Oracle Networking Group in the USA believes that it has made the first demonstration of an integrated surface-normal coupled laser array on a silicon-on-insulator photonics platform [Shiyun Lin et al, Optics Express, vol24, p21455, 2016]. ...
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – is expanding production of DOCSIS 3.1, ...
MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAP-011247 and MAAP-011248 distributed power ...
Tags: MACOM, power amplifiers
LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XP-L2 LED, delivering up to 7% more lumens and 15% higher lumens-per-watt (LPW) than the XP-L LED. Leveraging elements of Cree's SC5 Technology Platform, ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has has introduced the LUXEON SunPlus Series, its first line of purpose-built LEDs that provide the exact wavelengths of light required for horticulture applications. Based on the rapidly expanding ...
In booth #384 at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2016) in Düsseldorf, Germany (19-21 September), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) is ...
Tags: Oclaro, CFP2-ACO transceiver
At the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Germany (20-23 September), ABB of Zurich, Switzerland is launching a next-generation battery charger based on silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors for use in all rail applications. Train ...
Tags: ABB, InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, Sic-based battery charger
Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have used off-the-shelf silicon carbide (SiC)-based components to develop an inverter with ...
In booth #207 at European Microwave Week (EuMW 2016) at ExCel London, UK (4–6 October), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, ...
Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA has launched an uncooled 980nm pump laser module that features patent-pending in-package wavelength stabilization within an 8-pin mini-DIL package. ...
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd is now mass producing its new 'WICOP' products, with a luminous efficiency of 210lm/W (350mA). Composed of just an LED chip and phosphor, it does not require chip packaging (e.g. frames ...
Tags: Seoul Semiconductor, LEDs, WICOP
Epistar Corp of Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan (the world's largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Adamax Inc (trading as Newhouse Lighting) in the US District Court ...
Even with the well-publicized consolidation of RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor, Infineon's acquisition of International Rectifier (IR) and most-recently Wolfspeed, and NXP Semiconductors' acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor, ...
Tags: GaN, Micro Devices, Semiconductor
According to the 2016 Chinese LED Chip and Package Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the market scale of China’s LED package reaches 2% year on year (YoY) growth at US $8.8 billion in 2015. The COB LED ...
The BIG LUMEN Lighting Co., creator of the award-winning Foreverlamp™ LED Retrofit Lamp Series, announced that its HB™ Series High-Bay LED fixtures have been added to the DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Products ...
Tags: Foreverlamp, HB™, DLC