LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp XP-G3 S Line LED, an extension of the XLamp XP-G3 range that delivers high-power LED technology optimized for long-lifetime, high-power general ...
UK-based plasma etch and deposition processing system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) says that Sino-semic - the first all-Chinese developer and manufacturer of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) for face ...
Tags: plasma processing systems, LEDs
Sanan Integrated Circuit Co Ltd (Sanan IC) of Xiamen City, Fujian province (China’s first 6-inch pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry) has announced its entry into the North American, European and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets ...
Tags: integrated passive device, filters
Silanna Group of Brisbane, Australia (which was founded in 2006 to develop and productize advanced technologies) is partnering with the University of Adelaide to establish an advanced manufacturing research facility on its campus, ...
Tags: Silanna's products, semiconductor
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA (which makes lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting and power semiconductors) has announced the pricing of $500m of its 0.875% convertible senior notes due 2023 in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers. ...
Tags: LED lighting, LEDs
Nikkiso Group company AquiSense Technologies LLC of Erlanger, KY, USA (which designs and manufactures water, air and surface disinfection systems based on UV-C LEDs) has announced a price reduction to its PearlAqua and PearlAqua OEM models. ...
For fiscal first-quarter 2019 (ended 30 June 2018), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $692.7m, up 4.1% on $665.4m ...
Tags: Qorvo, Mobile Demand
For fiscal third-quarter 2018 (to end June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – ...
Tags: indium phosphide, optical chip
Two teams at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, USA are being funded to investigate the use of gallium nitride (GaN) to enhance space exploration. Engineer Jean-Marie ...
Tags: GaN transistors, GaN Crystal
On 10 August, a jury of six men and six women rendered a verdict in favor of LED maker Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA, finding that a Chinese competitor stole trade secrets related to Lumileds core technology for making high-power LEDs ...
Tags: LED, LED technology
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) is proposing to offer an additional $100m of its 5.50% senior notes (due 2026) to qualified ...
Tags: Qorvo
Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns has announced that the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Wales’ first and the UK’s newest Catapult – will open its Innovation Centre, based in South East Wales, ...
South Korean UV LED maker Seoul Viosys Co Ltd has launched the UV WICOP module, which combines Seoul Semiconductor’s WICOP LEDs with compact and high-efficiency technology. Designed using a single chip and phosphor only (without any ...
Tags: UV WICOP module, LED
For second-quarter 2018, POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada and San Jose, CA, USA — a designer and manufacturer of optoelectronic devices, including light sources, passive waveguides and photonic integrated circuits (PIC) for ...
Tags: photonic product, POET
PowerSphyr Inc of Danville, CA, USA – which delivers end-to-end wireless power charging solutions – and GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for ...