Partnership Will Enable Small Form-Factor LEDs based on Award-Winning Phlatlight Technology
March 15, 2010
Luminus and
Forepi Announce Licensing Agreement
Partnership
Will Enable Small Form-Factor LEDs Based
on
Award-Winning PhlatLight Technology
Billerica,
MA, March 15, 2010 –Luminus Devices, developer and manufacturer
of big-chip PhlatLight® LEDs, today announced a licensing agreement
that enables Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) to manufacture small and mid-power chip blue
and green GaN LEDs on the PhlatLight platform. By licensing and incorporating
PhlatLight chip-technology, Forepi now has the capability of producing
high-performance vertical-GaN chips for markets that require the performance of
PhlatLight technology, but in a small and mid-power chip form factor.
“Luminus’
award-winning big-chip PhlatLight LEDs enable a multitude of new
high-performance lighting applications. By working with an innovative company
like Forepi, the benefit of the PhlatLight chip-platform is now available for
smaller form-factor chips,” said Alexei Erchak, CTO, Luminus Devices. “Luminus
has been granted more than 40 patents for our PhlatLight technology with over
100 more applications on file. Although our primary business remains
manufacturing big-chip LEDs, we are pleased that through licensing these
patents we can help solid-state lighting grow even faster in small-chip
applications.”
“We chose to
license PhlatLight technology because it provides the highest-efficiency chip
design in the industry for all chip sizes,” said Frank Chien, president and CEO
of Forepi. “We look forward to growing our business by using PhlatLight
technology in small and mid-power chip blue and green LEDs.”
Designed to
provide an ultra-bright, reliable light source, PhlatLight big-chip LEDs are used in display applications by some of the
world’s largest electronics companies such as Acer, LG, Sony, Samsung and
Toshiba. PhlatLight big-chip LEDs are also enabling new general illumination
applications in lighting markets such as architectural, entertainment, retail,
residential, roadways, digital signage and industrial high-bay lighting.
About
Luminus Devices
Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures high performance solid-state
light sources – PhlatLight® LEDs - for a variety of lighting applications. Its
headquarters and primary manufacturing facilities are located in Billerica, Massachusetts,
U.S.A. For more
information, visit www.luminus.com
Luminus Media
Contacts: Bill
Keeler or Nicole Slein
Schwartz Communications781
684-0770 luminus@schwartz-pr.com
Note
to editors:
PhlatLight is a registered trademark of
Luminus Devices.
