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“Our facility in Malaysia further increases our ability to deliver large diameter sapphire wafers in large volumes to customers worldwide,” said Raja Parvez, Rubicon President and CEO. “I am very pleased with the progress we have made in the establishing this state-of-the-art facility and am proud of the work our team has done in implementing the same world class systems we maintain in our U.S. operations.”
Market research firm iSuppli expects the global LED market to nearly double to nearly $14.3bn by 2013, driven by the penetration of LEDs into the general illumination market including light bulbs. LEDs are a popular option for backlighting screens from HDTVs, traffic lights and large displays as well as in a broad range of popular consumer devices including tablets, notebooks, laptops, mobile phones, navigation devices, digital music players, digital photo frames, digital cameras and keypads. LED use in general lighting applications is also increasing significantly, particularly in applications like street lighting, industrial lighting and architectural lighting.
Parvez continued, “The ability of our new Malaysia operation to fabricate larger diameter high quality, polished wafers perfectly complements our existing large diameter crystal growth capability and makes Rubicon the world’s leading vertically integrated provider of large diameter sapphire substrates. The location and capabilities of our manufacturing facilities around the globe minimizes the risk of business interruption while lowering cost and providing proximity to our valued Asian customers.”
Crystal IS appoints leading entrepreneur to Board of Directors
With this step, the firm intends to speed up commercialisation of its aluminium nitride substrate based ultraviolet (UV) LEDs.
Crystal IS has appointed Kevin J. Knopp to its Board of Directors. Most recently Knopp served as Vice-President for Thermo Fisher Scientific in its Portable Optical Analysis Business Unit.
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innovative technology, particularly in the compound semiconductor industry, we are fortunate to have his counsel and recommendations as we begin delivering UVC LED’s to market on a global basis,” commented Nicholas Wood, Chairman of Crystal IS. “We expect our products to significantly impact the landscape of water, air, and surface disinfection technology, bringing about much-needed change for the world. Today we are working with large global customers to integrate our technology into their designs.“
Knopp has held numerous roles from R&D to sales and operations leadership in his career. Most recently he co-founded Ahura Scientific in 2002 and was responsible for engineering, government research, operations, and the safety & security business vertical. He then transitioned to business leader for one of Thermo Fisher’s global business units once Ahura was acquired by them.
Previously, Knopp was the manager of vertical- cavity laser development at CoreTek, which was acquired by Nortel Networks for $1.4B in 2000. He has more than 15 US patents and his products have received R&D 100, Business Week IDEA, GSN, CPhI Gold, Cygnus, and Frost & Sullivan awards. Knopp received a B.S.E.E from Boston University, M.S.E.E, and Ph.D degrees in Optics from the University of Colorado.
“The team at Crystal IS are in a unique position just now,” commented Knopp. “They have proven to be the technology benchmark in the emerging space of UVC LED’s. Now they need to bring the business into full realisation with clear and focused customer strategies and selective partnerships that will change the game and multiply the possibilities for the world. I look forward to being an integral part of that.”
Miami miniaturises LED lighting
Using indium gallium nitride on a silicon substrate, novel etching, layout and thermal management strategies, researchers have produced much smaller and lower temperature LEDs than current LEDs using the same electrical power.
University of Miami professor at the College of
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