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3 November 2009

 

Obducat joins SMASH

Obducat AB of Malmö, Sweden, which supplies systems based on nano-imprint lithography (NIL) and electron-beam lithography, has been invited to participate in ‘SMASH’, a project funded by the European Union within its Seventh Framework Program (FP 7). The purpose of the three-year, €11.5m project is to establish new materials and process technologies for use in the production of low-cost, power-efficient, white LED-light sources for the general lighting market. 

The project is coordinated by Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany and gathers complementary expertise from across Europe. Participants include 14 partners from large firms, small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), research institutions and universities with an established track record of productive collaborations.

“Our main focus within the SMASH project will be on stamp manufacturing and replication of nanostructures based on our proprietary IPS-STU nanoimprint lithography technology for high-volume manufacturing,” says Obducat’s CEO Patrik Lundström.

The concept of SMASH is to establish disruptive approaches that exploit nanostructured compound semiconductors to realize the key market factors of high efficiency and low cost for the broad penetration of LEDs into the general lighting market. Obducat says that this will be achieved by the epitaxial growth of LED structures on ultra-low-defect nanostructured templates and by the development of LEDs based on nanorod emitters. Such approaches will have great impact on manufacturing costs, because they enable growth on large-area, low-cost substrates such as silicon, says the firm.

“Realizing these technologies will lead to a new generation of highly efficient and affordable LEDs, which enables the entrance to the general lighting market,” says Lundström. “That will keep Europe at the forefront of the energy-saving solid-state lighting business and strengthen its position in the manufacturing supply chain and luminaire business,” he believes.

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