China-based PV module makers and Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers, in an attempt to avoid US anti-subsidization and anti-dumping tariffs, are seeking production capacities in locations outside of China and Taiwan, ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) modules using solar-grade wafers, as offered by 16 of the top 20 solar module suppliers to the industry, will account for 89% of solar capacity forecast to be installed in 2014, according to Solarbuzz. Thin-film ...
Some Taiwan-based monocrystalline silicon solar cell makers have been developing bi-facial cells with the front side absorbing direct sunlight and the back side sunlight reflected from the ground, according to industry sources. For a ...
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module suited for 5-15 kW three-phase applications. Based on Cree’s C2M SiC MOSFET and Z-Rec SiC Schottky ...
Tags: Cree, SiC, Electronics
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has released what it claims is the first all-SiC (silicon carbide) 1.7kV power module in an industry-standard 62mm housing. Powered by Cree's C2M large-area SiC chip technology, the new half-bridge module ...
Although supply and demand are fluctuating heavily in the global solar market, the market’s preference for high-efficiency products has remained consistent, with Taiwan manufacturers leading the way, according to EnergyTrend, a ...
Tags: Cell Producers, Sloar Cell
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics, Transceiver, Electrical
In view of increasing competition from China-based firms, Japan-based PV module vendors have been in talks with Taiwan-based solar cell makers about OEM production for 2015, according to industry sources. Japan-based PV module vendors ...
Expandable Software, Inc., a leading provider of integrated business management systems for growing medical device and high tech manufacturers, announced today the introduction of Expandable CRM, a web-based sales force automation and ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, CRM Modules
Two years after launching its first-generation 100G coherent transponder, CIVCOM of Petach Tikva, Israel (which provides high-end DWDM tunable transponders) claims to be first to release a line of second-generation 100G coherent ...
Tags: Clariphy DSP, Transponders
Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has expanded beyond its LED product offerings to include the Matrix Platform, consisting of turnkey LED solutions using components, optics and LUXEON LEDs assembled on a wide selection of board types. ...
Tags: Lumileds, Matrix Platform, LED Boards
President Chao Ying-chen for TSMC Solar, a CIGS thin-film PV module maker wholly owned by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), reportedly will resign in October, according to PV industry sources in Taiwan. In response, TSMC ...
Tags: president TSMC, resign, Lighting
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has supplied 21.3MW of modules for one of the largest megasolar ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, 21.3MW Project, Electronics
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has unveiled 11 new amplifiers, of which six are gallium nitride (GaN)-based products to support the requirements of the new data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) 3.1. RFMD is ...
Tags: RFMD, 3.1 Cable Networking, Electronics
ESCATEC, one of Europe's leading providers of contract and manufacturing services, has nearly doubled the size of its ISO Class 7 cleanroom to meet the increasing need for miniaturized, multi-function components and 'smart ...