Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania says it has received shipment of a Veeco GEN200 Edge molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) production system from Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA. The system will be installed at Brolis' ...
The release of GAN-on-silicon LED chips in China presents a lower-cost alternative that is comparable in quality to mainstream products based on sapphire and SiC substrates. R&D work leveraging the advantages of silicon substrates has ...
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National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan has developed a simple silane treatment to improve crystal quality/internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and light extraction in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Chung-Chieh Yang et ...
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Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips as well as LED backlight units (BLUs) and lighting products, on November 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$855 million (US$29.2 million) for October, ...
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Researchers in China have improved LED power output and droop behavior in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by including an electron-emitting layer under the active region [Jianbao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, ...
Jianzhong Jiao discusses the progress made in the SEMI organization on LED manufacturing standards, including a Wafer Task Force draft document, that should ultimately lead to more efficient and less expensive components for SSL. With the ...
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Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
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With production overcapacity of 82%,solar panel manufacturers need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and differentiate their products from less expensive Chinese rivals,says market analysis ...
SDK and TS Opto concluded an absorption-type company split agreement. (Since this is a case of "simplified absorption-type company split" involving SDK and its wholly owned subsidiary, part of the details are omitted from the scope of ...
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Singapore researchers report "for the first time" the DC and microwave characteristics of submicron-gate aluminium gallium nitride on gallium nitride (AlGaN/GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) on 8-inch (200mm) diameter Si(111) ...
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Tokyo-based chemical manufacturer Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has announced to split off and transfer its GaN LED epitaxial wafer and chip production business to its subsidiary TS Opto Co Ltd (which was founded at the end of September at SDK's ...
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For third-quarter 2012,epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA has reported total revenue of$127m,while its adjusted EBITA(earnings before interest,income taxes and amortization)and ...
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Reeling from a glut of production capacity,makers of solar panels need to acquire innovative production equipment in order to cut costs,increase margins,and offer differentiated products,according to research released today byLux Research. ...
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Researchers in Korea and India have used zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods on the rear side tolight-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on c-plane sapphire [Joo Jin et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol51, p102101, 2012]. The researchers were based at Chonbuk ...
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At its latest board meeting,Tokyo-based chemical manufacturer Showa Denko K.K.(SDK)has decided to split off and transfer its gallium nitride(GaN)LED epitaxial wafer and chip production business to its subsidiary TS Opto Co Ltd(which was ...
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