that exceed the efficiency and life of the technology they replace.”

Cree® XLamp CXA3590 and CXA3070 LED samples are available now and production quantities are available with standard lead times.