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ISSN 1752-2935 (online)
semiconductorTODAY
COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON
Vol.9 · Issue 1 · February 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com
RFMD and TriQuint
agree to merge
Report from IEDM:
wide-bandgapo
power devices
MACOM acquires Nitronex · First commercial 150mm InSb
HelioVolt suspends production · CdTe cell record hits 20.4%
3
contents
Editorial 4
News
Markets News 6
GaN device market to grow at 24.6% to $2.2bn in 2019 ·GaN LED
revenue rises 10.6% in 2013, but era of fast growth is ending ·
Microelectronics 10
RFMD and TriQuint to merge · IHP and Georgia Tech demo fastes
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3 contents Editorial
4 editorial Reorganizing infrastructure On 24 Fe
200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+
6 news GaN device market to grow at 24.6% to $2.
News: Markets 7 GaN LED revenue rises 10.6% in 20
8 News: Markets Decline in packaged LED ASPs slow
News: Markets 9 LED lighting market to grow from
10 News: Microelectronics Wi-Fi drives Anadigics'
News: Microelectronics 11 total R&D and SG&A in
12 News: Microelectronics RFMD and TriQuint to me
14 News: Microelectronics TriQuint grows 7% in Q
News: Microelectronics 15 casting sustained dema
16 News: Microelectronics RFMD's sales hit by wea
News: Microelectronics 17 During fiscal third-
18 News: Microelectronics Skyworks grows more-tha
News: Microelectronics 19 Skyworks secures hi-rel
20 News: Microelectronics IHP and Georgia Tech de
News: Microelectronics 21 UC Irvine and TowerJazz
22 News: Microelectronics IN BRIEF Digi-Key to di
News: Microelectronics 23 RFaxis wins North Ameri
24 News: Microelectronics European project COMPOS
News: Microelectronics 25 Imec and Vrije Universi
26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Anvil appoints
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28 News: Wide-bandgap electronics US DOE selects
30 News: Wide-bandgap electronics ABB contributin
News: Wide-bandgap electronics 31 Next Generation
32 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Raytheon enters
34 News: Wide-bandgap electronics GaN Systems hir
News: Wide-bandgap electronics 35 EPC appoints vi
36 News: Wide-bandgap electronics MACOM acquires
News: Materials and processing equipment 37 Agile
38 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR
News: Materials and processing equipment 39 McGil
40 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR
News: Materials and processing equipment 41 Showa
42 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR
News: Materials and processing equipment 43 Oxfor
44 News: Materials and processing equipment IN BR
Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G
46 News: Materials and processing equipment Oerli
HBLED SPUTTER SOLUTIONS FOR GaN ARE HER
48 News: Materials and processing equipment Rubic
News: Materials and processing equipment 49 from
50 News: Materials and processing equipment ALSI
News: Materials and processing equipment 51 Pless
52 News: LEDs IN BRIEF Vishay launches AllnGaP po
News: LEDs 53 Nikkiso setting up deep UV LED prod
54 News: LEDs Samsung boosts efficacy of chip-on-
News: LEDs 55 NRL-Technion-Ioffe team outlines ro
56 News: LEDs Soraa unveils first full-visible-sp
News: LEDs 57 Bridgelux names former Cree and Mic
58 News: LEDs Lumileds launches LUXEON Rebel ES L
The end of the rainbow is closer than you think.
60 News: LEDs Cree grows 20% year-on-year to reco
News: LEDs 61 Cree named to MIT Technology Review
62 News: LEDs Cree launches 6000 lumen high-CRI L
News: LEDs 63 Lumen density increased for XLamp C
64 News: LEDs Osram claimed to be first chip make
News: LEDs 65 Osram launches small mid-power infr
66 News: Optoelectronics Lehigh University crosse
News: Optoelectronics — Photonics West 67 DILAS a
68 News: Optoelectronics — Photonics West II-VI e
News: Optoelectronics — Photonics West 69 Modulig
70 News: Optoelectronics — Photonics West Block l
News: Optoelectronics 71 Leeds University demos f
72 News: Optical communications IQE's VCSEL epiwa
74 News: Optical communications Firecomms launche
News: Optical communications 75 POET announces ex
76 News: Optical communications GigOptix and CPqD
News: Optical communications 77 architectures an
78 News: Optical communications Oclaro's 40 and 1
News: Optical communications 79 firm. “We have g
80 News: Optical communications JDSU's quarterly
News: Optical communications 81 Advanced Photonix
82 News: Optical communications Emcore's record q
News: Photovoltaics 83 very strong. It is likely
84 News: Photovoltaics Soitec launches higher-cap
News: Photovoltaics 85 Argonne and University of
86 News: Photovoltaics First Solar raises CdTe so
News: Photovoltaics 87 First Solar's sales fall 2
88 News: Photovoltaics First Solar breaks ground
News: Photovoltaics 89 EPSRC awards £2m for PVTEA
90 News: Photovoltaics Avancis achieves 16.6% eff
News: Photovoltaics 91 South Africa's PTiP opens
92 News: Photovoltaics Siva Power achieves 18.8%
News: Photovoltaics 93 Dutch consortium develops
94 Technology focus: Photovoltaics InP nanowire
Technology focus: Photovoltaics 95
96 Technology focus: Photovoltaics MOCVD surface
Technology focus: Photovoltaics 97 The p-type/
98 Technology focus: LEDs Evanescent wave coupli
Technology focus: LEDs 99 While the p-electrod
100Technology focus: LEDs Thinning nitride LED s
Technology focus: LEDs101 light output powers at
102Technology focus: LEDs White light-emitting d
Technology focus: LEDs103 orientation. One effec
104Technology focus: LEDs Golden path to improve
Technology focus: LEDs105 Independent measuremen
106Conference report: IEDM Wide-bandgap material
Conference report: IEDM107 trons. `Current colla
108Conference report: IEDM
Conference report: IEDM109 Monolithic E/D MIS-HEM
110Conference report: IEDM
Conference report: IEDM111
112 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal s
Suppliers' Directory113 sp3 Diamond Technologies
114 Suppliers' Directory Praxair Electronics 542
Suppliers' Directory115 Power + Energy Inc (see s
116 Suppliers' Directory with particular focus on
Suppliers' Directory117 19 Facility equipment ME
118 event calendar If you would like your event
Event Calendar119 31 March – 3 April 2014 GOMAC
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