In its newsletters in April 2016 and June 2015 in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany reported on x-ray diffraction (XRD)-gauged nk database improvements for InGaAsP (indium gallium arsenide phosphide) and InGaAlAs ...
Spending on RF high-power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure markets has flattened out this year, despite the fact that the overall market hit well over $1.5bn in 2015, according to ABI Research's report 'RF Power ...
Tags: High-Power Semiconductor, GaN
Plextek RFI Ltd of Cambridge, UK, which designs and develops RFICs, MMICs and microwave/millimeter-wave modules, has announced a new reference design for a gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier (PA) monolithic microwave integrated circuit ...
Tags: MMICs, microwave, millimeter-wave modules
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has entered into a collaborative alliance via a $1.1m grant with Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA to develop Scalable, Agile, Multimode, Front End Technology (SAMFET) for the Army's Next Generation ...
Tags: ARL, next-generation radar systems
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that optoelectronics manufacturer Xiamen Changelight Co Ltd of Xiamen, Fujian Province, China has finalized qualification of its AIX R6 Close Coupled ...
Tags: Aixtron SE, Changelight, MOCVD
3D-Micromac AG of Chemnitz, Germany (which supplies laser micromachining systems and roll-to-roll laser systems for the photovoltaic, medical device and electronics markets) says that its microDICE laser micromachining system has been ...
Tags: High-Power Diodes, power device
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit developer Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added to its BroadRange family of wideband gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC distributed amplifiers with the 2-20GHz CMD238, suitable for military, space and ...
Tags: communications systems, Amplifier
Hanergy Holding Group launched four full solar power vehicles at a grand ceremony arranged outside its headquarters in Beijing. Over 4,000 guests from all sectors of society attended the event. A sports car named "Hanergy Solar R" made ...
Ghent University/IMEC in Belgium and X-Celeprint in Ireland/USA claim "the first III-V optoelectronic components transfer printed on and coupled to a silicon photonic integrated circuit" [Andreas De Groote et al, Optics Express, vol24, ...
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit developer Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added two new gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC BroadRange distributed amplifiers to its portfolio, for applications for including military/commercial ...
Tags: Custom MMIC, GaAs, monolithic microwave
In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that, following the request of customers and utilizing the modular concept of its new Gen3 in-situ platform, it has customized and expanded the related in-situ metrology ...
The global gallium arsenide (GaAs) device market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.14% over 2016-2020, forecasts a report by TechNavio (issued by the firm Research and Markets). The GaAs device market largely ...
Tags: GaAs, M/A-COM Technology
Researchers in Hong Kong and USA have been working on producing optically pumped micro-disk lasers on exact (001) silicon [Yating Wan et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol108, p221101, 2016]. The team from Hong Kong University of Science and ...
In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has purchased a large number of its latest metrology systems for fab-wide metal-organic chemical vapor ...
At the International Symposium on 3D Power Electronics, Integration and Manufacturing Symposium in Raleigh, NC, USA (13-15 June), power management component supplier Sarda Technologies of Durham, NC, USA announced a collaboration to ...