Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has launched a highly efficient, broadband, 13dB gain, gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) drive amplifier in ...
Two Yale University researchers have developed epitaxial distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) in nitride semiconductors with reflectivities of more than 98% [Danti Chen and Jung Han, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol101, p221104, 2012]. Further, the ...
Osram presents a luminaire in the form of the Rollercoaster designer luminaire featuring industry-mature, transparent OLEDs for the first time. The 'luminous glass panels' are intended for series-production from 2014 onwards, and organic ...
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Panasonic said Monday it has developed a new system for artificial photosynthesis that can remove carbon dioxide from the air almost as well as plants do, as part of the company's push to join an industry-wide trend toward greener tech. ...
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Shenzhen General Technology use LED technology to reduce Energy, Maintenance and Accidents Osram’s versatile Oslon SSL series are applied in Xishan Duerping coal mine lighting in Shanxi Province, the so-called “home of ...
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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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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012 for its new MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs). The winners were announced at the ...
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Current bright blue LEDs are based on the wide band gap semiconductors GaN (gallium nitride) and InGaN (indium gallium nitride). They can be added to existing red and green LEDs to produce the impression of white light, though white LEDs ...
Rambus on Thursday announced it signed a six-year patent licensing agreement with Fujitsu Semiconductors, which will use Rambus technology in chips and integrated circuits. Rambus holds patents related to memory architecture and logic, ...
The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
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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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Growth in the industrial electronics semiconductor market is set to fall short of previous expectations in 2012 as the business is buffeted by weakening global economic conditions, with the LED market the sole bright spot, says IHS iSuppli ...
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Tax Incentives for LED in Asia China: Tax exclusion on new fabs for 10 years 17% VAT on imported semiconductors Korea: Low interest rates and tax incentives for high-tech Direct investment in education and R&D Taiwan: 5 ...
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Unless Hewlett-Packard gets its act together quickly, Lenovo will soon become the world's number one PC maker. If that happens, it's going to create a moment of national angst. Headlines would declare: Chinese firm becomes world's top ...
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Market research firm Strategies Unlimited has unveiled the top-ten list of HB-LED manufacturers in 2010, ranked by revenue from packaged LED sales. Topped by privately-held Japanese manufacturer Nichia, the list also contains 2 other ...
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