Cirrus Logic CS161X LED Driver IC. (Photo: Business Wire)

Sixth graph, third sentence should read: Cirrus Logic’s CS161X performed near flawlessly across the test’s metrics, achieving 98 percent compatibility (sted achieving 97 percent compatibility).

Cirrus Logic CS161X LED Driver IC. (Photo: Business Wire)

The corrected release reads:

CIRRUS LOGIC ENTERS LED LIGHTING MARKET WITH DIGITAL CONTROLLER DELIVERING NEAR 100 PERCENT TRIAC DIMMER COMPATIBILITY

In Volume Production Today with Tier-1 Lighting Company, CS161X Family of LED Driver ICs Uses New TruDim Technology to Help Speed Worldwide Adoption of LEDs

Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) is entering the emerging high-growth LED lighting market with a digital LED controller that directly solves dimmer compatibility issues that have been a major barrier to consumer adoption of LED retrofit bulbs. Featuring Cirrus Logic’s new digital TruDim™ technology, the CS161X controller family has been tested to provide near 100 percent compatibility with a wide array of dimmers representing the vast majority of the installed base worldwide. The CS161X is already in high volume production with a tier-1 lighting company. Cirrus Logic expects to ship between 5-10 million LED controllers during calendar year 2012.

LED retrofit bulbs are considered by many as the heir apparent to incandescent and compact fluorescent lamps, due to their superior energy efficiency and long life. Key barriers to mass adoption have been higher cost and, like compact fluorescents, poor dimmer compatibility. None of the LED bulbs available today, which are primarily based on analog controllers, provide consumers broad compatibility with the wide variety of dimmers installed within residences, retailers and businesses. Dimmer incompatibly problems, which include bulbs that produce flickering or flashing light or the inability to turn on or off, are a leading cause for high rate of return by consumers.

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