China's LED industry has begun to take shape, and entering a period of rapid development. LED industry annual sales revenue of over 150 billion yuan, the production growth of nearly 50% over 8000 enterprises engaged in the LED industry, has ...
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KLA-Tencor says its new fourth-generation LED wafer inspection system achieves greater flexibility, increased throughput, and improved efficiency for inspecting defects and performing 2D metrology in LED applications, as well as MEMS and ...
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Analysts see LED market hitting peak within three years 18 Dec 2012 Long-lived nature of solid-state lighting technology means LED lamp sales could be flat from 2015 onwards. Osram's "Parathom Classic" While Philips reports surging ...
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N-type mono-crystalline solar cells have high production costs, making them less competitive. Nevertheless, China-based firms have been eager to enter the market. The cost of N-type mono-crystalline solar cells is high due to immature ...
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GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, the largest China-based maker of polysilicon and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, reportedly plans to take over a 20% stake in Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries from Taiwan ...
Source: Toshiba Toshiba’s white LED package Toshiba Corporation will begin mass production of white LEDs on 200mm silicon wafers this month based on technology that it licensed and developed with Californian firm Bridgelux. ...
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After experiencing a boon in 2010, the weak LED market reaction in 2011 did not allow the global LED manufacturing production to grow as expected. Capacity utilization reached a low due to the fast capacity expansion and slower market ...
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Toshiba will begin mass production of white LEDs on 200-mm silicon wafers this month based on technology that it licensed and jointly developed with Bridgelux. Toshiba has announced that it will begin production of white LEDs on 200-mm ...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday approved United Microelectronics Corp.’s application to acquire a 51.85% stake in mainland Chinese chipmaker HeJian Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for US$175 million. With the ...
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IBM has hit a milestone in its quest to come up with a successor to silicon computer chips. The company said its research into semiconductors based on carbon nanotubes, or CNTs, has yielded a new method to accurately place them on wafers ...
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LED semiconductor lighting is the fourth revolution in the way of human lighting after the incandescent lighting, fluorescent lighting and energy saving lamp lighting. Because of energy saving, environmental protection, long life, rich ...
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Sanan showcases LED products at China optoelectronic expo Siu Han, Shenzhen; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 11 September 2012] The 14th annual China International Optoelectronic Expo was held in Shenzhen from September 6-9, 2012. This ...
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LED manufacturers invested heavily in production equipment in 2010–2011, driven primarily by demand for backlighting for flat panel displays in TVs and computers. Although this driver has moderated and there is currently an oversupply ...
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that the company will start sales of white light-emitting diode (LED) packages that offer makers of general purpose and industrial LED lighting solutions a cost-competitive alternative to current LED ...
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Significant investments and subsidies have enhanced Chinese companies’ capabilities to produce not only LED chips and packaged devices, but also materials and equipment used in LED manufacturing, as TOM HAUSKEN explains. There has ...
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