Technological Strategy of Solid State Lighting

Recent advances in solid-state lighting technologies are causing major changes in the lighting industry worldwide. In other words, Lighting is in the midst of one of its most revolutionary and complex change not seen since Thomas Edison's light bulb. Speedy and dynamic decisions are required in the Lighting R&D. Panasonic R & D direction is the integration of comfort and ecology with customer satisfaction. The Quality of Light and the Energy Saving technologies are the two important keywords to realize comfort and ecology. The technological strategy and the products to achieve such objectives are discussed in this paper.