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3 December 2024

Japan investing ¥70.5bn in ¥211.6bn joint DENSO–Fuji Electric plan to boost SiC power semi production

Sites to include DENSO’s Daian Plant (SiC wafers) & Kota Plant (SiC epi) and Fuji Electric’s Matsumoto Factory (SiC epi and devices)

2 December 2024

QPT files patent for die attach process that boosts waste heat removal by up to 15x

Improved reliability for power electronics packaging targets automotive and industrial motor applications

2 December 2024

Australia’s MTM to develop US-based critical materials recovery for Indium Corp

Testing on Indium-supplied feedstocks underway at MTM’s Texas lab

28 November 2024
Indium phosphide laser on silicon nitride photonic circuit
Micro-transfer printing integration achieves wavelength tuning over 54nm in the C and L bands.
28 November 2024

CSA Catapult outlines steps to create UK semiconductor ‘super cluster’ and drive long term growth and exports

Recommendations include a National Semiconductor Institute, a Semiconductor Challenge Fund, prioritizing UK semiconductors in public contracts, and skills plans

28 November 2024

Vishay investing £51m in Newport Wafer Fab

Welsh Government providing £5m support

28 November 2024

US CHIPS Incentives Program awards finalized for BAE Systems and Rocket Lab

$35.5m in New Hampshire and $23.9m in New Mexico plants to expand production of chips critical for US national security and space industry

27 November 2024

Valeo and ROHM to co-develop next-gen power modules for electric motor inverters

ROHM to provide 2-in-1 SiC molded module TRCDRIVE pack for powertrain solutions

26 November 2024

POET expands capacity to meet AI infrastructure demand

Assumes control of China JV and centers Optical Engine assembly in Malaysia

25 November 2024

Diamfab and HiQuTe Diamond partner on synthetic diamond for power electronics

French CNRS spin-offs target vertical Schottky diode prototypes in Spring

22 November 2024

Aeluma wins NASA contract to advance quantum dot photonic integrated circuits for aerospace and AI

Contract to accelerate development of photonics for next-gen sensors and optical interconnects used in AI infrastructure, HPC and cloud data centers

22 November 2024
MESFETs on single crystal aluminium nitride substrate
Devices reach 2kV breakdown performance with short 15µm gate–drain distance.
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14 November 2024
Boron enables AlN on silicon growth without cracks
Researchers process AlN layers with low dislocation density.
7 November 2024
Double-heterostructure gallium nitride for 5G FR2 mobile handsets
HEMT achieves record saturated output power for low-voltage handset application.
30 October 2024
Deep UV micro-LED display photolithography
Researchers claim record high 5.7% external quantum efficiency for 270nm wavelength LEDs.
24 October 2024
Ultra-high-brightness green InGaN LEDs on silicon
Low dislocation epilayers enable high-definition micro-displays.
11 October 2024
Double V-pits enhance red InGaN LED internal quantum efficiency
Researchers report IQE value of 21.5%.
27 September 2024
Hydrogen plasma passivation for blue laser diodes
Researchers claim the first use for a strategy resulting in enhanced power efficiency and thresholds.
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31 October 2024

High-current vertical diamond MOSFETs
Researchers achieve drain currents above 1A by connecting two devices.

31 October 2024

Planned 8-inch silicon carbide wafer fabs worldwide reach 14
ST, Onsemi, Infineon, Wolfspeed, ROHM, BOSCH, Fuji Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, VIS/EPISIL, Silan, UNT and FT1 all plan SiC plants, notes TrendForce.

31 October 2024

Transfer-printed lasers on silicon photonics
Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute and Intel have improved alignment by fabricating InP lasers after, rather than before, transfer printing to SOI waveguides.

31 October 2024

DBR-free thin-film InGaN VCSELs
Device achieves lasing without lateral confinement under optical pumping.

31 October 2024

Micro-LEDs on freestanding GaN
An optimized InGaN multi quantum well structure has increased the external quantum efficiency from 7.9% to 14.8% at 10A/cm2 injection current.

31 October 2024

Micro-LEDs maintain momentum despite Apple’s withdrawal
New advances are needed in die technology, transfer equipment and micro-LED manufacturing, says Yole Développement.

31 October 2024

Defect-free AlGaInP native red micro-LEDs by wet chemical etching
Mike (M.C.) Yoo, CEO of Verticle Inc, highlights how undercut-free wet etching is ready for the mass production of phosphide-based micro-LEDs.

9 October 2024

Red/yellow InGaN micro-LED photodetectors for visual light communications
Researchers demonstrate high-data-rate reception from white LED transmitters.