| At the Semicon West trade show, ESI announced a scribing system that maximizes LED light output, a packaging system that utilizes a laser to drill vias in the die, and a tester than can handle 48,000 LEDs per hour.
ESI has announced three new manufacturing-centric systems for the back end of the LED manufacturing process, and all three promise benefits for brighter, more-consistent solid-state lighting (SSL). The new products are the AccuScribe 2600 scribing system used in the wafer dicing process, the Model 5390 laser-based machining system used in packaging, and the Model 3800 tester that can automatically bin packaged LEDs.
ESI CEO Nick Konidaris noted the potential of the SSL market as a motivating factor for the development of the new manufacturing tools. Konidaris said, |
