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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.9 · Issue 6 · July/August 2014 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Wafer-level die transfer<br /> for bonding InP to<br /> silicon photonics wafer<br /> High-brightness LEDs<br /> made from perovskite<br /> material<br /> Infineon to buy IR·First Solar's record 21% thin-film cell<br /> Ushio acquiring Oclaro's industrial & consumer unit<br /> <br /> <br /> 3<br /> contents<br /> Editorial 4<br /> Markets News 6<br /> SiC to displace silicon in electric vehicles by 2020 ·GaAs IC market<br /> to grow to $8bn in 2017<br /> Microelectronics News 10<br /> Murata to buy Peregrine · Anadigics' Q2 sales drop 33% year-on-yea<a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=3"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=5"> 4 editorial Mergers & acquisitions abound Recent</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=6"> 200mm GaN-on-Si Batch Reactor AIX G5+ </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=7"> 6 news Mid-power LEDs to account for 48% of mark</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=8"> News: Markets 7 Chip-on-board LED market to reach</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=9"> 8 News: Markets SiC to displace silicon in electr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=10"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=11"> 10 News: Microelectronics Anadigics' Q2 sales dow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=12"> News: Microelectronics 11 Analog Devices complete</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=13"> 12 News: Microelectronics RFMD and TriQuint sched</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=14"> News: Microelectronics 13 Skyworks powers NETGEAR</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=15"> 14 News: Microelectronics GigOptix proposes to ac</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=16"> News: Microelectronics 15 ownership with Fundaçã</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=17"> 16 News: Microelectronics RFaxis unveiling family</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=18"> News: Microelectronics 17 TowerJazz qualifies sec</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=19"> 18 News: Microelectronics Murata to acquire Pere</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=20"> News: Microelectronics 19 Peregrine upgrades high</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=21"> 20 News: Microelectronics UC Riverside-led team g</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=22"> Experience you can trust. Turnaround time</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=23"> 22 News: Wide-bandgap electronics IN BRIEF MACOM </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=24"> THE FUTURE OF SEMICONDUCTORS HAS ARRIVED… </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=25"> 24 News: Wide-bandgap electronics Infineon to acq</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=26"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 25 TriQuint first </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=27"> 26 News: Wide-bandgap electronics IN BRIEF EPC pr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=28"> News: Wide-bandgap electronics 27 Cree and APC No</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=29"> 28 News: Materials and processing equipment AXT r</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=30"> News: Materials and processing equipment 29 AXT a</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=31"> 30 News: Materials and processing equipment Veeco</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=32"> News: Materials and processing equipment 31 tor,</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=33"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment Aixtr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=34"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 Visha</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=35"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment USTC </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=36"> News: Materials and processing equipment 35 Mitsu</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=37"> 36 News: Materials and processing equipment Rubic</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=38"> News: Materials and processing equipment 37 dema</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=39"> 38 News: LEDs SemiLEDs releases family of 80mil E</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=40"> News: LEDs 39 SemiLEDs launches Enhanced FlipChip</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=41"> 40 News: LEDs Plessey partners with Solid State S</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=42"> Put the Freeze on Process Variation The Next G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=43"> 42 News: LEDs High-brightness LEDs made from pero</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=44"> THE NEW BAK… BECAUSE NOT ALL EVAPORATORS ARE THE </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=45"> 44 News: LEDs Cree's quarterly revenue up 8% to r</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=46"> News: LEDs 45 Cree to invest $83m in 13% stake in</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=47"> 46 News: LEDs Osram launches 48%-efficient infrar</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=48"> Perfect layer deposition Beautifully Un</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=49"> 48 News: Optoelectronics POET announces results o</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=50"> News: Optoelectronics 49 Novati gains Trusted Fou</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=51"> 50 News: Optical communications Oclaro's 100G gro</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=52"> News: Optical communications 51 Ushio acquires Oc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=53"> 52 News: Optical communications </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=54"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=55"> 54 News: Optical communications NeoPhotonics grow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=56"> News: Optical communications 55 Since product </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=57"> 56 News: Optical communications Emcore quarterly </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=58"> News: Photovoltaics 57 Hanergy completes acquisit</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=59"> 58 News: Photovoltaics First Solar's Q2 sales up </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=60"> News: Photovoltaics 59 First Solar fabricates rec</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=61"> 60 News: Photovoltaics TU Wien creates ultra-thin</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=62"> News: Photovoltaics 61 Ascent receives $2.64m sec</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=63"> 62 Technology focus: Photodetectors Improving si</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=64"> Technology focus: Photodetectors 63 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=65"> 64 Technology focus: Silicon photonics Enabling </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=66"> Technology focus: Silicon photonics 65 Spi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=67"> 66 Technology focus: Silicon photonics Flip handl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=68"> Technology focus: Silicon photonics 67 Flip handl</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=69"> 68 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Simplifying zi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=70"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 69 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=71"> 70 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Techniques for</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=72"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 71 electrode meta</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=73"> 72 Technology focus: Nitride LEDs Tailored last </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=74"> Technology focus: Nitride LEDs 73 Table 1. Energy</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=75"> 74 Technology focus: UV LEDs Deep UV LED researc</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=76"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 75 The researchers b</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=77"> 76 Technology focus: UV LEDs </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=78"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 77 threading dislocati</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=79"> 78 Technology focus: UV LEDs </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=80"> Technology focus: UV LEDs 79 UV transparency for</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=81"> 80 Technology focus: Nitride materials Optimizin</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=82"> Technology focus: Nitride materials 81 GaN tends</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=83"> 82 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Polariz</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=84"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 83 Test </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=85"> 84 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Stress </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=86"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 85 The opt</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=87"> 86 Technology focus: Wide-bandgap transistors Na</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=88"> Technology focus: Wide-bandgap transistors 87 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=89"> 88 Technology focus: Wide-bandgap transistors </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=90"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=91"> 90 suppliers' directory Index 1 Bulk crystal so</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=92"> Suppliers' Directory 91 MARUWA CO LTD 3-83, Minam</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=93"> 92 Suppliers' Directory Dow Electronic Materials </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=94"> Suppliers' Directory 93 storage, semiconductor an</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=95"> 94 Suppliers' Directory LayTec AG Seesener Str. 1</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=96"> Suppliers' Directory 95 19 Facility equipment ME</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=97"> 96 event calendar If you would like your event l</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=98"> Event Calendar 97 7–9 October 2014 Solar Power I</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2014(06)JulyAug page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f168b1bc?page=99"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a>