News Archive
DECEMBER 2010
31 December 2010
CIGS PV cell maker AQT announces first customer shipments
31 December 2010
M/A-COM Tech launches 250–3000MHz highly linear RF driver amplifier
31 December 2010
Opto Diode offers US-made custom LEDs
30 December 2010
NYSERDA awards Magnolia second product development contract
30 December 2010
Mitsui to become FOREPI’s largest shareholder, taking 15% stake
30 December 2010
Finisar raises $118m on close of public offering
30 December 2010
Emcore announces delay in filing Form 10-K for fiscal 2010
30 December 2010
Great Wall Kaifa, Epistar, Evertop and Country Lighting form KFES Lighting
30 December 2010
Taiwan’s Lextar produces 6-inch LED epiwafers
29 December 2010
Improving InGaAsN laser diodes with antimony passivation
28 December 2010
Substrate removal and reflector layer boost red LED output
27 December 2010
Taiwan’s AWSC wins orders from Japan for GaAs switch products
27 December 2010
Ascent Solar appoints new Norsk Hydro board member
24 December 2010
Two-dimensional hole gas with increased density and mobility
24 December 2010
French CPV start-up Heliotrop wins innovation awards
24 December 2010
First Solar awarded CanSIA’s ‘Solar PV Project of the Year’
23 December 2010
University of Warwick receives 1800ºC furnace for SiC-based power devices
23 December 2010
GigOptix and Civcom win grant to develop highly integrated 40Gb/s transponder
23 December 2010
GigOptix demos highly linear modulator supporting next-gen telecoms
23 December 2010
Riber sells three MBE production reactors to Asia for RFICs
22 December 2010
Taiwan researchers make steps to improve LED output
22 December 2010
San Chih’s revenue for sapphire ingots to overtake silicon wafers in 2H11
22 December 2010
Tablet PCs may drive shortage of high-end LED chips in February
22 December 2010
SETI ‘highly commended’ by IET’s Innovation Awards for UVClean DUV LED lamp
22 December 2010
Aixtron completes conversion into European company (SE)
22 December 2010
Emcore’s net loss slashed to $0.9m as quarterly revenue grows 16%
21 December 2010
LED oversupply accelerating due to cut in usage per panel
21 December 2010
Veeco appoints GT Solar’s CEO to board
21 December 2010
Boeing to supply more GaAs PV powered satellites to Mexico
21 December 2010
CPV firm OPEL receives Innovation Award
21 December 2010
US enterprise LED lighting market to grow 30% in 2011, and reach $1bn by 2014
20 December 2010
LED chip demand for TV backlight to return to first-half 2010 level in Feb
20 December 2010
LED lighting to reach $15.4bn in 2011 as market share tops 10%
20 December 2010
Finisar announces public offering of 3.6 million shares
20 December 2010
AXT upgraded to NASDAQ Global Select Market
20 December 2010
Mitsubishi Electric launching WCDMA PAs for PC datacom terminals in cellular networks
17 December 2010
THz QCL operated at higher temperature than thought possible
17 December 2010
JPSA completes expansion; to add workstations to job shop
17 December 2010
Obducat secures equity financing facility
17 December 2010
Veeco ships 200th TurboDisc K465i MOCVD system
17 December 2010
Riber sells reactor for Indian research on ultra-thin-film electronic structures
17 December 2010
Avancis’ PowerMax CIS PV module obtains MCS certification for UK market
17 December 2010
Endwave develops enhanced QFN packages to 50GHz
16 December 2010
LEDs on Ostendo/TDI’s semi-polar GaN 2.5x brighter than c-plane LEDs
16 December 2010
Circadian achieves CPV temperature-corrected peak module aperture efficiency of 30%
16 December 2010
Rubicon opens sapphire polishing facility In Malaysia
16 December 2010
AFRL engineer receives Harold Brown Award for GaAs-based terahertz imaging sources
16 December 2010
Cree launches High-Efficiency White LED to cut initial lighting fixture cost
16 December 2010
Lumileds enters mass production of GaN LEDs on 150mm wafers
16 December 2010
Osram doubles green LED brightness for 2-meter office projectors
16 December 2010
Taiwan’s HUGA orders Aixtron G5 reactors for blue HB-LEDs
15 December 2010
NASA SBIR award for GeneSiC power management project for Venus explorers
15 December 2010
GaAs IC market grows 36% in 2010
15 December 2010
SoloPower launches most powerful, certified, flexible CIGS module
15 December 2010
Samsung selects TriQuint’s RF front-end for Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S
