For decades, process instrumentation specifiers have faced the decision whether to use a mechanical switch or a continuous transmitter for a given application. Either type of instrument can be used to effectively control industrial ...
Tags: Switch, Instrumentation Options, Transmitter, Hybrid
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC has developed a method to grow epitaxial nitride semiconductors on graphene [Neeraj Nepal et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p061003, 2013]. The researchers hope that this could lead to ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics, hot-electron transistors
UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), part of Oxford Instruments plc, has introduced the PlasmaPro100 Sapphire single wafer etch system. "The PlasmaPro100 Sapphire is designed ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA – says that at its Annual General & ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, solar operations
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that, even at high temperatures and high currents, its new MicroSideled 3806 ensures stable light conditions on the display. The brightness of the light-emitting diode, which is ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, has begun mass production of its RFX240 high-power 2.4GHz ...
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SEMATECH (the international research consortium of semiconductor device, equipment, and materials manufacturers) claims that researchers have made significant advances in post-epitaxial-growth backside clean processing that will prepare ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says it has surpassed one billion hours of ...
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Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA has entered into a settlement agreement with El Segundo-based Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) - which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor, Power semiconductor
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, and Sweden's Nanometer Structure Consortium at Lund University have jointly ...
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In a move to expand product availability and speed time-to-market of LED lighting, LED maker Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has signed a global distribution agreement with Delhi-based Key Operation & Electrocomponents Pvt. Ltd ...
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Devices with wide-bandgap semiconductors will offer the greater competitive advantage in micro-inverters and small string inverters, reckons market analyst firm Lux Research. Wide-bandgap semiconductors – specifically, silicon ...
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Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has entered into a broad-based, global distribution agreement for Future Electronics (which distributes ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor
Keith Emery, a principal scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been awarded the William R. Cherry Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Emery received the award ...
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A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
Tags: baby formula, dairy products, milk powder