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
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
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that samples of a 350mW gallium nitride -on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) LED are now available. The entry-level lighting products (part number PLB010350) are manufactured on Plessey's 6-inch MAGIC ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
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 ...
Tags: RFaxis CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
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 ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor device, semiconductor
EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, and manufacturer of chemicals for the electronics industry Dynaloy LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company) have introduced ...
Tags: lithography equipment, Electrical, Electronics, compound semiconductor
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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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
Dialog, a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, announced that it has acquired iWatt, a leading provider of digital power management integrated circuits (ICs), for a cash payment of ...
Tags: LED Market, iWatt
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (China) Co., Ltd with a total investment of 250 million euros is a major high-tech foreign-funded project in Wuxi New District over the recent years, the project has entered the installation phase of electrical and ...
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Earlier this month, SK Hynix signed a five-year licensing agreement with Rambus. Two South Korean companies Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have signed a cross-licensing agreement to jointly share patents for semiconductors. The Wall ...
Tags: Micro Electronics, Electronics, Samsung
Covering a roof or a facade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building’s original appearance—and not always for the better (this idea to coat buildings with graphene kicks the problem up another ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Facade Design
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) says that it is leveraging ...
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China-based researchers have reported that country's first diamond metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs) with RF characteristics [Feng ZhiHong et al, Science China Technological Sciences, vol56, p957, 2013]. The team was ...
Tags: Diamond MESFET MESFET Diamond, Electrical, Electronics