December 2018

31 December 2018

Osram launches 810nm and 940nm infrared LEDs for iris scans and facial recognition biometric identification in automotive sector

31 December 2018

Riber receives European order for production MBE system

31 December 2018

Midsummer receives $7m order from Sunflare for new solar panel factory in China

31 December 2018

Increasing current performance in III-nitride p-channel transistors

28 December 2018

Seoul Semiconductor wins all five patent litigations against Everlight

28 December 2018

Improving ohmic contacts in III-nitride high-electron-mobility transistors

27 December 2018

Quantum dot laser diodes on CMOS-compatible on-axis silicon substrates

27 December 2018

GaN Systems exhibiting GaN-based power systems for wireless charging, electric and autonomous vehicles, and consumer products

21 December 2018

TRUMPF acquiring VCSEL laser diode maker Philips Photonics

21 December 2018

Autonomous University of Madrid orders Riber Compact 21T research MBE system

21 December 2018

MACOM launches first product in range of wideband, ultra-low-phase-noise amplifier

20 December 2018

Reedholm launches wide-bandgap HTOL-HTRB reliability test system

20 December 2018

Lateral graphene/hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures

20 December 2018

Cisco to acquire silicon photonics firm Luxtera

20 December 2018

Sanan IC announces commercial release of 6” SiC wafer foundry process

19 December 2018

Mitsubishi Electric to launch 3W pulsed 638nm red laser diode for projectors

19 December 2018

Seoul Semiconductor obtains permanent injunction in Germany against Everlight’s LED products

19 December 2018

Alta sets seventh consecutive single-junction solar cell efficiency record, at 29.1%

18 December 2018

First Solar’s Series 6 PV module completes CSA/ANSI C450 Test Protocol

Wide-bandgap power semiconductor device market growing at 39% CAGR to 2023, driven by rising implementation of signal processing applications

18 December 2018

Transphorm’s high-voltage GaN FETs amp up Marotta Controls’ military-grade high-frequency power supply

17 December 2018

Optical transceiver market grows 8% year-on-year in Q3/2018 despite localized headwinds

17 December 2018

Osram LEDs and lasers increase safety and enable customizable interiors in Rinspeed microSNAP vehicle

17 December 2018

EPC to display GaN-enabled wirelessly powered systems for the home and high-resolution LiDAR for AVs at CES

17 December 2018

Emcore quarterly revenue rebounds by 42.5%, driven by larger-than-expected cable TV orders

14 December 2018

ALLOS’ customers confirm dynamic on-resistance of carbon-doping-free GaN-on-Si

14 December 2018

Osram launches Oslon Black SFH 4736 near-infrared LED for smart farming

14 December 2018

Transphorm ships its quarter millionth GaN power device

14 December 2018

Osram’s OSLON Square LEDs available via Rutronik

13 December 2018

FBH orders three additional ClassOne wet processing tools

12 December 2018

Powering up gallium oxide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

12 December 2018

First Solar expects full-year revenue to grow to $3.25-3.45bn in 2019

12 December 2018

Crystal IS’ Klaran UVC LED water disinfection demonstrates legionella performance

12 December 2018

UVFAB launches HELIOS-1200 300mm-wafer UV-ozone cleaning and surface treatment system

12 December 2018

ISRA VISION launches EdgeScan wafer edge inspection system

12 December 2018

Seoul Semiconductor claims patent litigation win in Germany against Everlight

12 December 2018

Anokiwave promotes VP of sales to VP of business development

11 December 2018

Imec reports first direct growth of 2D materials on 300mm wafers

11 December 2018

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult appoints chief technology officer

11 December 2018

LayTec unveils EpiTT FaceT to boost yield of GaAs-based edge-emitting high-power IR lasers

11 December 2018

LayTec ships new EpiTT Band Edge tool for MBE of VCSELs

11 December 2018

Life cycle assessment reveals minimal carbon footprint from Midsummer’s CIGS solar cell production

11 December 2018

Qorvo launches first 28GHz GaN front-end module, targeting 5G fixed wireless access base stations

11 December 2018

Skyworks launches high-efficiency power amplifier for cellular 4G and 5G infrastructure

10 December 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

10 December 2018

Lumentum completes Oclaro acquisition

7 December 2018

CST Global launches T@CST forum for commercializing photonics technologies

7 December 2018

OSA develops 4W UVC LED water disinfection module

7 December 2018

Saab receives Swedish defense order for GaN-based radar

6 December 2018

Disco launches high-precision fully automatic 8-inch wafer grinder for difficult-to-grind materials

6 December 2018

Lumentum’s acquisition of Oclaro receives anti-trust clearance from China

6 December 2018

China’s Hongli Zhuihui and European distributor Selectronic collaborating with Epistar

5 December 2018

Skyworks unveils SkyOne Ultra 3.0 devices for automotive connectivity

5 December 2018

Gallium oxide trench Schottky barrier diodes with ultra-low leakage

5 December 2018

Finisar’s quarterly revenue recovers further

5 December 2018

CEA-Leti extends 300mm wafer line to open new R&D avenues for industrial partners

5 December 2018

Leti and Silvaco to develop gate-all-around SPICE compact models for designing circuits using nanowire and nanosheet technologies

5 December 2018

Transphorm’s high-voltage GaN used by Inergy in redesigned portable solar power generator

4 December 2018

IGaN and SilTerra demo D-MISHEMT using 200mm GaN-on-Si wafer on foundry CMOS process

4 December 2018

Mitsubishi Electric and University of Tokyo reveal new mechanism for enhancing reliability of SiC power semiconductors

4 December 2018

EVG unveils BONDSCALE fusion wafer bonder for ‘More Moore’ scaling and front-end processing

4 December 2018

Marktech announces multi-wavelength emitters, detectors and LEDs for wearables

4 December 2018

EPC expands Asia Pacific sales and FAE team

3 December 2018

OIP4NWE project to create open-innovation photonics pilot line

November 2018

30 November 2018

Gallium nitride vertical-channel junction field-effect transistors

29 November 2018

POET’s revenue grows over 20% in Q3/2018

29 November 2018

GlobalFoundries begins client prototyping of first 300mm SiGe foundry technology

29 November 2018

CST Global appoints R&D Programme Manager

29 November 2018

AquiSense collaborates with US EPA and Washington University to develop UV LED disinfection

29 November 2018

Cree launches FLEX Series LED troffer for architects and lighting designers

28 November 2018

Gallium nitride microwire arrays on silicon for ultraviolet photodetection

28 November 2018

Custom MMIC launches high-linearity DC-30GHz 0.5W GaAs distributed driver amplifier

28 November 2018

Comtech PST launches 6-18GHz GaN-based solid-state power amplifier

28 November 2018

VCSELs enabling progress in biometric applications such as mobile 3D sensing, highlights Osram

28 November 2018

Sanan IC achieves automotive quality management system certification

28 November 2018

Lumileds launches LUXEON SunPlus 2835 line for maximizing crop yield

28 November 2018

Mini-LED adoption driven by high-end LCD displays and narrow-pixel-pitch LED direct-view digital signage

27 November 2018

Seoul Semiconductor expands patent litigation against LED TV distributor

27 November 2018

SEMI issues first power and compound fab outlook

27 November 2018

Marktech introduces InGaAs/InP broadband PIN photodiodes

23 November 2018

Osram launches long-life Osconiq S3030 LED for professional mid-power lighting

23 November 2018

Osram adds more powerful and efficient edge-emitting laser for automotive LiDAR

22 November 2018

Laser annealing enables gate-first fabrication of III-nitride transistors

22 November 2018

Thermco opens second UK manufacturing facility

22 November 2018

Fraunhofer ISE-led CPVMatch project sets module efficiency record

22 November 2018

Plextek RFI designs power amplifier module for Astro Digital

21 November 2018

Philips Photonics ships billionth VCSEL

21 November 2018

Lumileds and Melexis demo LUXEON IR LEDs operating up to 40MHz, enabling 940nm and 850nm TOF applications up to 3m

21 November 2018

Lumileds launches LUXEON 2835 Line of 12 colored mid-power LEDs

21 November 2018

China’s InnoScience orders Aixtron AIX G5+ C MOCVD systems for manufacturing 650V GaN-on-Si devices

21 November 2018

SUNY Poly professors awarded $330,000 for nanotech-centered research projects

21 November 2018

Skyworks launches 1.2GHz variable-gain CCAP/EQAM/CMTS driver amplifier for CATV head-end and remote PHY applications

20 November 2018

Samsung expands horticulture LED lineups for greenhouse and vertical farming

20 November 2018

Custom MMIC launches 16-24GHz driver amplifier with high gain and high linearity

20 November 2018

EFFECT Photonics completes Series-B financing round

19 November 2018

NASA sends Ascent Solar’s lightweight thin-film CIGS to ISS

19 November 2018

Midsummer named Sweden’s 19th fastest-growing technology firm

19 November 2018

SMI supporting NSF INTERN program and science exchange programs

15 November 2018

NREL outlines where thin-film solar technologies can be flexible

15 November 2018

Skyworks reports record quarterly revenue of $1.008bn, and ninth consecutive record year

14 November 2018

ON Semiconductor partners with Keysight for power device EDA

14 November 2018

EVG and Plessey partner on GaN-on-Si monolithic micro-LED technology for AR applications

14 November 2018

Monolithic near-ultraviolet optoelectronics systems on silicon

14 November 2018

Skyworks ramps LoRa-based modules for high-growth IoT applications

14 November 2018

3-5 Power Electronics secures financing from Sturm Family Office

14 November 2018

ROHM unveils 1700V SiC power module with high reliability in extreme environments

14 November 2018

Edwards opens new service & support facility in Arizona

13 November 2018

IQE reduces 2018 Photonics wafer revenue guidance from 35-50% to 11% after VCSEL-making customer cuts guidance

13 November 2018

Qorvo reduces December-quarter revenue, gross margin and earnings guidance

13 November 2018

MIRPHAB offering firms design, production and business planning for developing mid-IR devices for chemical sensing and spectroscopy

13 November 2018

Sofradir elected to Photonics21 board of stakeholders

13 November 2018

EpiGaN orders Aixtron AIX G5+C MOCVD system to expand large-diameter GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-SiC epi production

13 November 2018

Skyworks deploys 5G infrastructure solutions enabling high-capacity small-cell and massive MIMO platforms

13 November 2018

Lextar launches its first VCSEL products for 3D depth-sensing

13 November 2018

Lumentum reduces December-quarter revenue, operating margin and earnings guidance

13 November 2018

Everlight demos smart automotive products at electronica

12 November 2018

Protecting ‘Made in America’ ingenuity

12 November 2018

CSC to participate in UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund program KAIROS to develop and commercialize quantum technologies

12 November 2018

IHP and EVG co-developing low-temperature covalent wafer bonding for next-gen wireless and broadband communication devices

12 November 2018

POET receives first orders for Optical Interposer Solutions

12 November 2018

Exagan extends range of G-FET and G-DRIVE power-conversion products for multi-kilowatt server and automotive applications

12 November 2018

Infineon acquires wafering technology firm Siltectra

12 November 2018

Lumentum’s quarterly revenue rises 45.6% year-on-year to $354.1m, driven by telecom and fiber-laser demand

12 November 2018

MRSI announces HVM3 die bonding demonstration capability in Shenzhen

12 November 2018

Arrow Electronics expands distribution agreement with Cree’s Wolfspeed Division to include Power & RF products

12 November 2018

UnitedSiC launches UF3C FAST silicon carbide FET series

9 November 2018

II-VI to acquire Finisar for $3.2bn

9 November 2018

Oclaro quarterly revenue rebounds by 9% to $131.7m, aided by resuming shipments to ZTE

9 November 2018

Marktech joins AIM Photonics

9 November 2018

Infinera PDK available for Synopsys’ OptSim Circuit PIC design tool

8 November 2018

NeoPhotonics’ Q3 revenue up 15% year-on-year to $81.7m

8 November 2018

Veeco and ALLOS technical collaboration completes another phase towards 200mm GaN-on-Si micro-LED production

