Markets for pulsed RF power devices up to 18GHz are expected to show continued solid growth over the next five years - exceeding $250m by 2018 - despite the current economic turmoil and cuts in defense spending, according to the study ...
Tags: ABI RF power semiconductors GaN, Electrical, Electronics
LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, says that Epistar Corp (Taiwan's largest LED chipmaker) has qualified the Pyro 400 ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor, photovoltaic applications
Buoyed by the success of its Compact 21 range of research systems, at the recent North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference (NAMBE 2013) in Banff, Canada (5-11 October) Riber S.A. of Bezons, France launched the Compact 21 DZ 3"-wafer ...
Tags: Riber MBE, Electrical, Electronics
Demand for sapphire for use in handsets is estimated to grow 25-30%, according to US-based crystal growth equipment and solution provider GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT). GTAT has been promoting HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) GaN ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, crystal growth equipment
With the unchanging trend of falling LED prices, chip manufacturers are constantly improving LED chip production process and technologies to lower costs. Semiconductor equipment company GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has developed Hydride ...
In booth 608 at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo 2013 in Atlanta (22-24 October), broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has announced that it ...
Tags: Anadigics, Amplifier, Electrical, Electronics
At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta (21-24 October), RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has launched the first two members of its cost-effective TriAccess ...
Tags: TriQuint, Gan Amplifiers, Electrical, Electronics
Bridgelux today announced the company has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list. The San Francisco Business Times recognizes private companies, and their ...
Tags: Bridgelux, GaN-on-Silicon
ARPA-E deputy director Cheryl Martin has announced $27m in funding from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for 14 projects aimed at developing next-generation power conversion devices that ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has unveiled its first power doubler amplifier in a multi-chip module to support the requirements of the new data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) 3.1. RFMD says that its new ...
Tags: Cable, RFMD, Electrical, Electronics
China-based chip maker San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd is projected to take the lead in gallium nitride (GaN) LED wafer capacity by the end of 2014, overtaking current leader Epistar Corp of Taiwan, according to market research firm IHS Inc. ...
Tags: LEDs, Electrical, Electronics, Optoelectronics
China-based die vendor Sanan is projected to take the lead in GaN LED wafer capacity by the end of 2014, overtaking current leader Epistar of Taiwan, according to IHS. While Epistar is forecast to continue its spot at the pinnacle in 2013 ...
Tags: GaN LED Wafer, Lighting
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a 600V gallium nitride on silicon (GaN/Si) normally-off metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) with large gate swing and low current ...
Tags: GaN MIS-HEMTs AlGaN, Electrical, Electronics
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched what it claims is the first line of high-color-rendering LED MR16 GU10 120V ...
Tags: LED Lamps, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Soraa launched the first line of high color rendering LED MR16 GU10 120V line voltage lamps. Uniquely, the company has released a 10o spot version, not available in halogen or from other LED manufacturers, as well as a 25o version that has ...
Tags: MR16 LED Lamps, Lighting