Engineering, Production & Testing

Products, Materials + Tools | Jan 21, 2011
KLA-Tencor Launches New Inspection and Analysis Systems: CANDELA® 8620 HB-LED Inspection System, ICOS® WI-2220 LED Wafer Inspector & KLARITY® LED Defect Analysis System
Today, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC), the world’s leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, introduced its new Candela® 8620 substrate and epitaxy (epi) wafer inspection system. In addition, KLA-Tencor introduces broad portfolio of process control solutions designed to improve productivity of LED device fabs. KLARITY LED offers automated defect analysis for LED yield enhancement and rapid time to results, while ICOS WI-2220 provides low cost of ownership to support LED industry cost per lumen goals. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jan 26, 2011
New 12-Inch Sapphire Wafers for High Quality Lighting and Consumer Electronics Industries
New 12-Inch Sapphire Wafers for High Quality Lighting and Consumer Electronics Industries Rubicon Technology, Inc., a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, Semiconductor, and Optical industries, today announced the production of 12-inch polished wafers, the largest high-quality, sapphire wafer ready for production of LEDs (light emitting diodes). Rubicon now offers a complete range of high quality sapphire substrates including two-, three- and four- inch core, and six-, eight- and 12-inch wafers. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Feb 09, 2011
Veeco Introduces MaxBright MOCVD Multi-Reactor System
Veeco Introduces MaxBright MOCVD Multi-Reactor System Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today the introduction of the TurboDisc(R) MaxBright(TM) Gallium Nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Multi-Reactor System for production of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB LEDs). MaxBright has already been accepted by a leading LED manufacturer and Veeco is currently shipping MaxBright systems to additional top manufacturers in Korea, Taiwan and China. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Feb 10, 2011
Tower Automatic Storage System Increases the Flexibility of Production
Tower Automatic Storage System Increases the Flexibility of Production Variosystems, the international electronics manufacturing subcontractor, manages thousands of components for its customers and assembly jobs. Until recently the component storage has required big efforts. Today, the Tower automatic storage system from Essemtec simplifies logistics and increases the flexibility of the production. Component reels and trays can now be stored locally in production. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Feb 16, 2011
Labsphere Introduces New LED Measurement Systems
Labsphere Introduces New LED Measurement Systems Labsphere announces its new XSLMS series light measurement systems which features extended dynamic range for different wavelength ranges and a broad variety of interchangeable light measurement accessories. NIST traceable total spectral flux standards enable simple in-house system recalibration and verification of the system. Spheres with diameters from 10 inch to 3m with a nearly perfect Lambertian reflection of 98% are available. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Feb 23, 2011
EV Group Expands Portfolio of Products to Address Fast-Growing HB-LED Market With Launch of EVG620HBL Mask Alignment System
EV Group Expands Portfolio of Products to Address Fast-Growing HB-LED Market With Launch of EVG620HBL Mask Alignment System EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, announced the latest addition to its portfolio of products created to optimize the manufacture of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs), compound semiconductors and power electronics. The new EVG620HBL fully automated mask alignment system builds on EVG's field-proven mask aligner platform, adding a high-intensity ultraviolet (UV) light source and five cassette stations – significantly more than competitive offerings – to enable continuous fabrication of devices. As a result, the EVG620HBL delivers unparalleled throughput of up to 165 six-inch wafers per hour (up to 220 wafers per hour in first print mode) with the industry's highest alignment accuracy and yield. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Mar 03, 2011
Nordson ASYMTEK Fluid Dispensers Jet Precisely into Narrow Cavities To Improve Side-View LED Manufacturing Process
Nordson ASYMTEK Fluid Dispensers Jet Precisely into Narrow Cavities To Improve Side-View LED Manufacturing Process Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, introduces jet dispensing for manufacturing side-view LEDs. The system jets 0.1 to 0.2 mm dots through windows as small as 0.4 mm into the LED cavities. Side-view LEDs illuminate the displays in devices such as tablet computers, smart phones, and e-readers. Nordson ASYMTEK's Spectrum™ S-920N jetting system automatically maintains a consistent shot weight with software-managed dispense parameters. Closed-loop dispensing eliminates the need for time-consuming operator adjustment. Unlike other multi-headed needle dispensing systems, Nordson ASYMTEK's system is easier to set up and maintain in production, keeping your process under machine control. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Apr 01, 2011
Essemtec Builds Production Line for LED Tubular Lamp
Essemtec Builds Production Line for LED Tubular Lamp Until recently LED TL-tubes, a replacement for fluorescent lamps, had to be manufactured in a lavish modular design. In the future, using the new LED assembly line with a large-area printer from Essemtec, PCBs for such lamps can be manufactured fully automatically in a single, cost-efficient production run. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Apr 28, 2011
New Automation Platform Delivers Uninterrupted LED Production
New Automation Platform Delivers Uninterrupted LED Production J P Sercel Associates (JPSA), a world leader in innovative laser micromachining systems and automation technology, announces worldwide shipments of its new Integrated Automation Platform (IAP) to semiconductor and LED manufacturers. The IAP is a high volume production robot dedicated to providing uninterrupted processing of wafers, which lowers LED manufacturing costs. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | May 03, 2011
Instrument Systems Launches Large Integrating Sphere for Testing SSL Light Sources
Instrument Systems Launches Large Integrating Sphere for Testing SSL Light Sources The ISP 2000 from Instrument Systems is the latest pioneering development launched by the leading manufacturer of light measurement systems worldwide. This integrating sphere has been specifically designed with a diameter of 1.9 meters to facilitate precise measurement of total radiant power and luminous flux at lamps, luminaires and large LED modules. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jun 18, 2011
Thermal Technology’s K1 Produces China’s Largest Commercial-Grade Sapphire Crystal for LEDs
Thermal Technology’s Model K1 sapphire crystal grower was utilized by Hefei Crystalbridge Optoelectronic Materials Co. Ltd. to produce China’s first commercial grade sapphire crystal of nearly 100kg. Crystalbridge estimates these crystals will yield 4,000mm of “two inch equivalent” (TIE) rods, or about 5,700 high quality 2-inch substrates. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 11, 2011
USHIO Announces Debut of Two New UX4-LEDs Series Models at Semicon West 2011
USHIO Announces Debut of Two New UX4-LEDs Series Models at Semicon West 2011 USHIO INC., today announced that the company has started shipping the world’s first 200-mm wafer full-field projection lithography tool “UX4-LEDs FFPL 200” for manufacturing High-Brightness LED chips, and has completed development of the laser lift-off system “UX4-LEDs LLO 150” for volume manufacturing of vertical-structure LED chips. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Aug 03, 2011
Kyma Introduces n+ Bulk GaN Substrate Product Line
Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, is pleased to announce the release of their n+ c-plane bulk GaN substrate product line. Read more »
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