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<br /> <br /> ISSN 1752-2935 (online)<br /> semiconductorTODAY<br /> COMPOUNDS & ADVANCED SILICON<br /> Vol.10 · Issue 5 · June/July 2015 www.semiconductor-today.com<br /> Scalable heterojunction<br /> arrays in 2D monolayers<br /> Cree acquires SiC firm APEI·IQE and Cardiff establish JV<br /> Leti & EVG launch NIL program ·CEC to buy Bridgelux<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<a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=1"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=2"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMPOU</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=3"> Lower Cost LEDs Faster LED Adoption Another br</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=4"> 3 contents Editorial </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=5"> 4 editorial Growing photonic integration Too lat</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=6"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=7"> 6 news Large lighting makers continue to transit</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=8"> News: Markets 7 Infrared component market to grow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=9"> 8 News: Markets GaN devices market growing at CAG</a> <a 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divesting Automot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=16"> News: Microelectronics 15 TowerJazz and Anatrix d</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=17"> 16 News: Microelectronics Peregrine launches firs</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=18"> News: Microelectronics 17 X-FAB announces 180nm S</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=19"> 18 News: Wide-bandgap electronics ORNL makes scal</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=20"> </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=21"> 20 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equipment 31 IQE's</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=33"> 32 News: Materials and processing equipment Riber</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=34"> News: Materials and processing equipment 33 II-VI</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=35"> 34 News: Materials and processing equipment TÜV e</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=36"> News: Materials and processing equipment 35 AXT a</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=37"> 36 News: Materials and processing equipment Orbot</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 38" 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equipment OEM G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=44"> News: Materials and processing equipment 43 OEM G</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=45"> 44 News: LEDs SemiLEDs' operating efficiency impr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=46"> News: LEDs 45 Plessey wins AMSCI UK grant to supp</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=47"> 46 News: LEDs Bridgelux to be bought by China Ele</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=48"> News: LEDs 47 Samsung launches chip-on-board LED </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=49"> 48 News: LEDs Lumileds boosts LUXEON CoB Core Ran</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=50"> News: LEDs 49 Lumileds launches LUXEON 3535L Colo</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=51"> 50 News: LEDs Cree's new XHP35 family of high-pow</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=52"> COMPLETE THIN FILM DEP & ETCH SOLUTIONS </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=53"> 52 News: LEDs First automotive camera with IR & v</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=54"> Pick your size. The Temescal UEFC-4900–ultimate </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=55"> 54 News: Optoelectronics Mitsubishi Electric laun</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=56"> News: Optoelectronics 55 Avago unveils industrial</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=57"> 56 News: Optoelectronics — Laser World of Photoni</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=58"> News: Optoelectronics — Laser World of Photonics </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=59"> 58 News: Optoelectronics — Laser World of Photoni</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 60" 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ESSenTIAL Europea</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=66"> News: Optical communications 65 IHS names Infiner</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=67"> 66 News: Photovoltaics GaP nanowires boost solar </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=68"> News: Photovoltaics 67 Final module installed at </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=69"> 68 News: Photovoltaics Perovskite PV market to re</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=70"> News: Photovoltaics 69 CIGS and HCPV to be game c</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 71" 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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=82"> Technology focus: Lasers 81 Indium tin oxide Univ</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=83"> 82 Technology focus: Lasers </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=84"> ISSN 1752-2935 (online) semiconductorTODAY COMP</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=85"> 84 Technology focus: LEDs Improving gallium nitr</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=86"> Technology focus: LEDs 85 laser beam was used to</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=87"> 86 Technology focus: Optoelectronic integration </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=88"> Technology focus: Optoelectronic integration 87 </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=89"> 88 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Toyoda </a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=90"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 89 includi</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=91"> 90 Technology focus: Nitride transistors Vertica</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/f4b597ee?page=92"> Technology focus: Nitride transistors 91 the ape</a> <a title="Semiconductor Today 2015(05)JuneJuly page 93" 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