Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) is stepping up production of gallium nitride on ...
Tags: Aixtron SE, Herzogenrath, AIX G5+GaN-on-Si System, Transphorm
South Korea's Hongik University has developed a nitride semiconductor device on silicon with an embedded Schottky barrier diode (SBD) [Bong-Ryeol Park et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p031001, 2013]. The device was designed as a ...
Tags: Diode, semiconductor device, semiconductor
South Korea's Hongik University has developed a nitride semiconductor device on silicon with an embedded Schottky barrier diode (SBD) [Bong-Ryeol Park et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p031001, 2013]. The device was designed as a ...
Tags: Diode, semiconductor device, semiconductor
AIXTRON SE has been awarded the 2013 Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Award for its latest development, the AIX G5+ reactor for gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si). The Award recognizes key areas of innovation surrounding the chip ...
Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp (IR) of El Segundo, CA, USA is to showcase its latest power management solutions at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2013) at Long Beach Convention ...
The global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% over 2012-2016, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). ...
Tags: GaN Device, Lighting Market, Lighting
Germany-based Azzurro Semiconductor AG has turned out sample 8-inch Ga-on-Si (gallium on silicon substrates) LED epitaxial wafers and plans to begin volume production as soon as the end of the second quarter of 2013, according to company ...
Tags: Azzurro Semiconductor AG, LED epitaxial wafers, LED chips
Azzurro Semiconductor AG’s Sales & Marketing vice president Erwin Ysewijn told to Digitimes that, the company has turned out sample 8-inch Ga-on-Si LED epitaxial wafers and plans to begin volume production as soon as the end of Q2 of ...
Tags: LED Epitaxial Wafers, LED makers, LED chips
Researchers in Korea have used aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) heterostructures similar to high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) to create Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) with increased forward current without damaging the breakdown ...
Tags: aluminium gallium nitride, AlGaN, heterostructures, HEMTs
In 2012, Panasonic's LED lighting accounted for 10% of the global market. The firm has been expanding product lines and expects to obtain a 37.5% share in Japan in 2013. Panasonic has been expanding in other markets such as China and Europe ...
Tags: research, Japan market, LED lighting, lighting, Panasonic, Toshiba
Initially Toshiba will offer phosphor-converted white LEDs based on its GaN-on-Si manufacturing process over a range of 3000K to 5000K. Back in mid-December, Toshiba announced that it was entering mass production of LEDs using a 200-mm ...
Tags: Toshiba, LEDs, manufacturing process
Production of LED chips is typically done on 2- to 4-inch wafers with an expensive sapphire substrate. Toshiba and Bridgelux, Inc. have developed a process for manufacturing gallium nitride LEDs on 200mm silicon wafers, which Toshiba has ...
Tags: LED chips, LEDs, Kaga Toshiba Electronics Corporation, lighting
Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) announced that the company will start sales of white light-emitting diode (LED) packages that offer makers of general purpose and industrial LED lighting solutions a cost-competitive alternative to current ...
Tags: Toshiba, LED packages, LED lighting, LED, lighting
LED utilization rates are picking up again, with utilization in Taiwan now back up to 70 to 90 percent of capacity. Companies expect to be back to close to 100 percent in a month or two, driven by TV backlight demand, reports Yole ...
AIXTRON SE introduced a 5 x 200mm gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) reactor design for its G5 Planetary Reactor metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) platform. AIX G5+ comprises special reactor hardware and process design, ...
Tags: MOCVD