The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors and Tsinghua University claim “the first proof-of-concept experimental demonstration of the current-driven pyramid array InGaN/GaN core-shell LEDs interconnected with ...
Tags: Pyramid-array LEDs, Graphene Electrodes, GaN, MOCVD
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has appointed George Stringer as senior VP of North America Sales and Nick ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN-on-GaN, LED MR16 Lamps
Peking and Xidian universities have jointly developed a self-terminating gate recess etch that allows them to produce aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) normally-off metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with positive ...
Tags: Electrical, gate recess etch
Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd of Yokohama, Japan has released the MB51T008A, a silicon-substrate-based, gallium-nitride (GaN) power device with a drain-source breakdown voltage (V(BR)DSS) of 150V. Features of the MB51T008A include: (1) ...
Tags: Power Device, Electrical
Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has launched four new gallium nitride (GaN) ...
Tags: Hittite, Electrical, Electronics
At the SEMICON West 2013 event in San Francisco (9-11 July), Luxembourg-registered synthetic diamond materials firm Element Six (a member of the De Beers Family of Companies) has announced that it has expanded its global manufacturing ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says has appointed Mouser Electronics Inc as a global distributor of its complete range of products, including its EPIC sensor and MAGIC GaN LEDs. Mike Scott, Mouser's vice president of ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED
LED and lighting industry players make news in new executive hires and distribution agreements, with Cree Lighting increasing its presence in Europe and Nualight appointing a new CEO. Major players in the LED and solid-state lighting ...
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says it is working with Plymouth City Council to help achieve the Council's ambitious carbon reduction strategy for all their managed buildings and infrastructure. Plessey is replacing the existing ...
Tags: LED Lighting, GaN IC
Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, which provides crystalline gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum nitride (AlN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) materials and related products and services, has announced the commercial availability ...
Tags: Electrical, Kyma Technologies
The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
Tags: Power electronics, Electrical, Electronics
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC has developed a method to grow epitaxial nitride semiconductors on graphene [Neeraj Nepal et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p061003, 2013]. The researchers hope that this could lead to ...
Tags: Graphene, Electrical, Electronics, hot-electron transistors
UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), part of Oxford Instruments plc, has introduced the PlasmaPro100 Sapphire single wafer etch system. "The PlasmaPro100 Sapphire is designed ...
Tags: Wafer Etch System, Electrical, Electronics
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that samples of a 350mW gallium nitride -on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) LED are now available. The entry-level lighting products (part number PLB010350) are manufactured on Plessey's 6-inch MAGIC ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
The Electronic Packaging business unit of SCHOTT technology group of Mainz, Germany and Tesat-Spacecom GmbH of Backnang, Germany (a manufacturer of systems and equipment for telecoms via satellite) have developed a hermetically sealed ...
Tags: power amplifier, Electrical, Electronics, Satellite