8 November 2018

ON Semiconductor partners with Mercedes EQ Formula E Team to create EV powertrain solutions

7 November 2018

Lateral epitaxial overgrowth on silicon to boost ultraviolet output power

7 November 2018

Peking University provides evidence of substitutional C atoms occupying N site with −1 charge state in semi-insulating GaN

7 November 2018

Aixtron’s revenue grows 15% in Q3, driven by power electronics, laser and ROY LED applications

7 November 2018

Qorvo awarded US Air Force contract to accelerate GaN design, performance and reliability

6 November 2018

Anokiwave appoints senior VP of business development

6 November 2018

III-V heterojunction bipolar transistor MOCVD on 200mm (001) silicon

6 November 2018

GISIT reports low threading-dislocation-density heteroepitaxial AlN film on sapphire

5 November 2018

Veeco’s Q3 revenue down more than expected due to China market softness

5 November 2018

Littelfuse completes acquisition of silicon carbide diode and MOSFET developer Monolith

5 November 2018

Qorvo’s quarterly revenue rises 8% year-on-year to a record $884m

2 November 2018

AXT grows revenue an above-expected 5.5% in Q3

1 November 2018

Device consortium wins Eurostars program funding for €1.2m MISCA project

1 November 2018

Quantum cascade superluminescent arrays for mid-infrared applications

1 November 2018

II-VI to expand manufacturing footprint in China as it inaugurates Asia Regional Headquarters

1 November 2018

pSemi enters volume production of first 55GHz single-chip SOI digital step attenuator

October 2018

31 October 2018

Exagan presenting at electronica 2018

31 October 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

31 October 2018

GaN Systems launches new products at China’s PEAC power electronics conference

30 October 2018

StratEdge appoints VP of global sales

30 October 2018

Pfeiffer Vacuum opens new North American headquarters building in Nashua, NH

30 October 2018

II-VI and Sumitomo collaborate on 150mm GaN-on-SiC HEMT production

30 October 2018

Custom MMIC launches 2-26GHz wideband GaN LNA with high input power survivability

30 October 2018

Vishay launches VCSEL-powered proximity sensor with range up to 20cm in 3.05mm by 2mm leadless package

29 October 2018

TI launches ready-to-use 600V GaN FET power stages supports applications up to 10kW

29 October 2018

Nitride Semiconductors forms subsidiary Micro Nitride to make micro UV-LED chips for displays

29 October 2018

Telia Carrier and Infinera demonstrate first 600G transmission in production network

26 October 2018

Skyworks wins Mobile Breakthrough Awards

26 October 2018

Riber grows revenue 42% year-on-year for the first nine months of 2018, driven by MBE systems sales almost tripling

25 October 2018

AdTech chooses OIPT etch systems for IR laser manufacturing

25 October 2018

Skyworks launches antenna solution for 4G LTE and 5G mobile applications

24 October 2018

FBH orders ClassOne’s Solstice S8 system for automated plating and solvent processes

24 October 2018

First Solar’s 58MW Cove Mountain Solar Project to support Facebook’s Prineville Data Center via PPA with PacifiCorp

24 October 2018

Lumileds’ new LUXEON 2835 HE LED drives efficacy over 200lm/W in 2835 package

24 October 2018

Large-area silicon carbide ultraviolet visible-blind avalanche photodiode

23 October 2018

France’s Leti and Taiwan’s NARLabs to collaborate on R&D projects

23 October 2018

Cree announces changes to board of directors

23 October 2018

VCSEL market to grow at 16.9% CAGR from $1.78bn to $3.89bn by 2023

23 October 2018

Micro-LED display market to grow at CAGR of 115% from $250m in 2018 to over $14bn in 2024

22 October 2018

GaN RF device market to grow at double-digit CAGR to over $1.5bn by end-2026

22 October 2018

CSP LED market to grow at 18.2% CAGR from $757.7m in 2018 to $1744.8m in 2023

19 October 2018

Prototype of Osram’s RGB-LED Osire E4633i provides dynamic in-car lighting

19 October 2018

Zhejiang University reports first current-collapse-free vertical GaN power rectifier

19 October 2018

High-performance light emission from III-nitride stress/dislocation control

19 October 2018

Rutronik and Osram expand distribution agreement to North America

19 October 2018

Lumileds joins Legrand partnership to speed adoption of tunable white LED lighting

19 October 2018

Midsummer named one of Sweden’s fastest-growing firms

19 October 2018

Riber receives order from Asia for MBE production system

18 October 2018

Cree’s quarterly revenue grows 13% year-on-year, driven by Wolfspeed’s organic growth of 50%

18 October 2018

GTAT’s CTO speaking on silicon carbide at International Forum on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

18 October 2018

Exagan forms Taiwan subsidiary

18 October 2018

Trymax receives system orders from Chinese compound semiconductor foundry for photoresist ashing and descum

17 October 2018

First Solar sells 100MW Willow Springs project to DESRI

17 October 2018

Cree signs long-term SiC wafer supply deal with leading power device maker

17 October 2018

Orienting quantum cascade lasers to higher efficiency and lower threshold

16 October 2018

Raytheon supplying technology for GEM-T, the first missile to harness GaN

16 October 2018

IR light source market to grow at 29% CAGR from $1.8bn in 2018 to $6.5bn in 2023

16 October 2018

Integra offering GaN-on-SiC transistor evaluation kits for verifying performance in RF systems

15 October 2018

Saab awarded contract to develop prototype GaN-based X-band active aperture array radar for US Navy

15 October 2018

NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in QD Laser

15 October 2018

IQE recruits chief financial officer from ARM

15 October 2018

NREL, Caltech and UNSW combine Bragg reflector structures within graded buffer for lower-cost, higher-efficiency multi-junction solar cells

12 October 2018

Seoul Semiconductor sees demand for multi-spectral UV & visible LEDs for horticultural lighting

12 October 2018

Seoul wins patent lawsuits against Archipelago

12 October 2018

GlobalFoundries adds nine firms to RFwave Partner Program

11 October 2018

Presto upgrades European testing facility to ISO 9001:2015 standard

11 October 2018

k-Space grows year-to-date in-line metrology revenue by 26% year on year

10 October 2018

Lumileds adds LUXEON IR for Automotive family of emitters for automotive sensing

10 October 2018

Lumileds appoints VP sales & business development for illumination in North and South America

10 October 2018

US Army awards Lockheed Martin contract extending AN/TPQ-53 radar range by inserting GaN

10 October 2018

Raytheon advances in US Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition

10 October 2018

Argon-ion-enhanced room-temperature bonding with low resistance

10 October 2018

Empower RF launches 600-6000MHz 150W GaN system amplifier

10 October 2018

Compound Semiconductor Centre wins Collaboration title at Made in Wales Awards

9 October 2018

Silicon monoxide gate dielectric for gallium nitride transistors

9 October 2018

Integra launches L-band RF power amplifier module for IFF/SSR avionics systems

5 October 2018

Osram Opto joins ISELED Alliance

5 October 2018

Cree expands industrial lighting portfolio with new linear high-bay luminaires

5 October 2018

AIM Photonics unveils support for datacom and telecom optical bands with new silicon photonics PDK

5 October 2018

Emcore raises quarterly revenue guidance from $21-$23m to $24.2-25.2m

4 October 2018

Black phosphorus photodiode for mid-wavelength infrared detection

4 October 2018

VueReal announces $8.5m in SDTC funding

4 October 2018

SILTECTRA prepares to launch outsourced wafering services business

3 October 2018

Anokiwave opens new office in Taiwan

2 October 2018

Riber’s operating income grows more than five-fold in first-half 2018

2 October 2018

Osram launches Oslon Boost HX LED for automotive forward lighting and information projection

2 October 2018

Applied Energy Systems acquires Advanced Research Manufacturing

1 October 2018

Custom MMIC receives Gold Supplier Rating award from BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems

1 October 2018

StratEdge displaying GaN and GaAs packages at IMAPS, BCICTS and EDI CON USA

September 2018

30 September 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

28 September 2018

University of British Columbia’s Quantum Matter Institute chooses Veeco’s GENxplor R&D MBE system for researching 2D materials

28 September 2018

Glasgow student’s PhD industrial placement at CST Global co-funded by UK Royal Commission

28 September 2018

Applied Optoelectronics slashes Q3 revenue guidance from $82-92m to $55-58m

28 September 2018

Space satellite industry expert joins Akash as it files for experimental license with FCC

27 September 2018

Finisar launches 400G QSFP-DD DR4 transceiver for data-center applications and first 64Gbaud coherent integrated assembly

27 September 2018

Canon to distribute ClassOne equipment in Japan

27 September 2018

Thin gallium nitride on silicon carbide high-power and high-frequency electronics

27 September 2018

Cree launches highest-efficacy 90 CRI chip-on-board LEDs

27 September 2018

pSemi reorganizes and promotes two directors to VPs

26 September 2018

SINANO uses Picosun’s remote-plasma ALD technology to yield high-quality TiN

26 September 2018

CST Global commissions second MOCVD reactor in collaboration with University of Glasgow

26 September 2018

MACOM’s launches packaged version of wideband DC-28GHz LNA

26 September 2018

MACOM adds low-power SPDT non-reflective RF switch with switching speed up to 40ns for DC-30GHz

26 September 2018

Lumerical and Mentor co-develop PDK for TowerJazz’s silicon photonics foundry process

26 September 2018

Source Photonics partners with Huawei in showcasing PAM4-based optical transceivers

26 September 2018

GlobalFoundries delivering 8SW RF SOI client chips on 300mm platform for next-gen mobile applications

25 September 2018

Lumileds launches LUXEON V2 high-power LED

25 September 2018

LED market growth in 2018 revised from 11% to 4%

25 September 2018

Skyworks validates Sky5 platform for 5G NR bands

25 September 2018

POET grants options to recently appointed executive and new hires

25 September 2018

MACOM launches power detector family with integrated directional couplers and built-in temperature compensation spanning 2–6, 6–18 and 10–30GHz

25 September 2018

Molex demos next-generation 100Gbps-per-wavelength PAM-4 100GbE and 400GbE optical technology

25 September 2018

New Aixtron customer Sinosemic orders its first AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD system for VCSEL production

25 September 2018

Wolfspeed talks 5G and launches new radar technologies at European Microwave Week

25 September 2018

Imec combines different solar cells to target efficiencies above 30%

25 September 2018

Imec/ZSW perovskite/CIGS tandem cell achieves record 24.6% efficiency

25 September 2018

Synopsys and SMART Photonics expand InP-based PIC design automation

24 September 2018

STMicroelectronics and Leti to co-develop GaN-on-Si diode and transistor architectures for power conversion applications

24 September 2018

Littelfuse launches its first 1700V SiC MOSFETs

24 September 2018

CST Global begins development of buried heterostructure laser diodes

24 September 2018

Oclaro demos 100G single-lambda interoperability; will begin sampling 400G QSFP56-DD FR4 2km transceivers

24 September 2018

Source Photonics’ 50G and 400G PAM4-based transceivers used in live Ethernet Alliance multi-vendor interoperability demo at ECOC

24 September 2018

NeoPhotonics showcasing lasers and components for 400G EML and silicon photonics-based data-center links

24 September 2018

NeoPhotonics’ 64GBaud coherent optical components selected by tier-1 customers for 600G system development

24 September 2018

Applied Optoelectronics showcasing 400G DR4 breakout to 4x 100G FR transceivers at ECOC

21 September 2018

Power module packaging materials market growing at 8.2% CAGR to $1.9bn in 2023

21 September 2018

Seoul Semiconductor wins LED bulb patent litigation against Philcor

21 September 2018

Vertical-cavity resonant near-green lasing of indium gallium nitride

20 September 2018

DSFP transceiver MSA releases Hardware Specification Rev. 1.0

20 September 2018

Finisar presenting at ECOC

20 September 2018

Oclaro to demo 100-200G coherent CFP2-DCO at ECOC

20 September 2018

100G Lambda MSA announces progress towards 100Gb/s optical technology product maturity

