Sandia National Laboratories in the USA has reported aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) laser structures emitting ~350nm ultraviolet radiation from optical and electrical pumping [Mary H. Crawford et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p112702, ...
Tags: AlGaN, ultraviolet lasers, LEDs
At its regular radar users' conference in Orlando, FL (attended by representatives from more than 25 countries), security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, MD, USA has unveiled its Digital Array Row Transceiver (DART) ...
Designed to precisely and beautifully light small objects and spaces, Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaNTM LED technology, launched today the first full visible spectrum 4-degree AR111 LED lamp. The IEC size standard, 6W AR111 4D LED ...
Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) announced its LED subsidiary Kaistar will be acquiring 100% shares of a major U.S. LED company for US $130 million recently, reported China’s Securities Daily. Following the announcement, Kaistar ...
Tags: Kaistar, LED package, LED lighting
Researchers at Nanchang University in China have been studying the effect of V-pits in indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on electroluminescence [Xiaoming Wu, Junlin Liu, and Fengyi Jiang, J. Appl. Phys., vol118, ...
Tags: InGaN quantum wells, InGaN LEDs, InGaN
After in June launching what it claimed was the lowest-resistance 650V-blocking-voltage transistor (specifying an Rdson as low as 15mOhm), VisIC Technologies Ltd of Rehovot, Israel, a fabless developer of devices based on gallium nitride ...
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Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, has announced that 245 of its LED lamps have been installed in Gieves & Hawkes’s elegant Savile Row flagship store in London. Founded in 1771, Gieves & Hawkes has always ...
Tags: Soraa, LED lamps, spotlights
Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq:VECO) announced today that it has shipped the 50th TurboDisc® EPIK™700 GaN Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System reactor since its introduction ten months ago. After its launch in ...
Tags: Veeco, MOCVD system, reactor
Plessey today announced the launch of its range of LED filaments, manufactured with the company’s MaGICTM GaN-on-Silicon LEDs. The filaments are designed for the surging filament bulb market where these replacement lamps have far ...
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The LED industry is gradually maturing in 2015, with products cost/performance (C/P) ratio becoming increasingly important. Low and mid-power flip chip products are increasingly valued by the industry. To further understand this trend ...
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Plessey today announced the release of its range of MaGIC™ LED die, manufactured on the company’s patented GaN-on-Silicon technology. The blue die, sometimes referred to as blue pump for their ability to pump phosphor to a white ...
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Japan's Panasonic Corp has reported the suppression of current collapse up to 800V for a normally-off gallium nitride (GaN) transistor by embedding a hybrid drain in a gate-injection transistor (HD-GIT) structure [Kenichiro Tanaka et al, ...
Tags: Panasonic, GaN transistor, AlGaN
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) says that, following the field trial of the Multifunction ...
Tags: M/A-COM, SPAR Tiles, MPAR radar system
Plessey is retrofitting its manufacturing facility with LED modules designed using the company's GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. The retrofit involves replacing aging fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs in existing fixtures to use ...
Tags: Plessey, LED light modules, fluorescent
Plessey has collaborated with fellow UK-based firm 8Point3 Ltd (a provider of energy-saving, solid-state lighting solutions for both the private and public sectors, and a Value Add Partner of Philips Lighting) to develop and produce a ...