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SLM Technology revolutionizes industrial ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) lighting systems

Phoseon’s proprietary Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM) technology is a breakthrough in high power light applications. It uses a tightly-integrated array of high-intensity light-emitting semiconductor devices. Ultraviolet SLM arrays produce significantly higher intensity light than UV LEDs or other diode-based light sources. UV SLM sources provide purer light with less wasted energy and longer useful life than ultra violet lamp-based sources.

SLM technology combines patent-pending, high technology micro optics and micro-cooling in a cost-effective MOEMS (micro opto electro-mechanical system) package. The result is a high intensity light system that offers an efficient, scalable, safe, long-life, and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional sources. Phoseon’s family of SLM-based UV devices can be operated as portable, stand alone systems for exposure and curing, or can be easily integrated into other pieces of equipment. The compact size of the light source and associated power supply, as well as simple electronic control, allow instant on/off, making integration a snap.

SLM is a solid-state electronics technology that does not use mercury or does not produce ozone making it a safer, more environmentally attractive alternative to traditional lamp technologies.

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SLM micro optics

Introducing Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM) Technology

SLM technology is implemented with an array of light emitting semiconductors that are configured into a system which performs the following:

  • The light is efficiently collected and directed at the target using micro optics.
  • The heat generated by the array is managed with conductive packaging technology.
  • Electronic control allows on/off, pulsing, and light intensity control.
  • Individual semiconductor devices are insensitive to failures of other devices in the array.
  • The uniformity, intensity, and size of SLM arrays meet or exceed production requirements at acceptable cost.

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SLM array

SLMs: Cooler, More Intense, Longer Life, Precise Control

  • The full-intensity lifetime of SLM devices is expected to be 15,000+ hours compared to less than 2,000 hours with traditional lamps. 
  • Power consumption is typically 75% less than that of equivalently-intense lamps, reducing heat generation and power consumption.
  • SLM arrays are instant on/off, increasing throughput of SLM-based equipment compared to lamp-based equipment, in addition to saving power and heat. 
  • SLM arrays can be constructed to irradiate a wider area more uniformly than lamps, enabling new applications such as web curing of photopolymers using UV SLMs.

 

 

 
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