NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layers to release nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from sapphire and transfer them to commercially available adhesive tape [Toshiki Makimoto ...
Tags: LED
Japanese companies from Tamura Corp and Koha Co Ltd have created a white LED using gallium oxide (β-type Ga2O3) and exhibited it at Lighting Japan 2013 from Jan 16 to 18, 2013. The LED consists of a blue LED chip made on a ...
Tags: Japanese companies, LED, gallium oxide
Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based makers. However, president Jacob Tam for TSMC Solid ...
Taiwan researchers have used a self-textured oxide mask (STOM) as a template to enhance the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of nitride 380nm ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 83% [Kun-Ching Shen et al, IEEE Electron ...
Tags: LED light, LED, LED light extraction
The HB-LED Standards Committee of industry association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved its first standard ‘SEMI HB1: Specifications for Sapphire Wafers Intended for Use for Manufacturing High ...
Tags: LED, Light, HB LED, LED devices
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd says that Verbatim is to launch a new range of LED-based products that are built around Seoul Semiconductor’s patented nPola technology. nPola minimizes defects in the LED chip’s ...
Verbatim will launch a new range of LED products based on Seoul Semiconductor (SSC)’s ”nPola” technology. Since 2010, Verbatim has been introducing a growing portfolio of high performance LED lamps to the lighting ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED, LED lamps, LED products
Several SEMI task forces have been developing standards related to LED manufacturing, and the first of these, describing specifications for 150-mm-diameter sapphire wafers, has now been approved. The HB-LED Standards Committee of SEMI, the ...
Tags: SEMI, LED manufacturing, HB-LED Standard
Taiwan’s National Chung Hsing University has used nitride semiconductor growth on gallium nitride nanocolumns and nanoporosity achieved with photoelectrochemical etching to boost the light output power of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ...
Tags: LEDs, Air-Channels, Nanoporous Structure
GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Nashua,NH,USA(a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar,LED and other specialty markets)says that it is ...
Tags: GT, structure, PV, photovoltaic equipment
Buying a pricey new dishwasher probably won't light up your life, but the Thermador DWHD651JFP, $2,200, gets an A for effort. Its sapphire-blue LEDs beam upon the dishwasher's contents when you open the door, and a set of white lights ...
Tags: dishwasher, Thermador DWHD651JFP, washing, Dishwasher Features
In 2012, Panasonic's LED lighting accounted for 10% of the global market. The firm has been expanding product lines and expects to obtain a 37.5% share in Japan in 2013. Panasonic has been expanding in other markets such as China and Europe ...
Tags: research, Japan market, LED lighting, lighting, Panasonic, Toshiba
SEMI's HB-LED Standards Committee has approved its first standard,specifying sapphire wafers used in making HB-LED devices. Five categories of single-crystal,single-side polished c-axis sapphire wafers are covered by the new HB1 standard: ...
Tags: HB-LED Standard, SEMI, HB-LED devices, new HB1 standard
Significant overcapacity and low LED substrate prices will affect the profitability and viability of many sapphire players in 2013 and beyond. So says a new market report 'Sapphire Substrates 2013' from analyst company Yole ...
Tags: sapphire substrates, low LED substrate, LED, LED makers
Yole Développement announces its report"Sapphire Substrates 2013".This report provides a detailed analysis of the sapphire industry,including revenue,volume and price trends for all major substrate applications.It also includes an ...
Tags: LED, SoS, sapphire material, LED-on-Si