Seoul Semiconductor has launched the world`s thinnest chip-LED at 0.17mm, capable of producing increasingly than two times the brightness of existing chip-LEDs. WH108`s ultra-thin package and high brightness build it ideal for use in applications for cell phone keypad modules or touch pads, which will ultimately lead to thinner cell phones. In addition, the WH108 is capable of producing the same brightness at a lower capability, which helps extend the battery life of portable devices such as cell phones, digital cameras and laptops. The WH108 is 15% thinner than the industry`s exiting thin chip-LED, which measures 0.2mm.

The WH108 plus delivers superior performance at a luminous intensity of 240 mcd, increasingly than two times brighter than the existing chip-LED at a current of 5 mA.

Seoul Semiconductor`s new chip-LED, WH108, measures 1.6mm in width, 0.8mm in length and 0.17mm in height, and represents a meaningful reduction in thickness. Prototype models of the WH108 in white, blue and green will be available to cell phone companies in Korea and globally in December 2007. Seoul Semiconductor will start mass-production of the WH108 on a scale of increasingly than 10 million LEDs per month in the first quarter of 2008.