For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...
Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
Tags: GaN, HVPE, free-standing wafers
Makers of vertical form/fill/seal machines have offered automatic set-up functionality for mechanical axes of motion for some time now. So when changeover to a new bag size requires an adjustment of the vacuum belts that pull the flexible ...
Tags: mechanical axes, Mike Krummey, continuous-motion machine
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (to 2 July, a 14 week quarter), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $125.2m, up 24% on $101.1m last ...
Tags: Oclaro, optical communications, DFB
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that, for $76.5m, it has acquired the remaining 34% stake that it did not already own in the filter joint venture it created with ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched two RF switches suitable for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications including the connected home. In addition to the ...
John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched the XLamp MHB-B LED, a high-power LED that enables a more effective way to deliver lower system costs for high-lumen, high-efficiency applications designed ...
In an investigation initiated by LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA against lighting company Feit Electric Company Inc of Pico Rivera, CA, USA, an administrative law judge (ALJ) of the US International ...
For second-quarter 2016, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $75.3m, down 8.6% on $78m last quarter and 42.7% on $131.4m a year ago, consistent with ...
Tags: Veeco, LED industry
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that its 11MWAC Rancho Seco ...
Tags: First Solar, Thin-film photovoltaic, CdTe
According to a blog by founder Pradeep Sindhu, optical network product provider Juniper Networks Inc of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has entered into an agreement to acquire the fabless, privately held firm Aurrion of Santa Barbara, CA, USA. ...
Adflex has purchased FB Servo press from Nilpeter, in a bid to produce quality solutions for the customers. Adflex, which produces pressure sensitive product lables, is expertised in manufacturing high-end label identification and ...
Tags: FB Servo press, UV-platform, APPS
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that it has sales bookings of 121MWDC of thin-film modules which will be used in utility-based community solar installations in the USA. ...
Tags: Cadmium telluride, PV Module
Nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur diselenide) thin-film solar module maker Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA says that its solar panels are being used in a new solar electric array that is powering the Avon Central ...
Tags: solar panels, Stion Partners