Date: 25/07/2012

Toshiba to mass produce white LEDs from Kaga factory from October 2012

Toshiba Corporation said it will mass produce white LEDs from October 2012 on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corporation.

Toshiba said it is applying GaN-on-Silicon technology to the development of white LEDs, and has collaborated with Bridgelux Inc. in white LED chip development since January 2012. The combination of Bridgelux's crystal growth and LED chip structure and Toshiba's advanced silicon process and manufacturing technology is used to develop a LED with optical output of 614mW.