May 24 2007
Cyberlux Corporation , a developer and manufacturer of solid- state lighting solutions, announced today that the Company has produced the first prototype of its Hybrid Lighting Technology (HTL) and demonstrated the initial capabilities in a laboratory environment. The prototype lighting device combined the Scattered Photon Extraction(TM) (SPE) technology acquired from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with the hybrid organic / inorganic white and multi-color lighting technology acquired from the University of California-Santa Barbara to achieve the Company's 'Proof of Principle' milestone. This one-of-a-kind lighting technology is exclusively licensed and proprietarily owned by Cyberlux Corporation.
The prototype lighting device was constructed from an SPE-optimized reflective fixture encapsulating a 465nm solid-state photon pump emitter that excited the downconversion lens to produce visible light in a range of color temperatures. The HTL lighting device was tested with two downconversion lens types, including a luminescent polymer lens and two hybrid inorganic/organic lenses for performance comparison and prototype optimization purposes. As the HTL technology progresses through the next series of commercialization milestones, the Company will publish results that are anticipated to exceed existing lighting fixture efficiencies. Cyberlux will commercialize the resulting proprietary lighting technology as "Hybrid White Light" (HWL) and "Hybrid Multi-color Light" (HML).
"Achieving the Proof of Principle milestone for the HTL technology is an important step in our commercialization plans. These early results are ahead of schedule and are quite exciting for the Cyberlux team," said Mark D. Schmidt, president and chief operating officer of Cyberlux. "Our objective is to commercialize this innovative, proprietary lighting technology through both an OEM licensing model and in the production of our own unique products, where low cost, energy efficient lighting solutions will address global energy conservation needs," concluded Schmidt.
In November 2006, Cyberlux acquired the worldwide exclusive rights to the pending patents for the Scattered Photon Extraction(TM) technology and methods developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The SPE technology enables light-emitting sources to operate at a higher luminous efficacy where traditional phosphor or downconversion materials such as luminescence polymers and/or organic films as defined by University of California -- Santa Barbara patent 5,966,393 are placed at locations remote from the photon emitting solid-state inorganic light source.
In January 2007, the Company acquired the worldwide exclusive rights to patent 5,966,393 "Hybrid Light Emitting Sources for Efficient and Cost Effective White Lighting and for Full-Color Applications" from the University of California -- Santa Barbara. The technology patent defines the method and practice for creating a white or multi-colored lighting source by combining the photoluminescence of polymers and/or organic films with photon emissions from a solid-state inorganic light source. The principle inventors include Nobel Laureate Dr. Alan Heeger and Dr. Steven DenBaars, Professor of Materials and Co-Director of the Solid State Lighting Center at the University of California-Santa Barbara, who will advise the Company on the hybrid organic/inorganic lighting technology commercialization.