The Edge-X™ revolution is here
Bringing an unprecedented level of optical control to luminaires – what the Solid-State Lighting industry has been waiting for.
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All-in-one optical engine
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QuarkStar has developed a completely new set of optical SSL technologies. One of them is an award-winning optical modular engine we call Edge-X. Its goal - simplify and expand what is possible in the SSL industry. Edge-X is truly something never seen before.
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What does revolutionary look like in an application?
An example of what Edge-X can do in a wall wash application
To see it in action in the real world:
Edge-X™ technologies offers
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Better Uniformity
No more eye strain and hotspots with Edge-X luminaires. Modular Optics
Endless possible light distributions with the modular extractor optic. Increasing Comfort
Reduce glare by casting light precisely were it is needed. |
Small Footprint
Luminaires have less materials, simpler installations, and reduced overall costs. Inherent Color Mixing
Internal to the fixture color mixing for each luminaire with Edge-X optical engines. Reimagined Distributions
Reaching places luminaries simply could not do before. |
Read on for details
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How does Edge-X work?
Edge-X consist of three optical stages.
Injection. Mixing. Extraction. |
LED injection
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Edge-X optical engines are equipped with specialized collecting optics placed in front of each LED. Tailored to photon collection and based on the high performance compound parabolic collectors (CPCs) in the solar industry, this array of precision engineered optics is the key to reaching unmatched optical efficiencies.
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Mix it up
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The light entering the waveguides is then shaped through Total Internal Reflectance (TIR). Not only does this ensure LED color mixing, but the end result is a uniform line of workable light, a virtual filament, ready to be utilized by our wide range of output optics.
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Flexible Light Distributions
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After the light is extracted, guided, and thoroughly mixed, the light needs to be shaped. This final shaping is where our extractor optic comes in. It's a customizable modular optic. The diverse array of extractor optics allow for a endless possible distributions by Edge-X optical engines.
One optical assembly, many distribution possibilities.
This means easier designs, simpler manufacturing, and lower costs. |
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Edge-X Optical Engines
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QuarkStar has developed many different optical engines for LED fixtures using different edge extractor optics.
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Asymmetrical
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Symmetrical
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Downlight
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Specialized
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Not only can these optical engines be integrated into all sorts of fixture designs including radically new shapes, but they provide the same unprecedented performance for each one - even enabling new capabilities, such as an indirect lighting component for traditional downlight applications.
Ring downlight replacement
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Ring downlight replacement with both indirect and direct components
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"Trendant" fixture with
indirect-direct components avoiding glare zones |
Edge-X™ Market Potential
General lighting and beyond:
General Lighting – Horticulture – Automotive – IoT Integration – Healthcare
General Lighting – Horticulture – Automotive – IoT Integration – Healthcare
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Edge-X technologies are designed to cover a diverse range of markets.
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Edge-X is
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Better performance
Better economics Simply better SSL tech Performance without the cost |
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Performance
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Economics
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Better uniformity
No more eye strain and hotspots with Edge-X powered fixtures. Edge-X extractor optics distributes a uniform light that completely fills a wide range of rooms, greatly simplifying installations.
Remarkable uniformity tailored for any space.
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QuarkStar
Award-Winning Competitor
using traditional optics Pendant fixture comparison.
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Comfort, Not glare!
Edge-X optical engines dramatically increase eye comfort by providing the world's best uniformity of lighting, AND reducing unwanted glare.
Cast light exactly where it is needed, greatly reducing chances for direct glare. |
Reimagined distributions
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Edge-X opens the door for a wide range of possible distributions, from traditional distributions to distributions that reach places traditional luminaires simply could not before.
Every photon is where they need to be with Edge-X. |
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Best-in-class efficacy
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By capturing every photon possible right from the LED and then optically casting them exactly where they need to be, no light is wasted.
And by having an optical path with the highest optical efficiency, you are guaranteed to have best-in-class efficacies when using comparable LEDs. |
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Spectral Tuning & Color Mixing
Edge-X™ is the first commercial lighting technology that can produce perfectly mixed color right out of the beam-shaping optic. This near field mixing means no more worrying about how far a surface needs to be away to get perfectly mixed light, or even an LED's color shift over angle.
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Smaller Size
Lower cost 
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Smaller means easier and better integration with the built environment. Smaller means less materials cost.
Smaller means cheaper transportation, storage, and installation logistics. Smaller means whole new application spaces can be addressed.
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Modular optics
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1. Office pendant (direct/indirect)
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2. Troffer
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3. Trendant
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Reliability and future proofing
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Based on well established optical physics, Edge-X can be produced by current well understood manufacturing methods.
Yet it is adaptable and scalable to the future of LEDs and other solid-state sources such as laser diodes. In fact, it is uniquely suited to take advantage of such high intensity sources. As LEDs evolve so can Edge-X, taking continuous advantage of future benefits. |
Edge-X Technologies
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With these combined features, not only does Edge-X performance dominate current applications but creates whole new ones...
For the present as well as the future. |
The Edge-X Heritage
QuarkStar is a hybrid of the early HP and Philips Lighting traditions in LED development and solid-state lighting. Senior members of the pioneering LED teams from both companies joined QuarkStar early on, along with their proteges and next generation leading scientists and engineers. They became the QuarkStar LITE (Lighting Innovation Technology and Engineering team).
The core of QuarkStar’s revolutionary insights and developments is based around their original concepts of Advanced Filaments™ as the key for transforming the LED's high-intensity point source of light into a low-glare source uniquely capable of sculpting light in space. The fixture-scale Edge-X technology featured here is one example – being an Edge-Coupled Edge-Extractor Virtual Filament, something never before seen in lighting. It is also a superb example of the aforementioned creative hybridizaton: for it was the brainchild of two of these next generation SSL innovators ... Ingo Speier coming from a Philips background and Bob Gardner from HP. They and many other team members then developed it into the amazing technology that it has become, supported by more than 150 granted patents around the world. And being part of an integrated multi-scale system the Edge-X technology is complementary to and synergetic with QuarkStar's other Advanced Filament™ technologies – Virtual, Asymmetric, and Remote.
The core of QuarkStar’s revolutionary insights and developments is based around their original concepts of Advanced Filaments™ as the key for transforming the LED's high-intensity point source of light into a low-glare source uniquely capable of sculpting light in space. The fixture-scale Edge-X technology featured here is one example – being an Edge-Coupled Edge-Extractor Virtual Filament, something never before seen in lighting. It is also a superb example of the aforementioned creative hybridizaton: for it was the brainchild of two of these next generation SSL innovators ... Ingo Speier coming from a Philips background and Bob Gardner from HP. They and many other team members then developed it into the amazing technology that it has become, supported by more than 150 granted patents around the world. And being part of an integrated multi-scale system the Edge-X technology is complementary to and synergetic with QuarkStar's other Advanced Filament™ technologies – Virtual, Asymmetric, and Remote.
With MUCH MORE to come...
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