Crystal Optoelectronics Announces Research and Development of Sapphire Materials for Smart Terminals

On November 15th, Crystal Optoelectronics (002273.SZ) Dong Mi Kong Kong Wenjun said that the company is currently developing sapphire materials used in the field of smart terminals, not yet on the volume.

Apple and GTAT's 600 million yuan sapphire contract set off a boom in sapphire materials in the industry, and Crystal Optoelectronics, which has long crystal technology, naturally has the technological advantage to enter this industry. Kong Wenjun said that the Crystal Optoelectronics R&D Center is currently developing and testing sapphire crystals for smart terminals. “We bought several crystal growth furnaces and conducted small batch R&D tests at the R&D center.”

She said that the reason for further research and development, the sapphire crystal from the smart terminal is different from the sapphire substrate technology used in the field of LED lighting: "The process methods in the field of lighting include crystal growth. Technology, there are some different ones, not to say that they can cut in so quickly."

Wu Zongze, general manager of Dongjing Electronics, once said that the hardness of sapphire is second only to diamond, and it is mainly used at the bottom of mechanical watches. When used on the window of a smart terminal, there are some risks: "The harder the more fragile things are, the more sapphire will be very brittle when used in mobile phone windows, so this piece still needs technical scrambling. ”

In view of the market prospect of sapphire, Kong Wenjun said that because Apple took the lead in using the Sapphire HOME button and invested heavily in research and development of this material, the market is also optimistic about the application of sapphire in the field of optics, but "everyone is optimistic about this, but will It’s hard to say that it’s not going to be cut into this piece. The project with good prospects is very risky.”