Engineers develop first deep-UV microLED display chips for maskless photolithography creating new path for semiconductor manufacture

https://phys.org/news/2024-12-deep-uv-microled-display-chips.html

"lower cost due to adequate light output power density, enabling shorter photoresist film exposure... applies short-wavelength UV making IC chips with various layouts... smaller, less energy consumption (lower driving voltage), higher optical power density, larger array size, higher display resolution, improved external quantum/ optical extraction efficiency, better heat distribution, epitaxial stress relief during production... future: 2k to 8k high-resolution deep UV microLED display screens"