ELE Times December 2016 Electronics News in India | Online Electronics Mag | Page 22

Cover Story

LED Filament Bulbs

The Next Generation of LED Lighting

Krishan Sujan
COO, MLS India

An LED filament light bulb is an electric
light bulb which produces light with an
LED that is shaped to look like the filament
of an incandescent light bulb. The light
bulb is supplied with electric current by
feed-through terminals or wires
embedded in the glass.
An LED filament type design light bulb was
first produced by Ushio Lighting in 2008,
intended to mimic the appearance of a
standard Edison light bulb.
The most common use of filament style
lamps is in retro lamps, i.e., clear glass
lamps that allow the “filaments” to be
seen.

The Filament Bulb Market
The LED filament bulb market size is
expected to approximately reac