Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany says that Showa Denko of Chichibu,Japan has added a SiC CVD Warm-Wall Planetary Reactor system to its Aixtron equipment base,capable of handling either ten 100mm or six 150mm ...
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Rubicon Technology has placed an order of multiple units of the Zeta 300 series optical profiler from San Jose based Zeta Instruments for its sapphire substrate and wafer production. The company will use the Zeta-300 series optical ...
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UK-based Plessey readies for volume chip production, while Germany's Azzurro Semiconductors gains support for move to larger wafers. GaN-on-silicon LED A disruptive approach to lowering the cost of solid-state lighting (SSL) with ...
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02 Aug 2012 German company will lead a new effort to shrink extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography resolution from 20nm to 14nm. EUV optics The optics giant Carl Zeiss is to lead a new project to improve the resolution of extreme ...
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Cymer reports improved EUV optics performance 25 Jul 2012 New coating on collector for extreme ultraviolet source increases effective lifetime by 50%. Bull run:Cymer hits long-term high Lithography light source provider Cymer has ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has announced its first major orders for concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)wafers from Solar Junction Corp(SJC)of San Jose,CA,USA,which manufactures III-V multi-junction solar ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has completed its acquisition(announced on 5 June)of the entire in-house molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)epiwafer manufacturing unit of RF Micro Devices Inc of ...
5 June 2012 IQE acquires RFMD's MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has signed what is described as a multi-faceted agreement to acquire the entire ...
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4 June 2012 Cascade launches first fully automatic high-power device measurement probe system Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton,OR,USA,which provides equipment for the precision contact,electrical measurement and test of ICs,optical ...
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Venture-backed developer of high-efficiency,multi-junction cells signs agreement with concentrated PV specialist SolFocus. SolFocus,the US-based company at the forefront of concentrated photovoltaics(CPV)systems that generate ...
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China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 23 May 2012]The price of polysilicon in China has been low causing many firms to shut down ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics, due to increasing orders from Sharp for backlighting applications for LCD TVs over 50 inches, expects to fully utilize its capacity in late March or early April 2012, ...
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Cree’s LED-component revenue fell in the last quarter compared with the previous year, and the company is delaying its conversion to 150-mm wafer manufacturing in order to increase its factory utilization rate. LED lighting ...
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LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics has completed the construction of its third plant, located at the Tainan Science Park (TSP). Genesis will install a 6-inch epitaxial wafer production line in the plant. David Chung, chairman of Geneis ...
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Trina Solar, a China-based integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, has announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net ...
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