ESI Unveils New LED Wafer Scribing System for High Volume, Ultra High Brightness LED Manufacturing

ESI, Inc. ESIO today unveiled its most advanced LED wafer scribing system, the AccuScribe 2600. ESI's AccuScribe 2600 is built on patented, industry-leading technology enabling customers to extract the maximum light output from LED's. ESI developed the AccuScribe 2600 based on customer requirements for high brightness LED (HB-LED) manufacturing, including Patterned Sapphire Substrate (PSS), Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR), Metal Mirror (MM) and other advanced light extraction technologies. The company is showcasing the AccuScribe 2600 this week at the SEMICON® West exhibition in San Francisco. “ESI pioneered the laser scribing of LED wafers with our patented technology for LED sapphire substrates,” said Jonathan Sabol, general manager of ESI's LED µEngineering Division. “Industry wide expansion of high brightness LEDs is driving rapid changes in LED architecture and manufacturing processes to continuously increase lumens/watt. The AccuScribe 2600 is specifically designed to match our customers' most demanding technology roadmaps while achieving industry best yield, performance and cost.”