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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.12 · Issue 2 · March/April 2017 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Vertical GaN devices<br /> for power electronics<br /> News from Mobile<br /> World Congress<br /> AnalogDevicesbuysOneTree·LeonardoDRSacquiringDaylight<br /> SWDM MSA formed ·Kaiam buys Compound Photonics' fab<br /> <br /> Lower Cost LEDs<br /> Faster LED Adoption<br /> Another breakthrough from Veeco. This time it’s EPIK.<br /> Introducing Veeco’s new TurboDisc® EPIK700™ GaN MOCVD system<br /> As global consumption for LED general lighting accelerates, manufacturers need bigger, better<br /> MOCVD technology solutions that increase productivity and lower manufacturing costs.<br /> The EPIK700 MOCVD system combines Veeco’s award-winning TurboDisc reactor design with<br /> improved wafer uniformity, increased productivity and reduced operations expenses to enable<br /> a <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=2"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=4"> 4 editorial GaN driven by next-gen technologies </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=5"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=6"> 6 news RF compound semiconductor revenue to grow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=7"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=8"> 8 News: Microelectronics Qorvo launches first 5G </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=9"> News: Microelectronics — Mobile World Congress 20</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 10" 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2017(02)MarApr page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=74"> 74 Technology focus: LEDs Aluminium indium galli</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=75"> Technology focus: LEDs 75 Figu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=76"> 76 Technology focus: UV LEDs Gallium nitride qua</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=77"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 77 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=78"> 78 Market focus: GaN materials Bulk GaN substrat</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=79"> Market focus: GaN materials 79 Ammonothermal, ar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=80"> 80 Technology focus: Nitride electronics Silicon</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=81"> Technology focus: Nitride electronics 81 gate el</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=82"> 82 Technology focus: Nitride electronics Bulk al</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=83"> Technology focus: Nitride electronics 83 lithogr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=84"> 84 Technology focus: Nitride transistors N-polar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=85"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 85 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=86"> 86 Technology focus: Power electronics Gallium n</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=87"> Technology focus: Power electronics 87 Defects</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=88"> 88 Technology focus: Power electronics Vertical </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=89"> Technology focus: Power electronics 89 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=90"> 90 Technology focus: Power electronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=91"> Technology focus: Power electronics 91 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=92"> 92 Technology focus: Power electronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=93"> Technology focus: Power electronics 93 added by </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=94"> 94 Technology focus: Power electronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=95"> Mantech2017(02)Feb 3/1/17 11:58 AM P</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2017(02)MarApr page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/272be868?page=96"> 96 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal so</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 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