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16 October 2025
Stony Brook orders two CVD Equipment PVT150 systems for onsemi Silicon Carbide Crystal Growth Center
CVD Equipment Corp (CVDE) of Central Islip, NY, USA (a designer and maker of chemical vapor deposition, thermal processing, physical vapor transport, gas and chemical delivery control systems, and other equipment and process solutions for developing and manufacturing materials and coatings) has received an order for two PVT150 physical vapor transport systems from Stony Brook University (SBU) for their new ‘onsemi Silicon Carbide Crystal Growth Center’.
The recently launched research center will enable university faculty, scientists and students to conduct research on silicon carbide crystal growth and other wide-bandgap (WBG) materials and device-enabling technologies critical to improving energy efficiency in power semiconductors and foster the next generation of skilled professionals in this field.
“We are very pleased to support the onsemi Silicon Carbide Crystal Growth Center and provide SBU with state-of-the-art process equipment to advance critical semiconductor materials which are now driving the adoption of artificial intelligence and electrification,” says CVD Equipment’s president & CEO Manny Lakios.
The two PVT systems will initially be installed at CVD Euipment’s headquarters in Central Islip for six months to assist SBU in the launch of the center while the facility on the Stony Brook campus is being established. “SBU students will have the opportunity to access the PVT systems and grow silicon carbide boules to support the center’s research objectives and also to prepare them for career opportunities in high-demand technology fields,” says Lakios.
In addition, CVDE is continuing to develop a 200mm silicon carbide crystal growth process using its PVT200 systems to meet the demands of the high-power electronics industry. The firm’s PVT reactor design and control system architecture allows for precise process and temperature control, enabling run-to-run repeatability and system-to-system matching. CVDE’s PVT system platform is also being considered to process other WBG materials such as aluminium nitride (AlN) to support the development of emerging, high-performance semiconductor materials.
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