Another achievement for LEDs in general lighting applications. As the first alternative to replace existing incandescent and fluorescent lighting solutions with solid-state lighting (SSL), LEDs become vastly favorable. Users value LED lights for their energy efficiency, long life and low maintenance. LEDs are saving businesses and cities millions of dollars a year in energy and maintenance costs and providing consumers with a more-energy-efficient, high-quality light for their homes.

LED industries keep working on advancing LED lighting technology to improve the efficiency and quality to meet the needs of retail, residential and outdoor lighting applications. Today, the cost and lumen output are currently the main limitations to the widespread adoption of LED lighting. However, the cost of manufacturing LEDs is expected to decrease substantially by 2015. It is forcasted that the manufacturing cost of an LED luminaire or fixture will fall by about 40 to 45 percent over the next five years.

Lumen output is one of the challenge in the adoption of LED lighting. Although LED technology continues to advance, high-lumen-output LED applications cannot be achieved with passive cooling alone. LED lights cooled by a passive heat sink, rather than with an active cooling solution like a synthetic jet, are inherently larger, which makes retrofitting difficult. A smaller heat sink may result in a lamp or luminaire that is less reliable due to heat damage to the LEDs, or a source that produces insufficient light for market success.

Synthetic-jet technology provides an active cooling solution for LED lighting, and has been adopted by many major global lighting companies. The compact cooling modules address all of the constraints currently hindering the development of LED lighting: effective heat dissipation, small form factor and reliability.

There are some benefits in applying synthetic-jet technology. This technology makes it possible to remove more heat with less air without having additional air to be drawn in as conventional jets. Heat sinks can be up to two-thirds smaller and lighter, therefore reducing the size of the light engine and making retrofitting more viable, while still maintaining the lumen output necessary for the light to be effective. Synthetic jets are 50% more thermally efficient in removing heat from the source compared to laminar flow normally associated with active cooling.

The synthetic jet form factor lends itself to the design of any LED lighting fixture: retrofit, outdoor lighting, retail, industrial lighting, etc. Synthetic jets have the unique ability to bend airflow in ways that are nearly impossible with traditional air movers, allowing unique designs.

The form factor of the synthetic jet also lends itself to durability, which is essential in ensuring the long life of the LED light. The modules contain frictionless moving parts which make them reliable, long lasting, resistant to dust and particle contamination and virtually silent.