Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has entered into a membership interest purchase agreement for NovaSource Power Services, a portfolio company of Toronto-based private equity...
The vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology of high-performance sensor designer and manufacturer ams AG of Premstaetten, Austria is a core component of the newly developed ibeoNEXT solid-state light detection & ranging...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has committed to powering 100% of its global...
For second-quarter 2020, Veeco Instruments Inc has reported revenue of $98.6m, down 5.6% on $104.5m last quarter but up slightly on $97.8m a year ago...
Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University in Changchun/China investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries—lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal...
Electronic components that can process information with high levels of efficiency are crucial for the development of most contemporary devices and computational tools. Reconfigurable electronics, flexible systems that can change...
At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2020) virtual event (4–6 August), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave...
At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2020) virtual event (4–6 August), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave...
Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide (InP)-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has announced a succession plan to...
At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2020) virtual event (4–6 August), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave...
The life-givers of integrated circuits and quantum devices in silicon are small structures made from patches of foreign atoms called dopants. The dopant structures provide charge carriers that flow through the components of the circuit,...
At the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2020) virtual event (4–6 August), MACOM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has released the Thermo Scientific nProber IV nanoprober platform, a fault isolation system used by semiconductor fabs to precisely locate and characterize the nanometer-scale electrical...
Navitas Semiconductor Inc of El Segundo, CA, USA says that phone manufacturer OPPO has adopted its gallium nitride (GaNFast) power ICs to enable what is claimed to be the world’s smallest, thinnest and lightest 110W fast charger for...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications) has announced a new reference design for a high-power-density 65W QR...
Compound Photonics US Corporation (CP, also known as CP Display) of Vancouver, WA, USA, a provider of compact high-resolution microdisplay technologies for augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) applications, has unveiled its...
Azur Space Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany is using the AIX G5+ C metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system from deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany for its expansion into the...
Even as some countries and regions have begun to loosen restrictions, other countries are still dealing with the initial wave of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. For smartphone OEMs, this means that second-quarter 2020 was another...
Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical devices, including those used to monitor people with...
At the IEEE’s International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2020) Virtual Conference (4-6 August), Altum RF of Eindhoven, The Netherlands (a developer of high-performance RF/millimeter-wave solutions for next-generation markets and...
Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA — which designs and manufactures JEDEC- and AEC-Q101-qualified 650V gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) — has received approval from FINRA (Financial Industry...
Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd (which has fabrication plants in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its US subsidiaries in Newport Beach, CA and San Antonio, TX, and at TowerJazz Japan Ltd) has launched a radio frequency (RF) switch...
Global smartphone shipments fell 16% year-on-year to 278.4 million in second-quarter 2020, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corp (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although this a larger decline than...
When it comes to the future of solar energy cells, say farewell to silicon, and hello to calcium titanium oxide—the compound mineral better known as perovskite.
For fiscal first-quarter 2021 (ended 27 June 2020), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $787.5m, roughly level...
Riber S.A. of Bezons, France – which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells – has reported revenue of €11.6m for first-half 2020, down 17% on first-half 2019’s €13.9m. Business...
Ushio Inc of Tokyo, Japan has begun mass production of the HL67191MG and HL67192MG 670nm-wavelength red laser diodes (LDs). Providing optical output power of 15mW (continuous-wave operation) and 30mW (pulsed operation), the single-mode...
Research on solar cells to secure renewable energy sources are ongoing around the world. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea succeeded in developing eco-friendly color Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS)...
With streetlights and high-bay fixtures requiring high flux and efficacy to meet the ever increasing demands for system efficiency and energy cost reduction for these applications, Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA says that its LUXEON...
A team of researchers led by Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, has developed a new form of electronics known as "drawn-on-skin electronics," allowing multifunctional...
For fiscal third-quarter 2020 (ended 26 June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $736.8m, down about 4% on $766.1m last quarter and $767m a year...
A new microchip that enables continuous monitoring of pH and chlorine levels in swimming pools will vastly improve water safety and hygiene for more than 2.7 million Australians as new research shows it can deliver consistent and...
Micro/mini-LED revenue is projected to exceed US$4.2bn in 2024, according to market research firm TrendForce. Next-generation micro/mini-LED display technologies have generated a market that companies hoping to recover from the...
Shanghai-based Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc China (AMEC) has debuted its Prismo HiT3 metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which is engineered to mass produce deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that chief operating officer (COO) Philip...
Although demand for mini-LEDs has been hit by the COVID-19 outbreak due to decreased production by end-use industries and dwindling demand from consumers, the mini-LED market is still poised to expand 7.5-fold, at a compound annual...
For first-half 2020 deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has reported revenue (including spare parts and service) of €97m, down 27% on €132m a year ago as expected, remaining on track despite the...
Inphi Corp of Santa Clara, CA, USA (a provider of high-speed mixed-signal ICs for communications, computing and data-center markets) and NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA – a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of...
Fascinating opportunities are emerging from a new class of materials named two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors, which are only one atom thick. 2-D materials are poised to have a bright future in the electronics and optoelectronics...
GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications) has issued its latest technical manual ‘12V High-Efficiency Audio...
Lithium (Li) batteries, or lithium metal batteries, use metallic lithium as an anode. Over the past few decades, rechargeable Li batteries have been used to power a wide variety of electronic devices, including toys, portable consumer...
South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd says that its SunLike Series natural-spectrum LEDs have been adopted by traditional Japanese lighting company Koizumi Lighting Technology Corp for use in lights for children’s rooms and...
Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA, which makes high-power semiconductor lasers, has won the Strategic Supplier Award from Shenzhen Xinghan Laser Technology Co Ltd in recognition of...
Engineers at Tufts University have created a first-of-its-kind flexible electronic sensing patch that can be sewn into clothing to analyze your sweat for multiple markers. The patch could be used to to diagnose and monitor acute and...
Navitas Semiconductor Inc of El Segundo, CA, USA says that the fastest, most powerful charger for Legion e-sports, using GaNFast power ICs, has been launched into mass production and supplied ‘in-box’ with every Lenovo Legion phone...
Eulitha AG of Kirchdorf, Switzerland (a spin-off of the Paul Scherrer Institute that offers nano-lithographic equipment and services for the nanotechnology, photonics and optoelectronic markets) has launched the new PhableX line of...
For second-quarter 2020, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA – which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – .has reported revenue of $22.1m, up 6.8% on $20.7m last quarter but down...
To meet the evolving needs of climate change and the German energy transition, as well as combat the rising energy costs for end consumers, more and more households are adding home storage systems to their photovoltaic (PV) systems...