TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has announced the release of new gallium nitride (GaN) transistors that offer what is claimed to be superior gain, thermal management and efficiency for commercial and defense RF amplifier ...
Tags: TriQuint, Optical Modulator
Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University has developed near-green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using a new indium gallium nitride (InGaN) growth process that gives devices with a higher peak external quantum efficiency of 48.6% ...
Tags: LEDs, Near-green LEDs, InGaN MOCVD
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the University of Oklahoma will receive the first shipment of Veeco’s new GENxplor R&D molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system early in ...
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA is partnering with Asia-based original device manufacturer (ODM) Wistron NeWeb Corp (WNC), which supplies connected home solutions for a number of branded original ...
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Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University has developed a method to improve the performance of zinc oxide (ZnO) transparent conductive oxide (TCO) as an electrode for short-wavelength nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ...
Tags: zinc oxide, LEDs
Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) says that its board of directors has ...
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Wafer dicing process is one of the most popular methods of dicing in semiconductor industries. This is a process of separating a die from a wafer of semiconductor martial that is accomplished by using several methods like breaking and ...
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, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile semiconductor solutions, has appointed Chris Allexandre to the position of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Allexandre brings over 15 years of industry experience ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Lighting
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will be releasing a new energy policy, according to LED industry sources. Starting from Nov. 2013, bids for China streetlight construction projects will be divided into three ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, Street Light
The market is focused on the moment that LED industry can leave oversupply behind. China LED chip manufacturers growing number of new MOCVD equipment in 2014 will no doubt put pressure on the LED industry demand and supply. China’s ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED industry
All-stock transaction creating a new company as a merger of equals with combined market capitalization of approximately US$29 billion (¥2.8 trillion) Accelerates development of breakthrough products to address future technology ...
Tags: Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. ...
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Fujifilm Corporation and imec have developed a new *photoresist technology for **organic semiconductors that enables the realization of submicron patterns. (For * please see note at bottom for further explanations.) Due to their ...
Tags: Organic Semiconductors, Lighting
Guangdong LED industry market value grew at a Year-on-Year rate of 27.73% this year to RMB 125. 17 billion (US$ 20.45 billion), according to the “2Q13 Guangdong Province LED Industry Operation Monitoring Report” published by ...
Tags: LED Industry, LED patent
This week Walmart has pushed LED manufacturers into hot water as it releases a US$ 9 LED bulb line, while German manufacturer Osram slashed 900 jobs in the U.S. as part of its restructure plan. Goldman Sachs on the other hand has remained ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Walmart