Researchers in Japan have created indium phosphide (InP) nanowire (NW) solar cell structures with internal quantum efficiencies (IQEs) that beat the performance of bulk InP-based devices in the short-wavelength range of 300-570nm [Masatoshi ...
Tags: INP Nanowire solar cells, InP SA-MOVPE p-type, InP substrates
SemiNex Corp of Peabody, MA, USA, which designs and makes indium phosphide (InP)-based high-power laser diodes for military, industrial, medical, dental and cosmetic applications, says that it has joined over 1 million companies and ...
Tags: Laser diodes, Electrical, Electronics
Earlier in December, concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France was informed that the European Commission (EC) has approved financing for the five-year Gupard program, which was launched in May 2012 to develop a ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, PV
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics, Ray Wallin, appointment
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers, and Intelligent Epitaxy Technology Inc (IntelliEPI) of Richardson, TX, USA, which uses molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) ...
Tags: IntelliEpi, Soitec, engineered substrates, GaAs
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) researchers have been studying the effect of using undoped vertical spacers in the source and drain contacts to reduce off-state leakage in indium arsenide (InAs)-channel ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Mosfets
Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides thin-wafer-handling materials, processes and equipment, has announced the first commercial placement of its Cee 1300CSX thermal slide debonder. The debonder was purchased by "an industry ...
Tags: Brewer Science, debonder, thermal slide debonder, electronic
Solexant Corp of San Jose, CA, USA has announced a new corporate identity as Siva Power, the culmination of a two-year transition to a platform that aims to create a profitable path to sub-$0.40 per watt solar power, along with what it ...
Tags: NREL PVMC CIGS, Electrical, Electronics, PV
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA, which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, has agreed to acquire Mindspeed Technologies Inc of Newport Beach, CA, USA ...
Tags: M/A-COM Mindspeed, Electrical, Electronics
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 ...
Tags: FinFETs III-V CMOS, Electrical, Electronics
For third-quarter 2013, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA has reported revenue of $20.5m, down 1.4% on $20.8m a year ago and 14% on $23.8m last quarter. Fiscal Q3/2012 Q4/2012 Q1/2013 Q2/2013 Q3/2013 Revenue $20.8m $18.9m $22.4m $23.8m $20.5m ...
At the Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS 2013) in Monterey, CA on 13 October, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd presented details of a high-sensitivity receiver chip they have developed that, it is reckoned, will ...
Tags: Fujitsu InP HEMT, Electrical, Electronics
The addressable market for chip-level optical interconnects could eventually run into billions of units, as revenues rise to almost $520m by 2019 then $1.02bn by 2021, according to the report 'Revenue Opportunities for Optical ...
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for optical communications, has announced underwhelming financial results for its fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2013 (ended 29 June). ...
Tags: Oclaro, Electrical, Electronics, optical communications
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics PICs, Electrical, Electronics