Osaka University in Japan has developed a plasma pre-treatment for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) on gallium nitride (GaN) that avoids creating enlarged etch pits [Hui Deng et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, p051602, 2015]. Surface ...
Researchers in the USA and Korea have developed a hydrogen high pressure annealing (HPA) process for aluminium oxide/hafnium dioxide (Al2O3/HfO2) gate stacks on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum wells [Tae-Woo Kim et al, IEEE ...
Tags: Transistors, capacitors
Oxford Instruments says that several PlasmaPro 800 plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) systems have been ordered by China's Enraytek Optoelectronics Co for manufacturing high-brightness LEDs. Enraytek's key products are ...
Researchers in China and Hong Kong have claimed the highest output power density and power-added efficiency reported to date for gallium nitride (GaN)-based enhancement-mode metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors ...
Tags: GaN MIS-HEMTs, PECVD ALD MOCVD
Japan's Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd has developed vertical gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) capable of handling 50A forward current with 790V reverse blocking [Nariaka Tanaka et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol8, p071001, 2014]. "To ...
Tags: Vertical Schottky barrier, power supply, diodes Free standing
Researchers based in Japan claim the highest output power and external quantum efficiency (EQE) so far for deep ultraviolet (DUV) sub-270nm-wavelength light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during DC operation [Shin-ichiro Inoue et al, Appl. Phys. ...
Tags: DUV LEDs, DUV devices
Symplicity Spyral Multi-electrode Renal Denervation Catheter (Image courtesy of Medtronic) The medtech giant isn’t giving up yet on renal denervation, if a new announcement is any indication. Chris Newmarker Medtronic is ...
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Taiyo Yuden’s high capacity (over 100μFUnit of capacitance. The basic unit of a measure of a capacitor. A capacitor charged to 1 volt with a charge of 1 coulombA coulomb is the unit of electric charge. It is named after ...
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GREENVILLE, S.C., March 18, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has introduced the highest Q 01005 MLCCMultiple-layer capacitors interleave dielectric and ...
Tags: design, AC current, Electronics
According to a new market report published by Persistence Market Research “Global Market Study on Graphite: Battery Segment To Witness Highest Growth by 2020”, the global graphite market was valued at USD 13.62 billion in 2013 ...
Zhejiang University in China and University of Cambridge in the UK have jointly developed ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) based on metal-semiconductor Schottky junctions between silver nanowires (AgNWs) and gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Researchers in Korea have used spin-coated silver nanowires (Ag NWs) to improve the performance of indium gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (InGaN LEDs) [Gyu-Jae Jeong et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol106, p031118, 2015]. The team based at ...
Tags: Spin-Coating, InGaN LEDs
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has named Rutronik as its 2014 “Best Distributor of the Year” citing the greatest year-on-year increase in sales throughout Europe. Rutronik has been in a sales partnership with Samsung ...
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Murata has developed a high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is expressed as the ratio of a ...