OBDUCAT RECEIVES ESSENTIAL NIL PATENT IN EUROPE AND CHINA

Obducat has been granted a patent in Europe and China for its unique Soft Press function, representing a vital part of the Obducat NIL technology (nano imprint lithography). The technology offers performance advantages in comparison with competing technologies. Pattern transfer using Soft Press enables even pressure across large surfaces, creating small and highly accurate structures in thin polymer layers with very high density. Another advantage of the Soft Press function is that high repeatability of the imprint result is achieved, which is vital in industrial production, resulting in a high degree of cost-efficiency.

The patent regards a solution that enables the customer to obtain very even pressure across large surfaces when fabricating structures using the Obducat NIL technology. The Soft Press function allows the customer to produce structures in very thin polymer layers. For competing technologies this involves several additional process steps, which in turn increases the scrapping and thereby costs. It is also possible to produce structures with very high density without losing CD (Critical Dimensions) control in the continuous manufacturing process. The Soft Press function also allows for high repeatability of the imprint result, which is of vital importance at industrial manufacturing. Process accuracy is crucial for the overall cost-efficiency at large scale manufacturing of electronics products.

Patrik Lundström, Obducat’s CEO, says:

" This is certainly one of the most important cornerstones in our NIL technology, seeing that Europe and China are major manufacturing and market areas for consumer electronics products. Among other things the Soft Press function enables production of the components that form an integral part of Samsung’s consumer electronic product that will be launched on the market in May this year."

Of immediate interest within the application area opto electronics is Light Emitting Diodes (LED). This type of component is already being used in the rear lights on cars, for example. The advantage of LEDs include lower power consumption and that they can switch on faster than standard lights. The LEDs used in cars and those intended for general lighting purposes are so-called HB-LED (High Brightness LED) as well as Ultra HB-LED. These high intensity diodes are made of a material that is different to the standard LEDs, which calls for another type of production technique. Obducat’s NIL technology has proved highly suitable for fabricating this new type of LED. As early as 2007 it will be necessary to produce 3,3 million substrates (The Yole Dévelopment Magazine, March 2006) in order to manufacture high intensity diodes.

For further information, please contact:

Patrik Lundström, CEO, + 46 40 – 36 21 00 or 703 – 27 37 38

Henri Bergstrand, Chairman of the Board, + 46 40-36 21 00 or 708 - 88 72 45

Obducat AB is an innovative developer and supplier of technologies, products and processes used for the production and replication of advanced micro and nano structures. Obducat’s products and services are intended to serve the demands of companies within the information storage, semiconductor, printed circuit board, and sensor industries. Obducat’s technologies include electron beam and nano imprint technology. Obducat has offices in Sweden and the UK, with the head quarters located in Malmö, Sweden. The Obducat shares are publicly traded on the Swedish NGM stock exchange.

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