15 December 2010
Anadigics’ LTE PAs used for LG’s first 4G USB wireless modem
15 December 2010
Avago adds to 0.1W and 0.25W gain blocks with 0.5W variants
15 December 2010
LG Innotek and Zumtobel cooperate on LED lighting products and marketing
15 December 2010
Luminus’ LEDs light live HDTV stage set
14 December 2010
Abound closes $400m DOE loan guarantee and $110m equity investment
14 December 2010
Modified p-type layer increases light output from nitride LED
14 December 2010
DOE grants $3.9m for SiC HEV charger development
14 December 2010
NEULAND project aims to halve energy loss for renewables, telecoms and lighting
14 December 2010
First Solar forecasts 46% sales growth in 2011 to $3.7–3.9bn
14 December 2010
Chinese thin-film PV equipment firm APOLLO enters LED epi with Aixtron reactor
14 December 2010
NRG to acquire First Solar’s 290MW Agua Caliente project
14 December 2010
HTC selects Skyworks power amplifier modules and switches for 4G smart phones
14 December 2010
TriQuint recognized for excellence by Raytheon for third consecutive year
14 December 2010
Cree’s 650V SiC Schottkys boost data-center power supply efficiency
14 December 2010
Cree and Habitat for Humanity complete first all-LED Habitat home
14 December 2010
RFMD launches low-noise, high-output xPON video receiver IC
13 December 2010
Power, speed and other highlights of IEDM 2010
13 December 2010
Intel and IQE report InGaAs QWFETs for low-power logic
13 December 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
13 December 2010
SemiLEDs’ IPO raises $79m in net proceeds
13 December 2010
OIPT ships five-module cluster tool to Robert Bosch for PV R&D
13 December 2010
First Solar to supply modules to India’s ACME for 15MW project
13 December 2010
First Solar’s executive chairman Ahearn to become chairman of board
10 December 2010
Smartphone demand drives GaAs foundry WIN to boost capacity
10 December 2010
IMEC reports ultra-thin AlGaN-on-Si solar-blind EUV imager
10 December 2010
Osram Opto team receives Beckurts Prize for developing direct green-emitting laser
10 December 2010
Opnext makes chairman Bosco interim CEO after resignation of Bouchard
10 December 2010
Kopin announces $15m stock repurchase program
10 December 2010
CPV system maker Amonix chooses Flextronics as manufacturing partner
9 December 2010
Mitsubishi Electric launches InGaP HBT for satellite digital radio amplifiers
9 December 2010
RASIRC recruits engineering manager
9 December 2010
Comdel’s new Arc Detect Fast Shutdown minimizes arc damage
9 December 2010
Monocrystal launches 10-inch sapphire substrate
8 December 2010
UCSB uses more uniform InGaN for record efficiency semi-polar green LED
8 December 2010
Panasonic develops blocking-voltage-boosting structure for GaN-on-Si power transistor
8 December 2010
Huainan City lures Emcore–San’an China JV Suncore
8 December 2010
Semprius installs demo microcell-based HCPV system at Tucson Electric Power
8 December 2010
3S grows revenue 9% in fiscal 2010
8 December 2010
AFRL contracts to develop survivability for SWIR cameras
8 December 2010
Lam makes CEO Newberry vice chairman and promotes COO Anstice to president
8 December 2010
Solekia to distribute GigOptix’ ASICs in Japan
8 December 2010
TriQuint expanding Richardson fab for 6” GaAs
7 December 2010
Peregrine and Soitec announce bonded SOS substrate for RFICs
7 December 2010
NextEra buys 40MW of Canadian PV projects from First Solar
7 December 2010
Osram Opto launches TOPLED Compact with expanded color space coverage for LCD backlighting
6 December 2010
AlGaN-channel with more than 50% Al achieves 1800V breakdown
6 December 2010
Georgia Tech-led project yields SiGe prototype for space electronics
6 December 2010
Lumileds re-certified for ISO9001 and TS16949 quality standards
6 December 2010
Cree launches first lighting-class LED arrays
6 December 2010
DGKK Workshop to discuss opto, photonics, solar
6 December 2010
France’s INL orders Riber MBE reactor research system
6 December 2010
Ultratech opens Singapore International Operations manufacturing facility
3 December 2010
centrotherm acquires 14.4% of Taiwan CIGS firm Sunshine PV
3 December 2010
Nazca completes 1.28 MW Solyndra solar system installation
3 December 2010
Solyndra's rooftop solar system graces architectural landmark
3 December 2010
SAFC Hitech expands Taiwan plant to boost precursor capacity
