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Simplifying zinc oxide/gallium nitride nano-rod LED fabrication

Researchers in Taiwan have produced zinc oxide/gallium nitride (ZnO/GaN) nano-rod light-emitting diodes [Ya-Ju Lee et al, APL Mater. vol2, p056101, 2014]. The researchers avoided complicated polymer processing by using a shadowing effect to selectively deposit ZnO on GaN nanorods...

SPTS gifts £600,000 worth of BluGlass shares to Swansea University

Plasma etch, deposition and thermal wafer processing equipment maker SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK has gifted Swansea University more than £600,000 worth of shares in BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia...

GaN to grow at 9% CAGR to over 18% of RF device market by 2020

The need for high-power, high-frequency transistors is increasing steadily, commensurate with the huge demand for wireless telecommunications, says new report...

E-Brief sponsor: EV Group (EVG) is a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), compound semiconductors, power devices and nanotechnology devices. Key products include wafer bonding, thin-wafer processing, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coating and development systems, cleaners and inspection systems. Founded in 1980, EV Group services and supports an elaborate network of global high-volume manufacturing and R&D customers and partners all over the world. More information about EVG is available at www.evgroup.com

Lake Shore's IMS exhibit to feature high-frequency probing and characterization technology

Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc, which makes scientific sensors, instruments and systems for measurement and control, is exhibiting in booth 1352 at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2014) in Tampa Bay, FL (3–5 June)...

5N Plus renews First Solar CdTe supply & recycling deal until end-March 2019

Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc has entered into new supply agreements with First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA covering the cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker’s compound semiconductor needs until end-March 2019...

Plessey further expands GaN-on-Si LED production with another Aixtron CRIUS II-XL MOCVD system

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany says that Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has purchased another CRIUS II-XL metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system for manufacturing gallium nitride LEDs on silicon wafers (GaN-on-Si) as it further expands its production capacity...

Emcore settles Nichia’s patent infringement lawsuit with license agreement

Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has settled the patent infringement case brought by Japanese LED maker Nichia Corp before the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas...

Soitec and Simgui partner to produce 200mm SOI wafers in China for RF and power semiconductor markets

Soitec, which makes SOI wafers and III-V epiwafers, and silicon-based materials firm Shanghai Simgui Technology Co Ltd, which provides both SOI wafers and epiwafer foundry services, have formed an international partnership to address both China’s growing demand and limited worldwide production capacity for 200mm SOI wafers...

Toyota develops SiC power semiconductor for automotive power control units

Toyota Motor Corporation, in collaboration with Denso Corp and Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc (CRDL), has developed a silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor for use in automotive power control units (PCUs). Toyota will begin test driving vehicles fitted with the new PCUs on public roads in Japan within a year...

E-Brief Sponsor – ABB: An insight into future developments of ABB's power conditioning products for 2014 - This year in June ABB will launch the PCS100 MV UPS. This has been designed specifically to provide clean, reliable and efficient power in industry and in large data centers who have sensitive or critical loads. Keep an eye out for the movie, or to be kept up-to-date on PCS100 MV UPS information, please email sophie.benson-warner@nz.abb.com

Plasma-Therm wins Customer Satisfaction Awards

For the 16th consecutive year, plasma process equipment maker Plasma-Therm LLC of St Petersburg, FL, USA has received awards in the Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted by market research firm VLSIresearch...

GCS offers P3 InGaP HBT and 0.25μm E-mode pHEMT foundry processes

Pure-play III-V compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors LLC (GCS) says that its proprietary InGaP heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT)process is now being offered to address 802.11ac requirements in which high gain, high linearity and high efficiency are key requirements for 5GHz operation...

Brewer Science commercializes megasonic developer for MEMS and compound semiconductor applications

Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides thin-wafer-handling materials, processes and equipment, has announced the first commercial placement of a Cee 300MXD megasonic developer...

Osram opens LED assembly plant in China

In a further move to strengthen its position in the LED market, Germany’s Osram has officially opened its LED assembly plant in Wuxi, China. The factory has a floor area of about 100,000m2 and will employ as many as 2100 staff by 2017...

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