Deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light is used for sterilization, assisting chemical reactions, and photolithography. The disadvantages of conventional DUV sources such as excimer lasers and mercury-vapor lamps—expense and inclusion of toxic ...
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Researchers in China have improved LED power output and droop behavior in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by including an electron-emitting layer under the active region [Jianbao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, ...
This quarter, Plessey Semiconductors plans to sample its GaN-on-Silicon LEDs. Samples are due out in December with production sales beginning in March for both LED die and packaged devices. It is the culmination of a decade of ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has seen its third-quarter 2012 equipment orders pick up by 15% sequentially to €34.5m. The company says that current Q4/2012 quotation levels suggest a continuation of ...
NGK Insulators Ltd of Nagoya, Japan has developed gallium nitride (GaN) wafers that significantly reduce defects and approximately double the luminous efficiency of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) over previous models. The GaN wafers ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont,CA,USA,which develops solid-state lighting technology built on'GaN on GaN'(gallium nitride on gallium nitride)substrates,says that as of 1 November 2012 its full-spectrum GaN-on-GaN LED MR16 lamps ,China,South ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that in Q3/2012 the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (SINANO), China, ordered two Aixtron Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS), metal organic chemical vapour ...
AIXTRON SE today announced that the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (SINANO), China, has made a purchase order for two AIXTRON Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) systems to extend the center's nitride semiconductor research. The ...
Cree Inc of Durham,NC,USA has launched a range of 50V gallium nitride(GaN)high-electron-mobility transistor(HEMT)devices that,it is claimed,enable a significant reduction in the energy needed to power cellular networks. The world's ...
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BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia says it is now able to produce gallium nitride (GaN) with industry standard impurity levels using its low temperature remote-plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) technology. The RPCVD grown GaN ...
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SDK and TS Opto concluded an absorption-type company split agreement. (Since this is a case of "simplified absorption-type company split" involving SDK and its wholly owned subsidiary, part of the details are omitted from the scope of ...
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In the seven years since Hurricane Wilma swept through South Florida,unexpectedly shattering thousands of glass windows in the gleaming high-rises in Miami and Fort Lauderdale,a new generation of towers have reshaped the skyline. The ...
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Singapore researchers report "for the first time" the DC and microwave characteristics of submicron-gate aluminium gallium nitride on gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on 8-inch (200mm) diameter Si(111) ...
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Tokyo-based chemical manufacturer Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has announced to split off and transfer its GaN LED epitaxial wafer and chip production business to its subsidiary TS Opto Co Ltd (which was founded at the end of September at SDK's ...
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AMCAD Engineering of Limoges,France(which provides test and modelling tools for RF and microwave IC applications)has announced an upgrade to its PIV pulse current-voltage semiconductor device analyzer family for the next generation of ...
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