U.S. manufacturer Veeco and German company Aixtron that have long possessed China’s LED epitaxal wafer MOCVD market, will be facing “war declarations” issued by Chinese manufacturers, according to a report by Chinese ...
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Australian Cleantech company BluGlass Limited has today announced that it has increased its operational capacity with the successful commissioning of a former production MOCVD system at the Company’s Silverwater facility. Using a low ...
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Amid new signs that solar market conditions are improving and major suppliers are increasing production, IHS is raising its forecast of photovoltaic (PV) capital spending. Global capital spending in 2014 by producers of PV modules, cells, ...
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An AC-LED partnership between Lynk Labs and Thomas Research Products; funding announcements from Ledzworld, EcoSense, and Once Innovations; and new large-diameter patterned sapphire substrates from Rubicon top the recent SSL news space. ...
Brolis Semiconductors Ltd of Vilnius, Lithuania says that the Lithuanian Minstry of Economy has approved European Union (EU) structural funds support for the expansion of its R&D facility in 2014. The EU is to cover 46% of the total project ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, says that researchers at Germany's Ulm University have used LayTec's EpiCurve TT ...
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By using a unique silicon fin replacement process, Imec of Leuven, Belgium has demonstrated what it claims are the first III-V compound semiconductor FinFET devices integrated epitaxially on 300mm silicon wafers. The nanoelectronics ...
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In either a cautious or a more aggressive scenario, LED applications will be the key drivers for the bulk gallium nitride (GaN) market, reckons market research firm Yole Développement in its report 'Free-Standing & Bulk GaN ...
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For third-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $11.1m, down 45% on $19.9m ...
Wacker Chemie AG posted slight quarter-on-quarter sales growth between July and September 2013, thanks especially to the surging demand for solar silicon. As already expected, however, the Munich-based chemical group did not match the ...
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has launched what it claims is the first commercial line of large-diameter ...
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Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, a China-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, cells and PV modules, has reportedly obtained permission from China's authorities to acquire Suntech Power (Wuxi), the flagship subsidiary ...
Rubicon Technology, Inc.yesterday reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2013. “We are very pleased with the customer response thus far and believe that PSS will be a strong growth driver for our wafer ...
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Plum Organics, a US-based baby food producer, is all set to launch three of its ranges in the UK baby food market. The range will include Greek-style yogurt line, organic wholegrain mixes and wafer snacks. Available in three variants, ...
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Researchers in Taiwan have used a palladium oxide (PdO) gate interlayer to improve nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) performance [Ray-Ming Lin et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol52, p111002, 2013]. In particular, ...
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