20 September 2018

Source Photonics and Ixia to demo maturity of 400G-LR8 platform at ECOC, enabling migration to higher data rates

20 September 2018

II-VI presenting at ECOC Market Focus on optics in cloud computing and at Special Workshop on 3D sensing

20 September 2018

Skyworks launches LTE universal front-end module for IoT applications

20 September 2018

Oclaro showcasing portfolio of high-speed lasers for access and wireless networks at ECOC

19 September 2018

Leti-led EU project REDFINCH to develop PIC-based mid-IR portable sensors for chemical detection in gases and liquids

19 September 2018

GaN Systems appoints Arrow Electronics as distributor in EMEA

19 September 2018

Delta uses Transphorm’s high-voltage GaN FETs to shrink power supply by 25%

19 September 2018

Osram launches its first VCSEL

19 September 2018

Osram launches compact broadband infrared LED for integrating spectroscopy into smartphones

19 September 2018

Plessey orders Aixtron AIX G5+ C MOCVD system for GaN-on-Si monolithic micro-LEDs

19 September 2018

Anokiwave joins 5G O-RAN alliance as contributing member

18 September 2018

5G GaN2 project developing 28GHz, 38GHz and 80GHz demonstrators for 5G cellular network base stations

18 September 2018

US Air Force’s GaN technology to be transferred to BAE Systems’ Advanced Microwave Products Center

18 September 2018

QSFP-DD MSA Group releases updated 4.0 Hardware Specification and Common Management Interface Specification

18 September 2018

Teledyne e2v HiRel launches highest-voltage 650V/60A bottom-side-cooled GaN FET

18 September 2018

Skyworks’ launches family of FEMs for LPWAN IoT and industrial applications

17 September 2018

Thermco Systems expands global operations with acquisition of CSD Epitaxy

17 September 2018

SemiGen boosts contract manufacturing capability

17 September 2018

Lumentum to participate in nine tradeshows in next four months

14 September 2018

IR LED market growing at 15% CAGR to over $1bn by 2024

14 September 2018

5G mm-wave transceivers and beam-formers to ship in hundreds of millions annually within five years

13 September 2018

Magnetic sensing with gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors

13 September 2018

GaN Systems showcasing GaN power transistor products and design tools at ECCE 2018

13 September 2018

RF power amplifier market to grow from $3bn by 3.2x, at 12.2% CAGR, through 2028

13 September 2018

CVD Equipment establishes post of lead independent director

13 September 2018

Mission Microwave receives SSPA orders and design wins for SATCOMs

12 September 2018

Anokiwave appoints Abhishek Kapoor as VP of sales

12 September 2018

Plessey and JDC collaborate on tailored backplane for monolithic micro-LED displays

12 September 2018

PowerAmerica issues Call for Projects to help speed adoption of wide-bandgap technologies

11 September 2018

Emcore launches 6GHz-bandwidth cooled coaxial laser module for 5G wireless

11 September 2018

EPC launches 100V, 25mΩ eGaN power transistor

11 September 2018

MACOM showcasing RF and microwave portfolio at EuMW

10 September 2018

SETi files patent infringement litigation in US court against UV LED sterilizer firm

10 September 2018

POET appoints senior VP of strategic marketing & product management

10 September 2018

Finisar’s quarterly revenue grows more than expected due to ROADM deployment in China and India

10 September 2018

Custom MMIC awards inaugural ‘Women in Engineering’ scholarships

10 September 2018

Presto extends test capabilities to 100GHz and beyond

7 September 2018

Advantech Wireless and Alga Microwave presenting GaN-based SSPAs and BUCs for satellite broadcast

7 September 2018

RayVio shipping new XD mid-power and high-power XR Series UV-C LEDs

7 September 2018

Osram supplying IREDs and LEDs to Joyson for Cadillac CT6’s hands-free driver monitoring system

7 September 2018

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult secures first commercial agreement

7 September 2018

MACOM launches industrial-temperature-grade 25G lasers for high-volume deployment in 5G LTE wireless front-haul applications

7 September 2018

IQE’s first-half 2018 revenue growth driven by Photonics segment

6 September 2018

Activating buried p-type gallium nitride for power electronics

6 September 2018

Technology advances paving way for micro-LED cost reduction in high-volume applications

6 September 2018

MACOM launches first single-chip TX/RX solution for 100G bidirectional optical connectivity

6 September 2018

Dowa develops short-wavelength infrared LEDs with record 6.8mW output

5 September 2018

Mitsubishi Electric launching 25Gbps EML CAN module for 5G mobile base stations

5 September 2018

Veeco’s president Bill Miller to become CEO as John Peeler transitions to executive chairman; CFO Maheshwari adds COO role

5 September 2018

K&S and Rohinni launch PIXALUX micro- and mini-LED die placement solution

5 September 2018

Seoul Semiconductor sues TV retailer Fry’s Electronics for LED patent infringement

4 September 2018

II-VI completes acquisition of WSS firm CoAdna

4 September 2018

CST Global adds InP epi overgrowth capabilities for high-volume DFB laser production

4 September 2018

Delta begins US DOE-sponsored program to develop microgrid-capable solid-state transformer-based 400kW extreme fast chargers for electric vehicles

3 September 2018

VLC Photonics issues report on silicon photonic foundries

3 September 2018

Edwards acquiring Brooks Automation’s cryogenic business

3 September 2018

TowerJazz addressing emerging 5G and mmWave markets with new SiGe and RF SOI technologies

3 September 2018

MACOM to demo first complete chipset for 200G and 400G CWDM modules

3 September 2018

X-FAB doubles 6-inch SiC foundry capacity at Lubbock fab

August 2018

31 August 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

30 August 2018

MRSI unveiling one-stop shop die bonding solutions at CIOE and ECOC

30 August 2018

Mellanox ships 200G LinkX copper and optical cables and transceiver for Ethernet and HDR InfiniBand

30 August 2018

nLIGHT’s lasers launching on NASA ICESat-2 satellite

30 August 2018

EpiGaN showcasing GaN epiwafer solutions for 5G

29 August 2018

Atomic-layer sidewall passivation of indium gallium nitride μLEDs

29 August 2018

HLJ orders Aixtron AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD systems to expand VCSEL production capacity and epiwafer size

29 August 2018

Qorvo closes offering of additional $130m of 5.50% senior notes due 2026

28 August 2018

GlobalFoundries refocusing FinFET development from 7nm to 14/12nm to target high-growth markets, including RF SOI and SiGe

28 August 2018

MRSI launches MRSI-H3LD die bonder for high-power diode laser market

28 August 2018

MRSI launches MRSI-H3TO die bonding product family targeted at 5G wireless network supply chain

28 August 2018

Ascent Solar selected by US DOE for Technology Commercialization Fund projects

28 August 2018

Lextar debuting micro-LED chip technologies and UFP I-Mini RGB display module

28 August 2018

Custom MMIC launches LNA with 0.6dB noise figure and spanning 2-6GHz

24 August 2018

Silvaco and Purdue to co-develop scalable atomistic TCAD for next-generation devices and materials

24 August 2018

MACOM showcasing optical and semiconductor components for cloud data-center, FTTx and 5G applications at CIOE

24 August 2018

Gallium oxide transistors increase breakdown voltage to 1.8kV

23 August 2018

Midsummer receives repeat order from Asia worth SEK30m

23 August 2018

Photo-electro-chemical deep trench etching in gallium nitride

23 August 2018

Oxford Instruments supplies China’s first mass-production VCSEL fab

23 August 2018

Sanan IC extends III-V foundry from Greater China to North American, European and APAC markets

23 August 2018

Cree launches XLamp XP-G3 S Line LED for connected lighting

23 August 2018

Skyworks launches GNSS LNA front-end modules for IoT

23 August 2018

ClassOne’s Solstice CopperMax electroplating system chosen by China’s largest GaAs device maker

22 August 2018

StratEdge receives ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification

22 August 2018

Cree prices offering of $500m convertible senior notes

22 August 2018

Agnitron develops MOCVD capability for 10kV+ beta-phase gallium oxide switches

22 August 2018

TowerJazz showcasing SiGe and silicon photonic processes for 100-400Gb/s optical data links

22 August 2018

Analog Devices reinstates share repurchase program; increases authorization by $2bn

21 August 2018

MRSI launches MRSI-HVM3P die bonder for new photonics applications

21 August 2018

Cree offers $500m of convertible senior notes

21 August 2018

AquiSense cuts price of UV-C LED-based PearlAqua product lines

20 August 2018

Silanna to set up advanced manufacturing research facility at University of Adelaide

20 August 2018

Midsummer recruits production manager from Saab

20 August 2018

Cree’s quarterly revenue grows 15%, driven by 40% organic year-on-year growth from Wolfspeed

20 August 2018

Oclaro’s quarterly revenue falls 5%, but 100G CFP2-ACO sales again breaks record

20 August 2018

Skyworks closes acquisition of analog-system-on chip-designer Avnera

17 August 2018

CST Global’s new automatic visual inspection machine processes 500,000 laser chips per month

17 August 2018

Lumentum’s annual revenue grows 25% to record $1.25bn, yielding record profit

16 August 2018

III-nitride solar cells on hexagonal boron nitride separation layer

16 August 2018

SMI offering compact Closed Space Sublimation System for CdTe/II-VI material growth

16 August 2018

SMI optimizes NanoV CVD research reactor for SiGeSn growth

16 August 2018

NI AWR releases V14 of Design Environment software platform

16 August 2018

POET’s revenue grows 11.7% in Q2

15 August 2018

GaN Systems and PowerSphyr collaborate on wireless charging systems

15 August 2018

pSemi launches first monolithic SOI Wi-Fi front-end module

15 August 2018

Qorvo prices offering of additional $130m of 5.50% senior notes due 2026

14 August 2018

Veeco’s GEN10 automated MBE cluster system wins Max Planck Institute tender to support research on oxide-nitride layer structures

14 August 2018

NeoPhotonics’ revenue grows 18% in Q2 to $81.1m

14 August 2018

Qorvo proposes offering additional $100m of 5.50% senior notes due 2026

14 August 2018

Lumileds awarded $66m damages in IP theft lawsuit against ETI

13 August 2018

QuantumClean and ChemTrace demonstrating how to reduce wafer fab CoO

10 August 2018

Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult to receive £51m from UK Catapult network

10 August 2018

Fujitsu triples output power of GaN HEMTs to 19.9W/mm gate width using AlGaN spacer layer with InAlGaN barrier layer

10 August 2018

Seoul Viosys launches UV WICOP LED module

9 August 2018

Rudolph appoints Miller as chairman

9 August 2018

Integrating capacitors into p-gallium nitride gate transistors on silicon

9 August 2018

Qorvo’s quarterly growth driven by mobile demand in China

8 August 2018

SUNY Poly awarded $2m US ARL grant to make SiC-based ultra-high-voltage power electronics chips

8 August 2018

NASA studies space applications for GaN crystals

8 August 2018

PowerAmerica funds new projects to advance wide-bandgap technology in USA

7 August 2018

Emcore’s inventory correction from main CATV customer offset by revenue growth from other customers in Q2

7 August 2018

Alta Devices’ solar cells power CubeSat mission

6 August 2018

Skyworks to acquire analog-system-on-chip designer Avnera

6 August 2018

Veeco reports higher-than-expected Q2 profits, despite falling revenue from sales of blue LED MOCVD systems to China

3 August 2018

Aixtron’s orders rise 20% year-on-year in first-half 2018, driven by MOCVD systems for lasers and red-orange-yellow LEDs

2 August 2018

AXT’s revenue grows 11% in Q2

2 August 2018

Amber light for zinc tin nitride boost from indium gallium nitride wells

2 August 2018

OSI buys Luna’s OPTO business

2 August 2018

Wolfspeed’s E-Series first family of SiC MOSFETs and diodes to meet automotive AEC-Q101 standards

