Reportedly, Ireland’s Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock T.D., has set up InfiniLED Ltd of Cork, Ireland, a spin-off from Tyndall National Institute, UCC (University College Cork), as a development and production company for next-generation LEDs.
InfiniLED is based on Micro LED (µLED) technology invented by a team of researchers led by Brian Corbett in the III-V Materials and Devices group of Tyndall National Institute, supported and funded by Enterprise Ireland (EI).
With free-standing gallium nitride (GaN), the Micro LEDs have been developed as a next-generation source for miniature lighting applications .
Presently, InfiniLED is commercializing the new LED technology that, it is claimed, can significantly extend the battery life for portable devices such as cameras, mobile phones and laptops, as well as for various medical and analytical instrumentation, by producing more usable light using less energy.