3 December 2010
Corning probes optical losses in nitride laser at wafer-level
3 December 2010
Finisar’s quarterly revenue up 16% to record $240.9m
2 December 2010
Crystal IS wins $5m DARPA award to develop germicidal LEDs
2 December 2010
MiaSolé hits 15.7% efficiency with commercial-scale CIGS PV module
2 December 2010
LED market grows from $6.1bn in 2009 to $10bn in 2010
2 December 2010
Powdec unveils 600V GaN vertical Schottky diode
2 December 2010
OPEL’s new CPV panel improves efficiency, reliability and manufacturing cost
2 December 2010
OPEL launches wireless CPV tracker control network
2 December 2010
Oxford Instruments appoints training officer
2 December 2010
Osram Opto’s LEDs illuminate Tchibo sustainable coffee bars
2 December 2010
Maxtek expects increasing shipments of GaAs switch products in March
1 December 2010
Brewer Science opens offices in Tokyo and Seoul
1 December 2010
MiaSolé deploys Camstar to scale CIGS PV operations
1 December 2010
GT wins first sapphire furnace orders since buying Crystal Systems
1 December 2010
QuantaSol moves tunable CPV cells into pilot production
NOVEMBER 2010
30 November 2010
Thin-film PV material market to grow from $2.1bn in 2011 to $5.9bn in 2016
30 November 2010
Putting on a bow-tie for higher-energy nitride laser performance
30 November 2010
Soitec and SEI to co-develop engineered GaN substrates
30 November 2010
Nujira’s first military PA platform halves power dissipation
30 November 2010
JDSU’s stockholders approve proposals at Annual Meeting
30 November 2010
Optogan opens largest LED plant in Eastern Europe
30 November 2010
TriQuint wins $17.5m TITLE III GaN manufacturing development contract
30 November 2010
GigOptix samples pre-production single-channel 40G and 100G SMT driver
30 November 2010
Aqualite opts for six Aixtron CRIUS systems to boost production of high-power LEDs
30 November 2010
LayTec adds color measurement to SolR thin-film PV monitoring tool
30 November 2010
LayTec wins German technology transfer award ‘Science Creates Jobs 2010’
30 November 2010
IQE receives Outstanding Supplier Award from Avago
30 November 2010
Osram Opto releases LM-80 reports for OSLON SSL and Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs
29 November 2010
Leti creates IR imaging array with record thermal resolution near 1mK
29 November 2010
Showa Denko and Air Water to form JV for specialty gases
29 November 2010
Nanometrics launches $10m share repurchase program
29 November 2010
Altatech launches system for inspecting wafer edges and controlling multi-layer overlap
26 November 2010
Neo-Neon shrinks LED epi expansion from 50 to 30 reactors
25 November 2010
Solyndra announces strategic collaboration with Sika
25 November 2010
China’s ULED receives six Aixtron CRIUS systems for GaN LEDs
24 November 2010
SEI announces first 2” semipolar/nonpolar GaN for green lasers
24 November 2010
AZZURRO closes €14.5m funding round
24 November 2010
SiN raises nitride HEMT breakdown without current collapse
24 November 2010
EPIR receives Chamber of Commerce business award
24 November 2010
SETI’s UVTOP DUV LEDs pass environmental robustness tests to complete space qualification
24 November 2010
AkzoNobel to double TMG precursor capacity again
24 November 2010
Ohio boosts nitride tunneling current to 118A/cm2 at –1V
23 November 2010
China to leap from number-4 to top LED-making region by Q4/2011
23 November 2010
Oclaro receives Excellent Core Partner Award from Huawei
23 November 2010
Osram’s TOPLED LEDs used in Netled’s horticultural lighting
23 November 2010
Osram’s Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs used in OMS’ luminaires
23 November 2010
GaAs epi foundry VPEC sees rebound
22 November 2010
Seoul Semiconductor partners with Vertex to invest in LED technology firms
22 November 2010
M/A-COM appoints director of global distribution and deputy director of distribution
22 November 2010
SEI’s {20-21} semi-polar green laser lowers threshold current by 2–3x
22 November 2010
China’s ZJF buys Irish POF transceiver maker Firecomms
19 November 2010
SEI unveils first 6” GaN substrates for white LEDs
19 November 2010
Apollo signs 5-year deal to supply Te to solar panel maker
19 November 2010
Kotura demos record 0.6mW 2x2 silicon photonics switch with 6ns speed
19 November 2010
Emcore switches from $14m Bank of America credit facility to $35m Wells Fargo credit facility
