LED backlight improves OIPT plasma etching equipment sales

Oxford instruments outlook next year, an important etching system, which is the first time for 6 inch substrate equipment, the first launch of its HVPE devices. Although the cost of LED manufacturers in Asia fell elsewhere, but they continue to buy Oxford instruments plasma etching equipment.

The OIPT plasma device can be used to etch sapphire substrates and help the substrate to generate patterned features prior to GaN deposition. Once the deposition is complete, the device can also be etched on sapphire.

Oxford instruments Plasmalab System133 ICP380 plasma etching equipment, even in the current economic environment, still pushing the total sales of OIPT reached a record high.

Last month, OIPT agreed to deliver three sets of ICP380 systems, which is a milestone in the transaction, which represents the interests of LED manufacturers continue to heat up the technology. Next year, in the UK's Yatton plant, OIPT will be "an important HB-LED manufacturer" assembled 15 sets of equipment. The company's sales director, Mark Vosloo, said, we have submitted a letter of intent on the fourth sets of systems, the program hopes to progress quickly. "OIPT believes that in the next 9-12 months, the company mentioned above will order the rest of the equipment, it is used to produce LED backlight LCD display (BLU), such as computer, TV for thinner and more efficient solid state lighting.

In Asia, ICP380 customers can get a high level of technical support and services, equipment processing capacity, size and yield to attract customers. Driven by solid state LCD backlight lighting, in the past year, OIPT's plasma system order is unprecedented, only in October sold 20 sets. The etching system can now be applied to 2 inch, 4 inch and 6 inch substrates.

For example, in April of this year, OIPT acquired the U.S. Technologies and International Devices, the main purpose is to develop the other side of the HVPE technology, early next year, OIPT hopes to start selling HVPE devices. In their latest quarterly report, the world's largest suppliers of AIXTRON MOCVD device and ranked second in the Veeco company said equipment orders fell significantly, the reason is that a series of important orders of Asian LED manufacturers for the BLU market in the loss, now these companies are using their own systems to increase production.