Brendan Moran

MicroLED Technologies for Reducing Display System Cost and Investments

Although the LED chip is one of the tiniest parts of a microLED AR or Direct View display, its makeup greatly impacts the overall display cost and viability of this new display category. Material composition, chip size and arrangement, and wafer size determine not only the cost of the microLED but also the impact of downstream assembly processes and the investment needed to scale to volume. The authors will present the latest microLED technology results and illustrate how they contribute to substantially lowering display system manufacturing costs and investment.

Brendan Moran is Senior Director of Display Technology at Lumileds, working to enable readiness of next generation of MicroLEDs and illuminators. Previously at Lumileds, Brendan led the product development organization for mobile camera flash solutions. Earlier in his career in medical devices he led the device development enabling the first-on-man clinical trial using UVB LEDs.

Brendan earned his Ph.D. in Materials at UCSB, where he applied MOCVD to create high power / high speed GaN transistors as well as pioneer breakthroughs in crack-free GaN on Si growth methodology.