At the new copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the first CIGS solar cells have been fabricated, demonstrating solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Belgian lab IMEC was founded on semiconductor process research,and has grown into one of the two organisations in the world that companies partner with for advanced process research.The other is IBM. TSMC partners IMEC for advanced ...
The problems with planar scaling to 20nm may make it unsuitable for mobile applications,according to Professor Asen Asenov,Professor at Glasgow University and CEO of Gold Standard Simulations(GSS). "My understanding is that 20nm will be ...
Semiconductor of Phoenix,AZ,USA,which supplies silicon-based power and signal management,logic,discrete and custom devices for energy-efficient electronics,has joined the multi-partner,industrial R&D program at nanoelectronics research ...
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Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...
Pacific Biosciences of California has signed multi-year research collaboration with imec to develop advanced microchips for highly multiplexed single molecule genetic analysis. The research and development project will leverage Pacific ...
Azzurro and Epistar say they have achieved GaN-on-Si based LEDs utilizing Epistar's high-brightness LED structures and Azzurro's patented technology for 150mm GaN-on-Si. The joint project, completed in four months, transferred Epistar's ...
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier global supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has joined the multi-partner, industrial research and development program at imec, a leading nanoelectronics ...
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World record organic solar cell efficiency is the claim of joint research between Belgian lab IMEC and Brussels-based chemicals firm Solvay. 5.5%is the actual claim,from a complete solar module based on an inverted bulk heterojunction ...
Plextronics,a U.S.-based global technology company specializing in printed electronics,and Netherlands-based Holst Centre,an open-innovation initiative by imec(B)and TNO(NL),today announced their partnership on shared research towards ...
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Designed to take the next step toward production of flexible OLED lighting and signage using roll-to-roll processing, Plextronics has formed a partnership with the Holst Centre. Plextronics, a ...
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Plextronics is an international technology organization with expertise in printed electronics and is based in the U.S.Holst Centre is an open-innovation enterprise set up by imec(B)and TNO(NL),based in the Netherlands. The two ...
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According to a new report, "Status of the LED Industry," a cost reduction per lumen of packaged LEDs by a factor ten is necessary for mass LED adoption to occur in lighting. Growth of the LED industry has come initially from the small ...
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Panasonic is to reform its head office and governance as of October 1,to reduce internally focused work and focus on customer needs. The strategy involves reviewing the mission of the corporate R&D division,transferring"themes"and ...
Tags: Japan, Panasonic, R&D, LED, Lights&Lighting
Demonstration of functional components brings Si photonics closer to CMOS standards. imec results announced at Semicon West Imec has successfully demonstrated the creation of functional sub-100 nm photonics components on 300 mm silicon ...
Tags: Imec, OpSIS, Silicon photonics, Silicon West, CMOS, Optics