Alliance addresses LED backlight expansion

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Aug 27, 2007

Agreement gives Laird Technologies access to Iteq's high volume lamination capabilities and AP distribution and gives Iteq access to Laird Technologies' high performance T-lam materials.

Laird Technologies has signed a distribution and lamination agreement with Iteq Corporation.

The combined resources of Iteq and Laird Technologies uniquely position both companies to supply solutions to the growing market for LED based backlighting for LCD panels.

The agreement gives Laird Technologies access to Iteq's high volume lamination capabilities and AP distribution and gives Iteq access to Laird Technologies' high performance T-lam materials.

The market for LED-based backlighting in large screen LCD TVs is exploding.

Many analysts predict huge growth for the market over the next three years.

Laird Technologies' T-lam high performance materials are important to this growing market because the brightness and colour of an LED degrades as temperature increases.

For example, red can lose 50% of its luminance with higher temperature.

Laird Technologies' T-lam material allows heat to pass out of LED devices more efficiently.

T-lam thermally conductive printed circuit boards (IMPCB) use T-preg, a free standing thermally conductive dielectric sheet, in conjunction with copper foil and an integrated metal base to provide circuit board laminate that has superior thermal management capabilities when compared with conventional FR4-based PCB.

Michael Dreyer, Laird Technologies' Vice President and General Manager of the Thermal Strategic Business Unit, says: "This agreement seemed like a natural fit".

"The relationship allows both companies to concentrate on what we do best to meet the growing demand for IMPCB laminates in LED based backlight unit".

"We are happy with this agreement", says Dr Hae-Wei Wan, Iteq Chairman.

"We all recognise the importance of the LED backlight unit for LCD TV market and are pleased to be providing solutions to the market with another known industry leader".

Iteq Corporation specialises in inner-layer technology and is a rising star among laminate, inner-layer processing and mass lamination.