Bottlenecks in Process and Production Hinder Micro-LED Adoption
Last fall, Samsung Electronics’ visual display business vice president, Tae-yong Son, described the company’s process for manufacturing micro-LED displays as “Trying to place a tiny object, smaller than a human hair, in a specific position and angle.” “Then, repeat this action over half a million times,” Son said. Step one is a major technical undertaking; it is hardly as formidable as those posed by steps two to 500,000.
Photonics Spectra, May 2024