LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that at last October’s International Workshop on Nitride ...
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IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) has cut its forecast for 2012 GaN MOCVD shipments to 281, according to the second quarter 2012 MOCVD update of its GaN LED Quarterly Supply and Demand report. IMS Research Analyst ...
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With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
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LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore,CA,USA has been named in the annual San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area list.Ranked 17 on the list,Bridgelux was selected because of ...
Tags: LED chip, Bridgelux Inc., private companies, GaN-on-Silicon technology
AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology announces SUMITOMO Taiwan as their sole distributor partner in Taiwan. Capitalizing on the overwhelming success and customer traction, AZZURRO stepped up its ...
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Researchers in China have designed and constructed a two-stage 2.5-5GHz low-noise amplifier(LNA)using enhancement-mode(normally-off)aluminium gallium arsenide(AlGaAs)pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors(pHEMTs)[Peng Yangyang et ...
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Electrical test instrument and system provider Keithley Instruments Inc of Cleveland, OH, USA has introduced seven instrumentation, software, and test fixture configurations for parametric curve tracing applications for characterizing high ...
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of white light-emitting diode(LED)on a production line that the company will construct in the 200mm wafer facility at Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co.Ltd.,a production base ...
The companies today jointly confirmed achieving GaN-on-Si based LEDs utilizing Epistar's high-brightness LED structures and AZZURRO's patented technology for 150 mm GaN-on-Si. The successful completion of the joined project confirmed the ...
AIXTRON SE announced a new MOCVD system order from existing customer Jilin University China.The contract is for one CCS reactor in a 3x2-inch wafer configuration,which will be dedicated to the growth of gallium nitride materials for UV and ...
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18 October 2012 GaN Systems expands to new US office GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa,Ontario,Canada,which is a fabless provider of gallium nitride(GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications,has ...
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A shortage of sapphire material between 2010 and 2011 created a window of opportunity for new entrants. In just the last two years, more than 80 companies announced their intention to enter the industry. This trend coupled with slow demand ...
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In booth 505 at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012 in Orlando,FL(17-19 October),broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren,NJ,USA is launching the ACA2428 gallium nitride(GaN)line amplifier MMIC. ...
Power semiconductor device maker International Rectifier Corp(IR)of El Segundo,CA,USA has appointed Gary Tanner as executive VP&chief operations officer,effective 2 January 2013. Tanner will be responsible for the continued implementation ...
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"Limit of grid-tied has been the main bottleneck of domestic PV market development,now the limitation may be broken."Vice president of Chinese Renewable Energy Society,Meng Xian'gan told the journalist in the"Technology and Standard Forum ...
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