19 November 2010
Controlling self-catalysed GaAs nanowires on silicon
18 November 2010
SPTS opens San Jose facility as it celebrates anniversary
18 November 2010
Test/measurement & medical/science LED market to grow at 35.8%
18 November 2010
Ultratech to open Singapore International Operations
18 November 2010
Anadigics’ PAs chosen for Samsung’s GALAXY Tab
18 November 2010
EPC’s eGaN products win EDN China’s Innovation Award
18 November 2010
Avago launches high-linearity broadband InGaP HBT gain blocks
18 November 2010
Avago debuts first fully compliant CXP transceiver
17 November 2010
Developing layer transfer for mixing compound with silicon semiconductors
17 November 2010
Avago launches first optical module to enable multimode 40G Ethernet uplink applications
17 November 2010
Avago launches first optical module to enable multimode 40G Ethernet uplink applications
17 November 2010
Avago mini-SFP+ transceiver boosts port density by 30% over SFP+
17 November 2010
Avago launches 120Gbps high-density parallel optical interconnects
17 November 2010
Verticle launches first hexagonal LED chip
17 November 2010
HELIOS European silicon photonics project demos 10Gb/s modulator
17 November 2010
LG Innotek starts SiC project with Sweden’s Linköping University
17 November 2010
Femtocell radio component shipments triple in 2010
17 November 2010
Plextek re-designs obsolete GaAs ICs to avoid board re-design
17 November 2010
Ostendo orders Oxford Instruments deposition and etch systems
17 November 2010
Ascent Solar completes $20.25m public offering of common stock
16 November 2010
Advanced Photonix reports quarterly revenue up 29% year-on-year
16 November 2010
CdTe to maintain lead over silicon in cost
16 November 2010
Osram’s OSLON SSL LEDs light up Asian Games stadium
16 November 2010
DayStar cuts loss as it reduces debt and expenses
16 November 2010
Finisar demos first InfiniBand FDR active optical cable
16 November 2010
Luxtera’s 25Gbps silicon photonics transceivers showcased
16 November 2010
Seoul Semiconductor’s LEDs light up stage at Asian Games
16 November 2010
Luminus’ PhlatLight LEDs illuminate Madison Square Garden stage
16 November 2010
Avago linear PA modules extend GSM/EDGE talk time
16 November 2010
Jordan Valley appoints KLA founder Levy as chairman
16 November 2010
Changelight orders Aixtron MOCVD reactors for AlGaInP ROY LED expansion
15 November 2010
Nitronex launches second GaN HEMT on 2nd-gen platform
15 November 2010
Samsung uses Skyworks’ power amplifier modules in USA’s first LTE handset
15 November 2010
Non-polar nitride boost to blue and true-green laser diode performance
15 November 2010
Tegal returns to profit and revenue growth after shedding thin-film etch & PV
15 November 2010
Semiconductor Today launches redesigned website
15 November 2010
Epistar achieves record 162lm/W efficiency cool-white LED
12 November 2010
LED TV panel demand to rise significantly in January/February
12 November 2010
USDA awards $4.88m grant to study LED lighting of crops
12 November 2010
Modulight launches 635–1550nm OEM laser systems for medical & industrial applications
11 November 2010
Top-side TiO2 nanostructures increase blue LED light extraction
11 November 2010
CIGS PV firm Ascent prices public offering of common stock
11 November 2010
HelioVolt and NREL renew CRADA to continue CIGS PV development
11 November 2010
Microvision integrates direct green lasers into pico projector prototypes
11 November 2010
Finisar expects sixth quarter of double-digit growth to record $240–241m
11 November 2010
SÜSS MicroTec and Fraunhofer IST launch aligner technology for selective surface treatment
11 November 2010
Mitsubishi samples record-output 1W red laser for pico projectors
11 November 2010
CdTe, CIGS and metals supplier Apollo Solar appoints CEO
11 November 2010
GigOptix expands in Asia-Pacific with new support & sales offices in China
11 November 2010
Luminus awarded 50th US patent for ‘big-chip’ LEDs
11 November 2010
RFMD unveils 2.3–2.7GHz PA IC for WiFi, WiMAX, LTE wireless
10 November 2010
Moser Baer India wins government grant to develop CIGS solar cells
10 November 2010
Apple joins top-5 mobile phone vendors as market grows nearly 15% year-on-year
10 November 2010
Intematix launches green aluminate and red nitride phosphor materials for white LEDs
