Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that Seoul-based LG Innotek (a subsidiary of South Korean electronics company LG Group) has selected an AIX G5 WW (Warm-Wall) reactor for the development of ...
Tags: SiC Epiwafers, Aix G5 WW System
The global LED production equipment market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 5% to $1.5bn in 2019, forecasts a report by analysts at Technavio. Demand for LED production equipment is currently being heavily ...
Tags: LEDs, LED Production
Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA has completed its acquisition of EpiWorks Inc of Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA (which manufactures epitaxial wafers for optical components, wireless devices ...
Tags: EpiWorks, Engineered materials
When discussing the properties of LEDs, the word ‘color’ immediately comes to our minds; and there are so many facets to our perception of color! An important one is color consistency, which is really a blanket qualifier for a ...
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 ...
As part of its growth strategy to reach a broader set of customers, Global Power Technologies Group (GPTG) has announced an exclusive global distribution agreement with US-based Digi-Key Electronics, a provider of both prototype/design and ...
Tags: SiC Products, Electronics
PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) maker Rigidtech Microelectronics is setting up a factory in eastern China with initial monthly capacity of 100,000 PSS and volume production there will begin around the end of 2015, according to the ...
LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.178 billion (US$37.4 million) for March, increasing 11.78% sequentially and 4.92% on year, and its January-March consolidated revenues totaled NT$3.502 billion, growing ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafers, LED chips
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed silicon substrate applications for integrating power drivers on single-chip devices, with volumes of such devices being 75% smaller than those of conventional models, and the company ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, Lights
Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics expects the revenue proportion for LED lighting products in 2015 to rise to 30-40%, approximately double the level in 2014, according to the company. Lextar said it has received orders for ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED light
In booth 616 at the SPIE Photonics West 2015 event in San Francisco's Moscone Center (7-12 February), Marktech Optoelectronics of Latham, NY, USA, whose capabilities span wafer growth through finished packaging and custom solutions, is to ...
Tags: photodetectors, Electrical
Epistar Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC ) held Board of Directors’ meetings today and approved a sale of TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL) shares. Epistar will acquire all shares of TSMC SSL held by TSMC and ...
The board of directors of Hsinchu-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, the world’s biggest silicon wafer foundry) has approved the sale of its stake in TSMC Solid State Lighting (TSMC SSL). Taiwan’s Epistar Corp ...
Tags: LED lighting products, Electrical
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will form a strategic partnership with LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar by having its subsidiary, TSMC Solid State Lighting, sell MOCVD sets to Epistar and then acquiring new ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, chip maker, Lights
ALLOS Semiconductors GmbH of Dresden, Germany, which was founded in June, says that it has acquired (via auction) the exclusive ownership of all technology, know-how and intellectual property of the former AZZURRO Semiconductors AG, which ...
Tags: patent landscape, market, technology strategy, Electrical