Researchers in Guangdong province, China, have been exploring the potential for improved light extraction from nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on patterned sapphire substrates with spherical cap bumps [Haiyan Wang et al, ...
Tags: LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA and Belgium's imec are collaborating on a project aimed at lowering the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si)-based power ...
Tags: LED, Power Electronics, Electrical, Electronics
Aixtron SE announced gas manufacturer Air Water Inc. based in Azumino, Japan has successfully installed a fully automated AIX G5 HT Planetary Reactorin a 8x6-inch configuration for the growth of GaN epitaxial layers. Following the system ...
Tags: LED, LED applications, Electrical, Electronics
Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, which provides crystalline gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum nitride (AlN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) materials and related products and services, has announced the participation of its ...
Tags: Kyma MOCVD GaN, Electrical, Electronics
The Investment Commission approved for Chinese LED epitaxy manufacturer San'an Optoelectronic Co. to invest in Taiwan LED chip supplier Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (ForEpi). Cooperation between the two companies marks a new milestone and will ...
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Ohio State University is proposing the use of a newly developed tunnel junction as a means to ameliorate the effects of efficiency droop in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and other optoelectronic devices [Fatih Akyol et ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that Air Water Inc of Azumino, Japan has successfully installed a fully automated Aixtron AIX G5 HT Planetary Reactor (in 8x6-inch configuration) for the MOCVD growth of ...
Tags: Aixtron MOCVD GaN-on-SiC, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
Germany-based researchers claim a record on-current for an enhancement-mode (e-mode) gallium nitride (GaN) metal insulator semiconductor heterostructure field-effect transistor (MISHFET) on silicon (Si) substrate [Herwig Hahn et al, Jpn. J. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, E-Mode
Researchers based in the USA have used a double-heterostructuring based on order-disorder properties of aluminium indium phosphide (AlInP) to produce 'amber-green' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Theresa M. Christian et al, J. Appl. Phys., ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that China's Wuhan Huagong Genuine Optics Tech Co Ltd (HG Genuine), a developer and manufacturer of optical components in China, has ordered a 6x2-inch Close Coupled ...
Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker as well as LED packaging house, is expected to see consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2013 increase 5-10% sequentially due to growing orders for LED backlight units ...
Researchers based in the USA and Korea have found "an unequivocal correlation between the onset of high injection and the onset of the efficiency droop" of gallium indium nitride (GaInN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [David S. Meyaard et al, ...
Tags: LED, Nitride LED, Electrical, Electronics
Songhao Liu, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the famous optics and lasers scientist professor, recently stated that LED lamps will replace incandescent bulbs soon, occupying the lighting market. He believes that the ...
Tags: LED Lighting
The oversupply of LED die still exists; however, the demand for LED lighting fixture is expected to achieve explosive growth in next year under the great support of lighting equipment factories in the mainland China, highly anticipated next ...
Tags: Epistar, LED Lighting
Global demand for precursors, a material used in the manufacturing of LEDs, is set to more than double from 2012 to 2016, according to a research firm. Precursors are used in the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...
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