10 November 2010
RFMD adds high-linearity differential IF mixers to Multi-Market Product catalog
10 November 2010
RFMD teams with Freescale to deliver ZigBee solutions for smart energy applications
10 November 2010
Cree launches single-die lighting-class LEDs delivering 1000lm at efficacy of 100lm/W
10 November 2010
Avago launches robust fiber-optic modules for harsh temperature environments
10 November 2010
Nichia files patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against Harvatek
10 November 2010
Smartphone market grows 89.5% year-on-year in Q3 as new devices launch
9 November 2010
Fine-patterned SiGe halves power consumption of optical waveguide switch
9 November 2010
M/A-COM Tech’s Santa Clara Design Center expands to new facility
9 November 2010
Walsin Lihwa’s 49% stake to propel CIGS PV firm Solarion into mass production
9 November 2010
Singapore researchers create amber light for nitride LEDs
9 November 2010
Handset shipments reach 327m in Q3
9 November 2010
Peter Wolters’ new slurry halves polishing time for c-plane sapphire substrates
9 November 2010
XsunX ups CIGS PV cell efficiency further to 15.1%
9 November 2010
RFMD adds 75W device to family of GaN unmatched power transistors
9 November 2010
Freescale samples 77GHz SiGe chipsets for automotive radar systems
9 November 2010
SEMATECH to present III-V MOSFET, FinFET and resistive RAM research at IEDM
9 November 2010
Avago adds 1W cyan LEDs, optimized for traffic signals and signage
8 November 2010
Handset market grows to 346.2m in Q3, while Samsung gains market share
8 November 2010
CATV infrastructure amplifier market to grow at 10% annually to $227m in 2014
8 November 2010
Rubicon produces first boule from new sapphire plant
8 November 2010
AXT appoints VP of sales for Asia
8 November 2010
Cascade appoints Mahon as VP of operations
8 November 2010
M/A-COM Tech launches 20GHz HMIC broadband diode switches in Surmount packages
8 November 2010
Cree’s 120V LMR4 LED module achieves Title 24 compliance; warranty extended to 5 years
8 November 2010
Osram’s stack chip technology doubles output of infrared Power TOPLEDs
8 November 2010
8 November 2010
Asia-Pacific helping push global handset shipments to 1.34bn in 2010
8 November 2010
GeneSiC samples multi-kHz, ultra-high-voltage SiC thyristors to US researchers
6 November 2010
Opnext reports higher-than-expected growth, to quarterly record of $86.4m
6 November 2010
Skyworks’ revenue exceeds revised guidance; up 14% to record $313.3m
5 November 2010
Varying wells to combat LED efficiency droop
5 November 2010
JDSU grows revenue despite supply and capacity constraints
4 November 2010
Sapphire maker Rubicon's revenue grows more-than-expected 30% in Q3
4 November 2010
CIS/CIGS PV market to grow at CAGR of 43.9% to 2015
4 November 2010
Osram Opto to present LED, IR and laser components at electronica
4 November 2010
RFMD unveils broadband 6-bit digital step attenuators
4 November 2010
RFMD to showcase expanded Multi-Market Product portfolio at electronica
4 November 2010
LED-based lighting market to drive opto sales
4 November 2010
Jiangxi Changda adds Aixtron MOCVD reactors to boost GaN HB-LED epi capacity
3 November 2010
Dow Electronic Materials breaks ground on Korean TMG plant
3 November 2010
Rensselaer Smart Lighting research center deploys first LED bulbs on its campus
3 November 2010
Arradiance ships first benchtop GEMStar ALD system to Oregon State University
3 November 2010
3 November 2010
DOW POWERHOUSE becomes first solar shingle to gain UL certification
3 November 2010
TriQuint wins Navy contract to develop S-band MMIC amplifiers
2 November 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
2 November 2010
Plessey starts development of 8” SiGe BiCMOS to expand RF capability
2 November 2010
Anadigics’ revenue grows 18.6% in Q3 to $61.3m
2 November 2010
Kopin’s III-V growth slows in Q3 to 4.4%
2 November 2010
Semi Materials enters LED lighting market with order for five Aixtron MOCVD systems
2 November 2010
USHIO launches first 6” full-field projection exposure system for LED chip making
2 November 2010
Veeco delivers GEN10 MBE system to University of New Mexico Center for High Technology Materials
2 November 2010
Spectrolab produces 3 millionth multi-junction space solar cell
2 November 2010
EPC updates device models for E-mode GaN transistors
2 November 2010
