A shortage of sapphire material between 2010 and 2011 created a window of opportunity for new entrants. In just the last two years, more than 80 companies announced their intention to enter the industry. This trend coupled with slow demand ...
Tags: LEDs, polycrystalline silicon, semiconductor chemicals
Due to the global economic downturn, demand for LED lighting has been weakening. Meanwhile, efficiency and price-performance ratio have been increasing, and the penetration rate of the LED lighting market is expected to continue rising. ...
Tags: Bridgelux, LED chipmaker, LED lighting, efficiency, price-performance
Researchers from Japan and the USA have reported the first fabrication on hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) aluminium nitride (AlN) substrates of aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit at the ...
Tags: DUV, LEDs, AlGaN, AlN substrates, HVPE, light-emitting diodes
Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The Company ...
Tags: LED, North America, Rubicon Technology Sapphire Crystal, lighting
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA, which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries, has ranked 268th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 (conducted by Deloitte ...
For third-quarter 2012, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA, which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries, has reported revenue of $19.9m, up 17% on $17m ...
Tags: monocrystalline sapphire substrates, Rubicon Technology, LED
San'an Optoelectronics intends to invest around$80 million to obtain a 19.9%stake in Formosa Epitaxy. San'an Optoelectronics Co.Ltd,one of China's largest LED makers,plans to invest NT$2.35 billion(approx.$80 million)in Formosa ...
Sapphire substrates are used as a substrate for fabricating gallium nitride for use in white and blue LEDs,the market for which has seen recent growth thanks to the energy saving properties and greatly reduced environmental burden they ...
Tags: white LEDs, SMM, materials business
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. has set up a production line for large sapphire substrates at its fully-owned subsidiary Okuchi Electronics Co., Ltd., and has started mass production. Sapphire substrates are used as a substrate for ...
Tags: LED
GaN-on-Si is a new technology that has the potential to replace sapphire substrates in the LED supply chain. Erwin Ysewijn, vice president of sales and marketing at Azzurro Semiconductors, a Germany-based GaN-on-Si supplier, recently ...
Tags: led
The release of GAN-on-silicon LED chips in China presents a lower-cost alternative that is comparable in quality to mainstream products based on sapphire and SiC substrates. R&D work leveraging the advantages of silicon substrates has ...
Tags: led chip
National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan has developed a simple silane treatment to improve crystal quality/internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and light extraction in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Chung-Chieh Yang et ...
Tags: LED
Rubicon Technology, a US-based sapphire substrates provider, has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The firm reported that third-quarter revenue increased to US$19.9 million from US$17 million in ...
Tags: sapphire substrate
Researchers in China have improved LED power output and droop behavior in nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by including an electron-emitting layer under the active region [Jianbao Zhang et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, ...
Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) of Nashua, NH, USA, a provider of c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting market, has announced 'CHES Foundations Series Part 2: Sapphire ...
Tags: Sapphire