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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.8 · Issue 7 · September 2013 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> GaN-based HEMT<br /> improvement<br /> Further steps towards<br /> 50% solar cell efficiency<br /> RFMD launches 6” GaN-on-SiC; expands China assembly<br /> Oclaro sells Zurich business to II-VI · News from ECOC 2013<br /> <br /> Light Up a Brighter World<br /> Introducing MaxBright MHP MOCVD System<br /> The Best in MOCVD Technology Just Got Better<br /> !""#$%&'("&)$*+,-.&+"/,"*&01&234!5&"67089"1'%&+/71#(".&/1$'("*&:*"/;'(*$7<(&<br /> 01&=0"+,&8"*>$*9/1#"?&'("&@7*:$50.#A&2/BC*0<('A&2DEF&234!5&G=.'"9%&/&(0<(&<br /> 8"*>$*9/1#"%&9$,7+/*&H"*.0$1&$>&'("&:".'I."++01<&2/BC*0<('J&K0'(&78&'$&LMN&)0'(01I<br /> )/>"*&)/H"+"1<'(&710>$*90'=&098*$H"9"1'%&OPN&01#*"/."&01&>$$'8*01'&">Q&#0"1#=&/1,&<br /> "1(/1#",&."*H0#"/:0+0'=%&'("&2/BC*0<('&2DE&)0++&/##"+"*/'"&'("&.$+0,&.'/'"&+0<('01<&<b<a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=2"> Light Up a Brighter World Introducing MaxBright M</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=4"> 4 editorial III-Vs remaining at core of technica</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=5"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=6"> 6 news SiC & GaN key to market for solar inverte</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=7"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=8"> 8 News: Microelectronics Anadigics launches ProVa</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=9"> News: Microelectronics 9 RFMD expands assembly ca</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=10"> 10 News: Microelectronics IN BRIEF Inphi appoints</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=11"> The Power of [x] EUV LED/SSL 450mm More than M</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=12"> 12 News: Microelectronics Pasternack launches SiG</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=13"> News: Microelectronics 13 AWSC selects Mentor for</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=14"> 14 News: Microelectronics Peregrine launches 75Ω </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=15"> News: Microelectronics 15 Peregrine's new UltraCM</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=16"> 16 News: Wide-bandgap electronics US DOE awards $</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=17"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 17 RFMD introduces</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=18"> 18 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Fraunhofer IAF </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=19"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 19 EPC launches eG</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=20"> 20 News: Wide-bandgap electronics First surface-m</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=21"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 Microsemi launc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=22"> 22 News: Materials and processing equipment IQE c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=23"> News: Materials and processing equipment 23 Ultra</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=24"> 24 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=25"> News: Materials and processing equipment 25 Optim</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=26"> 26 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=27"> News: Materials and processing equipment 27 Nanop</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=28"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=29"> Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 30" 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=36"> 36 News: LEDs Luminus Devices and Lightera comple</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=37"> News: LEDs 37 Seoul Semiconductor boosts Acrich2 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=38"> 38 News: LEDs IN BRIEF Cree launches high-density</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=39"> THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=40"> 40 News: LEDs IN BRIEF HeadlampProusedin 7” autom</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=41"> The end of the rainbow is closer than you think. </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=42"> 42 News: LEDs Osram's Oslon Black Flat now availa</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=43"> News: Optoelectronics 43 Vishay releases high-pow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=44"> 44 News: Optical communications Oclaro's revenue </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=45"> News: Optical communications 45 Oclaro sells Zuri</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=46"> 46 News: Optical communications — ECOC 2013 Oclar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=47"> </a> <a 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=59"> News: Photovoltaics 59 Soitec launches CPV module</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=60"> 60 News: Photovoltaics Sol Voltaics adds $9.4m in</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=61"> News: Photovoltaics 61 Alferov and Andreev honore</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=62"> 62 News: Photovoltaics First Solar sells 50MW Can</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=63"> News: Photovoltaics 63 VDE Americas and First Sol</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today Sept 2013 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/a58fd76e?page=64"> 64 News: Photovoltaics First Solar creates German</a> <a 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