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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.6 · Issue 3 · April/May 2011 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Making I-V contacts<br /> The road ahead for LEDs<br /> Fairchild buys TranSiC · Sumitomo/Samsung sapphire JV agreed<br /> Emcore buys Soliant · Solar Junction hits 43.5% CPV efficiency<br /> <br /> Light Up the World.<br /> Introducing MaxBright MOCVD System<br /> Veeco: Driving the Future of LED Lighting<br /> Veeco once again sets the industry standard with the new TurboDisc®<br /> MaxBright™ MOCVD Multi-Reactor System by providing the highest<br /> productivity and superior performance for LED manufacturing. Leveraging<br /> the success of Veeco’s production-proven K465i, MaxBright offers seamless<br /> ™<br /> process transfer with expanded wafer capacity and advanced thermal<br /> control technology. Designed to accelerate<a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=2"> Light Up the World. Introducing MaxBright MOCVD S</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=3"> 3 contents News Markets </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=4"> 4 editorial Share prices and market shares In t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=5"> HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY // With almost 30 years of ex</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=6"> 6 news LED shipments growing 40% to 165bn in 201</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=7"> News: Markets 7 Lighting to overtake LCD TVs in L</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=8"> 8 News: Markets Handset sales increase 20.8% year</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=9"> News: Markets 9 Apple overtakes 4th place ZTE in </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=10"> 10 News: Microelectronics Anadigics' CEO Rivas an</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=11"> News: Microelectronics 11 RFMD and Atmel collabor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=12"> 12 News: Microelectronics Fail-safe bypass LNA mo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=13"> News: Microelectronics 13 Agilent ships ADS 2011 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title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=26"> 26 News: Materials and processing equipment TU Ei</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=27"> News: Materials and processing equipment 27 EpiRA</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=28"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=29"> News: Materials and processing equipment 29 Calif</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=30"> 30 News: Materials and processing equipment OIPT </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=31"> News: Materials and processing equipment 31 Oxfor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=32"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment EV Gr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=33"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 MV Pr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=34"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment Enteg</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=35"> News: Materials and processing equipment 35 BluGl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=36"> 36 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=37"> Flawless, The Ultimate Sharpness, Tecdia Scribers</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=38"> 38 News: LEDs SemiLEDs revenue drops due to prici</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=39"> LIGHTING THE WAY IN LED THIN FILM DE</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=40"> 40 News: LEDs Lumileds adds hot-tested LUXEON A i</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=41"> News: LEDs 41 Lumileds improves SnapLED array for</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=42"> 42 News: LEDs Cree's profit halved as revenue fa</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=43"> News: LEDs 43 Cree's XM-L EasyWhite LED lowers co</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=44"> 44 News: LEDs Cree and Osram sign LED patent cros</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=45"> News: LEDs 45 Advertising lighting with 90% maint</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=46"> 46 News: LEDs Osram's OSTAR Headlamp LED receives</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=47"> News: LEDs 47 OSLON SSL LEDs light streets in thr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=48"> 48 News: LEDs IN BRIEF Marktech adds 650nm Point </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=49"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=50"> 50 News: Optoelectronics Sony Shiroishi laser fab</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=51"> News: Optoelectronics 51 Opnext's revenue down 1.</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=52"> 52 News: Optical communications IN BRIEF 3S grows</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=53"> News: Optical communications 53 GigOptix 40G DPSK</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=54"> 54 News: Optical communications ODIS demonstrate</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=55"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=56"> 56 News: Optical communications Tera Santa Consor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=57"> State-of-the-art Umicore Germanium Wafers Now als</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=58"> 58 News: Photovoltaics Emcore acquires assets of </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=59"> News: Photovoltaics 59 NREL and AIST to compare C</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=60"> 60 News: Photovoltaics SolFocus completes CPV pla</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=61"> News: Photovoltaics 61 Solar Junction hits record</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=62"> 62 News: Photovoltaics China provides first order</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=63"> News: Photovoltaics 63 OPEL poised for growth aft</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=64"> 64 News: Photovoltaics First Solar breaks ground </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=65"> News: Photovoltaics 65 First Solar launches modul</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=66"> 66 News: Photovoltaics GE reports record 12.8%-ef</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=67"> News: Photovoltaics 67 Abound partners with Solar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=68"> 68 News: Photovoltaics IN BRIEF Sputtering materi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=69"> News: Photovoltaics 69 CIS PV firm Odersun co-ope</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=70"> 70 News: Photovoltaics Hyundai-Avancis breaks gro</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=71"> News: Photovoltaics71 Nanosolar efficiencies hit </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=72"> 72 News: Photovoltaics 1MW Solyndra CIGS project </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=73"> News: Photovoltaics 73 DOE awards CNSE CIGS proje</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=74"> 74 Technology focus: PVs Probing vacuum-deposite</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=75"> Technology focus: PVs 75 final CZTS material. