| Supercapacitor-Powered BriteFlash™ LED Flash |
| Stuart Robinson, Director of Handset Component Technologies, Strategy Analytics:
"Consumers want their cellphones to be as good as their digital still cameras and produce clear
pictures even in low light. We estimate that over the next three years high-powered LED flash in \
cellphones will grow at an annual average rate of 155%, and will be in over 70% of all camera phones by
2010. CAP-XX supercapacitors are a technology enabler for this market. We have seen them power
multiple high-current LEDs to full light intensity, producing clear pictures in low light from up to 3
meters away." |
| Danny Yu, Vice President Business Development, Philips Lumileds:
"BriteFlash™ maximizes performance from our Luxeon® Flash LEDs so that cell phone users get
superior image quality." |
| Jeff Shepard, Publisher, Darnell Group:
"By 2011, 82% of all worldwide handset shipments will include a camera, with 68% having 2Mpx and
higher resolutions. This will drive LED demand for the camera flash function and power management ICs.
LED flash is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23% through 2011." |
| Tony Henning, Mobile Imaging Analyst, 6SightTM Future of Imaging:
"We have seen images taken with well-known camera-phone models both with and without CAP-XX's
supercapacitor-enabled BriteFlash™ LED flash and the differences are dramatic. Subjects up to 10
feet from the camera are well-illuminated with the CAP-XX solution and all but pitch black without."
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| "Nokia sees increasing LED usage in mobile phones," LEDs Magazine, June 2006:
"Camera flash using LEDs is going to be a big market. Customers have higher and higher expectations
from their high-pixel-count cameras." |
| CAP-XX Supercapacitor Energy-Storage Technology |
John Parker, Senior Engineer for Perpetuum,
Makers of Vibration Energy-Harvesting Micro-Generators:
“Perpetuum chose CAP-XX supercapacitors to support our micro-generators because its product far
surpassed competitors. Other supercapacitors can only operate between -20 and +60ºC, whereas
CAP-XX's work over the full industrial temperature range between -40 and +85ºC. This is important for
reliability in harsh industrial environments.“
Perpetuum and CAP-XX have combined their products to
create a self-generating power source to power wireless sensors in battery-free machinery condition
monitoring systems. |
| Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Wireless Networking & Mobile Computing Advisory Firm:
"Supercapacitors will soon become an important - if not critical - element in mobile computing and
communications products. Acting as a buffer between the battery and the load, the supercapacitor handles
large instantaneous power demands, such as those inherent in flash photos, playing audio and video,
and wireless transmissions, maximizing battery life and allowing designers to use smaller batteries.
Given ever-increasing demands for battery power from higher clock rates and greater functionality,
the supercapacitor is about to take center stage in mobile power applications." |
| "If the Cap fits," New Electronics, March 2006,
www.newelectronics.co.uk:
"Thin enough to fit into a mobile phone without design modifications, supercapacitors are set to have
a big influence in consumer products." |
| Viswanathan Krishnan, Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst:
"CAP-XX has applied nanotechnology solutions and processes in its designs to produce carbon
electrodes smaller than a postage stamp, but with a surface area of hundreds of square meters. The result
is high energy and power densities in the smallest packages." |
