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ISSN 1752-2935 (online)
semiconductorTODAY
COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON
Vol.9 · Issue 4 · May/June 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com
Osram opens China LED
assembly plant
Pseudo-direct gaps for
efficient light emission
and absorption
Analog Devices buying Hittite·News from IMS & PCIM Europe
Microsemi enters MMIC market ·QinetiQ acquires Redfern
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contents
Editorial 4
Markets News 6
Gallium market to grow 40% by 2020 · Mobile RF industry shifting
from PAs to filters
Microelectronics News 10
Analog Devices buying Hittite · Microsemi enter
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3 contents Editorial
4 editorial China driving LEDs and wireless On p
200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+
6 news First Chinese supplier enters top 10 rank
News: Markets 7 LED market growing 9% in 2014 to
8 News: Markets Gallium market to grow 40% by 202
News: Markets 9 Focus of mobile RF industry shift
10 News: Markets Anadigics expands WiFi infrastru
12 News: Microelectronics Avago debuts small-cell
14 News: Microelectronics TriQuint captures 18 re
News: Microelectronics 15 TriQuint wins chipset r
16 News: Microelectronics Skyworks raises June-qu
News: Microelectronics 17 Skyworks' CEO elected c
18 News: Microelectronics Northrop Grumman sample
News: Microelectronics 19 Analog Devices to buy H
20 News: Microelectronics GigOptix to acquire Tah
News: Microelectronics 21 DelfMEMS raises €5.4m i
22 News: Microelectronics Peregrine adds six sale
News: Microelectronics 23 Peregrine ships first U
24 News: Microelectronics Soitec and Simgui partn
News: Microelectronics 25 TowerJazz releases enha
26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Monolith and X-
News: Wide-bandgap electronics 27 Arkansas resear
28 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Toyota develops
News: Wide-bandgap electronics 29 Progress on EU
30 News: Wide-bandgap electronics — PCIM Europe M
News: Wide-bandgap electronics — PCIM Europe 31 M
32 News: Wide-bandgap electronics All-SiC 300A, 1
News: Wide-bandgap electronics — PCIM Europe 33 F
34 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Cree launches l
News: Wide-bandgap electronics — IMS 2014 35 Cree
36 News: Wide-bandgap electronics — IMS 2014 IN B
News: Wide-bandgap electronics — IMS 2014 37 Cree
38 News: Wide-bandgap electronics — IMS 2014 API
News: Wide-bandgap electronics — IMS 2014 39 Elem
40 News: Wide-bandgap electronics — PCIM Europe E
THE FUTURE OF SEMICONDUCTORS HAS ARRIVED…
42 News: Wide-bandgap electronics — PCIM Europe G
News: Wide-bandgap electronics 43 Transphorm obta
44 News: Materials and processing equipment AWR a
News: Materials and processing equipment 45 Agile
46 News: Materials and processing equipment India
News: Materials and processing equipment 47 Veeco
48 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco
News: Materials and processing equipment 49 –$11
50 News: Materials and processing equipment Aixtr
News: Materials and processing equipment 51 “W
52 News: Materials and processing equipment SPTS
News: Materials and processing equipment 53 SAMCO
54 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR
News: Materials and processing equipment 55 MPI a
56 News: Materials and processing equipment MKS c
News: Materials and processing equipment 57 Micro
58 News: Materials and processing equipment Brewe
News: Materials and processing equipment 59 Ferro
60 News: Materials and processing equipment GT to
News: Materials and processing equipment 61 EVG w
62 News: LEDs Crystal IS adds VP of operations an
News: LEDs 63 Plessey further expands GaN-on-Si L
64 News: LEDs Seoul Semiconductor launches Acrich
Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G
66 News: LEDs Bridgelux expanding China operation
News: LEDs 67 LatticePower commercializes GaN-on-
68 News: LEDs Lumileds' CoB LED arrays reach 10,0
THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE
70 News: LEDs Soraa launches full-visible-spectru
Perfect layer deposition Beautifully Un
72 News: LEDs Cree's XM-L2 EasyWhite LED gives 38
News: LEDs 73 Cree launches 200 lumen per Watt XP
74 News: LEDs Osram opens LED assembly plant in C
News: LEDs 75 Osram's low-profile, compact, recta
76 News: Optoelectronics Mitsubishi Electric deve
News: Optoelectronics 77 Osram introduces 50W com
78 News: Optoelectronics Daylight delivers first
News: Optoelectronics 79 Tyndall and Cork Institu
80 News: Optoelectronics POET provides update on
News: Optical communications 81 Picometrix announ
82 News: Optical communications NeoPhotonics' rev
News: Optical communications 83 the mid-term,” h
84 News: Optical communications Oclaro's quarterl
News: Optical communications 85 marked improveme
86 News: Optical communications IN BRIEF Firecomm
News: Optical communications 87 IQE joins €23m VI
88 News: Optical communications Finisar reports s
News: Optical communications 89 migrate to a plu
90 News: Photovoltaics Semprius demonstrates firs
News: Photovoltaics 91 High-performance tunnel ju
92 News: Photovoltaics First Solar's sales rise 2
News: Photovoltaics 93 IXL opens Adelaide plant t
94 News: Photovoltaics First Solar to acquire tec
News: Photovoltaics 95 5N Plus renews First Solar
96 News: Photovoltaics Stion to speed second-half
News: Photovoltaics 97 Avancis acquired by China
98 News: Photovoltaics Midsummer launches versati
News: Photovoltaics 99 TSMC Solar engages ex-NREL
100Technology focus: Photovoltaics Improving as-
Technology focus: Photovoltaics101 In addition
102Technology focus: Photovoltaics Simplifying i
Technology focus: Photovoltaics103
104Technology focus: Optoelectronics Pseudo-dire
Technology focus: Optoelectronics105 four indire
106Technology focus: Optoelectronics
Technology focus: Optoelectronics107 Table 1. Sum
108Technology focus: Optoelectronics
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110Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Bipolar diffus
Technology focus: Nitride LEDs111 injection, e.g
112Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Distributed Br
Technology focus: Nitride LEDs113 Figure 2. Fabr
114Market focus: LED manufacturing Substrates sh
Market focus: LED manufacturing115
116Technology focus: Optoelectronics Improving e
Technology focus: Optoelectronics117 Table 1. Ov
118Technology focus: Transistors InP/GaAsSb DHBT
Technology focus: Transistors119 Figure 2. (a) S
120Technology focus: GaN-on-Si HEMTs Pushing hig
Technology focus: GaN-on-Si HEMTs121
122Market focus: GaN RF devices GaN to grow at 9
Market focus: GaN RF devices123 position of sili
124Technical focus: Silicon germanium Millimetre
Technical focus: Silicon germanium125 (BVCEO = 2
126Technical focus: Silicon germanium Figu
Technical focus: Silicon germanium127 ratio betw
128Technical focus: Silicon germanium
Technical focus: Silicon germanium129 E-band amp
130 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal s
Suppliers' Directory131 sp3 Diamond Technologies
132 Suppliers' Directory Praxair Electronics 542
Suppliers' Directory133 Praxair Electronics (see
134 Suppliers' Directory Optical Reference System
Suppliers' Directory135 Tel: +43 5672 600 0 Fax:
136 event calendar If you would like your event
Event Calendar137 22–25 September 2014 SPIE Secu
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