Amtech Systems, Inc. a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ...
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Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, says that the IES electronics institute in Montpellier, France has purchased a Riber MBE412 III-V ...
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Platts assessed the spot price of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal at $2,000-2,050/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged week on week, as buying interest stayed scant as offer prices from Chinese sellers rose. This week a Chinese producer with ...
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Researchers at Meijo University and Nagoya University, Japan, have produced low-resistance n-type aluminium gallium nitride (n-AlGaN) [Toru Sugiyama et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p121002, 2013]. Using the n-AlGaN as part of an ...
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At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2013) in Washington D.C., USA (9-11 December), nanoelectronics research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium reported the first functional strained germanium (Ge) quantum-well channel ...
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Miniature bearings refer to the bearings whose outer diameter is less than 26mm, among miniature bearings the bearings whose outer diameter is 2mm and below are widely used. But because the equipments and the assembly difficulty many ...
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EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), nanotechnology and semiconductor applications, says that the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ...
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The total global gross value market for hybrid and pure electric vehicles will reach US$334 Billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 Billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx. This will primarily consist of large or very heavy ...
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A "misfire" is the way Eric Topol, MD, describes 23andMe's recent regulatory tussle with the FDA, which resulted in the Silicon Valley-based company halting sales for now of its health-related genetic test analysis. Speaking with MPMN ...
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Helium reserves on earth are limited, which could spur makers of MRI machines to look to the moon to fine reserves of this valuable noble gas. The dwindling supply of helium, which is also used in silicon wafer manufacturing, arc welding, ...
Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides thin-wafer-handling materials, processes and equipment, has announced the first commercial placement of its Cee 1300CSX thermal slide debonder. The debonder was purchased by "an industry ...
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Calyxo GmbH of Bitterfeld/Wolfen-Thalheim, Germany, the largest manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels in Europe, says that its new production line has been inaugurated in a ceremony attended by guests including ...
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As the EU begins to impose punitive tariffs on Friday on a number of Chinese solar exports, the world's largest solar market, which once fueled China's wild solar expansion, is now behind the industry's slim-down. The dust has finally ...
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Researchers at Samsung Electronics and Seoul National University (SNU) in Korea have produced high-quality free-standing gallium nitride (GaN) substrates from hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) on silicon [Moonsang Lee et al, Appl. Phys. ...
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The penetration of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers into the light-emitting diode (LED) market is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69% from 2013 to 2020, by which time they will account for 40% of ...
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