In a European collaboration within the project ConceptGraphene, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a method for fast and inexpensive quality control of graphene grown on silicon carbide (SiC). The ...
Tags: Graphensic, Electrical, Electronics
Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker as well as LED packaging house, is expected to see consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2013 increase 5-10% sequentially due to growing orders for LED backlight units ...
The oversupply of LED die still exists; however, the demand for LED lighting fixture is expected to achieve explosive growth in next year under the great support of lighting equipment factories in the mainland China, highly anticipated next ...
Tags: Epistar, LED Lighting
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, which saw net operating loss of NT$306 million (US$10.4 million) and net loss of NT$248 million in the first quarter of 2013, has reported net operating profit of NT$387 million and net profit of ...
Taiwan-based LED lead frame maker I-Chiun Precision Industry recorded consolidated revenues of NT$3.382 billion (US$113 million), gross margin of 10.53%, net operating profit of NT$59.5 million, net profit of NT$82.6 million and net EPS of ...
Tags: LED lead frame, Lighting
Researchers based in Belgium have developed gold-free nitride semiconductor Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on 200mm-diameter silicon to complement metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) previously ...
Tags: Barrier Diodes, Electrical, Electronics
The company made public today the foundation of its new LED business unit, called "Azzurro LED Technologies", dedicating more resources to migrate the LED industry to GaN-on-Si. The new business unit's strategy is to license Azzurro's ...
Tags: LED, Lights, Lighting, LED Industry
ETH-Zurich has reported increased maximum oscillation frequency for its indium phosphide/gallium arsenide antimonide (InP/GaAsSb) double-heterostructure bipolar transistors (DHBTs) [Rickard L?vblom et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
Global demand for precursor material used in manufacturing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will more than double from 2012 to 2016 as the market for LED lighting booms, according to a new report 'Precursor for LED MOCVD-Market and Industry ...
Researchers in China and Turkey have been using varying-thickness gallium nitride (GaN) barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve hole distributions and thus to reduce efficiency droop effects ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its strategic partner Solar Junction Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) based on ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
Following declines of 45% in 2011 and 30% in 2013, LED wafer fab equipment spending will rise 17% to nearly $1.2bn in 2014 as the LED industry is working through its over-capacity problems and will renew capital spending and capacity ...
Tags: LED Equipment, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter 2013 when compared to first quarter 2013 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer ...
Tags: Silicon Wafer Shipments
Researchers in China have used laser micromachining to boost light extraction efficiencies of nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 46% [Bo Sun et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol113, p243104, 2013]. The team was based at ...
Tags: LED, Laser Sculpting, Electrical, Electronics
Chimei Optoelectronics has gone out of business leaving behind NTD 5.6 billion in debt. The company's creditor bank has been pursuing the company to obtain their financial claim but has yet to hear anything from the company. Chimei used ...