Grenoble-based CEA-Leti (the French government’s Laboratory for Electronics & Information Technology) reckons that Europe is strongly positioned to design and manufacture volume silicon photonics devices because of the success of the ...
German AlN crystal maker CrystAl-N is shifting its production from 1-inch to 2-inch AlN and accepting pre-orders of the new material. According to the company, which was founded in 2010 as spin-off of Friedrich-Alexander-University ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has launched gallium nitride (GaN)-based high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) epitaxial wafers on 150mm-diameter semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) substrates ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has launched the new division IQE Wireless, which will provide a complete ‘one-stop shop’ for radio frequency (RF) wireless epitaxial wafer materials. The new ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has launched RF switching technology that aims to enable early adopters to implement carrier aggregation solutions. Carrier aggregation allows mobile service providers ...
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Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, a report forecasts, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number of LED chips used in ...
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) expects its solar business to reach breakeven and may obtain profits in the second quarter as market conditions have been improving. Doris Hsu, president of SAS, stated that since ...
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After falling 15% in 2012, solar wafer production is forecast to grow 19% in 2013, passing 30GW and recovering to 2011 levels, according to Solarbuzz. However, industry utilization is expected to remain below 60%, and while prices have ...
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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased during the first quarter 2013 when compared to fourth quarter 2012 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer ...
In the rapidly growing Asian market, sales of ultrapure water systems and consumables will exceed $3 billion for the first time ever in 2015. This is the conclusion reached in the McIlvaine on line report Ultrapure Water World Markets. ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, has introduced the latest version of its EVG120 automated resist processing system. Incorporating new features and improved productivity in an ...
Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on May 7 announced a merger with Sino Solar, its joint venture which makes crystalline silicon solar cells, through the acquisition of a 58.12% stake at NT$7.05 per share for NT$810 ...
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In a move that it hopes will help usher in an age of low-cost solar power, Harvard University's Clean Energy Project (CEP) in June plans to release a list of 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic ...
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The LED industry gained a foothold for growth in the parts and materials industry after LED technology was applied to the TV backlight unit (BLU). The industry is now about to advance again with the development of the LED lighting, an end ...
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While price drops of sapphire wafers slowed down significantly in the first quarter of 2013, prices for 2-inch sapphire wafers, which stand at US$6.8-7 currently, may rise, according to Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers. Prices for ...
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