Canon U.S.A., Inc. recently launched the FPA-3030i5+ i-line stepper, designed for the manufacturing of LEDs, MEMS and power semiconductors. The FPA-3030 platform is an upgrade to earlier Canon “FPA-3000 platform” steppers. The ...
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced this week that it has developed a prototype multi-wire electrical discharge processing technology to cut very hard four inch square polycrystalline silicon carbide (SiC) ingots into 40 pieces at ...
Vicor has introduced a buck regulator for point-of-load applications which is efficiency optimised for 12V input voltages. The Picor PI34XX series buck regulators will deliver 95% peak efficiency for 12V to 3.3V regulation and up to ...
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Infineon has got customer go-aheads for manufacturing power semiconductors on 300mm thin wafers in its CoolMOS family. CoolMOS is produced by the 300mm line at Villach. The production process has completed qualification from start to ...
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The global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% over 2012-2016, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp says that it has developed a prototype multi-wire electrical discharge processing technology to cut very hard 4-inch polycrystalline silicon carbide (SiC) ingots into 40 pieces simultaneously. Up to ...
A meeting organized by the Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center, has taken place to initiate the research project Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES), which aims to develop cutting-edge technology to increase ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Merrimack, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and electronics markets) has acquired certain ...
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AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology announces SUMITOMO Taiwan as their sole distributor partner in Taiwan. Capitalizing on the overwhelming success and customer traction, AZZURRO stepped up its ...
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The European semiconductor industry is missing the point,Maria Marced,President of TSMC Europe,told Future Horizons'IEF2012 meeting in Bratislava this morning. "Europe is shifting-changing towards analogue mixed signal rather than digital ...
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HexaTech Inc of Morrisville,NC,USA has reported the results of an ongoing collaboration with development partner Tokuyama Corp of Tokyo,Japan that has demonstrated UV-C LEDs with exceptional output power and improvements in internal quantum ...
Although 2012 turned out to be an off year for RF power amplifiers and devices for wireless infrastructure,the market still held its own,says market analyst firm ABI Research in its report'RF Power Amplifiers'.This year should be viewed as ...
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The assets were purchased from Twin Creeks’ lenders in a private sale for approximately $10 million and royalties that will be based on future sales. GT expects that Twin Creeks’ unique Hyperion™ ion implanter ...
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A heavyweight business insider has been brought in to address the deteriorating situation at STMicroelectronics. Georges Penalver formerly at Sagem and France Telecom and a general partner at US-based investment fund Cathaya Capital,has ...
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The research project Low Energy Electronics Systems (LEES) has started its work with a kick-off meeting. The program's initiator is the renowned Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center based in Singapore. The LEES ...
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