Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that samples of its PLW111010 gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon LED products are now available. Picture: Plessey's new MAGIC GaN-on-Si LED product. The entry-level products are claimed ...
Plessey Semiconductors has launched its first GaN-on-silicon LED product, made in its Plymouth fab. "We can offer samples of our entry-level product and we are already discussing orders," company chief operating officer Barry Dennington ...
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The UK’s University of Cambridge has opened a new £1m facility for growing gallium nitride that aims to enable researchers to expand and accelerate their work, which promises to further reduce the cost and improve the efficiency ...
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Gallium nitride has been described as “the most important semiconductor since silicon” and is used in energy-saving LED lighting. A new £1million (or US$1,530,700) growth facility will allow University of Cambridge ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has signed a distribution agreement with Alphatec relating to the greater China region. The cooperation will market Plessey's EPIC sensors (Electronic Potential Integrated Circuit) together with ...
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Plessey Semiconductors has signed distributor Alphatec as part of its plan to take its EPIC sensor and GaN-on-silicon LED technologies to the China market. Plessey's EPIC sensors will be marketed by Alphatec for applications in the fields ...
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Plymouth chip fab Plessey has introduced a family of linear regulators with inputs from 1.7 to 12V. Called PS22921 (0.5A, SOT23-5), PS22922 (1.0A, SOT223) and PS22924, (2.0A, SOIC-8), they are made on the firm's bipolar process. "Many ...
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According to TechNavio, one of the key factors contributing to market growth in semiconductors is the high thermal conductivity of gallium nitride over other non-silicon substrates . The gallium nitride semiconductor devices market has ...
Guillaume d’Eyssautier, formely CEO of picoChip, has been appointed CEO of RF MEMS specialist start-up DelfMEMS. DelfMEMS has just attracted $10.5m in ‘B’ Series financing from CDC Entreprises, Iris Capital, Capitalaria, ...
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We roundup some of the major electronics news stories from CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2013, which runs 8 - 11 January in Las Vegas. Thursday 10 January CES: LG unveils curved OLED TV LG debuts a curved model of its OLED TV ...
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Plessey Semiconductors has said that its EPIC sensor will now sell for less than a dollar in high volume consumer applications.The company has cost-reduced it electrometer sensing technology with a new electrode design to replace the ...
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Germany increases focus on infrastructure,LED lighting 26 Jun Germany has invested in SSL in automobiles and street lights,and now broader investments are being encouraged to build a larger SSL manufacturing base.Hella research says LED ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK says that its new MAGIC (MAnufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) have won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012. The winners were announced at the ...
Toshiba will begin mass production of white LEDs on 200-mm silicon wafers this month based on technology that it licensed and jointly developed with Bridgelux. Toshiba has announced that it will begin production of white LEDs on 200-mm ...
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Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has won the Solid-State Lighting Application Category of the Elektra Awards 2012 for its new MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN ICs) High Brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs). The winners were announced at the ...
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