Demand for 802.11n spurs Wi-Fi equipment market to 18m units in Q2
2 November 2010
PVflex’s flexible CIGS PV module gains IEC61646 and 61730 certification
2 November 2010
TriQuint launches 30W GaN PA with 30% PAE for counter-IED EW/defense systems
2 November 2010
Cree raises output of XLamp XP-E and XP-C Color LEDs
1 November 2010
ATMI buys minority stake in metal-organic precursor supplier Lake LED Materials
1 November 2010
Cree adds XP-G and XP-E warm-white LEDs offering both high efficacy and CRI
1 November 2010
TriQuint launches 20W GaN PA with 30% PAE for Ku-band defense communications
OCTOBER 2010
30 October 2010
RASIRC wins TechAmerica High Tech Award
30 October 2010
Infinera appoints Hooshmandt chairman of the board, and Welch as board member
30 October 2010
OPEL receives US patent for fourth-generation HCPV module
29 October 2010
MDA awards SETI phase II SBIR contract for AlInN/GaN-based FETs
29 October 2010
Amonix breaks ground on 150MW Las Vegas CPV system manufacturing plant
29 October 2010
First Solar’s sales rise 36% in Q3 to $798m
29 October 2010
GaN power device market to reach $350m in 2015
29 October 2010
LAST POWER project targets strategic independence for Europe in wide-bandgap semiconductors
29 October 2010
alwitra completes largest Solyndra installation in Germany
29 October 2010
Photon Energy installing 1.23MWp Solyndra CIGS PV project in Prague
28 October 2010
AXT’s revenue rises 16% in Q3 to $26.8m
28 October 2010
GigOptix’s growth 15% to record revenue in Q3 yields first non-GAAP profit
28 October 2010
Oclaro’s quarterly revenue growth slows from 11.4% to 7.6%
28 October 2010
Aixtron reports revenue up 11% in Q3 to record €212.7m
28 October 2010
Cyrium adds quantum dot solar cell technology to SUNRISE CPV solar trackers
28 October 2010
Osram launches OSLON SSL 150 LED, with 150° beam angle to boost luminaire efficiency
27 October 2010
TriQuint’s Q3 revenue exceeds guidance by nearly 8%
27 October 2010
Source Photonics sold to Francisco Partners for $146m
27 October 2010
RFMD wins $1.5m Navy contract for GaN RF power technology
27 October 2010
Veeco/NAMBE 2010 MBE Innovator Award goes to Boston University's Theodore Moustakas
27 October 2010
Emcore regains compliance with NASDAQ minimum bid price rule
27 October 2010
Cree appoints board member with consumer product expertise
27 October 2010
India’s TERI to evaluate Ascent Solar‘s flexible thin-film CIGS modules for “Lighting a Billion Lives” program
27 October 2010
SEMI Europe’s Standards Awards honor Liverpool's Williams and Freiberger's Bindemann
26 October 2010
RFMD’s quarterly revenue grows 12% year-on-year to record $285.8m
26 October 2010
Free-standing GaN substrate improves nitride solar cell performance
26 October 2010
XsunX boosts its CIGS PV cell efficiency to 15.09%
26 October 2010
Veeco grows a further 25% in Q3; on track for $1bn in 2010
26 October 2010
Packaged LED market to grow at 28.2% annually over 2009–2015
26 October 2010
SolFocus and Vision Electro Mechanical Company to build commercial solar power plant in Saudi Arabia
26 October 2010
Germanium market to exceed 126,400kg by 2015
25 October 2010
Oxford Instruments-TDI acquires IP rights from Fox Group
25 October 2010
Skyworks expands Asia presence by opening Singapore office
25 October 2010
Epistar places multi-tool order for Veeco K465i GaN MOCVD systems
25 October 2010
Osram LEDs illuminate MODA LIGHT down-lights at University of Notre Dame
25 October 2010
TriQuint launches low-noise, high-gain line amplifier for QAM-dominated content networks
22 October 2010
IC maker Power Integrations invests $30m in SiC device firm SemiSouth
22 October 2010
Smartphone shipments grow 78% year-on-year to 77 million in Q3
22 October 2010
LED production to grow 25% annually to $20bn in 2013
22 October 2010
Hittite exceeds revenue, margin and profit forecast in Q3
22 October 2010
Polarized LED from Rensselaer and Kyma raises hope of more efficient displays
22 October 2010
Luminus’ LEDs power brightest spot lights from Strong Entertainment Lighting
22 October 2010
LayTec among Germany's 50 fastest-growing technology firms for second consecutive year
21 October 2010
NYSERDA funds Magnolia for Phase II of nanostructured thin-film PV contract
21 October 2010
Ultrasonic Systems launches spray system for CdTe PV module making
21 October 2010
