We hope to outline in this section the reasons why you should choose us as your main LED provider.
We will give you some information about our company, a brief history of the LED, the technology of the LED and finally the reason why the LEDs we provide are better than our competition.
LED Solutions supplies a variety of the latest solid state lighting products to a range of professional industries. LED Solutions are currently the UK distributor for leading American company ‘Agilight' who pride themselves on developing highly efficient and cost competitive lighting solutions for a variety of industries.
This close business relationship plus exhaustive research have allowed LED Solutions to gain the knowledge and product range to become one of the UK's leading suppliers.
Our products service Sign, Shopfitting, Architectural and Leisure Industries, as well as a number of electrical wholesalers. LED technology is always advancing, so we are always on the lookout for new products. We have a stock of everything you see on this website, but our range is not limited to this. We can help source or aid development of a solution tailored to your requirements.
We pride ourselves on not only providing quality products but a quality service too, whether you are purchasing or just enquiring about our product range, we are always willing to help. We believe that with the constant evolution of its technology, LEDs will provide the future of all illumination for commercial and domestic needs. Below are the current benefits that LED Solutions' products can provide you with;
LEDs are often discussed as a fairly modern product although they have been around since the 60's and have been used in a variety of roles. This brief timeline will highlight the the key events in the development of LED Technology.
1907:
A "Curious Phenomenon" was observed by H.J. Round in 1907 when passing Direct Current between 2 points of a SiC Crystal. This was later referred to as the first observation of electroluminescence.
1920's:
A couple of notable events occured. In the Mid 20's a little known Russian radio technician by the name of Oleg Vladimirovich Losev noticed that diodes used in radio recievers emit light when current is passed through them. He published papers based on this first LED in 1927. Another moment to mention is the german experiments in the late 20's where Bernhard Gudden and Robert Pohl used Phosphur materials to produce dim light. There was a large obstacle with these early LEDs in that they did not operate well at room temperature. They needed to be submerged in Liquid Nitrogen.
1950's
The first "invisible" Infrared LED was produced using Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) which found uses in sensing applications.
1960's
The First practical LED was invented by Nick Holonyak, Jr. in 1962. Whilst working for General Electric he developed the first commercially available Red LEDs. They were used as replacements for incandescent indicators in scientific testing equipment. His technology was down to synthesizing the gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) in an efficient manner in order to create visible light.
1970's
Additional colours were manufactured out of similar alloys and by the Mid 70's Red, Green and yellow LEDs could be found in calculators, digital watches etc. Defects in crystal structure and poor substrate creation meant that light outputs were still not great.
1980's
The 80s saw a rise in LED usage as a new material was developed including the mixture of (gallium, aluminium and arsenide). The new material produced a superior performance with the brightness being 10 times greater then standard LEDs
During the late 80s designers looked at developing a high brightness LED and came up with the new material of (Indium, Gallium and Aluminium Phosphide) which is known as visible LEDs. The use of this new material allowed flexibility in design of the colour output by adjusting the energy band gap, so green, yellow, orange and red LEDs could all be produced from the same technology but be less affected by rising humidity.
1990's
Blue LEDs were produced due to their high photon energies and low eye sensitivity, once blue was created a white LED could be made by just adding phosphur
LEDs become very popular and experience rapid growth due to the brightness, efficiency and reliability sustained in the majority of LED applications
2000 - present day
In early 2000 the LED market took a big move towards the sign and display market. RGB products and White LEDs have started to accelerate in terms of intensity and performance whilst also becoming very cost effective to retail companies
LED products are becoming alot more specialised as MINI and High Output models are becoming increasingly popular.
LEDs are becoming more and more popular within a variety of industries due to their environmentally friendly energy savings, longer life time and high brightness. LEDs are illuminated solely by the movement of electrons in semiconductor material with the ability to last as long as a standard transistor.
The diode within LEDs needs to have a conductive impurity added to it in order to make it more conductive which is called doping. The typical doping material for LED diodes is called Aluminium-gallium-arsenide, which allows additional atoms to change the balance, either adding free electrons or creating holes were electrons can go, both of which make the material more conductive. Once power is added to this type of diode the free negative electrons meet with the positive holes and join together at the junction. New holes and electrons then form in their place and a current can flow through the junction, creating a light source that illuminates the LED.
There seems to be an enigma about LEDs that they are all the same and that there is no difference between suppliers, it is this perception that LED Solutions wish to change. Here at LED Solutions we pride ourselves on supplying high quality, reliable and bright LEDs that will stand the test of time. There are a variety of cheap imatation LED products on the market which degrade the LED image by burning out early, show poor colour binding and have a high power consumption.
These issues only allow LED Solutions to prove that premium quality products are available and at a reasonable price, so please venture through our website and see for yourself what we can offer. We are also willing to help with any type of enquiry you may have whether it be a quote or just general product information so please dont hesitate to contact us.