Plessey Semiconductors has announced that it will be leading a £1.3million government funded project in conjunction with AIXTRON Ltd and Bruker Nano Surfaces Division. Plessey claims this project will accelerate high volume manufacturing of its LEDs created with GaN-on-Silicon technology.
The department for Business, Innovation and Skills launched the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) to improve the global competitiveness of UK advanced manufacturing and supply chains as well as to encourage major suppliers to locate in the UK. Through the AMSCI funding twenty supply chain projects from across the country will profit from a total of £67m of government investment. There is £109m being invested in the same projects by industry.
"This project supports the work we have ongoing with AIXTRON and Bruker to further increase the yield of our GaN-on-Silicon process," Dr. Keith Strickland, Plessey cto, said. "These improvements are required as part of our move to 200mm silicon substrates.
"A 200mm wafer has almost twice the usable area of our existing 150mm wafers and therefore will almost double the number of LEDs produced for the same relative cost."
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Tom Austin-Morgan
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk