ASML shares hit record high after'boring'quarter 18 Jul 2012 Steady sales and recent investment by Intel propel the lithography company to its highest-ever value. ASML share price graph:1996-2012 Shares in the market-leading ...
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Despite a cumulative silicon carbide (SiC) raw wafer and epiwafer market that will not exceed $80m in 2012, the body of related patents comprises more than 1772 patent families and over 350 companies since 1928, according to the report ...
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Top tools makers Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron are unenthusiastic about the possible transition to 450mm,reports the Wall Street Journal. Applied corporate vp Kirk Hassrjian told the WSJ that it would be difficult to convince ...
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Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Silian) has cooperated with Soitec (Euronext) to jointly develop gallium nitride (GaN) template wafers using hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). And the partner companies plan ...
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LED lighting: call for a coherent European vision 10 Jul 2012 Public consultation on adoption of solid-state lighting calls for more co-ordination at European level. Philips Lumiblade A public consultation on the European ...
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Soitec and Silian enter joint development agreement on GaN template wafers Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga ...
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ULIS to triple IR sensor capacity 11 Jul 2012 Investment of €20 million and move to 200mm wafers as the firm marks its tenth anniversary. ULIS 200mm CMOS wafer ULIS,the France-based manufacturer of uncooled infrared sensors for ...
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Eyelit's integrated MES software chosen by GCS to replace legacy system Eyelit Inc of Toronto,Canada,which provides manufacturing software for visibility,control,and coordination of manufacturing operations,says that ISO-certified ...
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C Sun lands PSS turnkey order from China Patty Wang C Sun,a Taiwan-based maker of PCB,FPD and other types of production equipment,has obtained a turnkey order for PSS(patterned sapphire substrate)production,including equipment,related ...
Soitec and Silian partner on HVPE LED template-wafer manufacturing 10 Jul 2012 Soitec and Silian will jointly develop GaN LED template-wafer manufacturing technology using an HVPE process that the companies say can lower component costs and ...
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Soitec(Euronext),a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries,and Chongqing Silian Optoelectronics Science&Technology Co.,Ltd.(Silian),an established supplier ...
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In conjunction with the SEMICON West 2012 event in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),nanoelectronics research center Imec of Leuven,Belgium has announced what it claims is the first realization of functional sub-100nm photonics components ...
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Belgian lab IMEC is claiming over 20% efficiency from silicon solar cells designed for mass-production. The 125x125mm p-type silicon cells are 'passivated emitter and rear cell' (PERC) construction, with a simple homogeneous emitter, ...
First production order comes from Solar Junction–in which the UK-headquartered wafer foundry has a$5M equity stake. Semiconductor wafer featuring multi-junction cells The advanced semiconductor epiwafer foundry IQE is to ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has announced its first major orders for concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)wafers from Solar Junction Corp(SJC)of San Jose,CA,USA,which manufactures III-V multi-junction solar ...
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