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<br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.11 · Issue 3 · April/May 2016 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Developments in<br /> 2D materials<br /> News from OFC<br /> Qorvo acquiring GreenPeak ·IQE joins MIRPHAB project<br /> Kyma boosts AlN template capacity ·First QCL on silicon<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 savings of up to 20 perce<a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=1"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=2"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=3"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=4"> 4 editorial Semiconductor convergence On pages 6</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=5"> 13966-produktmotive-easiest-to-use-213x282_CS6.in</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=6"> 6 news VCSEL market growing at 21.9% from $781.6</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=7"> News: Markets 7 Lumileds only top-10 packaged LED</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=8"> 8 News: Markets Perovskite solar cells to be comm</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=9"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=10"> 10 News: Microelectronics Qorvo to acquire ultra-</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=11"> News: Microelectronics 11 Peraso raises $20m Seri</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=12"> 12 News: Microelectronics Skyworks unveils SkyLiT</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=13"> News: Microelectronics 13 TowerJazz adds 300GHz S</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=14"> 14 News: Microelectronics ACCO raises $35m in fun</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=15"> News: Microelectronics 15 Peregrine's new RF swit</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=16"> 16 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Raytheon UK and</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=17"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 17 US Air Force of</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=18"> 18 News: Wide-bandgap electronics CISSOID deliver</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=19"> Fuji Electric Lambda Series New, Compact, Power</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=20"> 20 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Freebird partne</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=21"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 21 VisIC launches </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=22"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronicss Wolfspeed's Ga</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=23"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=24"> 24 News: Materials and processing equipment Aixtr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=25"> News: Materials and processing equipment 25 Accur</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=26"> 26 News: Materials and processing equipment Japan</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=27"> News: Materials and processing equipment 27 Class</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=28"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment Monoc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=29"> News: Materials and processing equipment 29 HC Se</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=30"> 30 News: LEDs Plessey signs license agreement wit</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=31"> News: LEDs 31 Soraa's LED lighting installed in U</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=32"> 32 News: LEDs Everlight launches UV LED portfolio</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=33"> COMPLETE THIN FILM DEP & ETCH SOLUTIONS </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=34"> 34 News: LEDs SemiLEDs improves quarterly margins</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=35"> Pick your size. The Temescal UEFC-4900–ultimate </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=36"> 36 News: LEDs Cree's quarterly revenue falls 15.8</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=37"> News: LEDs 37 commercial sales grow (more than o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=38"> 38 News: LEDs Osram boosts luminous efficacy of w</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=39"> News: Optoelectronics 39 DENSO invests in laser s</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=40"> 40 News: Optoelectronics IQE joins €15m MIRPHAB p</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=41"> News: Optoelectronics 41 Sofradir starts producti</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=42"> 42 News: Optoelectronics UCSB-led team reports fi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=43"> News: Optical communications 43 POET demonstrates</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=44"> 44 News: Optical communications GigOptix's Q1 sal</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=45"> News: Optical communications — OFC 45 GigOptix la</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=46"> 46 News: Optical communications — OFC Mellanox an</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=47"> News: Optical communications — OFC 47 Kaiam demon</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=48"> 48 News: Optical communications — OFC Semtech ann</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=49"> News: Optical communications — OFC 49 II-VI Inc s</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=50"> 50 News: Optical communications — OFC MACOM launc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=51"> News: Optical communications — OFC 51 MACOM launc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=52"> 52 News: Optical communications — OFC NeoPhotonic</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=53"> News: Optical communications — OFC 53 NeoPhotonic</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=54"> 54 News: Optical communications — OFC Oclaro show</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=55"> News: Optical communications — OFC 55 splitter, </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=56"> 56 News: Optical communications — OFC Finisar lau</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=57"> News: Optical communications — OFC 57 Source Phot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=58"> 58 News: Optical communications — OFC Emcore laun</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=59"> News: Optical communications — OFC 59 Arbitration</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=60"> 60 News: Photovoltaics Tampere granted €2.5m to d</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=61"> News: Photovoltaics 61 First Solar to provide 230</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=62"> 62 News: Photovoltaics Solar Frontier modules cho</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=63"> News: Photovoltaics 63 ZSW raises its CIGS PV cel</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=64"> 64 Technology focus: Photodetectors Noise and al</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=65"> Technology focus: Photodetectors 65 InAsSb and A</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=66"> 66 Technology focus: Photodetectors Figure 4. Ex</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=67"> Technology focus: 2D materials 67 NREL theory ov</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=68"> 68 Technology focus: 2D materials ORNL-led group</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=69"> Technology focus: 2D materials 69 potential buil</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=70"> 70 Technology focus: 2D materials Exciton contro</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=71"> Technology focus: 2D materials 71 (Vg) could be </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=72"> 72 Technology focus: LEDs Tantalum barrier reduc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=73"> Technology focus:LEDs 73 Figure 3. (a) Current–v</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=74"> 74 Technology focus: LEDs Indium gallium nitride</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=75"> Technology focus: LEDs 75 Fig</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=76"> 76 Technology focus: LEDs Thermal droop in indiu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=77"> Technology focus: LEDs 77 Figure 2. (a) Sketch o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=78"> 78 Market focus: RF devices GaN RF device market</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=79"> Market focus:RF devices 79 In the meantime, de</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=80"> 80 Technology focus: GaN power electronics Verti</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=81"> Technology focus: GaN power electronics 81 vapor</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=82"> 82 Technology focus: GaN power electronics Sapphi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=83"> Technology focus: GaN power electronics 83 in lo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=84"> 84 Technology focus: GaN power electronics paral</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=85"> www.csmantech.org Conference Chair </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=86"> 86 Technology focus: InGaAs FETs Indium gallium </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=87"> Technology focus: InGaAs FETs 87 Figure 2. (a) M</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=88"> 88 Technology focus: InGaAs FETs III-V field-eff</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2016(03)AprMay page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/bde191fd?page=89"> Technology focus: InGaAs FETs 89 Figure 2. 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