At the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing (DCS 2016) event in Baltimore, MD, USA (17–21 April), Sofradir of Palaiseau near Paris, France, which makes cooled infrared (IR) detectors based on mercury cadmium telluride (MCT/HgCdTe), ...
Following greatly increased use in the optical communications industry over the past 15 years, the global market for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) will grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.9% from ...
Tags: VCSELs, VCSEL Market, CAGR
US commercial packaging company Graphic Packaging International has signed an agreement to acquire converting assets from Metro Packaging & Imaging. The acquisition is a part of the company's effort to develop the best supply chain in ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Acquisition, Metro Packaging&Imaging
Eulitha AG of Würenlingen, Switzerland (a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen that offers nano-lithographic equipment and services for photonics and optoelectronic applications) says that one of its PhableR 100 ...
Tags: Eulitha, Nanopatterning HB-LEDs
Nanoelectronics research center imec of Leuven, Belgium has opened its new 300mm cleanroom. With this 4000m2 new facility, imec's semiconductor research cleanrooms (dedicated to scaling IC technology beyond 7nm) now total 12,000m2. Global ...
The universities of Virginia and of Texas in the USA have been developing avalanche photodiodes (APDs) based on aluminium indium arsenide antimonide (AlInAsSb) alloys. Two papers from the group detail the implementation of a staircase ...
KHS is offering a multistage preform inspection under the name of Innocheck PPI (PET Preform Inspection) program. This recognizes faulty preforms, finds foreign objects in preforms and detects the tiniest damage. The Innocheck PPI ...
A wide-format inkjet manufacturer Roland has launched the TrueVIS VG series 64" and 54" printer/cutters, a new generation of advanced eco-solvent inkjets to be released under the TrueVIS brand name. According to Andrew Oransky, Roland ...
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Future radar imaging systems and 5G communication systems will generate improved resolution and provide higher data-transmission rates when operated at higher frequencies, but at the cost of increased power consumption. To reduce power ...
In booth #2244 at the 31st IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2016) in Long Beach (20-24 March), Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on ...
Tags: GaN FETs, DC-DC Converter
Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs), has augmented its Optan SMD (surface-mount device) product line for instrumentation with the addition of ...
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Matrox Imaging has introduced Matrox SureDotOCR, an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology designed to address the challenges of using inkjet-printed, dot-matrix text in vision inspection applications. The OCR technology will be ...
Canadian label producer Access Labels has implemented the Xeikon 3030 digital color press. The new press is being used to supplement Access Labels' flexo equipment, expand into new markets, and better service the demands of their ...
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Kodak will showcase its new KODAK NEXPRESS ZX3900 Digital Production Color Press at drupa 2016. The new press supports thicker paper and the use of synthetic substrates that will open up new opportunities for printers, including short-run ...
Three-dimensional televisions are not successful because their 3D images do not meet people's expectations. Viewers have to wear 3D glasses, and visual fatigue prevents long-duration viewing. An ideal 3D display technique that overcomes ...
Tags: Micromirrors, 1D Scanning, Display