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Headline News
1 July 2009
RFMD and NREL collaborate on commercializing high-performance PVs
CRADA targets production in RFMD’s high-volume GaAs fab by 2012.
30 June 2009
Advanced Photonix’s annual revenue rises 28% despite last-quarter dip
High-speed optical receivers to drive growth plans.
30 June 2009
QuantaSol raises $2m in funding
Triple-junction PV cell targeted following 28.3% single-junction record.
29 June 2009
UCSD presents first W-band SiGe imaging chip
Single-chip detector+LNA promise low-cost handheld scanners 8 June 2009.
29 June 2009
Q-Cells takes over Solibro CIGS joint venture
Silicon solar cell maker increases commitment to thin-film PVs.
26 June 2009
Tegal’s quarterly revenue down 74% year-on-year
Potential strategic alternatives include sale of firm.
Other News and Products
2 July 2009
Lumileds launches LUXEON Rebel phosphor converted amber LED
2 July 2009
Epistar places multiple system order; celebrates its 150th Aixtron production reactor
2 July 2009
SUSS MicroTec streamlines sales & support structure in Asia
2 July 2009
Ascent Solar shareholders elects private equity firm’s CEO to board
1 July 2009
Umicore chooses Eyelit’s integrated MES software for germanium wafer production
1 July 2009
Skyworks partners with energy providers to meet demand for smart meters
30 June 2009
Mitsubishi launches lower-power, wider-temperature-range 1.3-micron TOSA for 10Gb/s
30 June 2009
Avago launches small-footprint 3W LEDs with 160lm flux output for solid-state lighting
26 June 2009
Opnext receives Huawei’s Technical Support Award
26 June 2009
Emcore to provide solar power to New Mexico’s largest electricity provider
26 June 2009
Concentrix’s CPV plant feeds grid with record 23% AC efficiency
25 June 2009
Seoul Semiconductor’s Acriche LEDs light Korea's National Palace Museum
25 June 2009
GigOptix and D-Lightsys optical interconnects to be used on Airbus A400M
25 June 2009
Accel-RF’s latest SBIR award to boost in-situ GaN device measurement
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Features
23 June 2009
Conference Report: CS MANTECH 2009
Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology conference sees new focus on photovoltaics in light of inventory correction in established wireless markets.
29 May 2009
Nichia pushes InGaN lasers nearer to green via 515nm emission
Improved active MQW layer growth extends wavelength beyond 500nm.
11 May 2009
LED growth compatibility between 2", 4" and 6" sapphire
By understanding thickness and wafer bow dependence for MOCVD, process conditions can be modified to provide GaN-based blue LEDs on 4” and 6” wafers equivalent to those on 2”, says Veeco.
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