Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications, recently delivered its 1 millionth high-efficiency, multi-junction solar cell to Space Systems/Loral ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has agreed to acquire the Kopin Wireless compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing division of Kopin Corp of Taunton, MA, USA (including its leased manufacturing ...
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IQE has agreed to acquire the compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing business of Kopin for$75m in cash. The Taiwan-based business manufactures heterojunction bipolar transistor materials which are used in power amplifiers,many of ...
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Rapidly declining pricing, softening demand and a still uncertain global economy are creating challenges for manufacturers at all stages of the optical industry supply chain, according to the Strategy Analytics GaAs and Compound ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that RFMD fellow Kevin W. Kobayashi has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers by the IEEE board of directors. The IEEE grade of fellow was conferred ...
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Inspectrology LLC of Sudbury, MA, USA, which manufactures the IVS optical overlay metrology product line, has signed agreements to be represented in Asia by Excellis Pte Ltd of Singapore and in Europe by Eumetrys SAS of Gaillac, France. ...
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Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) of Nashua, NH, USA, a provider of c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting and other clean energy markets, has appointed Dr. Philip C.S. Yin ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-September),Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications,has reported revenue of$47.5m,down 8.9%on the prior ...
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Power+Energy Inc(P+E)of Ivyland,PA,USA,which provides palladium-membrane-based hydrogen purifiers for the compound semiconductor and energy industries,for Gallium Nitride at the University of Cambridge.The micro-channel palladium purifier ...
EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system), nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has installed an EVG501 wafer bonding R&D system at Texas ...
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KLA-Tencor says its new fourth-generation LED wafer inspection system achieves greater flexibility, increased throughput, and improved efficiency for inspecting defects and performing 2D metrology in LED applications, as well as MEMS and ...
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University of California,Santa Barbara(UCSB)has demonstrated for the first time nonpolar m-plane(10-10)nitride semiconductor vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL)diodes[Casey Holder et al,Appl.Phys.Express,vol5,p092104,2012]. The ...
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17 September 2012 Arsenide nanowires on graphite and graphene Researchers at Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU)have succeeded in growing gallium arsenide(GaAs)and indium arsenide(InAs)compound semiconductor crystal ...
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LED industry chain can be divided into five parts. First, the raw materials. Second, LED upstream industries, including epitaxial materials and chip manufacturing. Third, LED midstream industry, including a variety of LED accessories and ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that at last October’s International Workshop on Nitride ...
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