1 August 2018

Riber’s first-half revenue grows 36% year-on-year as MBE system sales quadruple

1 August 2018

Defense and 5G to propel RF GaN market past $1bn

1 August 2018

Inseto to represent SUSS MicroTec in Finland, Norway and Sweden

1 August 2018

KLA-Tencor appoints Ana G. Pinczuk to board

1 August 2018

VisIC announces 9kW GaN half bridge without paralleling

July 2018

31 July 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

31 July 2018

5N Plus doubles production capacity in semiconductor engineered materials

31 July 2018

Northrop Grumman delivers first GaN G/ATOR system to US Marine Corps

31 July 2018

Qualcomm abandons $44bn acquisition of NXP in absence of China regulatory approval

30 July 2018

Structures to enhance light extraction in indium gallium nitride LEDs

30 July 2018

Skyworks launches 5G antenna tuning solutions

27 July 2018

Custom MMIC adds LNA and phase-shifter MMICs

27 July 2018

Baylin’s Alga Microwave receives order from NATO customer for GaAs-based BUCs

27 July 2018

Baylin’s Advantech receives order from military customer for GaN-based SatCom BUCs

26 July 2018

SRC releases $26m for JUMP program to fund 24 new research projects

26 July 2018

IQE expects first-half 2018 revenue of £73m, with double-digit sales growth on constant-currency basis in each primary market

25 July 2018

Plasmon-enhanced mid-infrared photodetection at room temperature

25 July 2018

Imec’s perovskite-silicon tandem cell efficiency of 27.1% beats standalone silicon solar cell

24 July 2018

GaAs wafer market growing at 15% CAGR to 2023, driven by photonics applications growing at 37%

24 July 2018

Cree names Neill Reynolds as CFO

24 July 2018

IQE’s Wireless business unit renews major contract with tier-1 customer

24 July 2018

CST Global presents at European Summer School on PICs for Optical Interconnects

23 July 2018

Qualcomm unveils 5G NR mmWave and sub-6GHz RF modules for mobile devices

23 July 2018

Skyworks appoints Kimberly Stevenson to board

23 July 2018

Skyworks reports above-expected quarterly revenue of $894.3m, despite $25-30m hit from ZTE ban

23 July 2018

KAUST demonstrates nanowire GRINSCH diode for efficient UV-LED/laser applications

20 July 2018

UCLA develops defect-free boron arsenide as most efficient semiconductor material for thermal management

20 July 2018

German team unveils mechanism of strain relaxation in (0001)-oriented III-nitride thin films and heterostructures

20 July 2018

Raytheon demos small X-band Low-Power Radar for precision approach guidance to multiple aircraft from extended range

20 July 2018

Nitride files patent infringement lawsuit against Digi-Key and RayVio in Tokyo

19 July 2018

Avancis reopens CIGS PV module production facility in South Korea

19 July 2018

Kaiam initiates strategic transceiver reserve for data-center applications

19 July 2018

NexGen using Aixtron’s AIX G5 HT MOCVD platform for vertical GaN-on-GaN transistors

19 July 2018

Micro-LED market to grow from $2.7bn in 2019 to $10.7bn in 2022, mainly in advanced displays

19 July 2018

Lattice to discontinue millimetre-wave business to focus on core business

18 July 2018

Improving aluminium gallium nitride transistor channel performance

18 July 2018

InteGreat project yields new approaches to LED production

18 July 2018

SLD Laser achieves first UL certification for laser lighting

18 July 2018

Reedholm collaborates with Texas State University on production test of wide-bandgap devices

18 July 2018

NREL develops dual-chamber dynamic HVPE, targeting III-Vs solar cells at $0.20-0.80 per watt

17 July 2018

Cree boosts output by 25% and efficacy by 9% with new version of XLamp XP-G2 LED

17 July 2018

Changelight orders further Aixtron AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD systems to expand ROY fine-pitch and mini-LED capacity

17 July 2018

FLOSFIA demonstrates first gallium oxide normally-off MOSFET

17 July 2018

Qorvo completes offering of $500m senior notes

16 July 2018

Inphi samples first 100Gbps Porrima single-lambda PAM4 platform solution for QSFP28 and SFP-DD 100GBASE-DR/FR optical modules

16 July 2018

Custom MMIC hires Tom Rosa as CFO

16 July 2018

Akoustis completes technology qualification for pre-production of single-crystal BAW RF filter products

16 July 2018

Infineon ships 5 billionth bulk-CMOS RF switch

16 July 2018

Analog Devices breaks ground on new global HQ

12 July 2018

Riber receives order for MBE production system from China’s Acken Optoelectronics

12 July 2018

NREL/CAISO/First Solar joint grid reliability study wins Smarter E Award for Outstanding Project

12 July 2018

Imec demos hybrid FinFET-silicon photonics technology for ultra-low power optical I/O

12 July 2018

Monocrystal wins Russia’s Industria-2018 award

12 July 2018

Speeding oscillation of double heterojunction bipolar transistors

11 July 2018

Intel wins SEMI’s 2018 Award for the Americas for process and integration of silicon photonics transceiver

11 July 2018

Custom MMIC achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification

11 July 2018

Qorvo announces pricing of $500m senior notes offering, upsized from $300m

11 July 2018

Qorvo announces increase of cash tender offer for senior notes due 2025 from $150m to $300m

11 July 2018

Leti and Soitec launch Substrate Innovation Center as part of latest five-year partnership

11 July 2018

Oclaro stockholders approve takeover by Lumentum

10 July 2018

3D-Micromac unveils microPREP 2.0 laser-based high-volume sample prep system for failure analysis

10 July 2018

ams’ IR VCSEL arrays bring face recognition for first time to Android-based smartphones

10 July 2018

II-VI to expand 980nm pump laser manufacturing capacity by end-2018

10 July 2018

Qorvo proposes $300m senior notes offering

10 July 2018

SILTECTRA reports application of COLD SPLIT wafer thinning technology to GaAs

10 July 2018

IQE’s nano-imprint lithography technology production qualified by DFB laser manufacturer

9 July 2018

SiC power semiconductor market growing at 29% CAGR to $1.4bn in 2023, aided by adoption in automotive applications

6 July 2018

Epistar spinning off foundry subsidiary Jingcheng Semiconductor

6 July 2018

Seoul Viosys’ Violeds UV LED technology used in Yuhan’s mosquito trap

6 July 2018

Riber opens China subsidiary

5 July 2018

Undoped gallium nitride upper waveguide for reduced laser threshold

5 July 2018

Osram Continental joint venture begins operation

4 July 2018

Hole gas boost for deep ultraviolet diode wall-plug efficiency

4 July 2018

GTAT opens new silicon carbide manufacturing plant, corporate HQ and R&D center

4 July 2018

Delft University of Technology orders Veeco ALD system for researching materials for renewables, storage and advanced energy

4 July 2018

Tokyo Institute of Technology develops n- and p-type copper nitride semiconductor for environmentally friendly thin-film photovoltaics

3 July 2018

SDK plans third expansion of high-grade SiC epi production in two years

3 July 2018

Alta Devices raises its GaAs single-junction solar cell efficiency world record to 28.9%

3 July 2018

AES showcasing Industry 4.0-ready gas delivery equipment control technology

2 July 2018

Qorvo’s 5GHz FEM integrated in Qualcomm’s 802.11ax chipset for new commercial carrier gateway

2 July 2018

Finisar to open new 3D VCSEL production facility in Texas

June 2018

30 June 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

29 June 2018

Singulus wins contract from CNBM to develop new CIGS production system for Avancis

29 June 2018

Schottky diodes integrated in vertical gallium nitride transistors on silicon

29 June 2018

TowerJazz announces RF SOI 65nm ramp in 300mm Japan fab

29 June 2018

CST Global shares iBROW and WiPHi project findings at University of Glasgow’s THz Electronics Workshop

27 June 2018

Monolithic indium phosphide on silicon growth for optoelectronics

27 June 2018

LED market rising at CAGR of 16% to $23.98bn in 2022

26 June 2018

Acacia launches ZR-class coherent CFP and CFP2 DCO pluggable modules

25 June 2018

3D-Micromac launches selective laser annealing system

25 June 2018

EU-funded MOICANA project targets heterogeneous integration of InP quantum dot lasers on SiN silicon photonics platform

25 June 2018

Finisar demos VCSEL and diffractive optics technology for 3D sensing applications at Sensors Expo

22 June 2018

NI’s software-centric test platform aids Skyworks’s early entry into 5G

22 June 2018

Riber appoints Philippe Ley as CEO and board member

22 June 2018

Skyworks launches latest 2.4GHz WLAN front-end module

21 June 2018

High-material-yield halogen-free vapor phase epitaxy of gallium nitride

21 June 2018

Almae to co-develop laser modules based on POET’s optical interposer platform for high-speed datacoms

21 June 2018

Midsummer lists on Nasdaq First North Stockholm after IPO 5x oversubscribed

21 June 2018

Cardiff University opens refurbished £4m cleanroom at Institute for Compound Semiconductors

20 June 2018

EVG earns sixth consecutive triple win in VLSIresearch annual Customer Satisfaction Survey

20 June 2018

Micro-LED and mini-LED market to rise to $1.38bn by 2022

20 June 2018

AMO uses Oxford Instruments process solutions to fabricate ultrafast graphene-based photonics devices for next-gen datacoms

20 June 2018

US DoD funding project to demo waveguide platform transparent throughout MWIR and LWIR bands

19 June 2018

KAIST team develops mass transfer of flexible blue vertical micro-LEDs on plastic

19 June 2018

Qorvo appoints corporate VP global operations

19 June 2018

CST Global appoints ISO 9001:2015 quality and supply chain manager

19 June 2018

Finisar’s quarterly revenue falls 6.7% due to lower demand from Chinese OEMs

18 June 2018

LG Innotek launches UV LED brand InnoUV

15 June 2018

Solar-Tectic granted US patents for perovskite thin-film solar cells

15 June 2018

BluGlass raises AUS$2m after completing share purchase plan

14 June 2018

SemiGen announces new foundry capabilities and hi-rel screening services

14 June 2018

Guerrilla RF launches low-current LNAs/linear drivers with integrated bypass as its first InGaP HBT-based products

14 June 2018

MACOM launches wideband double-balanced mixers for high-performance test & measurement, microwave radio and radar applications

14 June 2018

NTT and Tokyo Institute of Technology develop IC allowing 100Gbps wireless transmission in 300GHz band

13 June 2018

Gallium nitride tunnel junctions from pure MOCVD process for VCSELs

13 June 2018

Aledia chooses Veeco’s Propel GaN MOCVD system for large-wafer 3D LED production

13 June 2018

Kaiam launches enhanced 100G ‘CWDM4+’ LightScale2 transceivers for higher performance and reliability than standard CWDM4

13 June 2018

NXP adds high-power GaN RF and Si-LDMOS products for 5G cellular networks

13 June 2018

pSemi launches GaN FET driver for solid-state LiDAR

13 June 2018

Plasma-Therm acquires CORIAL

13 June 2018

WIN releases platform integrating 0.1µm GaAs pHEMTs with monolithic PIN and vertical Schottky diodes

13 June 2018

MACOM launches power detector operating from 5–44GHz, supporting high dynamic range of 30dB

13 June 2018

MACOM adds broadband SPDT switches covering DC–26.5GHz and 17.7–31GHz

12 June 2018

Qorvo adds power amplifiers and front-end modules for massive MIMO and 5G base stations

12 June 2018

Qorvo launches ultra-compact GaN X-band FEMs for radar applications

12 June 2018

MACOM launches high-linearity GaAs-based power amplifiers for Ka-band SatCom and VSAT

12 June 2018

Analog Devices adds 200MHz-bandwidth RF transceiver to speed development of 2G-5G base-stations and phased-array radar

