Singapore and Hong Kong researchers have developed a gold-free CMOS-compatible process for nitride semiconductor metal–oxide–semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistors(MOS-HEMTs)[Xinke Liu et ...
Tags: Nitride MOS-HEMTs MOCVD, MOS-HEMTs, AlGaN
Aixtron SE announced that a new customer, Sinoepi, a manufacturer of wafer materials in China, has placed an order for one CRIUS II-L MOCVD system in a 69x2-inch wafer configuration. The system will be used for the production of epitaxial ...
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5 June 2012 China's Sinoepi orders Aixtron CRIUS II-L system to produce nitride LED wafers Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany says that in fourth-quarter 2011 it received an order from new customer Sinoepi Co ...
Tags: CRIUS II-L system, LED wafers, MOVCD, Aixtron SE, Sinoepi
5 June 2012 IQE acquires RFMD's MBE unit and secures seven-year wafer supply agreement Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has signed what is described as a multi-faceted agreement to acquire the entire ...
Tags: IQE, RFMD MBE, GaAs, wireless semiconductor industry
Hanwha SolarOne,a China-based vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots,wafers and solar cells and modules,reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31,2012. The firm stated that first-quarter 2012 ...
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Many China-based solar firms facing financial troubles As many China-based makers of polysilicon,solar wafers and cells have faced financial difficulties,a financial crisis may lead to some of them following the case of LDK ...
Tags: China-Based Solar Firms, LDK Solar, solar wafers, financial difficulties
A little bit of semiconductor magic made a lot of difference to RF power amplifiers,and looks like it will do the same for mains PSUs. That magic is the'two-dimensional electron gas'that forms between layers in certain semiconductor ...
Tags: GaN, semiconductor, RF power amplifiers, GaAs, SiC, PSU, JFET
Venture-backed developer of high-efficiency,multi-junction cells signs agreement with concentrated PV specialist SolFocus. SolFocus,the US-based company at the forefront of concentrated photovoltaics(CPV)systems that generate ...
Tags: Solar, SolFocus, "SUNPATH"Program
Uncertainty causes solar firms to expand with caution Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 24 May 2012]Europe and India are likely to conduct similar investigations as those carried out by the US against China-based solar ...
Tags: Solar, Solar Wafer, Caution
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 23 May 2012]Taiwan-based solar cell makers plan to increase prices as demand has been high.Solar wafer firms hope ...
Tags: PV, solar cell, solar wafer, increase quotes
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 23 May 2012]The price of polysilicon in China has been low causing many firms to shut down ...
Tags: China government, illegal imports, carry polysilicon, pollution problems
Taiwan LED manufacturers are looking to replace sapphire substrates with silicon substrates to produce LED epitaxial chips, which will help with mass production and lowering costs of the chips as well as lower prices for LED lighting. ...
Tags: Market View, LED chip
An accidental discovery of a new way to make memristors more commercially manufacturable has been found by University College London which is talking to some'fairly major names'in the industry to manufacture them. Anthony Kenyon of UCL ...
In the presence of Flemish Minister Ingrid Lieten and Limburg Governor Herman Reynders,EpiGaN nv of Hasselt,Belgium has officially opened its new production site in Research Campus Hasselt(RCH)as the location for volume production of its ...
Samsung has developed a graphene transistor that can switch off current without sacrificing mobility in the'on'state. "Graphene possesses electron mobility about 200 times greater than that of silicon,although current cannot be switched ...
Tags: Samsung, graphene transistor, Graphene, decrease the mobility