Oriol launches Gigabright series of InGaN-based blue LEDs
"Since the current best-in-class competitors can only offer 3.5 candela typical ratings in production, these metrics firmly place Oriol in a brightness leadership position within the highly competitive HB-LED arena," claims Oriol s President, Burt Lancaster. He continued, "In addition, some LED die makers have been developing products that require special handling, while Oriol die can be packaged using traditional die-mount equipment and processes."
The family of die is based on Oriol s proprietary GaN chip design process, which is effective in generating a wide output spectrum ranging from UV through blue, green, and white. Increasing brightness in this spectrum, along with low cost and high efficiency, are the keys to expanding the currently available applications. This initial product in the Gigabright line is the result of two years of development at Oriol and takes advantage of several of the company s thirteen US patents currently pending.
Oriol s Gigabright die features several unique, patent-pending layers of reflective metals combined with a sapphire substrate to maximize the light extraction efficiency of the device. Production volumes of die are now available. Applications for the new products include mobile phone backlights, specialty lighting and electronic signs.
Located in Santa Clara, CA, Oriol s corporate headquarters is equipped with a state-of-the-art wafer fab, including MOCVD reactors and a complete line of die fabrication and test equipment. The company claims to have the capacity to produce 17 million die per month. Established in 2000, Oriol is now in phase one of research, development, and manufacturing of InGaN-based LEDs. Phase two, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2002, will require a larger facility to produce existing and newly developed Oriol products for the global market.
Tom Jory
Oriol, Inc.
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