TELEFUNKEN offers Si and SiGe epitaxial deposition services
21 October 2010
SUNRISE test project unveiled by National Research Council of Canada
21 October 2010
Solar Frontier to supply 3.3MW of CIS modules to Thailand’s Gunkul Powergen
21 October 2010
RFMD expands broadband portfolio for hybrid fiber coax networks
21 October 2010
Anadigics launches high-bandwidth RF amplifier for FTTH and RFoG
21 October 2010
Anadigics’ upstream-path RF amplifier enables higher data rates to more CATV subscribers via DOCSIS 3.0
21 October 2010
TriQuint launches CATV amplifier for ONU, EoC applications
20 October 2010
Doubling of monthly sapphire wafer demand in 2010 sends 2” price over $30s
20 October 2010
Leti demos first IR single-impulse active 3D imaging matrix
20 October 2010
LayTec presents latest Pyro 400 results at IWN
20 October 2010
Wisconsin awards 5N Plus $500,000 for PV materials manufacturing and panel recycling plant
20 October 2010
Osram launches OSLON Black Series of LEDs, with metal lead frame for thermal stability
19 October 2010
Cree’s quarterly revenue rises 1.5% to another record of $268m
19 October 2010
Japan’s Solar Frontier to co-develop IBM’s CZTS solar cell technology
19 October 2010
XsunX produces CIGSolar cells surpassing 14% efficiency
19 October 2010
Eulitha unveils PHABLE UV litho technology for photonics patterning
19 October 2010
RFMD launches GaN hybrid power doubler amplifier module for CATV
19 October 2010
OPTEK reaches franchise agreement for TTI to distribute opto components
19 October 2010
TriQuint’s auto-qualified 77GHz chipset powers Delphi radar system for motion sensing
19 October 2010
19 October 2010
EVG launches three-chamber EVG520L3 wafer bonding system
19 October 2010
SoloPower receives IEC European certification for its flexible CIGS PV modules
18 October 2010
OIPT launches next-gen HB-LED batch plasma production tools
18 October 2010
Infinera demos end-to-end digital OTN networking and 100GbE transmission
18 October 2010
Infinera reports revenue
up 56% year-on-year to $130.1m in Q3
18 October 2010
Advancing infrared emission from nitride LEDs
18 October 2010
UK feed-in tariff could create supply chain for 4GW annual capacity by 2016
18 October 2010
Gas-analyzer manufacturer Tiger Optics adds eight distributors in Europe and USA
18 October 2010
SET launches patented chamber for oxide removal in device bonding
18 October 2010
First Solar doubles revolving credit facility to $600m
15 October 2010
Riber’s revenue bounces back by 11% in Q3/2010
15 October 2010
Nitride wells tune in to green and white
15 October 2010
Taiwan GaAs foundries AWSC & WIN continue record sales in September
15 October 2010
Cree extends lighting-class LEDs to high voltage for more efficient LED bulbs
15 October 2010
Air Products to build large-scale on-site ammonia plant for China LED maker Sanan
14 October 2010
Veeco announces $25m Asia expansion plan
14 October 2010
First Solar to build manufacturing plants in US & Vietnam totaling nearly 500MW in annual capacity
14 October 2010
Silan Azure orders Veeco MOCVD reactors to ramp LED manufacturing
14 October 2010
Optogan appoints general manager of global sales & marketing
14 October 2010
Thin-film PV substrate and encapsulation market to reach $1.3bn by 2015
14 October 2010
14 October 2010
Osram Opto provides online Tools section of LED light website
14 October 2010
RFMD makes available new Wired Broadband Product Selection Guide
14 October 2010
SEMATECH gate-stack symposium identifies post-22nm strategies
13 October 2010
Belgium’s Umicore opens US germanium wafer plant, bolstering 6” capability
13 October 2010
Taiwan’s LED industry to grow 18% in 2011
13 October 2010
TriQuint raises Q3 revenue guidance by 8% from $215–225m to $238m
13 October 2010
Tyntek to set up China LED-making JV in Fuzhou
13 October 2010
MicroLink Devices opts for Aixtron 2800G4 HT system to boost production of solar cells and HBTs
13 October 2010
Solar Frontier enters global CIS module supply agreement with GE
13 October 2010
DuPont launches new Kapton films for flexible and thin-film PV applications
13 October 2010
Samsung selects RFMD for GALAXY Tab’s WiFi connectivity
13 October 2010
Ascent Solar signs Czech distribution agreement with Votum
12 October 2010
Solyndra launches ‘fastest and easiest-to-install’ rooftop solar system
12 October 2010
