Major Taiwanese LED Manufacturer Places an Order for the new QC3(TM) Diffractometer from Jordan Valley for LED Process Control

MIGDAL HA'EMEK, Israel, April 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd. (JVS), a leading provider of advanced metrology solutions for the semiconductor industries, announced today it has received multiple orders for its new QC3(tm) diffractometer system from leading LED manufacturers, including JIANGSU CANYANG OPTROELECTRONICS LTD. (CanYAng) , a major LED chip manufacturer in ASIA. QC3(tm) is designed and optimized to provide best cost/performance quality control systems for high-brightness LED (HB-LED) manufacturing.

Overall, the HB-LED market is forecast to grow from $5.3 billion in 2009 to $20.2 billion in 2014, which represents a compound annual growth rate of 30.6%, as cited by Robert V. Steele PhD, Director, Optoelectronics at Strategies Unlimited, at the Strategies in Light Conference in February 2010.

"The purchase of the QC3(tm) system by a market leader such as Can Yang is a testament to Jordan Valley's successful acquisition of Bede in 2008 and leveraging of its technology," said Isaac Mazor, CEO of JVS. "We vastly improved the speed and effectiveness of this metrology tool, while reducing its price, in order to offer an unparalleled cost /performance solution to the rapidly-expanding HB-LED manufacturing market."

Embodying the advantages of the company's other solutions in the semiconductor quality control niche, the QC3(tm) has been configured to provide symmetric and asymmetric measurements for all common semiconductor wafers, such as GaAs, InP, Si, GaN (thick buffers). Among its benefits, QC3(tm) is designed for ease of use, reliability, and high performance at unmatched low cost-of-ownership.

CanYang's selection of the JVS's QC3(tm) tool is based on CanYang policy of employing only the most advanced quality control systems in their LED production process. Jordan Valley's solution provides the fastest throughput and highest level of precision and automation, in the most cost-efficient system offered today.

The new QC3(tm) tool includes fast reciprocal space mapping in less than 1 minute and 300mm wafer stage with custom wafer-size settings for multiple wafers, as well as full robot automation systems offered for comprehensive factory automation. QC3(tm) hardware is based on JVS's 300mm fully-automated tool range, which provides the ultimate tool stability, throughput and handling.

Recently introduced to the market, the QC3(tm) tool is now available in volume orders, with a delivery schedule of 90 days ARO. QC3(tm) is manufactured by Jordan Valley Semiconductors UK.

About Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd. http://www.jvsemi.com

Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd. (JVS), the leader in X-ray metrology solutions for advanced semiconductor fabs, develops and supplies superior metrology equipment for quality control of thin films based on rapid, non-contacting and non-destructive X-ray technology. The company offers the Semiconductor Industry the most comprehensive array of tools, based on advanced XRR, XRF , WAXRD, SAXS, VUV and HRXRD technologies, ideal for both blanket and patterned wafers. The company also offers HRXRD technology for the high-brightness LED (HB-LED) manufacturing. Jordan Valley's investors include Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. (TASE: CII), Intel Capital (NASDAQ: INTC) and Elron Electronics Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELRN). With headquarters in Migdal Haemek Israel, the company has offices in Durham United Kingdom and Austin Texas USA, as well as representatives worldwide.

About Jordan Valley Semiconductors UK Ltd.

Jordan Valley Semiconductors UK was formed from the acquisition of Bede Scientific Instruments Ltd. by Jordan Valley in 2008. Jordan Valley Semiconductors UK is the leader in the production of solutions for High Resolution X-ray Diffraction for Epi film characterization, with a long history in products for both the Silicon and the compound semiconductor markets. The company's solutions allow the control of Epi processes for a wide range of products.

    For more information contact:
    Alon Kapel, Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd., +972-4-6543666 ext. 134
    [email protected]

    SEA sales contact:
    Ralph Kippen, Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd., +886-933-361873
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    US sales contact:
    Gil Griffin, Jordan Valley Semiconductors, Inc., +1-(512)-740-7944
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    Media contact:
    Karen Gold Anisfeld
    Tel: +1-412-298-4612,
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SOURCE Jordan Valley Semiconductors Ltd.