New SMD LEDs emit light further for high-intensity applications

OMC has introduced a new range of narrow-angle, surface-mount LEDs in a mixture of package styles and all popular LED wavelengths. The new SMD emitter series highlights integrated lenses moulded into the package which provides a 30-degree output beam. For visible wavelengths, applications include signalling and indication, in which the beam must be visible over larger distances, while the company’s infrared wavelength versions are employed for sensing and data-communication over bigger distances and with higher precision than applying standard, wide-angle SMD components. OMC’s commercial director, William Heath comments: “Providing a clear human-machine interface is vital, as is ensuring precision and accuracy in a sensing system, and so the selection of the correct light-emitting components is a key design task. Narrow-angle SMD LEDs are very much in demand across a wide spectrum of applications, such as sensing and communications, signalling and indication, but are less commonly available than wide angle devices, particularly for custom wavelengths and CCT/CRIs. This new series of 30-degree surface-mount LEDs opens up design possibilities for engineers, and in addition to standard devices, we can customise the devices to provide the wavelength or other light characteristics the customer may require.”