TDI Wins $600K To Boost Production of GaN Substrates for SSL
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Author: LIGHTimes News Staff

February 25, 2010... Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group announced that it has been awarded $600,000 by the Maryland Energy Administration. The U.S. Department of Energy has identified the development of free-standing GaN substrates and their manufacture by HVPE as key technologies to enable reduced LED manufacturing costs with improved LED performance.

TDI’s proprietary Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) technology has allowed it to develop CrystalFlex, a prototype high-volume, industrial-scale manufacturing machine for free-standing Gallium Nitride (GaN) materials. TDI collaborators include the University of Maryland and other U.S. researchers and manufacturers. TDI News Release

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