In its newsletters in April 2016 and June 2015 in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany reported on x-ray diffraction (XRD)-gauged nk database improvements for InGaAsP (indium gallium arsenide phosphide) and InGaAlAs ...
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has received an order for a Compact 21T MBE research system for delivery in 2016 to a laboratory in ...
The market for LEDs used in mobile phones – including backlighting behind the display, keypad illumination, and camera flash -- will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6% from 2015 to 2021, according to the latest ...
Tags: LED market, Mobile Phone
South China University of Technology has used low-temperature barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve the light output power of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by 23% to 63.83mW at 65mA [Zhiting ...
Tags: Low-Temperature Barriers, Quantum
When the first SiC diode was launched in 2001, the industry questioned the future of the SiC power business: Will it grow? Is this a real business? But 15 years later, in 2016, people don't ask these questions anymore, since the SiC power ...
Tags: SiC Power, SiC device
Spending on RF high-power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure markets has flattened out this year, despite the fact that the overall market hit well over $1.5bn in 2015, according to ABI Research's report 'RF Power ...
Tags: High-Power Semiconductor, GaN
China’s LED industry produced 296.3 billion LEDs during first half of 2016, up 19.21% Year-on-Year, reported China Light Industry Internet (CLII). X-axis represents months from January to December 2016, growth rates and ...
Tags: LED Production, LED
More mobile devices are expected to feature wireless charging which will stimulate demand for related analog ICs and protective components, according to industry sources. Wireless charging will be mostly built into high-end smartphones in ...
Tags: Wireless Charging, Mobile Devices
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced data related to total electricity consumption in China from January 2016 to June 2016. It was also the first time that NEA included photovoltaic (PV) power generation data. ...
Tags: NEA, PV, Electricity Consumption
A new report claims that Samsung may be preparing to unveil the Gear S3 smartwatch and Galaxy Tab S3 at IFA 2016 in Berlin this autumn. The news comes to us from Italian tech writer Antonio Monaco via Twitter and points to the pair of ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised down its forecast for global growth in 2016 and 2017, due to the uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union (Brexit). The IMF expects the global economy to grow ...
Tags: IMF, global growth
On July 12, Weichai Power held a grand ceremony at its Land King Production Base No. 2 Factory to celebrate the 10,000th unit WP13 engine going off the production line. Just making its debut in 2015, WP13 is a powerful engine with high ...
Tags: Weichai Power, WP13 engine
Hain Daniels, a subsidiary of US-based Hain Celestial group, has announced that it will shut down a fruit packaging plant in Luton, UK, following a review of its facilities. The company, which makes Hartley’s and Robertson’s ...
Tags: Fruit Packaging, fruit
German rigid industrial packaging firm Mauser Group has strengthen its business with the acquisition of UK based company Daniels Healthcare Group. Daniels Healthcare is engaged in manufacturing medical waste containers for hospitals, ...
Tags: Medical Waste Container, container
Osaka University in Japan has developed a liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) process for the growth of gallium nitride (GaN) in a sodium (Na) flux with a small amount of carbon (C) that, with the addition of lithium (Li) and gallium, can also be ...