Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has announced the retail debut of its ...
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Several SEMI task forces have been developing standards related to LED manufacturing, and the first of these, describing specifications for 150-mm-diameter sapphire wafers, has now been approved. The HB-LED Standards Committee of SEMI, the ...
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Cambridge Nanotherm has launched a new design of metal-backed PCB made from a ceramic dielectric which is claimed to significantly reduce LED die temperatures, in luminaire designs. The dielectric thermal conductivity of the material ...
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Finished Unlimited has obtained a patent for a curable coating composition suitable for use on composite substrates such as plastic composites, cementitious composites, ceramic composites, and engineered wood, or on plastic materials. The ...
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DSM IP Assets B.V. has been awarded a patent for a coated substrate comprised of a substrate and a superhydrophobic film or coating on the substrate, wherein the superhydrophobic film or coating has a static water contact angle above ...
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Yole Développement announces its new report “LED packaging”. Compared to the last edition, this update version provides you an update of all market metrics (packaged LED, equipment, materials…), an highlight of 2012 ...
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A Japanese research team has announced on January 10 that it developed a new efficiently deep ultraviolet sterilization LED lamp, featuring small volume, electricity saving, environmentally and long lasting ,compared to traditional low ...
UK-based pulp‚ paper and packaging group Mondi has introduced EcoLiner, a new, natural release liner alternative for tape industry. The latest product developed by Mondi claimed to be environmentally sound liner which is marketed ...
In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange (LSE), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has a potential “significant acquisition”. This follows UK newspaper The Times reporting that, to ...
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The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium), announced today it has developed an innovative spherical curved LCD display, which can be embedded in contact lenses. The first ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has agreed to acquire the Kopin Wireless compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing division of Kopin Corp of Taunton, MA, USA (including its leased manufacturing ...
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Quartz-like frequency stability from a simple, tiny, silicon chip oscillator? That is the claim of fabless start-up eoSemi of Congleton Cheshire: accuracy, small size, low power, low cost, and no micromachining. Last year it sampled its ...
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Significant overcapacity and low LED substrate prices will affect the profitability and viability of many sapphire players in 2013 and beyond. So says a new market report 'Sapphire Substrates 2013' from analyst company Yole ...
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In joint research with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - has ...
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Yole Développement announces its report"Sapphire Substrates 2013".This report provides a detailed analysis of the sapphire industry,including revenue,volume and price trends for all major substrate applications.It also includes an ...
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