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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.9 · Issue 9 · November 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Next-generation MOCVD<br /> systems for GaN LED<br /> mass production<br /> Record 147lm/W achieved for 530nm all-InGaN green LED·<br /> MACOM acquiring BinOptics ·Ascent Solar raises $35m<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 sa<a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=3"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=74"> Technology focus: Photovoltaics 73 templates wer</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=75"> 74 Technology focus: Photodetectors Diagonal qua</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=76"> Technology focus: Photodetectors 75 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=77"> 76 Technology focus: Lasers VCSEL quasi-array of</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=78"> Technology focus: Lasers 77 With short 30ns 5k</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=79"> 78 Technology focus: Lasers Cantilever bridge to</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=80"> Technology focus: Lasers 79 to eliminate coupled</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=81"> 80 Technology focus: LEDs Cool-white quantum dot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(09)Nov page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/7faf98a8?page=82"> Technology focus: LEDs 81 Figure 1. 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