After experiencing a slowdown in 2012, the global semiconductor market is set for growth. The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics predicts the global semiconductor market to grow by 4.5% in 2013 after declining 3.2 percent in 2012. The ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced this week that it has developed a prototype multi-wire electrical discharge processing technology to cut very hard four inch square polycrystalline silicon carbide (SiC) ingots into 40 pieces at ...
The way the world is lit up could be revolutionized by a new European-wide research project being led by the University of Dundee. The 11.8 million Euros NEWLED project aims to develop a new generation of white light-emitting LED lights, ...
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LEDs are projected to grow more than six-fold to nearly $100 billion and power conversion electronics to $15 billion over the next decade as the desire for energy efficiency drives adoption, says Lux Research. While the market opportunity ...
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AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) has made an investment totaling USD 2.1 million in Triton Microtechnologies, Inc. (Head Office: Arizona, U.S.), which owns cutting-edge via-fill technology ...
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Global embedded processing solutions provider Freescale Semiconductor has shipped 175 million RF power transistors in plastic packages. According to the US-based company, over-molded plastic packaging can withstand the high heat levels ...
Whether Taiwan needs another nuclear power plant has been under heated debate. As more people question the safety of a new nuclear power plant that is being constructed, LED firms should seize the opportunity to promote the energy-saving ...
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South Korea's Hongik University has developed a nitride semiconductor device on silicon with an embedded Schottky barrier diode (SBD) [Bong-Ryeol Park et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p031001, 2013]. The device was designed as a ...
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South Korea's Hongik University has developed a nitride semiconductor device on silicon with an embedded Schottky barrier diode (SBD) [Bong-Ryeol Park et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p031001, 2013]. The device was designed as a ...
Tags: Diode, semiconductor device, semiconductor
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has sold a SIVA 21 research system to the Institute of Automation and Control Processes (IACP), part of ...
Richardson RFPD Inc (an Arrow Electronics Company) of LaFox, IL, USA has launched a new website resource focused on silicon carbide (SiC) technology for energy and power applications. Several Richardson RFPD suppliers are driving ...
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Fortronic is hosting its Led & Lighting Design event on 26 March, at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxford. The day starts with Registration (8-45 to 10-00) and then the Morning Plenary Session, which will comprise short technical ...
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Diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany is now delivering 40W of output power (substantially higher than previously available) from a T-bar-based 638nm 400-micron/0.22NA fiber-coupled module used for cinema projection. DILAS says that, ...
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Specialty metal and chemical product producer 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has decided to close its indium antimonide (InSb) manufacturing operations in Trail, British Columbia over the next few months, laying off the 75 staff ...
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For full-year 2012, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has reported revenue down by 63% to €227.8m (from €611m in 2011). But despite the dramatic fall in full-year sales, fourth-quarter revenue of ...
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