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Riber’s Q1 revenue up 20% year-on-year
For first-quarter 2024, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system maker Riber S.A. of Bezons, France has reported revenue of €4.5m, up 20% on €3.7m a year ago...
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IQE’s annual revenue falls 31.2% in 2023, impacted by excess inventory
For full-year 2023, epiwafer and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has reported revenue of £115.25m, down 31.2% on 2022’s £167.5m...
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Transphorm and Weltrend add 150mΩ and 480mΩ 650V integrated GaN system-in-packages
Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA — which designs and manufactures JEDEC- and AEC-Q101-qualified gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for high-voltage power conversion — and fabless firm Weltrend Semiconductor Inc of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan (which specializes in the design, testing, application development and distribution of mixed-signal/digital ICs in power supplies, motor controls and image processing) have announced the availability of two new GaN system-in-packages (SiPs). When combined with Weltrend’s flagship GaN SiP launched in March 2023, the new devices establish the first SiP product family based on Transphorm’s SuperGaN platform...
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Vishay selects Aixtron’s G10-SiC multi-wafer batch technology
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that its G10-SiC chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy production platform has been chosen by discrete semiconductor and passive electronic component maker Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA for its in-house silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy needs for power device manufacturing. The system will be delivered to Vishay’s automotive-certified Newport fab in South Wales. With its flexible dual-wafer-size configuration of 9x150mm and 6x200mm, the G10-SiC supports the transition between wafer diameters...
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Rio Tinto awards Missouri S&T $875,000 to research recovering gallium and germanium from copper refining waste
A professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) has been awarded $875,000 from global mining group Rio Tinto for a two-year project researching new techniques to recover critical minerals in the waste by-products that come from extracting and refining copper...
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UK’s CSA Catapult and Sarawak’s SMD sign MoU
Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult in Newport, South Wales, UK and Malaysia-based SMD Semiconductor Sdn Bhd (a wholly owned entity of the Sarawak Government established in September 2022 under the Sarawak Research and Development Council Ordinance 2017) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that lays the foundation to work together in the design, prototyping and manufacturing of next-generation semiconductor and compound semiconductor chips in the automotive and space industries...
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AquiSense’s UV-C LED technology integrated into International Space Station’s water dispenser
AquiSense Technologies LLC of Erlanger, KY, USA (which designs and makes UV-C LED water disinfection systems) says that its UV-C LED technology has been integrated into NASA’s Potable Water Dispenser aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and has been operational since August 2023...
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Toyoda Gosei develops high-output UV-C LED
Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd of Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan has developed deep ultraviolet (UV-C) LEDs with light output that is among the highest in the world, it is claimed...
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Lumentum awarded Platinum EcoVadis Medal for second consecutive year
Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes optical and photonic products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) has received the EcoVadis Platinum Medal for the second consecutive year, representing the highest level of recognition for sustainability performance. Lumentum remains in the top one percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis in the past year, increasing its overall score from 78 points to 80 points. In the environmental category, the firm increased its score by 10 points from last year. Medals are awarded based on the percentile rank of a company compared with the performance of all rated companies...
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Keysight introduces next-gen RF circuit simulator
Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA has introduced RFPro Circuit, a next-generation radio frequency (RF) simulation tool targeting the complex, multi-physics requirements of RF integrated circuit (RFIC) designers. Wireless, automotive and satellite designers can now deliver robust designs that overcome performance challenges in dense 3D packaging, taking advantage of interoperability and automation to form complex workflows, says the firm...
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ROHM’s SiCrystal and ST expand silicon carbide wafer supply agreement
ROHM group of Kyoto, Japan and STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland have expanded the existing multi-year, long-term 150mm silicon carbide (SiC) substrate wafers supply agreement with ROHM group company SiCrystal GmbH of Erlangen, Germany. The new multi-year agreement governs the supply of larger volumes of SiC substrate wafers manufactured in Nuremberg for a minimum expected value of $230m...
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ZSW and First Solar partner on thin-film PV research
Germany’s ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA have announced a strategic research partnership focused on advancing thin-film photovoltaics (PV). The partnership will focus not only on performance but also on the potential to develop and optimize all-thin-film tandem technologies on a gigawatt scale...
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EV DC charging system market to reach $23.7bn by 2029
Due to the continual expansion of charging infrastructure and the coming need for infrastructure replacements, the emergence of electric vehicle direct current (EV DC) charging holds long-term market viability and presents a promising business venture for companies specializing in power electronics, reckons market analyst firm Yole Group. Meanwhile, alternating current (AC) chargers will persist alongside onboard chargers (OBCs) in vehicles until DC infrastructure becomes universally established, a process anticipated to take 10–15 years, says the firm in ‘DC Charging for Automotive 2024’, an update of its annual report...
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US DOD awards 5N Plus $14.4m to enhance space-qualified germanium substrate supply
The US Department of Defense has awarded $14.4m via the Defense Production Act Investment (DPAI) Program to specialty semiconductor and performance materials producer 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada to sustain and expand the capability to produce space-qualified germanium substrates used in solar cells for both commercial and national security defense satellites. The effort supports the 2024 National Defense Industrial Strategy to continue and expand support for domestic production within the resilient supply chains strategic priority area...
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Aixtron wins German Innovation Award
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has won the German Innovation Award...
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Wolfspeed orders multiple Aixtron G10-SiC systems to support ramp-up of 200mm epi production
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that in Q3 and Q4/2023 Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — placed multiple-tool orders to utilize its G10-SiC chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system to help further ramp up production for 200mm (8-inch) SiC epitaxial wafers...
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Virtual Forest adopts Navitas’ GaNFast for 2250W solar-powered irrigation pump
Virtual Forest of Bengaluru, India (an electronics design company specializing in motor control and human interface technologies for consumer appliances, fluid movement and mobility) has adopted the GaNFast power integrated circuits (IC) technology of gallium nitride (GaN) power IC and silicon carbide (SiC) technology firm Navitas Semiconductor Corp of Torrance, CA, USA for a zero-emission, 3hp (2250W) solar-powered irrigation pump...
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EU-funded Chips JU selects four new pilot lines to be implemented in Europe
Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) has announced the successful evaluation of the submitted semiconductor pilot line proposals and has started negotiations with four consortia, targeting the signing of corresponding agreements later this year. The step aims to catalyse innovation in the region and reinforce Europe’s technological leadership on the global stage...
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Vishay launches 440mcd blue and 2300mcd true green surface-mount LEDs in MiniLED package
Vishay Intertechnology Inc of Malvern, PA, USA has introduced new blue and true green surface-mount LEDs in the ultra-compact MiniLED package. Measuring 2.2mm x 1.3mm x 1.4mm, the Vishay Semiconductors VLMB2332T1U2-08 blue and VLMTG2332ABCA-08 true green LEDs utilize the latest ultra-bright indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-on-sapphire chip technology to achieve typical luminous intensities at 20mA of 440mcd and 2300mcd, respectively, which is up to four times higher than previous-generation solutions in PLCC-2 packages...
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Singulus develops TIMARIS STM coating system for micro-LED production
Singulus Technologies AG of Kahl am Main, Germany (which makes production equipment for the optical disc and solar sectors) has introduced the TIMARIS STM modular high-vacuum sputtering system, which is said to offer significant progress in micro-LED manufacturing. The first TIMARIS STM system has already been sold and delivered...
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