Veeco: welcome to SGL Double Happiness won a preliminary injunction, in cooperation with ALLOS

Yesterday (2 days), metal organic chemical vapor deposition system (MOCVD) equipment maker Viiko (Veeco) announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York agreed to Veeco company for SGL Carbon LLC (SGL), a preliminary injunction request, the company is in the micro Semiconductor Equipment Co. Ltd. (AMEC) wafer bearing for suppliers. The ban on the sale of SGL for Veeco uses patented technology of base metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) wafer carrier, including wafer loader design for AMEC MOCVD system.

Veeco chairman and chief executive officer John R. Peeler said: "this ruling affirmed the Veeco intellectual property and global patent portfolio strength. Veeco pay close attention to the work of intellectual property rights, and resolutely safeguard its major investment in research and development, including in the United States, Europe and Asia's patent, especially in Chinese."

The decision immediately, to prohibit the wafer carrier SGL has not been expressly authorized in the case of Veeco shipments by Veeco technology. This also means that the ban SGL for all AMEC MOCVD wafer carrier system. The court also ruled that although SGL has the opposite argument, Veeco, "Veeco patent MOCVD wafer carrier base by reactor claimed SGL infringement and the patent effective" recognized the possibility of a large. SGL has argued that the wafer carrier is based on AMEC specifications. This ruling shows that AMEC Veeco does not respect intellectual property rights. In a patent case, preliminary injunction is rare, because before the judgment of patent infringement in the jury issued a ban has very strict legal requirements. Therefore, this ruling shows clearly the nature of SGL and AMEC Veeco of intellectual property infringement.

Veeco in April 12, 2017 a federal court in the Eastern District of New York on SGL Carbon, LLC SGL and Carbon SE launched a patent infringement lawsuit. SGL for the production of wafer carrier free base MOCVD system. In addition to the temporary ban, Veeco is seeking a permanent injunction and economic compensation.

In addition, the company announced in November 1st Veeco and ALLOS Semiconductors (ALLOS) reached a strategic move, showing the 200mm Gan silicon wafer with blue / green micro-LED production. Viiko and ALLOS cooperation will be the exclusive extension of technology transfer to Propel single wafer MOCVD system, so as to realize the production of micro-LED in the existing silicon production line.

"Using the Propel reaction chamber, we have a MOCVD technology, this technology can realize the GaN extension of high yield, meet all the requirements in 200 mm silicon production line of micro-LED devices, ALLOS Semiconductor CEO Burkhard Slischka said.

"Less than a month we have on the Propel of our technique was verified, and obtained without cracks and molten wafer warpage, less than 30 microns, high crystal quality, excellent uniformity of thickness uniformity is less than 1 nm wavelength. With the Veeco ALLOS together, looking forward to the technology in the micro-LED industry for promotion."

Micro-LED display technology from <30x30 square microns in red, green and blue (RGB) LED inorganic composition, the LED is converted to display backplane to form sub pixel. With the organic LED (OLED) and liquid crystal display (LCD) compared to the efficient LED emission and lower power consumption, can display, mobile TV and wearable computer provides excellent brightness and contrast. Micro-LED epitaxial wafer manufacturing requirements, uniform quality, to meet the display output and cost control requirements.

"Compared with the competitors of the MOCVD platform, Veeco TurboDisc technology the process window is bigger, so the Propel can offer first-class uniformity while film quality," general manager Viiko senior vice president MOCVD Peo said Dr. Hansson operation. "Veeco leading MOCVD professional technology and ALLOS Gan silicon epitaxial wafer technology combine to make our customers to develop a low cost micro-LED, in order to open up new applications in new markets." (compiled: LEDinside Nicole)

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