11 June 2018

Integra showcasing new RF power devices at IMS 2018

11 June 2018

Custom MMIC launches GaAs and GaN MMICs at IMS 2018

11 June 2018

Emcore announces test results of OBI-mitigated L-EML RFoG ONU transceiver

8 June 2018

WIN expands GaN power process capabilities to 0.45µm-gate technology for 5G applications

8 June 2018

Cree announces CFO transition plan

8 June 2018

Expanding the application potential of hydride vapor phase epitaxy

7 June 2018

Axus adds senior process engineer & account manager

7 June 2018

Emcore launches mini-Tx 1.2GHz, 1550nm L-EML CATV transmitter subassembly

7 June 2018

Sofradir and ULIS reorganizing to improve efficiency

7 June 2018

Imec demonstrates compact low-power 140GHz CMOS radar with on-chip antennas

7 June 2018

Aluminium indium nitride as interlayer for green-emitting multi-quantum wells

7 June 2018

Wolfspeed’s adds LDMOS and GaN HEMT products for telecom and radar markets

7 June 2018

VisIC raises $10m to expand GaN power device portfolio and address more market segments

6 June 2018

Anokiwave showcasing latest products for 5G, radar and SatCom at IMS

6 June 2018

ON Semiconductor adds AEC-qualified SiC Schottky diodes for demanding automotive applications

6 June 2018

AKHAN gains business veteran as interim CFO

5 June 2018

Littelfuse adds GEN2 1200V Schottky diodes to SiC power semiconductor device range

5 June 2018

Exagan launches G-FET power transistors and G-DRIVE intelligent fast-switching products for consumer, industrial and automotive applications

5 June 2018

Infineon to start volume production of CoolGaN 400V and 600V e-mode HEMTs by end 2018

5 June 2018

GaN Systems launches 100W and 300W power amplifiers for wireless charging

5 June 2018

Transphorm’s new Gen III GaN power conversion platform increases noise immunity and reduces switching noise

5 June 2018

Transphorm’s HV GaN FETs used in Seasonic’s new high-efficiency 1.6kW PFC platform

5 June 2018

Wolfspeed’s new third-generation 1200V MOSFET extends SiC-based power conversion into EV drivetrains

4 June 2018

ROHM plans new building at Apollo Plant to expand silicon carbide production capacity

4 June 2018

ROHM and GaN Systems collaborate on gallium nitride power semiconductors

4 June 2018

Infineon launches first automotive CoolSiC Schottky diodes

4 June 2018

StratEdge features packages for extreme demands of GaN and GaAs devices at IMS

1 June 2018

Lasertel’s parent firm Leonardo commits to $5m capital investment

1 June 2018

VCSEL manufacturers select ClassOne electroplating systems

1 June 2018

EPC launches Class 4 wireless power demonstration kit

May 2018

31 May 2018

EpiGaN showcasing RF power and power switching GaN epi techhnology at IMS and PCIM Europe

31 May 2018

Luminus’ spectrally tuned LED light sources target new market opportunities

31 May 2018

Luminus enters UV-C LED disinfection and sterilization market with two 280nm emitters

31 May 2018

Microsemi announces low-inductance SP6LI package for SiC MOSFETs

31 May 2018

France’s ALPHA-RLH bringing RF and microwave cluster delegation to IMS

30 May 2018

Thermco Systems partners with vertical thermal reactor supplier Hitachi Kokusai Semiconductor Europe

30 May 2018

VI Systems reports prototype 599–605nm yellow-orange (In,Ga,Al)P–GaP diode laser

30 May 2018

Room-temperature photoluminescence from III-IV-V semiconductor alloys

30 May 2018

Oclaro and Acacia partner on 100/200G CFP2-DCO products

30 May 2018

Anokiwave adds 24/26GHz IC to new family supporting 3GPP-compliant mmW 5G equipment

29 May 2018

POET reports Q1/2018 results

29 May 2018

Eta Research develops free-standing GaN substrates

29 May 2018

Integra launches fully matched 25W 5-6GHz C-band GaN-on-SiC RF power transistor

29 May 2018

Microsemi samples next-gen 1200V MOSFET and 700V Schottky barrier diode devices

29 May 2018

Microsemi launches 30kW three-phase Vienna PFC reference design using SiC diodes and MOSFETs

29 May 2018

ALD pioneer Suntola awarded Finland’s 2018 Millennium Technology Prize

29 May 2018

MACOM showcasing RF and microwave portfolio at IMS

29 May 2018

Custom MMIC receives 5-Star Supplier Excellence award from Raytheon

28 May 2018

3-5 Power Electronics begins production of GaAs power semiconductors

25 May 2018

NeoPhotonics’ Q1 revenue falls 4% year-on-year, as ZTE loss counteracts growth in North America

25 May 2018

Strain engineering higher hole density in N-polar aluminium gallium nitride

25 May 2018

Riber receives repeat order for research MBE system from IIT Bombay

24 May 2018

Pasternack signs RF Design as distributor for South Africa & Namibia

24 May 2018

Oclaro quarterly revenue falls 21.5% year-on-year

24 May 2018

EPC appoints Spirit Electronics as distribution partner for defense & aerospace markets

24 May 2018

BluGlass appoints Stephe Wilks as director

24 May 2018

GaN Systems showcasing GaN power technologies and customer solutions at PCIM Europe

24 May 2018

EPC giving technical presentations on GaN technology and applications at PCIM Europe

23 May 2018

Anokiwave introduces second set of intelligent gain block ICs in family of mmWave multi-market solutions

23 May 2018

Veeco’s revenue grows 14% in Q1 to $158.6m, driven by MOCVD system shipments to China

23 May 2018

Qorvo announces $1bn share repurchase program

23 May 2018

Cadence and NI collaborating to simplify next-gen RFIC and module development and test

23 May 2018

VPEC chooses LayTec for VCSEL manufacturing

23 May 2018

Silvaco’s device simulator selected by FLOSFIA for developing GaO power devices

23 May 2018

Kulicke & Soffa partners with Rohinni on design, commercialization and distribution of micro- and mini-LED technologies

22 May 2018

Source Photonics wins Juniper’s Supplier of the Year award

22 May 2018

Lumentum orders Veeco’s K475i As/P MOCVD system

22 May 2018

Hella and Audi introduce car featuring dynamic HD matrix LED headlamps with laser high beams

22 May 2018

Plessey’s CTO presenting at Display Week following UK National Technology Award

21 May 2018

AMEC first Chinese firm to be ranked in VLSIresearch’s Customer Satisfaction Survey

21 May 2018

Siltectra’s new patents extend SiC process to split substrates with sub-100μm material loss

21 May 2018

BluGlass raises AUD$9.2m in share placement and offers AUD$5m share purchase plan

21 May 2018

Ichor appoints McGregor as sales director

21 May 2018

Skyworks’ March-quarter revenue grows a more-than-expected 7% year-on-year

21 May 2018

Emcore’s quarterly revenue falls 22% after larger-than-expected inventory correction from main broadband CATV customer

18 May 2018

Navitas CTO Kinzer inducted into inaugural Power Electronics Hall of Fame

18 May 2018

Navitas co-founder Kinzer presenting keynote at inaugural IEEE WiPDA Asia conference

18 May 2018

AMICRA becomes part of ASM Pacific Technology as ASM AMICRA Microtechnologies

18 May 2018

Plasma-Therm wins ‘RANKED 1st’ awards in VLSIresearch’s 2018 Customer Satisfaction Survey

18 May 2018

Kaiam partners with Broadex for manufacturing and supply of transceiver modules in China

18 May 2018

Luminus adds white LEDs to horticulture portfolio spanning UV to Far Red

17 May 2018

Finland’s VTT orders latest-generation EVG120 automated resist processing system for ‘More than Moore’ applications

17 May 2018

Seoul Semiconductor’s AC LED modules pass 4kV surge testing, expanding NanoDriver applications to industrial and commercial lighting

17 May 2018

MACOM Japan completes sale of LR4 100G long-range optical subassembly business to CIG Shanghai

17 May 2018

CST Global’s technology day helps to launch T@CST photonics collective

17 May 2018

RIT’s Jing Zhang wins NSF CAREER award for research on UV photonics

17 May 2018

CORIAL appoints ONIX as agent in Spain

17 May 2018

II-VI opens compound semiconductor material center of excellence in Champaign, Illinois

16 May 2018

NRL chooses Alta Devices’ flexible solar cells for Hybrid Tiger UAV

16 May 2018

Firecomms wins German patent infringement case brought by Broadcom

16 May 2018

TowerJazz achieves IATF 16949 Automotive Quality Certification

16 May 2018

Silvaco relocates HQ within Santa Clara

16 May 2018

High-voltage gallium oxide transistors with more than 1kV breakdown

15 May 2018

Lowering thresholds for III-nitride vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers

15 May 2018

Osram boosts efficiency of green LEDs by 40%

11 May 2018

Normally-off gallium nitride nanowire transistors with inverted p-channel

11 May 2018

Epistar and Kaistar conclude LED filament patents license

11 May 2018

Epistar files US patent infringement lawsuit against V-TAC USA

11 May 2018

Seoul Semiconductor introduces new series of AC LED modules

11 May 2018

Marktech expands photodetector design and manufacturing capabilities

11 May 2018

MACOM announces additional extension of revolving Credit facility

10 May 2018

Everlight demos portfolio of horticulture LEDs at LIGHTFAIR

10 May 2018

Samsung offers LED products optimized for horticulture lighting

10 May 2018

Anokiwave expands design center in Billerica, doubling footprint with new lab and office space

9 May 2018

Cree adds CMT LEDs to XLamp High Current LED Array family

9 May 2018

Indium arsenide quantum dot laser on silicon from molecular beam epitaxy

8 May 2018

Lumentum’s seasonal decline in 3D sensing revenue offset by growth in Telecom, Datacom and Commercial Laser products

8 May 2018

Power engineers from Chinese universities compete for 2018 ‘GaN Systems Cup’

8 May 2018

BluGlass appoints Mike Krames as advisor to aid RPCVD technical development and commercialization

8 May 2018

Qorvo’s quarterly revenue up 3.5% year-on-year, as 26% growth in Infrastructure & Defense Products counteracts drop in Mobile Products

7 May 2018

Soraa expands collaboration program for ‘white light’ LED disinfection

4 May 2018

Osram acquiring VCSEL firm Vixar

3 May 2018

RF power semiconductor market reached almost $1.5bn for 2017, driven by GaN

3 May 2018

Singulus’ latest €10m CIGS production equipment order prepayment takes 2018 total to over €40m, boosting order backlog above €130m

3 May 2018

US DOE announces up to $15m for early-stage solid-state lighting research

3 May 2018

MACOM extends revolving credit facility

3 May 2018

Smartphone shipments fall 2.4% year-on-year to 345 million in Q1/2018

2 May 2018

Near-ultraviolet optoelectronic transmitter/receiver system

2 May 2018

Nichia expands direct mountable chip LED series by introducing royal blue, green, amber and red single color options

2 May 2018

EVG begins construction of Manufacturing III building to expand production capacity

2 May 2018

Alta Devices launches Gen4 solar cell, targeting UAVs and autonomous vehicles

2 May 2018

VPEC chooses Aixtron AIX 2800G4 MOCVD systems to meet growing demand for AsP-based lasers

2 May 2018

Aixtron’s orders grow 20% in Q1, driven by MOCVD systems for lasers in 3D sensing and datacoms

1 May 2018

EPC completes automotive AEC Q101 qualification for first two eGaN devices

1 May 2018

Ohio State uses modulation doping to demonstrate high electron mobility in gallium oxide

1 May 2018

INEX selects Keysights’s Advanced Design System to deliver GaN PDK

1 May 2018

5N Plus secures multi-year supply contracts to supply materials and services to First Solar

1 May 2018

Cree’s quarterly revenue driven by Wolfspeed’s SiC materials and Power & GaN RF devices

April 2018

30 April 2018

Seoul Semiconductor’s Q1 revenue rises to $263m, driven by double-digit growth in automotive lighting and high single-digit growth in IT division

