In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany recently shipped a comprehensive EpiCurve TT/Pyro 400 in-situ metrology hybrid system to an industrial customer in North America. The metrology station combines automated in-situ ...
Tags: MOCVD, GaN-on-SiC
Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
Tags: InGaAs MQWs, InGaAs Laser diodes, Imec and Ghent University
Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...
Tags: GaAsP solar cells, GaAsP, MBE, MOCVD
Researchers in Hong Kong and USA have been working on producing optically pumped micro-disk lasers on exact (001) silicon [Yating Wan et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol108, p221101, 2016]. The team from Hong Kong University of Science and ...
Researchers based in China, Singapore and Turkey have used an extremely thin layer of silicon dioxide (SiO2) insulator as a charge inverter in indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), improving light output power and ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that its G5+ C multi-wafer batch metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) platform has been qualified for the manufacturing of specific buffer layers as ...
Researchers in France claim the first demonstration of 10GHz large-signal microwave power performance for flexible aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [S. Mhedhbi et al, IEEE Electron Device ...
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Plessey Semiconductors Ltd in the UK has been improving its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-on-silicon light-emitting diode (LED) technology [Liyang Zhang et al, Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol3, p457, 2015]. A light output ...
Tags: GaN-on-silicon LEDs, Plessey MOCVD
US-based cider maker Angry Orchard has introduced a new glass christened the Orchard Glass, designed for hard cider. Cider is a beverage that caters to unique taste that lies somewhere between wine and beer. The cider makers wanted to ...
Tags: Orchard Glass, Cider Connoisseurs
Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors have achieved a 42% enhancement in light output from flip-chip indium gallium nitride (InGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by incorporating a photonic crystal ...
Tags: photonic crystal(PHC)structure, light-emitting diodes, Electrical
NTT Basic Research Laboratories in Japan has used a hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) layer to release and transfer gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) from sapphire substrate to thermally conducting copper, ...
Tags: Boron Nitride, GaN Transistors
Researchers based in China have found “remarkably reduced efficiency droop” from staircase (SC) thin indium gallium nitride (InGaN) quantum barrier (QB) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Kun Zhou et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol105, ...
Tags: High Current, remarkably reduced efficiency droop, Electrical
Currently, most flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices are fabricated using organic materials. However, for these devices inorganic compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) can provide advantages over organic materials ...
Tags: LEDs, LED displays, Electrical, Electronics
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been exploring the potential of using 'van der Waals epitaxy' (vdWE) to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon [Yazeed Alaskar et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., published online 26 August 2014]. The team ...