Date: 17/12/2012

Toshiba to start selling Gallium nitride LEDs built on cheaper 200mm silicon wafers

Discrete power semiconductor device expert Toshiba Corporation to start sales of white light-emitting diode (LED) packages that offer makers of general purpose and industrial LED lighting solutions a cost-competitive alternative to current LED packages. Mass production will start this month.

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Toshiba explains production of LED chips is typically done on 2- to 4-inch wafers with an expensive sapphire substrate. Toshiba and Bridgelux, Inc. have developed a process for manufacturing gallium nitride LEDs on 200mm silicon wafers, which Toshiba has brought to a new production line at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corporation, a discrete products manufacturing facility in northern Japan. Mass production of packages using the new line's output starts this month.

Product Outline
Product name: TL1F1 series (1W)
Size: 6.4 mm (L) x 5.0 mm (W) x 1.35 mm (H)
Light flux: 112 lm (at 350mA)
Mass Production start: December 2012
Production capability (planned): 10,000,000 units per month