MALVERN, PA — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) announced the release of a new tricolor surface-mount LED designed for RGB displays, backlighting, and indicator applications.
The device, identified as the VLMRGB1500 series, provides luminous intensity of up to 252 millicandelas at 5 milliamps and allows individual control of red, green, and blue LED chips.
The company said the LED features a common anode configuration with separate cathode connections for each chip, enabling color mixing across the CIE 1931 color space.
Vishay said the LED is packaged in a 1.0 millimeter by 1.0 millimeter by 0.65 millimeter 0404 surface-mount package.
The company said the package is about 70 percent smaller than the PLCC-4 format.
The LED is designed for applications including switch illumination, status indicators, dashboard lighting in micro-mobility and industrial equipment, message displays, keyboard lighting in computers, and backlighting in consumer electronics and telecommunications devices.
Vishay said the device operates across temperatures from negative 40 degrees Celsius to 85 degrees Celsius.
The LED also offers a moisture sensitivity level rating of 3 and electrostatic discharge protection up to 2 kilovolts for the red chip and 1 kilovolt for blue and green chips.
The company said the device is RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, compatible with infrared reflow soldering, and designed as a drop-in replacement for similar competing components without requiring changes to circuit board layouts.
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