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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.
21 November 2024

GlobalFoundries’ $1.5bn US CHIPS Act funding confirmed by Department of Commerce

Funding to support New York expansion plus Vermont fab upgrade for high-volume GaN manufacturing

21 November 2024

US Geological Survey reckons China ban on gallium and germanium exports could cost $3.4bn in US GDP

Total ban could raise prices of gallium by more than 150% and germanium by 26%

21 November 2024

US DOE announces $10m funding for Critical Materials Innovation Hub

Federal funding to accelerate early-stage technology R&D for critical materials including gallium

21 November 2024

Chips JU to fund new European pilot line for Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits

PIXEurope to be the fifth pilot line funded by €380m Chips Joint Undertaking

20 November 2024

AlixLabs gains €345,000 grant from Swedish innovation agency Vinnova

Funds to help advance ALE Pitch Splitting to higher Technology Readiness Level and strengthen customer engagement.

19 November 2024

Scintil appoints Matt Crowley as CEO and establishes US subsidiary

Founder Sylvie Menezo to continue heading technology developments and customer partnerships

19 November 2024

IQE’s flat revenue forecast for 2024 prompts strategic review

Largest shareholder proposes short-term financing during market softness

19 November 2024

Gregg Lowe departs Wolfspeed as president & CEO

Chairman Thomas Werner appointed executive chairman

18 November 2024

Aixtron’s revenue rebounds in Q3 as red LED resurgence compensates for SiC market dip

Cash flow boosted by inventory reduction

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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.