Recently, AIXTRON AG announced an order received in the second quarter 2008 for an MOCVD system from a new customer, Yangzhou Zhongke Semiconductor Lighting Center Co. Ltd.
The Close Coupled Showerhead CRIUS system with 31x2" wafer configuration was delivered to Yangzhou Zhongke’s state of the art facility in the Yangzhou High-Tech Venture Services Center, PR China in the fourth quarter 2008. Its application will be for the development and volume production of UHB blue/green LEDs.
Yangzhou Zhongke is a start-up company, building on the R&D achievements of the Institute of Semiconductors of Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS). CEO of Yangzhou Zhongke, Dr. Guohong Wang said their goal is to promote the LED-based solid-state lighting industry in China. They have long-time familiarity with AIXTRON MOCVD systems such as the AIX 200 and AIX 2400G3 15x2" AlInGaP system used for diode laser applications at ISCAS and regard them as second to none in all round utility for optoelectronic structure fabrication. The CRIUS has set the standard for UHB GaN LED production and we keenly anticipate its rapid commissioning.
CTO of Yanghzhou Zhongke, Prof. Yiping Zhen noted that their plan is ambitious, they want to develop as rapidly as possible a top class solid-state lighting technology. They believe they can achieve this with equipment and service of the high quality they can rely on AIXTRON to deliver.
