Microsemi Corp of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA (which designs and makes analog and RF devices, mixed-signal integrated circuits and subsystems) has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diode product family with a new line of 650V solutions, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS), which designs and produces RF, microwave and millimeter-wave components and ICs at its facilities in Orsay, France and Ulm, Germany, has made available enhanced process design kits (PDKs) by using the ...
Tags: UMS Agilent EDA software
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invested another US$15.50 million into future R&D of semiconductors and chips, according to a blog entry by Michael Cooney, Online News Editor for Network World. The funds will be ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless provider of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, has appointed US engineering consultancy Vqdot as an Applications ...
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Many SiC-based substrate manufacturers exhibited 6-inch (150mm)-diameter wafers at ICSCRM 2013, an international conference on SiC-based power semiconductors, which took place from Sept 29 to Oct 4, 2013, in Miyazaki, Japan. Six-inch ...
Tags: SiC Wafers, Lighting
An automated in-situ test method applied alongside Mentor's T3Ster platform can enable SSL product developers to design an optimal thermal management system that can ensure long life and maintained lumen output for LED-based products. To ...
Tags: LEDs, Austria Symposium
Based in Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Chemical is a key technology player in the production of high purity metal organic chemicals used in the laser market. Albemarle plans to continue producing these specialty products at Cambridge Chemical's ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, laser market
Showa Denko (SDK) is launching silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers with a diameter of 6 inches (150mm) - the largest size currently available, it is claimed - for use in power devices. The firm is also selling a new grade of 4-inch ...
Tags: Epiwafers, Inverter Power Devices
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA, which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, has launched what it claims is the industry’s first integrated core chip ...
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With the LED lighting market soaring and backlight products increased incorporation of mid-powered LEDs, it is unsurprising that mid-power LEDs were most popular in 2013. Mid-power LEDs production value in 2013 surpassed that of ...
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One problem in developing more efficient organic LED light bulbs and displays for TVs and phones is that much of the light is polarized in one direction and thus trapped within the LED. University of Utah physicists believe they have solved ...
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. ...
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Fujifilm Corporation and imec have developed a new *photoresist technology for **organic semiconductors that enables the realization of submicron patterns. (For * please see note at bottom for further explanations.) Due to their ...
Tags: Organic Semiconductors, Lighting
This week Walmart has pushed LED manufacturers into hot water as it releases a US$ 9 LED bulb line, while German manufacturer Osram slashed 900 jobs in the U.S. as part of its restructure plan. Goldman Sachs on the other hand has remained ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Walmart
Nitride is producing the product in quantity at its manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kan., using its proprietary advanced HVPE process. Troy Baker, Ph.D., Nitride's research and development director, presented data at the 2013 ...