30 April 2018

POET’s 2017 revenue up 50% year-on-year, driven by sales of photonic sensors for test & measurement

30 April 2018

AXT’s Q1 revenue falls 7.2% after China government-ordered factory shutdown days

27 April 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

27 April 2018

Riber’s Q1 revenue down 21.7% year-on-year due to staggering of evaporator deliveries

27 April 2018

First Solar to build new 1.2GW Series 6 module manufacturing plant, tripling US capacity

26 April 2018

HexaTech launches 2” AlN substrate product line

26 April 2018

CST Global joins European Photonics Industry Consortium

26 April 2018

Advantech launches 600W C-band GaN-based SSPA/BUC for Ultra HD 4K/8K broadcasting

26 April 2018

StratEdge exhibiting high-temp and high-rel packages at CS ManTech and IMAPS HiTEC

26 April 2018

Platform for fully vertical gallium nitride on silicon power devices

25 April 2018

GaN and SiC power semiconductor market growing at 35% CAGR to $1bn in 2020 then $10bn in 2027

24 April 2018

EPC launches 350V, 65mΩ, 26A eGaN power transistor − 20 times smaller than silicon equivalent

24 April 2018

5N Plus secures new US$79m syndicated credit facility

24 April 2018

Saule offering licences on perovskite solar window technology

24 April 2018

SPTS honored with Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation

23 April 2018

Excelitas launches X-Cite XYLIS with LaserLED Hybrid Drive technology for fluorescence microscopy

19 April 2018

KAUST’s Xiaohang Li wins Manasevit Young Investigator Award for research on III-nitrides and III-oxides

18 April 2018

MicroLink achieves NREL-certified record 37.75% efficiency for triple-junction ELO solar cell on 6” GaAs production platform

18 April 2018

Guerrilla RF completes $3.8m Series E funding round

18 April 2018

Anokiwave launches its first intelligent gain blocks in new family of multi-function mmWave ICs

18 April 2018

Electro-absorption modulators for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

17 April 2018

Diamond Microwave launches slimline 200W and 400W X-band GaN solid-state power amplifiers

17 April 2018

EU-funded ESPResSo project targets perovskite solar cell efficiency of 24% and module efficiency of 17%

17 April 2018

Luminaire revenue for horticultural applications to reach $3.8bn by 2027

17 April 2018

Custom MMIC adds non-reflective GaAs SP5T and SP6T switches spanning DC-18GHz

17 April 2018

Edwards Vacuum breaks ground on new Technology Innovation Center & North American HQ in Hillsboro

16 April 2018

Combining boron nitride and gallium oxide to boost power transistor

16 April 2018

SWIR camera market to grow at 7.1% CAGR over 2018-2025

16 April 2018

Mid-power 3030-packaged LEDs in China market see 5.2% price drop in March

16 April 2018

Advantech Wireless receives follow-on order for GaN-based 25W X-band BUCs for military satellite terminals

13 April 2018

Toyoda Gosei achieves high-current operation with vertical GaN power semiconductors

13 April 2018

Osram adds to Oslon Black infrared LED family for automotive applications, boosting pulsed current to 5A for improved road safety

13 April 2018

Riber returns to annual profit

13 April 2018

NuCurrent partners with GaN Systems to extend wireless charging to 150W

12 April 2018

Custom MMIC expands sales rep coverage into Scandinavia

12 April 2018

Cree licenses GaN power device patents to Nexperia

12 April 2018

SPTS awarded ‘Supplier of the Year – Customized Frontend Equipment’ by Infineon

12 April 2018

FBH presents UV LED chip and module developments at ICULTA-2018

12 April 2018

AXT lowers Q1 revenue forecast from $26-27m to $24-24.5m after China government-ordered factory shutdown days

11 April 2018

LED packaging market revenue grows from $15.975bn in 2016 to $18.035bn in 2017

11 April 2018

UV LED curing firm Phoseon investing in factory and global business expansion

11 April 2018

Azur Space adds customized Aixtron AIX 2800G4 8x6”-wafer MOCVD system to expand production of space and concentrator solar cells

11 April 2018

Near-ultraviolet aluminium gallium nitride laser diode on silicon

11 April 2018

POET’s Bill Ring receives PIC Technologist Award

10 April 2018

ON Semiconductor orders Veeco Propel HVM MOCVD system for GaN power electronics manufacturing

10 April 2018

SMART Photonics and Lumerical make available compact model library for InP integrated photonics platform

10 April 2018

CST Global proves multi-gigabit transmission feasibility with detuned 1270nm DFB lasers facilitating 5G 60GHz radio over fiber

10 April 2018

CORIAL appoints Innodys as new sales rep in Europe

10 April 2018

Luxembourg researchers show that sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in CIGS solar cell production

10 April 2018

Emcore lowers quarterly revenue forecast from $21-23m to $18-19m

9 April 2018

Mission Microwave and Sat-Lite demo GaN-based lightweight uplink for satellite news gathering vehicles

9 April 2018

POET partner with 8” silicon foundry SilTerra Malaysia to develop and manufacture Optical Interposer Platform

9 April 2018

Silicon carbide superjunction Schottky junction diodes

9 April 2018

Silicon photonics market to grow at a CAGR of 20.8% between 2018 and 2023

6 April 2018

Midsummer doubles annual revenue and profit

6 April 2018

BluGlass appoints VP of business development, leading expansion of custom services subsidiary EpiBlu

6 April 2018

NeoPhotonics awards inducement grants to new senior VP of global sales

6 April 2018

Imec and Qromis present p-GaN HEMTs on 200mm CTE-matched substrates

6 April 2018

NREL makes available database of inorganic thin-film materials

5 April 2018

Leti silicon photonics PDK available for Synopsys PhoeniX OptoDesigner PIC design suite

5 April 2018

GaN device market to grow at 17.1% CAGR from $711.44m in 2017 to $1842.8m in 2023

5 April 2018

AKHAN’s Miraj diamond technology awarded Taiwan patent and US trademark

5 April 2018

Plasma-Therm acquires KOBUS, expanding plasma deposition portfolio

4 April 2018

Zhejiang University develops kilovolt vertical GaN Schottky barrier diode with 825MW/cm2 figure-of-merit

4 April 2018

Improving magnesium doping of aluminium gallium nitride

4 April 2018

Riber receives order from China for two research MBE systems

4 April 2018

SiC and GaN substrate markets to grow to $180m and $3m respectively in 2018, driven by rapid development of 5G and automotive technology

4 April 2018

Osram and Continental sign contract to form joint venture

3 April 2018

Fraunhofer ISE demonstrates two-terminal GaInP/GaAs/Si solar cell with efficiency of 33.3%

3 April 2018

Ascent Solar ships first Ultralight thin-film modules for high-altitude airships

3 April 2018

Skyworks joins European standards organization ETSI

3 April 2018

nLIGHT files for $86.25m IPO

3 April 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

March 2018

30 March 2018

Lund University chooses Eulitha PhableR 100 DUV nano-lithography system for developing nanowire devices

30 March 2018

Riber receives repeat evaporator order from Singulus for CIGS solar cell production

29 March 2018

NeoPhotonics appoints senior VP of global sales

29 March 2018

IBELIVE project to develop compact, low-profile multi-functional optical components for data visualization or illumination

29 March 2018

Integra launches L-band GaN-based amplifiers

28 March 2018

POET appoints Charbonneau to board

28 March 2018

Fairview launches E- and W-band PIN diode waveguide switches

28 March 2018

Tunneling to green light emission with improved efficiency performance

28 March 2018

Increase in MOCVD system installations to lead to 28.3% GaN LED surplus in 2019

27 March 2018

Lumileds launches LUXEON 3030 2D with square LES, the highest-flux two-die mid-power LED for general lighting

27 March 2018

II-VI to acquire CoAdna for $85m

27 March 2018

Veeco installs 100th automated MBE system

27 March 2018

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency evaluates using Panasonic’s X-GaN power transistors

27 March 2018

Fairview launches line of RF and microwave power amplifier accessories

26 March 2018

Micro-LED & mini-LED applications to account for 11.4% of LED wafer volume by 2022

23 March 2018

Si2’s Compact Model Coalition approves IC design simulation standards for GaN devices

23 March 2018

Magnolia to develop cost-effective, thin-film GaAs-based solar cells for reliable portable power

22 March 2018

AHS awarded UK contract for GaAs-based magnetic imaging of clandestine metallic threats

21 March 2018

Osram unveils prototype Oslon Pure 1010 chip-scale package LED with high flux density for retail lighting

21 March 2018

Osram and Nichia to expand nitride LED and laser IP cooperation

21 March 2018

IQE's record full-year 2017 results driven by adoption of VCSEL technology in mass-market consumer applications

21 March 2018

Silicon hole injector for deep ultraviolet aluminium gallium nitride diodes

21 March 2018

Rochester Institute of Technology improves nano-structure fabrication process

20 March 2018

GlobalFoundries launches RF ecosystem program to speed time-to-market for wireless connectivity, radar and 5G applications

20 March 2018

Molex and Innovium debut scalable solution for QSFP-DD migration at OCP Summit

20 March 2018

Osram Oslon Compact PL LEDs used in front headlights of new Audi A8

20 March 2018

Indium arsenide channel transistors for mm-wave and high-speed applications

19 March 2018

KLA-Tencor to acquire SPTS’ parent firm Orbotech

19 March 2018

BluGlass collaborates with microLED firm to develop novel RGB display applications

19 March 2018

BluGlass and Lumileds extend Phase II collaboration to speed development of new LED applications

19 March 2018

Everlight demos high-efficiency and horticulture lighting products at Light+Building

19 March 2018

HRL to develop ultra-linear GaN transistors for mm-wave devices as part of DARPA’s DREaM program

19 March 2018

II-VI launches 1kW direct-diode laser engine

19 March 2018

IQE acquiring Translucent’s cREO technology and IP portfolio for $5m

19 March 2018

Semi-polar III-nitride integration for visible light communication

19 March 2018

Seoul Semiconductor demonstrates 150lm/W AC module using Acrich AC LED technology

19 March 2018

Picosun reports significant repeat sales of P-300F batch ALD production cluster tools

16 March 2018

CST Global appoints MES technician for production and supply chain control

16 March 2018

MACOM launches single- and quad-channel linear EML 53Gbaud driver family for 100G and 400G PAM-4 applications

15 March 2018

QSFP-DD MSA releases QSFP-DD thermal white paper

15 March 2018

GlobalFoundries extends silicon photonics roadmap to meet demand for data-center connectivity

15 March 2018

First Solar chosen by Vectren for 50MW solar array in Southwestern Indiana

14 March 2018

CST Global proves feasibility of uncooled, ridge-waveguide CWDM DFB lasers for transmitting 25Gbps

14 March 2018

3D-Micromac unveils Clean Scribe technology on microDICE TLS laser micromachining system for particle-free dicing of SiC wafers

14 March 2018

Lumileds’ new LUXEON CZ LEDs build on LUXEON C Color Line, boosting intensity of narrow-beam-angle, undomed LEDs

14 March 2018

Menara announces general availability of tunable SFP+ with integrated OTN and FEC capabilities

14 March 2018

Menara samples 200G digital coherent CFP2-DCO transceiver

14 March 2018

Inphi announces production availability of first 16nm 28GBaud PAM4 DSP with integrated EML and VCSEL drivers

14 March 2018

Inphi starts production shipments of M200 LightSpeed-III 100/200G coherent DSP

14 March 2018

TowerJazz announces first open foundry silicon photonics design kits with EDA tool support

14 March 2018

Luxtera achieves record optical performance with new TSV-enabled silicon photonics platform at TSMC

14 March 2018

Oclaro highlighting suite of components and modules for up to 1Tb/s

14 March 2018

MACOM and ColorChip announce 100G single-lambda QSFP28 module for cloud data-center applications

14 March 2018

MACOM launches quad-channel 64G linear modulator driver die for long-haul, metro and data-center interconnect applications

