Picosun Group, a supplier of advanced Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) thin film coating technology, that is based in Finland said that its going into industrial production in Asia in several new, key application areas.
The applications relate to display manufacturing and telecommunications, and the company says it has a novel approach to use ALD to improve chip quality diagnostics. The firm believes that the claimed superior conformality and pinhole-free nature of the ALD films, and the possibility to perform the film depositions at moderate temperatures make ALD the ideal technology for advanced display manufacturers.
Analyst Comment
ALD has been seen by some as an important technology (The Holst Center Claims ALD Breakthrough) but Veeco has said that it doesn’t see a good opportunity. (Veeco Reduces ALD Investment). A year or so ago, there were reports that LG & Samsung were looking at the technology (Kateeva Bullish on Encapsulation – Koreans to Adopt ALD?) (BR)
