MLCC maker Holy Stone developing upstream materials Patty Wang,Taipei;Steve Shen,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 6 June 2012]Holy Stone Enterprise,a Taiwan-based supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors,is strengthening its development of upstream ...
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Following opening of the competition last Autumn and closing for applications in December,the'Technology Inspired Innovation'competition for collaborative research&development funding in the UK has now resulted in 43 projects being chosen ...
Tags: UK funds, compound semiconductor, Photonics and Electrical Systems
4 June 2012 Handset RF device market to grow from$3.8bn to$5bn in 2016 As handset RF front ends(containing gallium arsenide)are becoming increasingly sophisticated in the 4G era,they cost$9-11 for 4G devices,which is twice that for 3G and ...
4 June 2012 Cascade launches first fully automatic high-power device measurement probe system Cascade Microtech Inc of Beaverton,OR,USA,which provides equipment for the precision contact,electrical measurement and test of ICs,optical ...
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Nanosolar Inc of San Jose,CA,USA,which makes thin-film photovoltaic cells and panels based on depositing copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)and nanoparticle inks on flexible aluminum foil substrates(using roll-to-roll solar cell ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have found that a post-etch anneal dramatically improves the performance of their self-aligned indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum-well metal–oxide–semiconductor ...
Epistar said that it is developing eight-inch silicon substrates for producing LEDs used in lighting applications, with mass production slated in 2014. Large-sized silicon substrates will help lower production costs and are estimated to be ...
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A little bit of semiconductor magic made a lot of difference to RF power amplifiers,and looks like it will do the same for mains PSUs. That magic is the'two-dimensional electron gas'that forms between layers in certain semiconductor ...
Tags: GaN, semiconductor, RF power amplifiers, GaAs, SiC, PSU, JFET
Kyma's AlN templates are manufactured using its patented plasma vapor deposition of nanocolumns(PVDNC)technology,which provides GaN LED manufacturers with throughput,cost,and performance benefits.Light emitting diode(LED)manufacturers ...
Researchers in China have used a combination of surface texturing and vertical-stand mounting to increase light output from nitride semiconductor LEDs by up to 118.5%[T.B.Wei et al,IEEE Electron Device Letters,published online 7 May ...
Tags: LEDs, VLED, GaN, GaN substrate, MOCVD
Venture-backed developer of high-efficiency,multi-junction cells signs agreement with concentrated PV specialist SolFocus. SolFocus,the US-based company at the forefront of concentrated photovoltaics(CPV)systems that generate ...
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Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh,NC,USA,has made a breakthrough on a 10-inch diameter AlN-on-sapphire template using its patented plasma vapor deposition of nanocolumns(PVDNC)technology. The PVDNC AlN templates are chosen by manufacturers ...
Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh,NC,USA,which provides crystalline gallium nitride(GaN),aluminium nitride(AlN)and aluminium gallium nitride(AlGaN)materials and related products and services,says that it has demonstrated a 10-inch ...
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3M's Optical Systems division is making a optically clear barrier films that protect sensitive electronics from water vapour and oxygen commercially available for the first time. This could have implications for the future commercial ...
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Taiwan LED manufacturers are looking to replace sapphire substrates with silicon substrates to produce LED epitaxial chips, which will help with mass production and lowering costs of the chips as well as lower prices for LED lighting. ...
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