14 March 2018

Finisar’s quarterly revenue growth in 100G QSFP28 transceivers for data centers compensates for lower China telecom sales

13 March 2018

Qorvo launches highest-power GaN-on-SiC RF transistor

13 March 2018

MACOM launches L-PIC-enabled CWDM4 transmitter optical sub-assembly to drive cloud data centers and 5G optical connectivity

13 March 2018

Finisar launches smallest coherent optical assembly for high-density line-card and transceiver designs

13 March 2018

Finisar launches first 400G QSFP-DD AOC and transceivers for switching and routing

13 March 2018

MACOM expands 5G optical connectivity portfolio with 28Gbps TIAs for CPRI and Ethernet applications

13 March 2018

Molex debuts 100G PAM-4 based 25G/50G/100G/400G products for next-gen data-center and 5G wireless applications

13 March 2018

RJR opens Phoenix manufacturing facility and HQ relocation

13 March 2018

AIM Photonics detailing opportunities for integrated photonics-related partnerships at OFC

13 March 2018

Lockheed Martin completes acceptance test of first GaN-based TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar

13 March 2018

Infinera unveils first 2.4Tb/s optical engine for data-center interconnect and fiber-deep architectures

13 March 2018

SMI completes radiation hardness testing of gallium oxide for NASA

13 March 2018

Inphi announces first 400Gbps PAM4 platform for hyperscale cloud data-center networks

12 March 2018

Mission Microwave announces highly integrated GaN BUCs for portable SATCOM terminals

12 March 2018

Luxtera demos silicon photonics at OFC

12 March 2018

Molex showcasing next-gen optical solutions at OFC

12 March 2018

II-VI Inc ships 3 millionth pump laser module and half-millionth erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

12 March 2018

Room-temperature electrically pumped indium gallium nitride microdisk laser

12 March 2018

II-VI Inc unveils 940nm edge-emitting DFB laser for 3D sensing

12 March 2018

Source Photonics launches suite of 400G client transceivers for data-center and telecom applications

12 March 2018

NeoPhotonics to demo 64Gbaud coherent optical sub-assembly for coherent 400G-1.2T applications

12 March 2018

Lumentum to acquire Oclaro for $1.8bn

12 March 2018

NeoPhotonics reports revenue up 8% in Q4 to $76.9m

12 March 2018

Oclaro’s new 400G QSFP56-DD delivers 400% increase in bandwidth and faceplate density

12 March 2018

II-VI launches bi-directional optical line subsystem platform for data-center interconnects

9 March 2018

II-VI participating at OIDA Executive Forum and presenting in Data Center Summit at OFC

9 March 2018

MACOM sampling 400Gbps chipset for short-reach optical connectivity

9 March 2018

Molex Ventures invests in Elenion to jointly develop, manufacture and promote silicon photonic-based products

9 March 2018

CST Global adds 1490nm, 2.5Gb/s GPON lasers to standard product portfolio

9 March 2018

Seoul Semiconductor files three patent lawsuits and announces Acrich licensing program

9 March 2018

Applied Optoelectronics showcasing new technology at OFC

9 March 2018

Applied Optoelectronics announces 200G PAM4 PIN photodiode array

9 March 2018

OIF and Ethernet Alliance to operate live FlexE traffic over 400G network at OFC

9 March 2018

Phononic launches non-hermetic compatible thermoelectric cooler platform for telecom and datacom laser packages

9 March 2018

Samsung enhances chip-scale LED package lineup with highest luminous efficacies

8 March 2018

Aixtron returned to annual profit in 2017 after sale of ALD/CVD product line

8 March 2018

Mellanox surpasses 1 million 100Gb/s ports with LinkX optical transceivers and cables

8 March 2018

Oclaro expands component and module portfolio into L-band to boost data-center interconnects to 600G

8 March 2018

Kaiam to demo 8-lane single-mode 400G QSFP-DD using LightScale2 platform

8 March 2018

NeoPhotonics to demo Nano-ITLA ultra-compact external-cavity tunable laser for coherent 400G-1.2T applications, halving size from Micro-ITLA

8 March 2018

EPC launches two eGaN ICs combining gate drivers with high-frequency GaN FETs for improved efficiency, reduced size and lower cost

8 March 2018

MACOM showcasing RF portfolio of MMICs, diodes and GaN-on-Si devices at EDICON

8 March 2018

Finisar presenting at OFC conference and OSA Executive Forum

8 March 2018

VueReal raises $10.5m on initial closing of Series A funding for micro-LED display technologies

8 March 2018

Mitsubishi Electric to launch compact integrated 400Gbps EML-TOSA

7 March 2018

Custom MMIC launches GaN MMIC LNAs with output IP3 of +32dBm and high input power handling of 5W

7 March 2018

MRSI Systems’ new MRSI-HVM3 die bonder enters volume production

7 March 2018

Lumileds appoints senior VP of quality

7 March 2018

Analog Devices introduces high-power and high-voltage isolated-gate driver board for Microsemi SiC power modules

7 March 2018

Vanadium dioxide enables III-nitride phase-transition field-effect transistor

7 March 2018

Littelfuse launches 1200V SiC MOSFETs with 120mΩ and 160mΩ on-resistance at APEC

6 March 2018

Cree acquires Infineon RF Power business for €345m

6 March 2018

Oclaro announces availability of 100G PAM4 EML lasers to meet demand for 400G high-speed interconnects

6 March 2018

Oclaro samples first ultra-high-bandwidth 1310nm DFB-MZ PICs for select 100G/400G PAM4 applications

6 March 2018

EPC9204 and EPC9205 GaN power modules deliver over 1400W per cubic inch for 48V–12V DC-DC and up to 10MHz for point-of-load power conversion

6 March 2018

Teledyne e2v, pSemi and GaN Systems unveil fastest hi-rel GaN power solution, featuring GaN FET and half-bridge driver

6 March 2018

NeoPhotonics launches 53GBaud linear optical component family for 400G data-center applications

6 March 2018

GaN Systems launches record 100V/120A GaN power transistor

6 March 2018

POET and Accelink to co-develop transceivers for 100/400G markets

5 March 2018

Transphorm releases 3.3kW high-voltage bridgeless totem-pole PFC GaN reference design

5 March 2018

TI expands GaN power portfolio with smallest and fastest GaN FET drivers

5 March 2018

CST Global samples 1270nm DFB lasers for 10G PON

5 March 2018

EPC9130 48V−12V regulated power supply development board delivers over 1250W per cubic inch and 96% efficiency

5 March 2018

Oclaro launches suite of integrated optical components for 400G and 600G networks

5 March 2018

Monocrystal delivers 55 million TIE sapphire substrates to LED market in 2017

5 March 2018

Oclaro ships first fully tunable SFP+ I-temp transceiver

5 March 2018

Littelfuse exhibiting expanding power semiconductor portfolio at APEC

5 March 2018

OIPT delivers record number of integrated ‘Lab to Fab’ solutions

2 March 2018

Northrop Grumman-built GaAs-based G/ATOR system approved for early fielding, prior to full-rate production of GaN-based systems

2 March 2018

Ranovus launches 200G on-board optics and CFP2 direct-detect transceivers for 5G mobility and DCI applications

2 March 2018

Microchip acquiring Microsemi for $8.35bn

2 March 2018

IQE wins place at GREAT Innovation Festival in Hong Kong

2 March 2018

Comtech Xicom launches GaN-based 200W Ku-band SatCom SSPAs and BUCs

2 March 2018

Navitas’ GaNFast power ICs enable thinnest travel adapter

1 March 2018

StratEdge displaying DC-63GHz packages at IMAPS Device Conference

1 March 2018

ON Semiconductor extends SiC diode portfolio by adding 650V Schottkys

1 March 2018

EpiGaN’s GaN/Si RF material technology at core of EU’s SERENA 5G project

February 2018

28 February 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

28 February 2018

GaN Systems launches highest-current GaN power transistor

28 February 2018

Tri-anode/slant-gate gallium nitride Schottky barrier diode on silicon

27 February 2018

Lumileds launches fourth generation of LUXEON CoB Core LEDs, boosting 90CRI performance by 12%

27 February 2018

GaN Systems makes available 5MHz buck converter evaluation board

27 February 2018

Microsemi samples new 1200V SiC MOSFETs and SiC SBDs for industrial and automotive markets

27 February 2018

Skyworks launches SkyOne LiTE front-end for LTE mobile devices

26 February 2018

SILTECTRA validates twinned SiC wafer produced using COLD SPLIT laser-based wafer thinning technique

26 February 2018

MACOM launches MAGM series of GaN-on-Si MMIC power amplifiers for massive MIMO 5G

26 February 2018

Cree signs $100m long-term deal to supply 150mm SiC wafers to Infineon

26 February 2018

Anokiwave’s highlights strategy to enable roll-out of mmW 5G systems

26 February 2018

Skyworks unveils suite of Sky5 solutions for 5G wireless communications

26 February 2018

NeoPhotonics makes available matched suite of 64GBaud coherent optical components for 1.2T applications

26 February 2018

MACOM showcasing next-gen cloud data center and 5G connectivity solutions at OFC

26 February 2018

PIX4life announces SiN PICs for bio- and life-science applications in visible range

26 February 2018

AXT’s Q4/2017 revenue grows a more-than-expected 30% year-on-year, driven by InP and Ge

23 February 2018

Panasonic develops insulated-gate MIS GaN power transistor capable of continuous stable operation

23 February 2018

Skyworks and Sequans launch LTE-M/NB-IoT connectivity solution for IoT

23 February 2018

Advantech launches second-generation GaN-based 1kW X-band SSPA for radar systems

22 February 2018

Anokiwave launches second IC in new family supporting 3GPP-compliant mmW 5G equipment

22 February 2018

Osram launches Synios P2720 940nm-wavelength IR LED to reduce red glow in 2D facial recognition

22 February 2018

III-nitride microphotodetector for visible light communication

22 February 2018

Applied Optoelectronics launches 100G single-lambda PAM-4 electro-absorption modulated laser

21 February 2018

Integrated Compound Semiconductors launches 10-25G InGaAs-InAlAs PIN and APD detectors

21 February 2018

First Solar to build largest solar facility in southeastern USA

21 February 2018

Qualcomm agrees increased offer price of $127.50 per share for NXP

21 February 2018

Anokiwave launches family of ICs supporting 3GPP-compliant mmW 5G equipment

20 February 2018

Ascent Solar’s monolithically integrated thin-film PV modules selected by German Aerospace Center for further testing for deep space exploration

20 February 2018

Seoul Semiconductor invalidates Everlight’s patent in UK

20 February 2018

CRAIC receives ISO 9001:2015 certification

20 February 2018

Cree appoints senior VP of global sales & marketing

19 February 2018

Infineon highlighting power semiconductor technologies at APEC

19 February 2018

CST Global receiving £151,699 of UK government funding to lead HELCATS atomic clock project

19 February 2018

CST Global achieves 88% growth in 2017 to £6.7m, triggering issue of new shares in owner Sivers IMA

16 February 2018

Navitas showcasing GaNFast power ICs at APEC

15 February 2018

EPC showcasing eGaN FETs and ICs in high-power-density DC-DC conversion and high-frequency applications

14 February 2018

Veeco’s revenue rises 9% in Q4/2017, driven by rebound in GaN MOCVD sales to China

14 February 2018

Riber receives order from US university for research MBE system

14 February 2018

SPTS receives $37m in etch and deposition system orders from two GaAs foundries to expand RF device production capacity

14 February 2018

CST Global appoints Kyle Kennedy as staff engineer in Sales & Marketing

14 February 2018

Lumileds appoints Cheree McAlpine as senior VP & general counsel

14 February 2018

Continuous-wave operation of semi-polar blue laser diodes

13 February 2018

Oclaro hires Jankovic from Celestica to replace Optical Connectivity president Yves LeMaitre, promoted to chief strategy officer

13 February 2018

First Solar partners on 50MW solar plus Arizona’s largest battery storage project to serve APS customers

