Plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA says that a leading US wireless compound semiconductor device manufacturer has placed follow-on orders for Plasma-Therm VERSALINE wafer processing, etch modules. The ...
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The University of Salford is to conduct theoretical work on third-generation solar cells, which aim to use to semiconductor nanostructures to significantly increase the electricity produced by sunlight – from about 10% efficiency to ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has produced what are reckoned to be the industry’s first gallium nitride (GaN) transistors using GaN-on-diamond wafers, which ...
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Alexander Duesener, v-p of worldwide field operations in EMEA for Cadence Design Systems believes chip designers have a crucial role in maintaining Europe’s strengths in wireless and automotive systems. The biggest challenge in ...
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Toshiba's white LED package Bridgelux is selling its gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si)?technology and related assets to Toshiba. The news comes as the two companies announced that they will expand their licensing and manufacturing ...
Sofradir of Paris, France, which makes infrared detectors for military, space and commercial applications, will make four presentations on advances in next-generation infrared detectors in different wavelengths from the visible to far ...
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Suntron Corp of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, a supplier of integrated electronics manufacturing systems (EMS), says it offers a variety of manufacturing services, including large scale integration for semiconductor capital equipment firms. ...
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. introduced 15 new reference design boards featuring NXP’s broad portfolio of mains-dimmable and non-dimmable solid-state lighting (SSL) driver ICs. Each reference board is built around a best-in-class ...
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Supertex, Inc. introduced HV9910C, an open loop, current mode, universal high brightness LED driver IC. It is ideal for general and decorative LED lighting, flat panel display backlighting, and other DC/DC or AC/DC input based applications. ...
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For first-quarter 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE, Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €40.2m, down 4% on €42m a year ago and 48% on last quarter’s €77.5m. Fiscal Q1/2012 Q2/2012 Q3/2012 Q4/2012 ...
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Using a triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cell (in which three photo-absorption layers are stacked together, Japan’s Sharp Corp has surpassed its record for energy conversion efficiency in research-level ...
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EPIC publishes European photonics database 26 Apr 2013 Industry survey pegs European photonics market at close to €66?billion in 2012. A new survey of the European photonics ecosystem estimates it to have been worth nearly ...
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North American robotics companies shattered previous opening quarter records for robots ordered and shipped in the first quarter of 2013, according to new statistics released from Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s ...
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in collaboration with colleagues at the Ecole Polytechnique in France, say they have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes light emitting ...
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Seoul Semiconductor(SSC), a global LED manufacturer , announced its qulification for UL WTDP which reduces the time it takes to get the UL Mark for products targeted to overseas markets by allowing the company to perform testing in its own ...
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