Sophia University in Japan has developed a technique for growing laser diodes on an indium phosphide (InP) layer bonded to silicon (Si) [Keiichi Matsumoto et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol9, p062701, 2016]. The researchers claim that this is ...
Tags: Laser Diodes, Si Substrates
JAC Motors remains the industry’s sales champion, having sold 300,000 S3s during the last 20 months. The S3 has set several records since its launch, from achieving a breakthrough of 10,000 units in its first month, to overtaking ...
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In booth 10.2/L36 at the ANGA COM 2016 Exposition & Congress for Broadband, Cable and Satellite in Cologne, Germany (7-9 June), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for ...
Tags: Qorvo, CATV, MCM Amplifiers
VisIC Technologies Ltd of Nes Ziona, Israel, a fabless developer of power conversion devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) founded in 2010, has announced the ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si, power transistor
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has begun commercial production at its 150MW Tohoku Plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Due to using ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has commenced sample shipments of its MAMF-011057 and ...
Diamond Microwave Devices Ltd of Leeds, UK (which specializes in high-performance microwave power amplifiers) has launched a range of X-band gallium nitride (GaN)-based pulsed solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA) offering integrated ...
Tags: GaN-on-diamond, radar application
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched a suite of high-performance amplifiers specifically addressing the rapidly growing small-cell infrastructure market. As ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has extended the performance of its OSQ Series Area and Flood LED luminaires, delivering up to 58% more efficacy on existing lumen packages at up to 136 lumens-per-watt ...
RJR Technologies Inc of Oakland, CA, USA, a developer and high-volume manufacturer of air-cavity plastic (ACP) semiconductor packaging for RF and microwave markets, has shipped over 10 million ACP packages, reflecting the increasing use of ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has extended its street lighting portfolio with the next-generation XSP HO Series. Leveraging innovations from the existing XSP Series LED street light platform, the ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched its second-generation LUXEON CoB Compact Range of LEDs, which feature an efficacy and output boost of up to 16% over its previous-generation arrays. Lumileds says that the new product ...
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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAAP-011232, a two-stage, 1W driver ...
Tags: semiconductors, analog RF, Driver Amplifier
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has launched the MAGe-102425-300, a 300W gallium ...
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The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is expected to increase 6.7% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, thanks to a pick-up in handset demand, according to Digitimes Research. Demand in China's smartphone market is ...
Tags: smartphone, IC