Researchers in Korea have been developing improved non-alloyed contacts for gallium arsenide (GaAs) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) and high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [Seung-Hwan Kim et al, IEEE Electron Device ...
Future radar imaging systems and 5G communication systems will generate improved resolution and provide higher data-transmission rates when operated at higher frequencies, but at the cost of increased power consumption. To reduce power ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany received the CS High-Volume Manufacturing Award 2016 for its new fully automated AIX G5+ C metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system at this year's CS ...
Tags: Aixtron, MOCVD, CS industry Awards, GaN-on-Si
Canon has announced the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II, thus continuing its battle with Sony for the premium point-and-shoot crown. The follow-up to 2014's Canon PowerShot G7 X sports the same 20.1-megapixel 1-inch CMOS sensor, but adds a ...
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For fourth-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a seventh consecutive quarter of revenue ...
Researchers in France believe they have made preliminary steps towards establishing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform for quantum information processing. Quantum information processing ...
Strong wireless demand resulted in growth of more than 25% in the gallium arsenide (GaAs) IC market in 2015, according to The Information Network in its report 'The GaAs IC Market'. Every cell phone contains power amplifiers (PA), ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for wireless connectivity and cellular mobility, has launched a new family of ultra-miniature 2.4GHz RF front-end IC ...
Tags: RFaxis CMOS, amplifier
China on Tuesday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country's high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern ...
In an update on current trading and confirms its expectations for full-year 2015, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it is on track to achieve year-on-year revenue growth, with second-half revenue ...
Tags: IQE, epiwafer foundry, Electronics
Specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach, CA, USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has signed a definitive ...
Tags: TowerJazz Panasonic, CMOS, Semiconductor
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in the UK has been improving its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-on-silicon light-emitting diode (LED) technology [Liyang Zhang et al, Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol3, p457, 2015]. A light output ...
Tags: GaN-on-silicon LEDs, Plessey MOCVD
CEA-Leti and its partners in the European FP7 project PLAT4M today announced they have built three silicon photonics platforms. The four-year project, which launched in 2013, aims at building a European-based supply chain in silicon ...
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Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and its partners say that they have built three silicon photonics platforms, as they reach the mid-point of the four-year European Union Seventh Framework Program (EU FP7) project ...
Tags: Leti, silicon photonics, STMicroelectronics
Toshiba has announced the development of the next-generation TarfSOI (Toshiba advanced RF silicon-on-insulator) process, optimized for radio-frequency (RF) switch applications. Sample shipments of a new SP12T (single-pole 12-throw switch) ...
Tags: Toshiba, SOI-CMOS, RF switches