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Launches Expanded Family of Silicones to Make LEDs Brighter and Last
Longer
Midland, Mich. – May 23, 2006– Dow Corning Corporation has
launched an expanded family of silicone materials for the fast-growing light
emitting diode (LED) market. The product line introduction comes at a time when
manufacturers are looking to silicones to provide brighter, longer-lasting LEDs
in diverse applications, such as backlighting for mobile appliances and
displays, cell phone camera flash, automotive interior and exterior lighting,
and general illumination.
Building on the company’s existing product line of gels, elastomers and
resins, Dow Corning’s newest products include three new LED-protecting
encapsulants – DOW CORNING® EG-6301, DOW CORNING® OE-6336, and DOW CORNING® JCR
6175 – and a breakthrough new resin: DOW CORNING® SR-7010, a moldable material
that combines the durability and transparency of a silicone to make hard
discrete lenses and other components for LED applications. Each of these
silicone-based materials enables surface mount assembly of LED devices using
lead-free solder, a key environmental benefit. The products are the first to
emerge from Dow Corning’s new Light Management group, which the company
launched to support emerging needs in the global photonics market.
“As new designs call for brighter, hotter and longer-lasting LEDs, and
manufacturers adopt high-temperature lead-free assembly processes, we’re seeing
more and more companies turn to the power of silicone in applications where
epoxies or COCs (cyclo olefin copolymers) were once the materials of choice,”
said Tom Cook, global industry executive director, Dow Corning. “Silicones are
ideally matched to the demands of LED manufacturing – they offer exceptional
reliability due to their initial high light transmittance and optical clarity
is retained because the materials resist the effects of high temperatures and
short-wavelength exposures. In addition, the silicones can be formulated to
adhere to a multitude of substrates, giving users wide latitude when it comes
to creating new device designs. |
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