China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics, due to subsidies of CNY1.0 billion (US$163 million) offered and orders worth CNY3.0 billion arranged from the government of Xiamen City, southeastern China, will set up ...
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At the 11th China International Forum on Solid State Lighting (SSL CHINA 2014) in Guangzhou (6-8 November), deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has launched its next-generation metal-organic chemical vapor deposition ...
For third-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €45.6m, down just 1.3% on €46.2m both last quarter and a year ago. The utilization rates of most tier-one LED chip makers ...
Tags: Aixtron, deposition equipment, LED maker
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 29 approved the conversion of China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics' 19.9% stake in Taiwan-based Formosa Epitaxy into a 3.1% stake in Epistar, with the ...
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North Carolina State University (NCSU) has been developing homo-epitaxy of non-polar aluminium nitride (AlN) with a view to deep ultraviolet (DUV, less than 300nm wavelength) optoelectronics [Isaac Bryan et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol116, ...
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China makers are continuing to slash pricing for camera modules used in smartphones, with pricing expected to drop as much as 15-20% on year during the second half of 2014. Demand for the modules has slowed down in China following ...
Tags: Handset Camera, camera modules, smartphones
PRP Technology Ltd, a holding company of PRP Optoelectronics Ltd of Towcester, UK (a privately owned firm designing and manufacturing LED-based products), has announced a long-term strategic investment partnership with Veruth Holdings Ltd ...
Tags: LEDs, PRP Optoelectronics
US-based sapphire ingot producer GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has applied for bankruptcy protection possibly because its HEM technology-based ingot growing process has seen much lower than expected yield rates at only about 40%, ...
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UK-based LED specialist Intelligent LED Solutions (ILS) - a division of display and optoelectronics provider Intelligent Group Solutions Ltd (IGS) - has launched a range of high-power UV LEDs suited to demanding industrial applications such ...
Tags: UV LEDs, LED, LED Component
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers, has announced the sale of the gallium arsenide (GaAs) epitaxy business of its Soitec Specialty Electronics ...
Tags: sale of GaAs, IntelliEPI, Electronics
European sales of semiconductors in July 2014 amounted to US$ 3.273 billion, an increase of 14.9% compared to the same month in 2013, the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) writes. The high Year-on-Year growth in Europe, ...
Tags: SEMI, Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductors
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
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the XLamp MH-B LED, a new generation of high-power LEDs that delivers better performance and a more effective way to achieve low-cost systems than ...
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Excelitas Technologies Corp of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has launched its OmniCure AC8 Series of UV LED curing systems. The latest addition to the AC Series of UV LED curing solutions features ...
The LED (chips and components) market is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5% from 2014 to $42.7bn by 2020, according to a report ‘Global Light Emitting Diode (LED) Market (Technology, Application and ...
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