Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that, in continuing with its reorganization (as part of its 5-Point Program to return to sustainable profitability, launched in May 2013), it plans to cut ...
Tags: organic light-emitting diodes, gallium nitride, Electrical
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, has introduced a new MOSFET design kit that includes all of the components needed to evaluate Cree MOSFET and Schottky diode performance in a configurable ...
Tags: configurable half-bridge circuit, MOSFET design, Electrical
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, says that its EPC2100 family of eGaN ...
Tags: Electronic Products, Electrical
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has received a new purchase order for indium phosphide (InP) materials worth $3.25m from a leading global substrate manufacturer. Produced by IQE’s Wafer Technology ...
Tags: Wafer Technology, Electrical
UK-based plasma etch and deposition processing system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) recently won an order from The City University of New York (CUNY) for its PlasmaPro etch and deposition systems. The PlasmaPro 100 ICP ...
Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors have achieved a 42% enhancement in light output from flip-chip indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by incorporating a photonic crystal ...
Tags: photonic crystal(PHC)structure, light-emitting diodes, Electrical
At the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (6-9 January), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic ...
The Center for Nanoscale Science, a US National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Penn State University, has been awarded a six-year, $15m grant to continue research on materials at the ...
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA with a patent for technology that allows the growth of single-crystal semiconductor films on inexpensive substrates such as ...
Tags: Solar Cell Technology, thin-film specialist, Electrical
BMW is planning to unveil BMW i Home Charging Services at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, which will enable customers to charge their vehicles using solar power. i Home Charging Services is a part of the BMW's 360° ELECTRIC ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA has developed nitride semiconductor solar cells with high quantum efficiency for short wavelengths (370-450nm) and concentrated photovoltaics at temperatures up to 400°C [Liang Zhao et al, ...
Tags: PV Performance, Electrical
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) says that it expects revenue for fourth-quarter 2014 to be about $9m, up 6% on $8.5m ...
Tags: financial statements, Electrical
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA, which provides compound semiconductor-based optical components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics market, has completed the sale of its tunable laser and transceiver ...
CRAIC Technologies of San Dimas, CA, USA has launched the FLEX UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer concept, which is designed to be flexible in configuration, capabilities and pricing. Tailored for cost-effective spectroscopic analysis ...
Tags: CRAIC Technologies, Electrical
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Gerber Legendary Blades, a division of Fiskars Brands Inc., of Madison, Wis., has agreed to pay a $2.6 million civil penalty and abide by a permanent injunction. In a ...
Tags: mechanical hazard, federal law, Security