Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has received an order for an AIX G5+ C Planetary Reactor metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system from UK-based Plessey Semiconductors to boost its ...
BAE Systems has signed a cooperative agreement with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for Phase 1 of a technical effort to transition gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology developed by the US Air Force to its Advanced ...
Tags: Microwave Products, GaN Technology
The infrared (IR) LED market will exceed $1bn by 2024, as shipments rise from over $400m in 2017 then at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 15% between 2018 and 2024, forecasts a report by Global Market Insights Inc that covers ...
Tags: LED market, IR LED
The approximately $3bn RF power amplifier market is poised to expand at a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.2% over 2018-2028, as the widening expansion of 5G cellular networks will remain the main driver of RF power amplifier ...
Tags: Power electronics
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has announced a strategic partnership for its own monolithic micro-LED displays – manufactured on its proprietary gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers – to be driven by the ...
Tags: Micro-LED Displays
Health and hygiene company RayVio Corp of Haywood, CA, USA, which is commercializing deep-ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and consumer disinfection solutions, is volume shipping its new 280nm XD mid-power and XR high-power UV-C LEDs, and has ...
At the 20th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2018) in Shenzhen, China (5-8 September), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has launched the ML760B54, a 25Gbps electroabsorption modulated laser (EML) CAN module (to be ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Electric
At the Touch Taiwan 2018 exhibition at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (29-31 August), vertically integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics Corp of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan is unveiling its micro-LED chip capabilities (with a die size ...
Tags: Micro-LED, RGB Display Module
Silvaco Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA (which provides electronic design automation and IP software tools for process and device development), Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation have formed a partnership to extend Moore’s ...
Tags: TCAD tools
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
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
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
Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA (a subsidiary of Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd of Beijing, China since 2014) says that its solar cells have powered a CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space Lab LLC (TSL), NearSpace Launch Inc (NSL) and their ...
Tags: solar cell, Alta Device
For second-quarter 2018, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $157.8m, down slightly on $158.6m last quarter but up 40.6% on $112.2m a year ago. ...
Ford has upgraded the 2019 F-150 Limited with a high-output 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine. The automaker cliams that rated at 450 horsepower and 510 lb.-ft. of torque, the new Ford F-150 Limited offers more power than any light-duty pickup ...