Dual In-Line Package (DIP) chips were used in some of the first general illumination LEDs. The chip is encased in hard plastic with 2 straight parallel connecting pins. The epoxy covering focuses the light produced to a beam angle of approximately 60˚ or 45˚. Although DIP chips are still used today, they have a much lower efficiency than the newer LED chips. Delivering approximately 4 lumens per LED, they individually pull between 0.05 and 0.08 watts to generate between 35 and 80 lumens per watt. DIP have suffered from inherent heat management problems
LED Types
LED Types
Lamp
Instrument furnishing artificial light.
Luminaire Components
Lighting Supply and Illumination Industry
Power Supply
Element that provides power to lights.
Luminaire Components
Lighting Supply and Illumination Industry
Control
Mechanism controlling the power to a system of lights.