Cree leads the LED lighting revolution and is making energy wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree first brought the blue LED to market in 1989, and today Cree’s XLamp LEDs have continually exceeded industry standards for brightness and efficiency. Indeed, XLamp LEDs were the first “lighting class” LEDs, LEDS bright enough to be used in general illumination applications such as desk lamps, ceiling fixtures and street lights. In addition, Cree’s extensive line of high brightness LEDs are also introducing new performance levels to outdoor video displays and decorative lighting.
Cree Inc. is a market leading innovator of lighting class LEDs and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications. With more than 4,000 patents, Cree remains the driving force behind the innovative high power LEDs that have redefined lighting to significantly improve overall lighting system value for applications such as street, outdoor area, stadium, retail spot and high bay lighting. Cree’s products are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, electronic signs and signals, power supplies and inverters.
Cree Inc. provides lighting class light emitting diode (LED) and semiconductor products for power and radio frequency (RF) applications in the United States, China, Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Wolfspeed and LED Products. The Wolfspeed segment offers silicon carbide (SiC) materials for RF, power switching, gemstones, and other applications. It also provides SiC power device products, including SiC Schottky diodes, metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), power modules, and gate driver boards for electric vehicles, including charging infrastructure, server power supplies, solar inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, industrial power supplies, and other applications. In addition, this segment offers gallium nitride (GaN) die, high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), and laterally diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) power transistors for telecommunications infrastructure, military, and other commercial applications; and custom die manufacturing services for GaN HEMTs and MMICs. The LED Products segment provides blue and green LED chip products for video screens, gaming displays, function indicator lights and automotive backlights, headlamps, and directional indicators. It also offers XLamp LED components and LED modules for lighting applications; and surface mount and through hole packaged LED products for video, signage, general illumination, transportation, gaming, and specialty lighting applications. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