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=76"> 76 Technology focus: PVs Improving photovoltaic </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=77"> Technology focus: PVs 77 AUG/TEXAS_240810.htm). </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=78"> 78 Technology focus: LEDs Self-organized process </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=79"> Market focus: UV LEDs 79 UV LED market to grow at</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=80"> 80 Technology focus: UV LEDs Lateral conduction,</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=81"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 81 tends to absorb ult</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=82"> 82 Technology focus: UV LEDs Liquid phase pushes</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=83"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 83 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=84"> 84 Technology focus: LEDs NanoLEDs, a new breakt</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=85"> Technology focus: LEDs 85 InGaN/GaN quantum well</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=86"> 86 Technology focus: LEDs Figu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=87"> Advertisers choose Semiconductor Today for its...</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=88"> 88 Market focus: LEDs LED fab equipment spending</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=89"> Market focus: LEDs 89 61 new LED fabs should hav</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=90"> 90 Market focus: MOCVD 2010: a tremendous year f</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=91"> Market focus: MOCVD 91 Quarterly operating margin</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=92"> 92 Market focus: MOCVD Regional MOCVD share 90% </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=93"> SEMI EXPOSITIONS sSEMICONDUCTOR sPHOTOVOLTAIC sL</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=94"> 94 Market focus: GaAs Market trends in GaAs RF I</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=95"> Market focus: GaAs 95 Monthly Global IP Traffic </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=96"> 96 Technology focus: FETs Back-barrier to InAlN </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=97"> Technology focus: FETs 97 operation at temperatu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=98"> 98 Technology focus: FETs Polarization junctions</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=99"> Technology focus: FETs 99 removed through the dr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 100" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=100"> 100Technology focus: FETs InGaAs tunnel FET with</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 101" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=101"> Technology focus: FETs101 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 102" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=102"> 102Technology focus: FETs Tantalum-based ohmic c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 103" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=103"> Technology focus: FETs103 Table 2. List of fabric</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 104" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=104"> 104Technology focus: FETs </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 105" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=105"> www.csmantech.org Full details on workshops, tech</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 106" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=106"> 106Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon Making II</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 107" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=107"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon107 Figure 1. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 108" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=108"> 108Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon i t 1 t</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 109" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=109"> Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon10 9 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 110" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=110"> 110Technology focus: III-Vs on silicon </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 111" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=111"> Compound Semiconductor  May 22 – </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 112" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=112"> 112 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal s</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 113" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=113"> Suppliers' Directory113 Kyma Technologies Inc 882</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 114" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=114"> 114Suppliers' Directory Matheson Tri-Gas 6775 Cen</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 115" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=115"> Suppliers' Directory115 8 Wafer processing equip</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 116" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=116"> 116Suppliers' Directory Optical Reference Systems</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 117" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=117"> Suppliers' Directory117 20 Facility consumables W</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 118" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=118"> 118 event calendar If you would like your event </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 119" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=119"> Event Calendar119 23–26 May 2011 23rd Internatio</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today April-May 2011 page 120" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9c66e07d?page=120"> Advertisers choose Semiconductor Today for its...</a>