Shin-Etsu Chemical Develops New Generation of Silicone Encapsulating Material

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd announced that it has developed and begun sales of its "ASP Series” of silicone encapsulating material for HBLEDs (High Brightness Light-Emitting Diodes). The company is beginning sample shipments, mainly for backlighting applications in LCD TVs.

According to the company, this newly developed silicone product will stably retain its properties even when exposed to high temperatures. The new material greatly reduces the level of gas permeability, which can lead to the degradation of light intensity. It succeeds in reducing the level to 1/100th of the conventional methyl-group material and to 1/10th of the phenyl-group material. As a result, the reliability of HBLEDs has been dramatically improved, the company said.

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