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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.10 · Issue 8 · October 2015 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Developments in GaN<br /> RF & power electronics<br /> Nitride processing<br /> PowerAmerica calls for projects·Bruker buying Jordan Valley<br /> Panasonic unveils 4.5W blue-violet laser ·SWDM Alliance formed<br /> <br /> Lower Cost LEDs<br /> Faster LED Adoption<br /> Another breakthrough from Veeco. This time it’s EPIK.<br /> Introducing Veeco’s new TurboDisc® EPIK700™ GaN MOCVD system<br /> As global consumption for LED general lighting accelerates, manufacturers need bigger, better<br /> MOCVD technology solutions that increase productivity and lower manufacturing costs.<br /> The EPIK700 MOCVD system combines Veeco’s award-winning TurboDisc reactor design with<br /> improved wafer uniformity, increased productivity and reduced operations expenses to enable<br /> a c<a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=3"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=5"> 4 editorial Power electronics makes gains In thi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=6"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=7"> 6 news GaAs RF device revenue to grow from anoth</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=8"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=9"> 8 News: Microelectronics Anadigics launches famil</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=10"> News: Microelectronics 9 Bastani made senior VP o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=11"> 10 News: Microelectronics Qorvo launches 802.11p </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=12"> News: Microelectronics 11 Qorvo launches four hig</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=13"> 12 News: Microelectronics Skyworks offers $2bn to</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=14"> News: Microelectronics 13 ACCO starts mass produc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=15"> 14 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Ascatron and LP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=16"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 15 Quadrivio and C</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=17"> 16 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Wolfspeed launc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=18"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 17 Wolfspeed launc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=19"> 18 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Wolfspeed GaN h</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=20"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 19 Lockheed Martin</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=21"> 20 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Qorvo combines </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=22"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 PowerAmerica ca</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=23"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronics EPC adds 100V, </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=24"> ъ 7KH1HZ*HQHUDWLRQRI/RZ9ROWDJH(DUWK/HDNDJH&LUFXLW</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=25"> 24 News: Wide-bandgap electronics IQE's GaN-on-Si</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=26"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=27"> 26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Panasonic comme</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=28"> News: Materials and processing equipment 27 NI AW</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=29"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=30"> News: Materials and processing equipment 29 $141m</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=31"> 30 News: Materials and processing equipment Aixtr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=32"> News: Materials and processing equipment 31 LandM</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=33"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment Bruke</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=34"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 LayTe</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=35"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment Rubic</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=36"> News: LEDs 35 AquiSense unveils UV-C LED water di</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=37"> 36 News: LEDs Plessey gains £30m loan from Deutsc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=38"> COMPLETE THIN FILM DEP & ETCH SOLUTIONS </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=39"> 38 News: LEDs Lumileds boosts CoB LED flux by 40%</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=40"> Pick your size. The Temescal UEFC-4900–ultimate </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=41"> 40 News: LEDs Cree's quarterly revenue rises 11%,</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=42"> News: LEDs 41 each product areas but offset by l</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=43"> 42 News: LEDs Osram's new Ostar Stage Multichip L</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=44"> News: LEDs 43 Osram adds filament LEDs to product</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=45"> 44 News: Optoelectronics Trumpf opens Berlin high</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=46"> News: Optoelectronics 45 Purdue launching Quantum</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=47"> 46 News: Optoelectronics Panasonic develops first</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=48"> News: Optoelectronics 47 POET to deliver integrat</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=49"> 48 News: Optical communications III-V quantum dot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=50"> Of course we are happy about every goal. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=51"> 50 News: Optical communications GigOptix's revenu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=52"> News: Optical communications 51 itability this q</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=53"> 52 News: Optical communications GigOptix complete</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=54"> News: Optical communications 53 GigOptix gives li</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=55"> 54 News: Optical communications Silicon photonics</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=56"> News: Optical communications 55 Oclaro demos inte</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=57"> 56 News: Optical communications SWDM Alliance for</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=58"> News: Optical communications 57 ments where 10G </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=59"> 58 News: Optical communications NeoPhotonics laun</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=60"> News: Optical communications 59 Inphi demos inter</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=61"> 60 News: Optical communications Emcore expands la</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=62"> News: Photovoltaics 61 CdTe to dominate thin-film</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=63"> 62 News: Photovoltaics Australia's first commerci</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=64"> News: Photovoltaics 63 First Solar to supply modu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=65"> 64 News: Photovoltaics Solar Frontier supplies ad</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=66"> News: Photovoltaics 65 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin b</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=67"> 66 News: Photovoltaics CNBM breaks ground for lar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=68"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=69"> 68 Technology focus: Lasers Transverse-coupled-c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=70"> Technology focus: Lasers 69 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=71"> 70 Technology focus: LEDs Auger recombination th</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=72"> Technology focus: LEDs 71 clarify its influence.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=73"> 72 Technology focus: Nitride processing Reducing</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=74"> Technology focus: Nitride processing 73 reducing</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=75"> 74 Technology focus: Nitride processing Plasma p</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=76"> Technology focus: Nitride processing 75 better r</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=77"> 76 Technology focus: Nitride processing Microwav</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=78"> Technology focus: Nitride processing 77 Figure 2.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=79"> 78 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Improvi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=80"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 79 The g</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=81"> 80 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Forward</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=82"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 81 Finally</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=83"> 82 Technology focus: Nitride transistors High-pe</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=84"> www.csmantech.org Conference Chair </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=85"> 84 Technical focus: Nitride transistors Working </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=86"> Technical focus: Nitride transistors 85 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=87"> 86 Technical focus: Nitride transistors </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=88"> Technical focus: Nitride transistors 87 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=89"> 88 Market focus: Power electronics Power GaN dev</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=90"> Market focus: Power electronics 89 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=91"> 90 Market focus: Power electronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=92"> Market focus: Power electronics 91 SiC, GaN and </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=93"> 92 Market focus: Power electronics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=94"> Market focus: Power electronics 93 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=95"> 94 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal so</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=96"> Suppliers' Directory 95 MARUWA CO LTD 3-83, Minam</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(08)Oct page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/505540e2?page=97"> 96 Suppliers' Directory Tel: +1 510 793 2559 Fax:</a> <a 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