Ammono S.A. of Warsaw, Poland, which produces bulk gallium nitride (GaN) using ammonothermal technology, has announced that it is partnering with Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA and MicroLink Devices of Niles, IL, USA in two novel ...
Tags: efficiency of power electronics, semiconductor materials
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon ingot and wafer maker Eversol has landed EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) projects for installing ground-mounted PV systems with total capacity of 80MWp in Japan and expects to ...
Tags: polycrystalline, solar-grade
Quotes for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer have risen from US$1 in December 2013 to US$1.05 currently, and are expected to rise to US$1.08 in February and further to US$1.10 in March, according to chairman Guo Yan-ting of ...
Tags: Solar-Grade, Silicon Wafers
Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
Tags: Robotics, environment, innovations
Last week nanotechnology research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium celebrated its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization, imec has grown to be a multi-disciplinary expertise center in the fields of semiconductor ...
Tags: FinFETs, III-V CMOS, ASML of Veldhoven, TSMC
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is to play a key part in a US public-private consortium of more than 25 companies, universities and state and federal organizations selected to lead the Next Generation ...
Tags: IQE, Power electronics, GaN-on-Si, CMOS
Oxford Instruments is offering an upgrade option for its ALD equipment to apply a bias voltage to the substrate, adding further control of the energy at the wafer surface in order to tune the properties of the deposited film. While scaling ...
Intel is delaying opening its 14-nm Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona, as demand for PC microprocessors continues to decline. As reported by Reuters, the facility was initially intended to produce Intel’s most advanced processors ...
Laser dicing systems maker Advanced Laser Separation International NV (ALSI) of Beuningen, The Netherlands has received an order for a laser dicing system from Plessey Semiconductors Ltd for its LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, UK. ...
As part of an asset deal, as of 1 January, Jenoptik of Jena, Germany has transferred expertise, patents and results relating to thermal laser separation (TLS-Dicing) technology developed by its Laser & Materials Processing Division to ...
Tags: 3D-Micromac, Electrical
Taiwan-based makers have hiked quotes for high energy conversion rate solar-grade wafers to about US$1 per wafer due to tight supplies, according to industry sources. Prices for a high-efficiency solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer ...
Tags: Silicon Wafer, Lighting, Solar-grade
Solid catalysts based on precious metals, such as palladium, are widely used in industry to promote a range of chemical reactions. Finding ways to minimize the consumption of expensive catalytic materials, however, remains a critical ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Hybrid
Europe has become an area where special IC´s and electronic applications are being developed and produced, such as Sensors, MEMS, vision applications, specific IC’s, etcetera, in particular for semiconductor, automotive and ...
Tags: special IC´s, electronic applications, TOWA Europe GmbH
Given North America's recent record-breaking cold with its thousands of cancelled airline flights, ice and aviation are very much in the news-especially the ice that cakes up on wings and tails, requiring trips to de-icing stations on the ...
Tags: Aircraft Icing, Alpha Particles
EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, indicates that since high-efficiency wafer supply shortage remains and demand is still strong, both buyers and sellers have started to plan for February orders ahead of time. It’s ...
Tags: Wafer, Raw Material