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<br /> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor<br /> 5x200mm<br /> AIX G5+<br /> AIX G5+ for GaN-on-Si<br /> ■ Dedicated technology package<br /> ■ Compatible with the AIX G5 HT platform<br /> ■ Enables Si-style mass manufacturing<br /> ■ Builds on planetary technology:<br /> Excellent and symmetric uniformities,<br /> controlled bow behavior,<br /> using standard Si substrates.<br /> AIXTRON SE · info@aixtron.com · www.aixtron.com<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.7 · Issue 5 · June/July 2012 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Developments in 200mm<br /> GaN-on-silicon<br /> Micro-LED firms funded<br /> China MOCVD purchases fall short · Gaas Labs buys Nitronex<br /> Finisar to acquire RED-C · Abound suspends operations<br /> <br /> Light Up a Brighter World<br /> Introducing MaxBright MHP MOCVD System<br /> The Best in MOCVD Technology Just Got Better<br <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=1"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor 5x200mm AIX G5</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=3"> Light Up a Brighter World Introducing MaxBright M</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=4"> 3 contents Markets News </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=5"> 4 editorial GaN-on-silicon epiwafer expansion pr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=6"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor 5x200mm AIX G5</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=7"> 6 news European LED lighting market to grow seve</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=8"> News: Markets 7 LED lighting market to grow at 9.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=9"> 8 News: Markets LED front-end equipment market t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=10"> News: Markets 9 LED manufacturing still uses m</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=11"> 10 News: Markets Of 46 Chinese LED chip projects </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=12"> News: Markets 11 Power semi market grows 9% to $1</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=13"> 12 News: Markets GaN power semi market to grow at</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today JuneJuly 2012 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4e67ab68?page=14"> News: Markets 13 the automotive sector. 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