Sanan Optoelectronics to install micro LED equipment

China-based Sanan Optoelectronics will set up its first micro LED epitaxial wafer and chip production line in first-quarter 2019, according to industry sources. Meanwhile China-based Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics has begun small-volume shipments of mini LED backlighting devices used in 75-inch LCD TVs and 27- and 32-inch gaming LCD monitors, the sources said. Sanan has already developed micro LEDs of 20-micron in diameter, the sources said, adding the production line to be coinstructed will allow the company to make make 4-micron LEDs and 10-micron LED flip-chips.