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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.9 · Issue 3 · April/May 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Gallium nitride-on-silicon<br /> market developments<br /> Monolayer materials<br /> beyond graphene<br /> Skyworks & Panasonic form filter JV·First flush-mountable IRED<br /> ·Solar Frontier sets thin-film PV cell record of 20.9%<br /> <br /> <br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> Markets News 6<br /> MOCVD equipment market growing at 14% CAGR<br /> Microelectronics News 10<br /> Skyworks and Panasonic form filter JV<br /> Wide-bandgap electronics News 21<br /> MACOM announces I<a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=3"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=5"> 4 editorial MOCVD upturn driven by LEDs butGaN-o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=6"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=7"> 6 news Packaged HB-LED market to grow at 12.9% t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=8"> News: Markets 7 GaN device & substrate market to </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 9" 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2014(03)AprilMay page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=15"> 14 News: Microelectronics Skyworks reports above-</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=16"> News: Microelectronics 15 enabling connectivity </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=17"> 16 News: Microelectronics GigOptix delivers $1.5m</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=18"> News: Microelectronics 17 Hittite's margins rebou</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=19"> 18 News: Microelectronics IN BRIEF TowerJazz rece</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=20"> News: Microelectronics 19 Quantum Semiconductor a</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=21"> 20 News: Microelectronics Peregrine launches firs</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=22"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 Anvil awarded g</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=23"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Raytheon demons</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=24"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 23 DARPA's Mobile </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=25"> 24 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Ammono and Unip</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=26"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=27"> 26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics MACOM announces</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=28"> News: Materials and processing equipment 27 IQE d</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=29"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment IQE's</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=30"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=31"> 30 News: Materials and processing equipment 5N Pl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=32"> THE FUTURE OF SEMICONDUCTORS HAS ARRIVED… </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=33"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment Riber</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=34"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 Unive</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=35"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment Trifo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=36"> News: Materials and processing equipment 35 Valen</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=37"> 36 News: Materials and processing equipment Unive</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=38"> News: Materials and processing equipment 37 SEMI-</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=39"> 38 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=40"> Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=41"> 40 News: LEDs Luminus appoints former Bridgelux c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=42"> News: LEDs 41 Epistar extends LED collaborative d</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=43"> 42 News: LEDs Toshiba launches chip-scale package</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=44"> News: LEDs 43 Bridgelux unveils exterior and indu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=45"> 44 News: LEDs SemiLEDs' quarterly revenue rebound</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=46"> News: LEDs 45 Lumileds unveils chip-on-board LED </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=47"> 46 News: LEDs Cree's quarterly revenue grows 16% </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=48"> News: LEDs 47 Cree launches first 8000lm LED modu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=49"> 48 News: LEDs Osram unveils first flush-mountable</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=50"> Perfect layer deposition Beautifully Un</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=51"> 50 News: Optoelectronics The Optoelectronics Comp</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=52"> THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=53"> 52 News: Optoelectronics POET adds VP of product </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=54"> News: Optical communications 53 Michigan-based Th</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=55"> 54 News: Optical communications NeoPhotonics cuts</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=56"> News: Optical communications 55 Avago's latest 10</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=57"> 56 News: Photovoltaics Soitec's modules selected </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=58"> News: Photovoltaics 57 Soitec and Exosun combine </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=59"> 58 News: Photovoltaics Solar Frontier sets thin-f</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=60"> News: Photovoltaics 59 Sierra Nevada awards Emcor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=61"> 60 Technical focus: Optoelectronics Exploring op</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=62"> Technical focus: Optoelectronics 61 smaller than</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=63"> 62 Technical focus: Optoelectronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=64"> Technical focus: Optoelectronics 63 researchers </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=65"> 64 Technical focus: Optoelectronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=66"> Technology focus: Device modelling 65 EU project</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=67"> 66 Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=68"> Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Aca</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=69"> 68 Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=70"> Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Aca</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=71"> 70 Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=72"> Profile: Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Aca</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=73"> 72 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Improving LED </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=74"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 73 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=75"> 74 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Enabling high-</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=76"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 75 extraction. Th</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=77"> 76 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Indium gallium</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=78"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 77 point defects.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=79"> 78 Market focus: LED manufacturing equipment LED</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=80"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=81"> 80 Market focus: LED front-end equipment Next in</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=82"> Market focus: LED 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=88"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=89"> 88 Market focus: GaN-on-silicon GaN-on-silicon e</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=90"> Market focus: GaN-on-silicon 89 lenging target, </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=91"> 90 Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon Direct gr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=92"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon 91 layers co</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(03)AprilMay page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/626dd228?page=93"> 92 Technology focus: GaN transistors 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