Veeco
Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that LG Innotek Co., Inc.,
a global leader and technology innovator in electronic components, has ordered
an additional four TurboDisc® K465™ gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic
Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to make high brightness light emitting
diodes (HB-LEDs). The orders were received in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Dr. Steve (Tchanghun) Oh, Vice President in charge of LED technology at LG
Innotek, commented, “We are very impressed with the level of support and
collaboration from Veeco in helping us to improve our cost of ownership. Veeco’s
MOCVD tools enable a smooth transition to larger wafer sizes offering a longer
capital life along with a proven advantage in productivity. These were all major
factors in our decision to add more Veeco MOCVD systems to our HB-LED production
line.”
Bill Miller, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, General Manager of Veeco's MOCVD
Operations commented, “We are pleased to be helping LG Innotek meet their
production demands for HB-LEDs for television backlighting applications. The
K465 has been designed to help customers seamlessly transition to larger wafer
sizes, a critical benefit to our customers as they advance LED technology.”
Veeco’s TurboDisc K465 GaN MOCVD System is the only production-proven,
fully automated MOCVD platform available on the market today. The "K-Series"
MOCVD platform includes the K300 and K465 models, offering a modular, upgradeable
path to a higher throughput, larger diameter reactor chamber and reduced cost
of ownership.