12 February 2018

Fiber-optic components market to grow at 10% CAGR from $17.15bn in 2018 to $27.6bn in 2023

12 February 2018

Lumentum’s record quarterly revenue driven by VCSEL array ramp for 3D sensing in consumer mobile applications

9 February 2018

Emcore’s quarterly revenue down 17.6% while awaiting qualification of L-EML RFoG micro-nodes

9 February 2018

Seoul Semiconductor executive Mark McClear delivering plenary address at Strategies In Light

9 February 2018

Dowa develops DUV LEDs with record 90mW output for resin curing and medical care

9 February 2018

CRAIC’s microspectrophotometers offered with enhanced PL microspectroscopy

9 February 2018

Opening up bandwidth for visible light communication technology

8 February 2018

Veeco, AMEC and SGL settle MOCVD wafer carrier patent litigation

8 February 2018

Gallium oxide as replacement for silicon in lower-cost, smaller microelectronic devices

8 February 2018

Transphorm highlighting high-voltage GaN in production at APEC

8 February 2018

Prices of high-power ceramic-substrate and mid-power 3030 packaged LEDs in China down slightly in January

8 February 2018

Seoul Semiconductor files third patent infringement lawsuit against Mouser for sale of Everlight products in Italy

8 February 2018

Oclaro’s quarterly revenue falls 10% driven by CFP and QSFP client-side 100G transceiver modules

7 February 2018

ROHM opens European test lab for power electronics components

7 February 2018

Renesas ships space industry’s first rad-hard low-side GaN FETs for power supplies

7 February 2018

MACOM and ST to develop GaN-on-Si manufacturing for mainstream RF applications

7 February 2018

Microwave deposition of gallium oxide on III-nitride on silicon substrate

6 February 2018

VisIC samples first 1200V GaN power module

6 February 2018

Skyworks’ quarterly revenue up 7% sequentially to a record $1.052bn

6 February 2018

Mission Microwave ramps production deliveries of 200W Ka-band GaN-based solid-state power amplifiers

6 February 2018

Seren completes first tranche of £1m investment round

6 February 2018

Skyworks announces new $1bn stock repurchase program

5 February 2018

ON Semiconductor partners with Audi on electronics for autonomous and electric vehicles

5 February 2018

KAIST develops flexible vertical micro-LEDs with three times optical power density of lateral micro-LEDs

5 February 2018

Qorvo’s quarterly Infrastructure & Defense Product revenue up 20% year-on-year

2 February 2018

Fine tuning boron content in nitride alloys

2 February 2018

IEMN demonstrates over 1400V breakdown on ALLOS’ new GaN-on-Si epi

2 February 2018

Hanergy sets 25.1% efficiency record for GaAs solar production modules

2 February 2018

Cree’s growth in Wolfspeed Power & RF products and LED products offsets drop in Lighting revenue

2 February 2018

Anokiwave launches 26GHz 5G mmW reconfigurable 256-element active antenna array

1 February 2018

Lumentum showcases 3D sensing solutions at Photonics West

1 February 2018

AIM Photonics and Analog Photonics unveil silicon photonics PDK

1 February 2018

Picosun establishes new business unit focused on customer service and support

1 February 2018

Nichia launching Optisolis ultra-high-CRI white LED

1 February 2018

Seoul Semiconductor’s annual revenue hits record $1.04bn

January 2018

31 January 2018

Mitsubishi Electric’s new 6.5kV full-SiC power module achieves record power density

31 January 2018

Stacking III-nitride laser diodes with tunnel junction connections

31 January 2018

Finisar demos VCSEL technology for 3D depth-sensing applications

31 January 2018

CS Clean Solutions opens modernized refill facility for waste gas treatment columns

31 January 2018

Riber reports full-year 2017 revenue up 86% to €30.6m, driven by evaporators

31 January 2018

Axus hires VP of sales & marketing

30 January 2018

POET demos functionality of PIN photodetector targeting 100-400G optical transceivers

30 January 2018

Akash raises $3.1m in seed round funding led by Khosla Ventures

30 January 2018

Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available

30 January 2018

China’s IP Office rules in favor of AMEC by declaring Veeco’s susceptorless reactor patent invalid

30 January 2018

Boosting indium gallium nitride LEDs on silicon with tensile stress

29 January 2018

POET introduces Optical Interposer Platform for co-packaging of electronic and optical components

29 January 2018

EXALOS orders Veeco’s Propel GaN MOCVD platform for R&D on SLEDs

29 January 2018

Aledia completes €30m Series-C financing round

29 January 2018

Questioning carrier distributions in III-nitride light-emitting diodes

26 January 2018

CST Global profiles CoolBlue and MacV quantum technology development projects at Photonics West

26 January 2018

GCS, Intengent and VLC Photonics partner on one-stop fabless development services for InP PICs

25 January 2018

Anokiwave opens mmW verification and test lab

25 January 2018

DISCO completes construction of new Kyushu building

25 January 2018

Skyworks collaborating with Broadcom on 802.11ax Max WiFi platforms

25 January 2018

SMI receives SBIR award to evaluate bandgap tunability of gallium oxide by alloying with aluminium oxide and indium oxide on large-area substrates

25 January 2018

Phononic focuses on opto industry by hiring industry veteran Granucci as VP of sales

24 January 2018

Inseto expands Semiconductor sector products and services by acquiring substrate supplier IDB Technologies

24 January 2018

pSemi ranked for second consecutive year on ‘IEEE Spectrum’ Patent Power Scorecard

24 January 2018

GlobalFoundries delivering 45nm RF SOI customer prototypes for 5G front-end modules

24 January 2018

Diamond Electric uses GaN to develop thin 1kW isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter

24 January 2018

Crystal IS’ new Klaran WD series UVC LEDs breaks $0.25/mW price barrier for point-of-use water disinfection

24 January 2018

Vishay launches SMT-packaged ceramic/quartz-based UVC LED delivering 3.8mW at 20mA into ±62.5° emission angle

24 January 2018

Arkesso’s Mike Krames named IEEE Fellow

24 January 2018

Riber receives order for production MBE system from opto device maker in China

23 January 2018

Lumileds upgrades LUXEON 5050 LED to 175lm/W

23 January 2018

SDK to expand high-grade SiC epi capacity further to 7000 wafers per month by September

23 January 2018

Reducing dislocations in gallium arsenide on silicon templates

23 January 2018

RF GaN market to grow at 22.9% CAGR over 2017-2023, boosted by implementation of 5G networks

22 January 2018

Silicon photonics reaches tipping point, with transceivers shipping in volume

22 January 2018

ZSW and IPVF agree five-year CIGS PV collaboration

22 January 2018

POET appoints ex-Cisco veteran Don Listwin to board

19 January 2018

Hexagonal-to-cubic phase transition in GaN via aspect ratio nano-patterning of silicon substrate

19 January 2018

Fudan University develops optically pumped all-silicon laser

19 January 2018

Niacet commissions ULSI-grade anhydrous HCL plant

19 January 2018

Qualcomm’s acquisition of NXP authorized by EC and Korea Fair Trade Commission

19 January 2018

CST Global presenting paper on next-gen GaN laser technology at Photonics West

19 January 2018

University of Bristol’s Martin Kuball elected as SPIE Fellow

18 January 2018

LG Innotek develops flip-chip LED package allowing stable 220lm/W efficiency

18 January 2018

Plessey demos microLED-based AR and VR HUD concept at CES

18 January 2018

Riber receives order for research MBE system from USA

18 January 2018

CRAIC adds Raman microspectroscopy to flagship UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer

18 January 2018

Solar-Tectic and Blue Wave granted US patent for material that can improve TFT displays and yield GaN-on-Si monolithic micro-LEDs

17 January 2018

Peregrine changes name to pSemi, as it celebrates 30th anniversary and ships 4 billionth chip

17 January 2018

XsunX expands direct marketing of solar + energy storage solutions to California’s cannabis industry

17 January 2018

Littelfuse completes acquisition of IXYS

17 January 2018

Skanska and Saule apply first perovskite solar cells to office buildings

17 January 2018

Skyworks launches front-end module for Bluetooth Low Energy/802.15.4/Thread/ZigBee

16 January 2018

Navitas presenting GaN power ICs at Taiwan power electronics technology forum

16 January 2018

Comtech wins $1.3m solid-state power amplifier order for in-flight connectivity

16 January 2018

‘First’ quasi-vertical gallium nitride trench MOSFET on six-inch silicon

16 January 2018

Osram launches Oslon Compact PL LED for headlights on all vehicle classes

16 January 2018

Littelfuse’s expanded SiC Schottky diode line reduces switching losses, and increases efficiency and robustness

15 January 2018

STMicroelectronics showcasing solutions for smart driving at Automotive World

15 January 2018

SMI demos MOCVD growth of silicon-doped gallium oxide on sapphire substrates

15 January 2018

Osram’s lasers featured in LIDAR and ADAS solutions at AutoMobili-D 2018

12 January 2018

US Army and Stony Brook grow InAsSb on GaAs substrates using GaSb intermediate defect-trapping layer and graded buffer

12 January 2018

Lockheed Martin demos next-gen Aegis Ashore Solution

12 January 2018

Finisar co-founder Jerry Rawls retires, replaced as CEO by Michael Hurlston and as chairman by Robert Stephens

11 January 2018

Crystal IS achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification

11 January 2018

CST Global receives £83,774 funding to continue GaN laser technology development for quantum sensing applications

11 January 2018

Oxide two-dimensional electron gases integrated with GaAs, paving way for new opto devices

10 January 2018

Integrating indium gallium arsenide transistor and III-V laser on silicon

10 January 2018

Sofradir launches smallest VGA SWIR detector, cutting costs for high-volume industrial imaging

10 January 2018

Prices of packaged LED products in China to fall in Q1

10 January 2018

100G Lambda MSA releases preliminary specs for 100GbE and 400GbE interfaces based on 100Gbps-per-wavelength technology

10 January 2018

RFMW to distribute Keysight’s MMIC portfolio

10 January 2018

Qualcomm announces RF front-end design wins with Google, HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony Mobile

10 January 2018

Mitsubishi Electric and NanoSemi to demo ultra-wideband linearized Doherty amplifier for next-gen LTE base stations

10 January 2018

First Solar’s PV Operations & Maintenance team to provide Power Electronics warranty services

9 January 2018

Disco develops DAL7440 KABRA laser saw for 8-inch SiC wafers

9 January 2018

Osram orders multi-reactor Propel HVM and K475i MOCVD systems from Veeco for high-volume photonics and LED applications

9 January 2018

Transphorm’s GaN enters PC gaming market via CORSAIR’s new power supply

9 January 2018

Skyworks launches Sky5 platform for 5G global communications

9 January 2018

Lumileds appoints senior VP of corporate development

8 January 2018

China National Building Materials acquires minority stake in Singulus

8 January 2018

Everlight launches 228lm/W Series 5630X LEDs for professional commercial and industrial lighting

8 January 2018

LED packaging market to grow at 6.2% CAGR from $18.41bn in 2017 to $26.39bn in 2023

5 January 2018

RF power semiconductor device market growing at CAGR of nearly 12% to 2021

5 January 2018

Deadline announced for IXYS stockholders to choose cash or Littelfuse shares prior to takeover

5 January 2018

Plessey aims to launch first monolithic microLED displays in first-half 2018

5 January 2018

DENSO and Kyoto spin-off FLOSFIA to develop gallium oxide-based power semiconductor device for EVs

5 January 2018

ON Semiconductor joins CharIN ecosystems in developing EV charging standards

4 January 2018

Diamond Microwave relocates design and laboratory facility

4 January 2018

II-VI and University of South Florida achieve research milestone in thin-film diamond on silicon technology for 5G wireless

4 January 2018

Lumens begins producing both small- and large-sized micro-LED samples

4 January 2018

LED lighting cuts carbon dioxide emissions by half a billion tons in 2017

3 January 2018

CST Global appoints senior process integration engineer

2 January 2018

III-nitride resonant tunneling diodes at room temperature and below