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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.13 · Issue 3 · April/May 2018 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Wide-bandgap<br /> semiconductors for<br /> power electronics<br /> News from OFC<br /> CreelicensesGaNpowerpatentstoNexperia·IPOfornLIGHT<br /> Plasma-Therm acquires KOBUS ·Riber returns to annual profit<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 wa<a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=2"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=4"> 4 editorial Wide-bandgap prospects widening On </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=5"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=6"> 6 news Silicon photonics market to grow at a CAG</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=7"> News: Markets 7 LED packaging market revenue grow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=8"> 8 News: Markets GaN device market to grow at 17.1</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=9"> News: Markets 9 SiC and GaN substrate markets to </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=10"> 10 News: Microelectronics Guerrilla RF completes </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=11"> News: Microelectronics 11 AHS awarded UK contract</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=12"> 12 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Imec and Qromis</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=13"> Guiding processing forward Developing III/V in</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=14"> 14 News: Wide-bandgap electronics GaN Systems fir</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=15"> Fuji Electric Lambda Series New, Compact, Power</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=16"> 16 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Zhejiang Univer</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=17"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 17 Toyoda Gosei ac</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=18"> 18 News: Materials and processing equipment AXT l</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=19"> News: Materials and processing equipment 19 Riber</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=20"> 20 News: Materials and processing equipment ON 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Performance. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=28"> 28 News: LEDs FBH presents UV LED chip and module</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=29"> let's co create Working together to cr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=30"> 30 News: LEDs Osram adds to Oslon Black infrared </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=31"> News: LEDs 31 Osram and Continental sign contract</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=32"> 32 News: Optoelectronics Hexagonal-to-cubic phase</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=33"> News: Optoelectronics 33 IBELIVE project to devel</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=34"> 34 News: Optical communications Laser manufacture</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=35"> Pick your size. 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58 Technology focus: UV LEDs Silicon hole inject</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=59"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 59 Bulk AlN with low</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=60"> 60 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Tunneling to g</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=61"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 61 polarization-r</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=62"> 62 Technology focus: III–V transistors InAs-chan</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9519e03d?page=63"> Technology focus: III–V transistors 63 Figure 2.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2018(03)AprMay page 64" 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