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UK funding of £14m for open-access power semiconductor test & packaging equipment

1 година 52 хв тому
The UK Government has announced a £16.6m investment to give semiconductor researchers and businesses access to new equipment helping them to test and make chips for use in high-energy machines such as electric vehicles and manufacturing equipment. Of the funding, £14m is targeted particularly at semiconductors used in power electronics...

Pragmatic officially opens UK’s first 300mm wafer fab

3 години 17 хв тому
In a ceremony attended by HRH The Princess Royal as well as key customers, ecosystem partners, investors and government officials, Pragmatic Semiconductor of Cambridge, UK has officially opened what is the UK’s first 300mm wafer fabrication line. The manufacturing facility at the 60,000m2 Pragmatic Park brownfield site near Durham in North-East England produces chips based on the firm’s unique flexible integrated circuit (FlexIC) technology...

Diamfab raises €8.7m in first-round funding

6 годин 4 хв тому
Diamfab has raised €8.7m in a first round of funding from Asterion Ventures, as well as from the French Tech Seed fund (managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance as part of France 2030), Kreaxi with the Avenir Industrie Auvergne–Rhône–Alpes regional fund, Better Angle, Hello Tomorrow and Grenoble Alpes Métropole...

Quintessent raises $11.5m in oversubscribed seed funding round

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 20:40
Quintessent Inc of Santa Barbara, CA, USA, which specializes in heterogeneous integration of quantum dot lasers and silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has closed on just over $11.5m in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Osage University Partners (OUP), joined by new investors including M Ventures, and existing investors Sierra Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Entrada Ventures...

EU-funded photonixFAB consortium now open for first prototyping

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 18:36
Pushing ahead with the European Union (EU)-funded photonixFAB initiative, the consortium partners have taken the first step on the path to industrialize the European silicon photonics value chain by providing early access to R&D and small-scale manufacturing through technology partners...

BelGaN qualifies its BEL1 650V eGaN platform for volume production with orders from several lead customers

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 14:09
Automotive-qualified gallium nitride (GaN) open foundry BelGaN of Oudenaarde, Belgium has qualified its BEL1 first-generation 650V eGaN platform for volume production for several lead customers that placed orders. After achieving this milestone within just two years, BelGaN is now ready to scale up as a high-volume GaN foundry in Europe...

Vector Photonics and University of Glasgow collaborating to develop surface-emitting lasers

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 13:56
Vector Photonics Ltd (which was spun off from Scotland’s University of Glasgow in 2020, based on research led by professor Richard Hogg) and an engineering unit at the University of Glasgow have signed a collaboration agreement to develop lasers that could have a use in manufacturing and consumer products...

Wolfspeed tops out construction of John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 13:50
Wolfspeed Inc of Durham, NC, USA — which makes silicon carbide (SiC) materials and power semiconductor devices — hosted Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and other local officials, community partners and employees at a ‘last beam’ ceremony to celebrate the topping out of construction at the $5bn John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide, located in Siler City, Chatham County, NC. By the end of 2024, phase one of construction is expected to be completed on the 445-acre site...

IQE expands portfolio of epiwafers for high-speed optical connectivity

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 11:30
Epiwafer and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK is strengthening its portfolio of high-speed optical connectivity epiwafers to address increasing demands for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, carrier and data-intensive workloads. ..

Lumentum enhances performance of 800ZR+ transceivers for broader applications

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 10:49
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 announced performance enhancements to its 800ZR+ transceivers that enable the modules to serve a wider range of applications, including expanded use in metro and regional networks through the ability to interface directly into routers...

TRUMPF applies proprietary subwavelength surface-grating technology to datacom VCSELs

Срд, 03/27/2024 - 10:40
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) — which makes vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and photodiodes for the consumer electronics, datacoms, industrial sensing & heat treatment and automotive markets — has announced a “breakthrough” by transferring its proprietary, patented subwavelength surface-grating technology (developed since 2006 and implemented on tens of millions of VCSELs for sensing applications) from its sensing products to datacom VCSELs, where it is said to bring a competitive edge for the firm’s 100Gbps VCSEL with lower relative intensity noise (RIN) and robust polarization stability...

TRUMPF’s 980nm VCSEL extends transmission reach to 500m using optimized multimode fiber

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 23:22
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH of Ulm, Germany (part of the TRUMPF Group) — which makes vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and photodiodes for the consumer electronics, datacoms, industrial sensing & heat treatment and automotive markets — has announced a transmission reach extended to 500m with its 980nm VCSEL and a multi-mode fiber optimized for this wavelength...

Coherent showcasing portfolio of new products and technology innovations at OFC

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 23:15
In booth #3412 at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC 2024) in San Diego, CA, USA (26–28 March), materials, networking and laser technology firm Coherent Corp of Saxonburg, PA, USA is showcasing its new products and technologies for next-generation optical communications networks, as well as presenting at panels, technical sessions, and other OFC events...

Lumentum unveils innovations and demonstrations at OFC

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 17:59
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 introduced the latest additions to its suite of photonic products at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC 2024) in San Diego, CA, USA (26–28 March)...

Sivers demonstrating laser chip and array technology at OFC

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 17:52
Sivers Semiconductors AB of Kista, Sweden (which supplies ICs and modules for communications and sensor solutions) says that its subsidiary Sivers Photonics of Glasgow, Scotland, UK — in collaboration with ecosystem partners — is demonstrating its laser chip and array technology at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC 2024) in San Diego, CA, USA (26–28 March)...

Avnet to distribute EPC Space’s rad-hard GaN power devices

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 17:47
EPC Space LLC of Haverhill, MA, USA says that Avnet has agreed to be a global distributor for its line of radiation-hardened (rad-hard) gallium nitride (GaN) power devices qualified for satellite and high-reliability applications...

Sivers Semiconductors announces resignation of CEO Anders Storm

Втр, 03/26/2024 - 16:40
Sivers Semiconductors AB of Kista, Sweden (which supplies lasers for AI photonics and integrated chips & modules for communications and sensor solutions) says that CEO Anders Storm has decided to leave his position for new challenges outside the company. Sivers has initiated a global search for a new CEO. Storm will remain in post until the new CEO has taken office or until the end of his six-month notice period in September...

Coherent announces first 6-inch InP scalable wafer fabs

Пн, 03/25/2024 - 21:09
Materials, networking and laser technology firm Coherent Corp of Saxonburg, PA, USA has established what it says is the world’s first capability for 6-inch indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication, in its fabs in Sherman, Texas, and Järfälla, Sweden...

QPT’s Crowdcube funding round surpasses £1m

Пн, 03/25/2024 - 18:49
Independent power electronics company Quantum Power Transformation (QPT) Ltd of Cambridge, UK (which was founded in 2019 and develops GaN-based electric motor controls) says that its Crowdcube funding round (which closes soon) has surpassed £1m...

Silicon carbide substrate costs falling as larger diameters adopted

Пн, 03/25/2024 - 10:42
With the continuous surge in demand for silicon carbide (SiC) substrates in recent years, the call for cost reduction in SiC has been growing stronger, as the ultimate product price remains the key determinant for consumers, says market research firm TrendForce...

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