Epistar, Taiwan's largest manufacturer of packaged LEDs has decided to trial silicon-based wafers. The company is hoping to take advantage of cost savings in the backend of the LED manufacturing process to in turn broaden SSL deployment. ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed the Oslon Compact LED for automotive headlight design. Its small size and high light output enable a single LED type to be used as the default light source for all automotive forward lighting ...
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SSL industry celebrates 50th birthday of visible LED light 10 Oct 2012 LEDs are ubiquitous now, but fifty years and a few days ago they were completely unheard of until General Electric scientist Nick Holonyak Jr invented a visible red ...
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ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier global supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has joined the multi-partner, industrial research and development program at imec, a leading nanoelectronics ...
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9 October 2012 IQE's III-V-on-Si laser materials enable next-gen hard disk drive technology Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK says that it has produced epitaxial wafers combining the optical properties of ...
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China's government has been providing subsidies to help its domestic LED industry. Some firms have been benefitting but others remain in limbo amid rapid product price falls. Slowing demand for LED billboards According to sources from ...
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Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new study, researchers from Taiwan ...
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Printable LED optics wins innovation prize 04 Oct 2012 Frost&Sullivan recognizes Luxexcel for"pioneering"manufacturing approach Luxexcel's technology provides the system integrator with flexibility.Market analyst company Frost&Sullivan ...
2012 Independent & Innovation Development Forum of LCD Glass Substrates was held in Beijing recently. The forum was organized by CAPS, leaderships of NPC, CAPS, CPPCC, MIIT and CSRC attended the forum. Experts from DRC, NDRC, MOST, SASAC ...
The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association named Shuji Nakamura the winner of its Inventor of the Year award for innovations including Soraa's Gan-on-GaN technology. The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association ...
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The next technological challenge for the Solid-state lighting industry is the transition to silicon wafers. Everybody knows that silicon offers many advantages in terms of cost and availability. Nevertheless, the changeover bears many ...
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Solar market to return to stability in February 2013,says SAS chairman Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Thursday 27 September 2012]MK Lu,chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer and LED sapphire substrate maker Sino-American ...
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By blending optical technology with low-cost CMOS semiconductor processing,silicon photonics has tremendous potential as a new technology,according to market research firm Yole Développement in its new report'Silicon Photonics ...
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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,says that the underwritten public offering of ...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.(TSMC)and Kinsus Interconnect Technology Co.,Ltd.would become the primary winners of Apple's added contracts for iPhone 5 chips,according to industry sources. Apple's supply chains have reportedly ...