LEDs - or Light-Emitting Diodes – are semiconductors that generate narrow-spectrum light when electrically biased in the forward direction of the p-n junction. This effect is a form of electroluminescence. A single LED is often a ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany has announced a repeat order from AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn,Germany for two more metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)systems,to be dedicated to growing ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine,CA,USA,which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets,says it will start volume production of its ...
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Sony's diode lasers claim 2012 Leibinger prize 17 Sep 2012 Mass production of laser diodes and backwards compatible optical data storage recognized with biennial Zukunftspreis. Osamu Kumagai, a senior VP at Sony, has won the 2012 ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed the MGFK47G3745 gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)Ku-band(12–18GHz)amplifier for satellite earth stations. Picture:Simplified schematic of amplifier. ...
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Newport Corporation,an industry leader in optical power measurement,introduces the Series 819C/D high power silicon-based integrating sphere detectors which operate in the ultraviolet(UV-down to 200 nm)and can handle up to 10 watts of ...
4 September 2012 Wafer-scale transfer of III-Vs to silicon preparing for low-cost manufacturing Researchers based in the Republic of Ireland,Northern Ireland and the USA have developed a wafer-scale method to integrate III-V devices with ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada and its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc,which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems,have entered into an agreement involving the sale of most of its solar ...
Slow growth in the gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market, coupled with a shift away from GaAs technology for handset switches, reduced demand for semi-insulating GaAs bulk substrates by 4% in 2011, according to the recently released report ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto,Ontario,Canada–which makes high-concentration photovoltaic(HCPV)panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL Solar Inc and develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US ...
M/A-COM Tech launches MMIC doubler with integrated gain,self-biased doubler and driver stages M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell,MA,USA(which makes analog semiconductors,components and subassemblies for RF,microwave and ...
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Using GaN as a substrate holds promise for many industries,but has immediate applications for light-emitting diodes(LEDs),which Soraa manufactures.A major advancement in a commercially viable new substrate is a promising disruptive ...
LEDs How it works A Light Emitting Diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied in the forward direction of the device. The effect is a form of electroluminescence where incoherent and ...
Hamamatsu reports record-power-density VCSEL Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.has reported the first demonstration of 10-watt-class output power for a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL)array with ion-implanted isolated current ...
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IBM is working with scientists at ETH Zurich to demonstrate the first-ever direct mapping of the formation of a persistent spin helix in a semiconductor.This has implications for the use of electron spins for storing,transporting and ...