China-based Suntech Power Holdings announced the insolvency of its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech. Industry sources noted that Suntech executives will arrive in Taiwan next week to meet with strategic partners. Taiwan-based solar firms ...
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Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides specialty materials, integrated processes, and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment, has announced the commercial release of the Cee X-PRO workstation with exhaust enclosure. The ...
STMicroelectronics has parftnered with CMP (Circuits Multi Projects) in France to make its THELMA MEMS manufacturing process available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through a multi-project wafer ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that the record for energy conversion efficiency of a commercial-ready production solar cell reported in October by Solar Junction was ...
A major challenge of in-situ metrology on single-port reactors with small viewport geometries is the combination of curvature measurements (by blue laser) with reflectance measurement at a wavelength of 405nm, says LayTec AG of Berlin, ...
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Researchers in Japan have been developing planarization techniques for gallium nitride (GaN) surfaces [Shun Sadakuni et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol52, p036504, 2013]. The researchers from Osaka University, Ritsumeikan University and Ebara ...
Dynamic changes to R&D processes, tools, technical challenges, and funding/business models will be highlighted at SEMICON West 2013, along with product displays of the latest semiconductor manufacturing technology, components and ...
UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a division of Oxford Instruments, has announced an evolution in batch etch technology with the launch of its PlasmaPro1000 Astrea etch system, a large ...
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China's solar incentive reportedly may face a significant cut under new energy subsidy policies in order to encourage market mechanism in the industry. The subsidy for standalone solar PV systems for self-use has been generally expected ...
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OneChip Photonics Inc of Ottawa, Canada, which designs optical chips and transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) fabricated in indium phosphide (InP), says that it is working with both pure-play epiwafer foundry ...
Nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven, Belgium has announced the launch of its fully integrated silicon photonics platform through a cost-sharing multi-project wafer (MPW) service via ePIXfab, the EU-funded silicon photonics ...
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Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
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Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology has just announced an evolution in batch etch technology with the launch of the PlasmaPro 1000 Astrea etch system, a large batch etch solution for PSS, GaN and AlGaInP that will offer HBLED production ...
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As sapphire substrate makers brace for a year of consolidation, 2013 could deliver the killer application, reports Compound Semiconductor. Will 2013 be a year of two halves for manufacturers of sapphire substrates? Overcapacity and falling ...
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ZhL, a Ukraine-based confectionery producer, has unveiled new cookies under the Doma brand, which will be an addition to its existing range of short dough cookies. The new Doma cookies, which are available in wild berries flavor, are ...
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