Wafer production for more efficient LEDs

Kubos Semiconductors正在开发一种令人兴奋的新材料技术，有望彻底改变发光二极管（LED）。这种独特的专利材料最初是从剑桥大学剥离出来的，基于氮化镓（GaN）的立方晶体形式，成功地解决了“绿色差距”，这是一个低效的绿色LED的问题，该行业在过去十年中花费了巨大的费用，但收效甚微。此外，这项技术还可能改变用于全彩显示器的microLED的游戏规则。立方GaN从未在商业环境中的标准制造设备上制造过，而Kubos拥有独特的IP，使这一突破性的技术开发成为可能。该项目的目标是将生产从我们目前的开发扩展到全150 mm直径的晶圆。在过去的4年中，Kubos开发了这种技术，即GaN-GaN，它消除了提供高效绿色LED的障碍，因此将使下一代照明和显示成为可能。据估计，Kubos的技术仅在照明方面就可以节省高达5.77亿吨二氧化碳当量（在5年内），并为消费者降低电力成本，比现有的固态照明降低约20-40%。

Kubos Semiconductors is developing an exciting new material technology that is poised to revolutionise light emitting diodes (LEDs). Originally spun out of the University of Cambridge and based on the cubic crystalline form of Gallium Nitride (GaN), this unique and patented material successfully addresses the "green gap", a problem with inefficient green LEDs that the industry has wrestled with at huge expense and to little effect for the last decade. In addition, this technology could also be a game-changer for microLEDs for full colour displays.Cubic GaN has never been manufactured on standard manufacturing equipment in a commercial environment and Kubos holds the unique IP that makes this ground-breaking technological development possible.The aim of this project is to scale the production from our current development to full 150mm diameter wafers. These wafer sizes are required for customers to process into LEDs on their standard production lines.Over the past 4 years Kubos has developed this technology, cubic-GaN, which removes the roadblocks to delivering efficient green LEDs and will therefore enable the next generation in lighting and display. Estimates suggest Kubos' technology could save up to 577mtCO2e in lighting alone (over a 5-year period) and reduce electricity costs for consumers, by approximately 20-40% over existing solid-state lighting.