The energy efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is expected to equal the most efficient white light sources by 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, D.C. However, a new solid-state lighting (SSL) solution from Toronto-based Remco Solid State Lighting is striving to make this objective a reality sooner rather than later. Spurred to action by the Blackout of 2003 and influenced by advances in LED technology, Ron Russell, Remco's chief technology officer and inventor of the company's offline 120VAC mains-operated SSL light engine, spent more than four years developing the technology and resulting LED-based streetlight. According to the company, the SSL light engine technology achieves maximum power efficiency of up to 98% using a high-voltage low-current LED array this is coupled to a proprietary thermal management system and driven by a power control system in which the LED array bootstraps its own power level. The technology reduces the power supply/driver electronics part count, enabling low-profile, fully integrated SSL luminaire designs.
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机译：根据华盛顿特区的美国能源部（DOE）的数据，到2010年，发光二极管（LED）的能源效率有望与最高效的白光源相等。但是，新的固态照明（SSL）解决方案来自多伦多的Remco Solid State Lighting致力于尽早实现这一目标。雷姆科首席技术官，离线120VAC主电源SSL光引擎的发明者罗恩·罗素（Ron Russell）受2003年停电的影响而行动，该公司花了四年多的时间开发该技术并最终开发出基于LED的产品路灯。据该公司称，SSL光引擎技术使用高压低电流LED阵列可实现高达98％的最大功率效率，该技术与专有的热管理系统耦合，并由功率控制系统驱动，其中LED阵列引导自己的功率水平。该技术减少了电源/驱动器电子部件的数量，从而实现了薄型，完全集成的SSL灯具设计。
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