For second-quarter 2015, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $7.1m, down 51% on $14.5m a ...
Tags: Mobile Market, LED light, LED bulb
PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) maker Rigidtech Microelectronics is setting up a factory in eastern China with initial monthly capacity of 100,000 PSS and volume production there will begin around the end of 2015, according to the ...
Patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) maker Rigidtech Microelectronics is seeing strong orders in March and expects continued growth into April, with 4-inch units expected to be at the forefront, according to company president Hung Wen-ching. ...
Tags: Sapphire, LED Chip, epitaxial wafer
As PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) makers have been expanding production capacities, PSS supply has significantly increased and therefore Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have asked PSS makers to lower quotes for a 4-inch ...
Contrel Technology, which makes TFT-LCD, PV and LED inspection and testing equipment, will invest in production of PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) using soft mask photolithography technology developed by a R&D team under National Cheng ...
Tags: Contrel Technology, PV, LED inspection, PSS production
Prices of sapphire ingots have been increasing causing substrate makers to plan a price hike on patterned sapphire substrates (PSSs). Some firms have been adjusting prices since the end of the first quarter, causing other firms to follow ...
Tags: PSS Prices, Sapphire Substrate
Strategies United predicts that by 2015 the global market for high brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) will generate revenues of $18.9 billion, representing a compound growth rate of 11.8%. A key factor in the growth of HB-LEDs is the use of ...
Tags: LED