USI Optronics is seeing order visibility for sapphire ingots extend to two months on a pick-up in LED lighting demand, according to its parent company Acme Electronics. Acme indicated that USI Optronics has seen its order visibility improve ...
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Sapphire substrates are continuing to increase in price and some suppliers have raised their April quotes for 2-inch ones to more than US$9 per piece, according to industry sources. The sources said this is because LED applications are ...
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Developments in LED lighting technology are taking place at a dramatic pace, heavily influencing the LED industry chain as well as final products. Component makers continually pursue the goal of raising the luminous efficacy of LEDs, while ...
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Plessey Semiconductor Ltd. (UK) has acquired CamGaN Limited, a University of Cambridge spin-out with novel gallium nitride (GaN) technology for high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs) fabricated on large-area silicon substrates. ...
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Plessey Semiconductor Ltd. (UK) has acquired CamGaN Limited, a University of Cambridge spin-out with novel gallium nitride (GaN) technology for high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB-LEDs) fabricated on large-area silicon substrates. ...
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Prices of sapphire ingots have stabilized recently but overall demand has not yet recovered to a level that will warrant makers to hike quotes. Price competition of sapphire ingots in China has been severe. Industry sources noted that ...
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GT Advanced Technologies says it has received a $12.6 million follow-on order from Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co. for additional sapphire growth furnaces designed to meet expected demand from the LED industry and other ...
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GT Advanced Technologies says it has received a $12.6 million follow-on order from Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co. for additional sapphire growth furnaces designed to meet expected demand from the LED industry and other ...
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Global demand for small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and LED sapphire substrates will improve from the preceding quarter in second-quarter 2012, while demand for solar-grade silicon wafers will be uncertain due to ...
US 7, 862, 851 B2 BASF Coatings AG has been granted a patent for a process for coating electrically conductive substrates by applying at least one electrocoat material to an electrically conductive substrate and curing it to give an ...
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With Mo-Cu R670, “PLANSEE High Performance Materials” has developed a new molybdenum-copper composite material for semiconductor wafer substrates. The high thermal conductivity of MoCu R670 ensures optimized heat dissipation in ...
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With Mo-Cu R670, “PLANSEE High Performance Materials” has developed a new molybdenum-copper composite material for semiconductor wafer substrates. The high thermal conductivity of MoCu R670 ensures optimized heat dissipation in ...
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Demand in the LED industry has been returning and some LED chipmakers have been enjoying 90% capacity utilization rates. Nevertheless, inventory levels are still high, causing sapphire substrate prices to remain flat. Industry sources ...
Luminit LLC, a producer of products for applications including LED lighting, architectural lighting, bio-medical, semiconductor metrology, aerospace, automotive and display applications, announced the availability of Hybrid Glass Light ...
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Luminit LLC, a producer of products for applications including LED lighting, architectural lighting, bio-medical, semiconductor metrology, aerospace, automotive and display applications, announced the availability of Hybrid Glass Light ...
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