RF front-end component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA says that it is the first gallium nitride (GaN) RF chip maker to achieve Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 9, meaning that its GaN manufacturing processes have ...
Tags: TriQuint, GaN, front-end component
A hybrid form of perovskite - the same type of material that has recently been found to make highly efficient solar cells that could replace silicon - has been used to make low-cost, easily manufactured LEDs, potentially opening up a wide ...
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Smartphone applications, low-cost cores widen encourage consumer applications, says Yole Développement. A combination of existing commercial applications and new consumer applications will drive the market for uncooled infra-red ...
Tags: IR systems, Infrared Imaging
LaCrosse Footwear has acquired the White's Boots Inc., which makes custom boots for logging and other commercial applications. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. "This is a union of two great Pacific Northwest companies," said Craig ...
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PhotonStar LED Group has conditionally raised £2.2 million through the sale of shares. 31,400,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each have been placed – a method of selling new shares in the primary market – at a price of 7p ...
According to a new market research report "Smart Glass market by technology (Electrochromics, SPD, Liquid Crystal, Microblinds, Thermographic and Photochromics), by application (Architectural, Transportation, Solar power generation, ...
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A new series of high-temperature MLCCs rated for an industry-leading 250C have been introduced by AVX. Designed to accommodate the rapidly emerging defense and commercial market demands for capacitors capable of high-reliability, long ...
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Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA has entered into a letter of intent with Singapore-based Solar Silicon Resources Group Pte Ltd (SSRG) to acquire their assets and merge their business interests. Magnolia's subsidiary ...
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In booth #1933B at the LightFair International 2014 exhibition in Las Vegas (3-5 June), LatticePower of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China – which claims to be the first firm to commercialize gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) LEDs ...
The need for high-power, high-frequency transistors is increasing steadily, commensurate with the huge demand for wireless telecommunications, notes market research firm Yole Développement in its report ‘RF GaN Technology & ...
Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) says that its gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond wafers have been proven by Raytheon Company to significantly outperform ...
Tags: GaN-on-Diamond Wafers, GaN-on-SiC
RF, microwave and millimeter-wave product maker Pasternack Enterprises Inc of Irvine, CA, USA has launched a new family of low-noise amplifiers (LNA) capable of high gain and broadband performance between 9kHz and 18GHz frequencies, which ...
Tags: LNA GaAs pHEMT, Electrical, Electronics
Bioplastic manufacturer FKuR Kunststoff and lactic acid derivatives and lactides producer Corbion Purac have established partnership to develop poly lactic acid (PLA) compounds for applications that are heat-resistant and GMO-free. The ...
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UNSW Australia researchers have invented a new type of tiny lab-on-a-chip device that could have a diverse range of applications, including to detect toxic gases, fabricate integrated circuits and screen biological molecules. The novel ...
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Del Conca USA's new Bayside Collection is a range of realistic, wood-look porcelain tiles developed specifically for the American market. "Bayside is a tile series that looks beautiful in any room environment. In addition to the three ...
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