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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.16 · Issue 6 · July/August 2021 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Silicon carbide<br /> expanding for<br /> power electronics<br /> Nexperia buying Newport Wafer Fab · 5G handsets drive growth<br /> First Solar factory for India · Luminar acquiring OptoGration<br /> <br /> THE GLOBAL<br /> LEADER IN<br /> EPIWAFER<br /> SUPPLY<br /> Enabling the Best RF, Photonics<br /> & Power Semiconductors<br /> ‘One-stop-shop’ for III-V & Silicon epiwafer products<br /> 2” to 6” epitaxy ready substrates & polycrystalline materials<br /> Multiple manufacturing sites; Europe, Asia & America<br /> Leveraging 30+ years of compound semiconductor IP<br /> Custom engineered structures; R&D to production volumes<br /> EUROPE: +44 2920 839 400<br /> AMERICAS: +1 508 824 6696<br /> APAC: +886 3 579 8181<br /> <a title="SemiconductorToday2021(06)JulyAug page 1" 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title="SemiconductorToday2021(06)JulyAug page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d461122?page=77"> 76 Market focus: Optoelectronics </a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2021(06)JulyAug page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d461122?page=78"> www.semiconductor-today.com </a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2021(06)JulyAug page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d461122?page=79"> 78 Technology focus: Lasers Towards continuous-w</a> <a title="SemiconductorToday2021(06)JulyAug page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6d461122?page=80"> Technology focus: Lasers 79 Figure 2. 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