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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.13 · Issue 9 · November/December 2018 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> UV optoelectronics<br /> on silicon<br /> LEDs for horticultural<br /> applications<br /> II-VIacquiringFinisar·Mini-LEDmarketadoption·<br /> December-quarter guidance reduced in VCSEL supply chain<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 cost per wafer savings of u<a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=2"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=4"> 4 editorial Opto consolidation dependent on US–C</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=5"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=6"> 6 news SEMI issues the first power semiconductor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=7"> — Ensure your business is protected from power qu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=8"> 8 News: Microelectronics Qorvo's quarterly revenu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=9"> News: Microelectronics 9 chases, outside the fir</a> <a 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page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=21"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 II–VI and Sumit</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=22"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Exagan extends </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=23"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 23 TI launches rea</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=24"> 24 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Qorvo awarded U</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=25"> Fuji Electric Lambda Series New, Compact, Power</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=26"> 26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics EPC 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=38"> 38 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=39"> News: Materials and processing equipment 39 for </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=40"> 40 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=41"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=42"> 42 News: LEDs EVG and Plessey partner on GaN-on-S</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=43"> News: LEDs 43 Pfeiffer Vacuum opens new North Ame</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=44"> 44 News: LEDs Nitride Semiconductors forms subsid</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=45"> The Mark of Purity. Precision. Performance. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=46"> 46 News: LEDs Seoul Semiconductor expands litigat</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=47"> let's co create Working together to cr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=48"> 48 News: LEDs Lumileds launches LUXEON SunPlus 28</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=49"> Pick your size. 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acquire</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=61"> News: Optical communications 61 accretion in non</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=62"> 62 News: Optical communications NeoPhotonics' Q3 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=63"> News: Optical communications 63 (COGS) increasin</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=64"> 64 News: Optical communications Lumentum's quarte</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=65"> News: Optical communications 65 mental shift in </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=66"> 66 News: Optical communications Infinera PDK for </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=67"> News: Photovoltaics 67 Fraunhofer ISE-led CPVMatc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=68"> 68 News: Photovoltaics NREL outlines where thin-f</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=69"> News: Photovoltaics 69 NASA sends Ascent Solar's </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=70"> 70 Market focus: LEDs Mini-LED adoption driven b</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=71"> Market focus: LEDs 71 upgrade existing liquid-cr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=72"> 72 Market focus: LEDs C</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=73"> Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon 73 Towards u</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=74"> 74 Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon Growth </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=75"> Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon 75 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=76"> 76 Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon The res</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=77"> Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon 77 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=78"> 78 Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon With 5.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=79"> Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon 79 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=80"> 80 Technology focus: LEDs High-performance light</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=81"> Technology focus: LEDs 81 Figu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=82"> 82 Technology focus: UV LEDs Low threading-dislo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=83"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 83 Figu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=84"> 84 Technology focus: Photodiodes Large-area sili</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=85"> Technology focus: Photodiodes 85 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=86"> 86 Opinion: Intellectual property Protecting `Ma</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=87"> www.semiconductor-today.com </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=88"> 88 Technology focus: Nitride materials Peking pr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=89"> Technology focus: Nitride materials 89 Figure 2 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=90"> 90 Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon III-V het</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=91"> Technology focus: III–Vs on silicon 91 Figure 2.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=92"> 92 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal so</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=93"> Suppliers' Directory 93 MARUWA CO LTD 3-83, Minam</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(09)NovDec page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6679b82d?page=94"> 94 Suppliers' Directory Praxair Electronics 542 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