Integrated passive device maker OnChip Devices Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA says that its wafer fabrication facility is offering backside metallization (BSM) of thin films for applications such as military, medical, and instrumentation. ...
Tags: Sputtering, HB-LEDs, GaN-on-Si, Wafer bonding
Market sectors encompassing telecommunications, consumer electronics, innovative energy applications in transportation, electricity generation and other market sectors are increasingly valuing power semiconductor devices as usage of these ...
Tags: AC driver, railway applications, high power
X-FAB Silicon Foundries of Erfurt, Germany - a mixed-signal IC, sensor and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) foundry – has entered wide-bandgap semiconductor production by announcing the availability of silicon carbide (SiC) ...
Tags: SiC MOSFET SiC Schottky barrier diodes SiC power devices
The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
Tags: Solar, CIGS, concentrating photovoltaics
The U.S. soybean crop is having the darndest time getting planted, while corn conditions sputter along, according to the USDA. In its weekly Crop Progress Report, the USDA rated soybean planting at 87% complete, behind a 90% five-year ...
Tags: soybean crop, soybean
Following the acquisition in December of the semiconductor & nanotechnology business of Oerlikon's Advanced Technologies Segment, Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland (which makes thin-film deposition and etch processing equipment for ...
Tags: Evatec, PVD, Electronics
Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland, which makes thin-film deposition and etch processing equipment for semiconductor, MEMS, optical and optoelectronic applications, has agreed to acquire the Advanced Technologies Segment of Oerlikon of ...
Tags: deposition systems, packaging, Electrical
Pressure transducers have become an invaluable tool for the protection and optimization of industrial equipment, converting fluid pressure into variable electrical signals that can monitor and control a system. Nevertheless, while existing ...
Tags: Pressure transducers, Tools, Hardware, Pressure Sensors
Natural-gas futures rose Friday, finishing at their highest level in nearly three months, as traders continued to look ahead to a projected increase in heating-fuel demand before the winter season. Natural gas for November delivery gained ...
Tags: Natural-gas, heating-fuel demand
Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
Tags: Biodiesel Plant, Energy
Some of the most advanced coated glasses available today apply three layers of silver during the magnetron sputter coating process; these are more commonly known as “triple silver” coatings and provide the glass with the ...
Tags: Silver Glass, Coating Technology
Cobham Technical Services of Kidlington, (near Oxford), UK says it has launched a comprehensive simulation solution for designing magnetron sputter coaters. The new software tool provides precision simulation of the complete sputtering ...
Tags: Software, Electrical, Electronics
Architecture studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has designed the “Optical Glass House” in Hiroshima, Japan, that aims to acoustically protect residents from the main road outside, whilst providing light and views for the residents ...
Tags: Optical Glass, Glass Bricks
LayTec is happy to announce to have signed a strategic OEM agreement with Evatec Ltd. (Switzerland, www.evatecnet.com) – a leading supplier of thin film deposition systems to semiconductor and optics. LayTec will equip Evatec with ...
Tags: LayTec Evatec, Lights, Lighting
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) has signed a strategic OEM agreement with Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland, a ...
Tags: LayTec, Evatec Metrology