Yangzhou Longyao adds more Aixtron Crius MOCVD tools for HB GaN LEDs
Source/Type:  LIGHTimes Online - News - Staff reports

Author: LIGHTimes News Staff

August 13, 2010... Aixtron of Aachen, Germany reports that Yangzhou Longyao of China has placed a substantial order for multiple additional MOCVD tools. Yangzhou Longyao, a LED manufacturing company in Yangzhou, PR China is a subsidiary of Rainbow Optoelectronics Material Shanghai Co. Ltd., China, a long time customer of Aixtron MOCVD equipment.

At the end of 2009 Yangzhou Longyao placed the order for further Crius epitaxial growth reactors. Aixtron will deliver the systems in a 31x2-inch wafer configuration. The systems will be commissioned at the company's facility in the course of the third and fourth quarters of 2010. Rainbow Optoelectronics' project called Deo Light, benefits from the cooperation of professor Shuji Nakamura's laboratory. Aixtron has reportedly been chosen to be the exclusive MOCVD equipment supplier for the project, which focuses on technical development of blue, green, and white LEDs, and blue lasers.

Dr. Alan Li, General Manager of Yangzhou Longyao commented, "The order was placed with Aixtron as they will be continuing to help with our forthcoming capacity increase. In only a couple of years we have seen great acceptance for our range of HB GaN LED epiwafer products, so now we quickly have to ramp up more production in order to meet demand. We will surely have one of the largest and most capable GaN high brightness LED capacity facilities in China when these new tools are up and running."

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