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Solar-Tectic Granted US Patent for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency III-V Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell on Glass Substrate
Oct 10, 2017Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...
Tags: Thin-film PV, Glass Substrate
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Short Supply of Mono-Si Solar Wafers May Remain
May 4, 2017The ongoing shortage of global supply of mono-Si solar wafers is likely to remain until third-quarter 2018, according to China-based makers of such wafers. The China government, encouraging adoption of PV modules made of mono-Si solar ...
Tags: PV module, solar wafers
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Carbonics Introduces Carbon-on-Silicon Wafers for RF Components in 5G Wireless
Apr 7, 2017Carbonics Inc of Marina Del Rey, CA, USA has launched its ZEBRA carbon-on-silicon technology for radio frequency (RF) components and devices in wireless, communications, defense and aerospace markets. Carbonics was spun out from ...
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12-Inch Silicon Wafers Price to Continue Growth
Jan 22, 2017Prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers are set to continue rising, driven by robust demand from foundries and memory chipmakers, according to industry sources. Wafer suppliers are mulling adjusting upward their contract quotes for ...
Tags: Silicon Wafers, memory chip
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Prices of 12-Inch Blank Wafers to Rise 10-20%
Dec 9, 2016Chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Micron Technology have been informed by their upstream suppliers that prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers will rise by up to 20% ...
Tags: Blank Wafers, Semiconductor
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Power Amplifier Market Growing at CAGR of Nearly 14% to 2020
Oct 8, 2016The global power amplifier market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 14% from 2016-2020, according to a report from Technavio that provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market. ...
Tags: power amplifier, CAGR
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China Solar Poly-Si Wafer Makers Lower Capacity
Sep 15, 2016Some China-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers, in view of high inventory levels due to weak demand, have decreased the utilization of production capacities from 80-100% originally to 50-60%, according to industry ...
Tags: silicon wafer, PV
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University of Colorado Boulder Develops Method for Room-Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition
Sep 7, 2016As part of the Local Control of Materials Synthesis (LoCo) program of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU) have developed the new electron-enhanced atomic layer deposition ...
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UCSB Professor and Integrated Photonics Expert John Bowers Receives 2017 IEEE Photonics Award
Aug 8, 2016John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
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Plessey Expands GaN-on-Si LED Production Capacity With Aixtron AIX G5+C Cluster
Mar 9, 2016Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that UK-based Plessey Semiconductors Ltd has ordered an AIX G5+ C cluster system (for delivery in third-quarter 2016) to expand its production capacity for ...
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Aixtron Receives CS High-Volume Manufacturing Award For AIX G5+C GaN-on-Si MOCVD Production System
Mar 9, 2016Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany received the CS High-Volume Manufacturing Award 2016 for its new fully automated AIX G5+ C metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system at this year's CS ...
Tags: Aixtron, MOCVD, CS industry Awards, GaN-on-Si
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Single-Crystal Gallium Arsenide on Quasi-Nominal Silicon
Dec 16, 2015Université Grenoble Alpes in France and Applied Materials in the USA have been developing techniques to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon substrates with a small offcut angle [Y. Bogumilowicz et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, ...
Tags: GaAs, Quasi-Nominal Silicon, MOVPE
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Report: Silicon to Play Major Role in LED Production
Nov 5, 2015In a dramatic change from the status quo, nearly half of all gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs will be produced on silicon substrates by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new report by analysts at IHS, who forecast that the ...
Tags: LED Production, GaN LEDs, sapphire wafers
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Solar-Grade Polycrystalline Silicon Wafer Price up
Oct 27, 2015Prices for a solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have risen to US$0.835-0.840 currently due to strong demand, and are likely to further rise to US$0.85-0.87 in November, according to industry sources. In contrast, prices for ...
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BASF and Fraunhofer IIPMS-CNT Have Joined Forces to Develop Innovative Solutions
Jul 7, 2015BASF and Fraunhofer IPMS-CNT announced that they have joined forces to develop innovative solutions for the semiconductor industry. BASF has installed a modern tool for electrochemical metal deposition at the Fraunhofer IPMS Center for ...
Tags: chemicals, BASF, IPMS-CNT, semiconductor, electronic components