Bridgelux introduces first 5-year warranty for LED arrays and modules
12 October 2010
3M launches moisture-resistant front-side film for flexible CIGS, CdTe and OPV modules
12 October 2010
PhlatLight LED-based Martin Professional luminaire wins Danish Industry Prize
12 October 2010
FOREPI purchases its first Aixtron G5 system
12 October 2010
Emcore appoints chief financial officer
12 October 2010
12 October 2010
Ascent Solar launches USB OEM-ready modules for portable, off-grid charging
12 October 2010
Johns Manville to install Ascent's CIGS modules in comparative thin-film PV test site
11 October 2010
Mobile handset shipments to reach 1.43bn in 2011
11 October 2010
Epistar raises AlGaInP LED efficiency record at 20mA by 26% from 133 to 168lm/W
11 October 2010
Finisar receives Brocade’s 2010 Customer Focus Award
11 October 2010
Saint-Gobain forms CIGS JV with Hyundai Heavy Industries
11 October 2010
11 October 2010
Soitec allies with Johnson Controls for utility-scale PV projects
8 October 2010
Renesas Electronics strengthens compound semiconductor business
8 October 2010
Emcore regains compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule
8 October 2010
SoloPower displaying CIGS PV modules at Solar Power International
8 October 2010
Opnext deploys Camstar Enterprise Platform to optimize supply chain efficiency and improve product quality
8 October 2010
Veeco completes sale of Metrology business to Bruker
8 October 2010
E-Band expands to 60GHz for enterprises & carrier picocell networks
8 October 2010
ETH Zurich orders Aixtron Black Magic system for single wall carbon nanotube deposition
7 October 2010
Tongfang selects Aixtron MOCVD systems to boost capacity for blue HB-LEDs
7 October 2010
Lumileds adds 4000K CCT Rebel white LED and raises top flux bin for cool- and neutral-white by 20%
7 October 2010
Lumileds’ LUXEON LEDs used by AOP's modular street lights in Chinese city
7 October 2010
RFMD releases high-efficiency 140W GaN RF transistor for volume production
7 October 2010
AWR Connected for CapeSym SYMMIC launched to streamline thermal analysis of MMICs
6 October 2010
Emcore revenue shrinks 3% as it concludes accounting review
6 October 2010
5N Plus’ revenue supplemented by non-solar products as Firebird ramps up
6 October 2010
Georgia Tech uses patterned SiC templates to direct graphene growth
6 October 2010
Spire produces record 42.3%-efficient solar cell
6 October 2010
Spanish CPV firms to build Ohio production facilities
6 October 2010
Kyma acquires select assets and IP rights from Fox Group
6 October 2010
Fujitsu develops record 1.3W output W-band GaN HEMT power amplifier
6 October 2010
LayTec delivers 1000th metrology tool
6 October 2010
First Solar announces 380MW rise in orders for 2011
5 October 2010
Zinc oxide nano-wire on gallium nitride lights up
5 October 2010
Avago launches tricolor surface-mount HB-LEDs in 3.4mm x 2.8mm PLCC-6 packages for multi-color displays
5 October 2010
Anadigics launches highly efficient and linear PA for WiMAX CPE and small-cell infrastructure
5 October 2010
Quantum dot laser wins Japan’s Green IT Award
5 October 2010
JDSU led ROADM market in first-half 2010, with 38% of revenue and 39% of shipments
5 October 2010
'JDSU Industry View’ campaign to share thought leadership from customers and experts
5 October 2010
4 October 2010
Nitride LED output increased by up to 36% with distributed Bragg reflectors
4 October 2010
JX to transfer InP epi business to Optrans and form InP joint venture
4 October 2010
glo raises $25m, establishes Silicon Valley engineering center, and hires CEO
4 October 2010
Leti integrates CMOS-compatible plasmonic optical waveguides with silicon photonic devices
4 October 2010
Sony launches first 400mW blue–violet laser diode for Blu-ray
4 October 2010
Patent granted for NCSU’s buffer-free GaN-on-Si technology
4 October 2010
CSTG completes qualification of Hamilton wafer fab
4 October 2010
4 October 2010
AWR releases PDK for Cree GaN HEMT MMIC foundry
4 October 2010
Australia’s Crompton Lighting launches LUXEON-based LED downlight
1 October 2010
LED City’s US members join forces with DOE consortium
1 October 2010
Enbridge and First Solar to open world's largest photovoltaic facility
1 October 2010
Taiwanese GaAs foundry WIN promotes Yu-Chi Wang to CEO
SEPTEMBER 2010
30 September 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
30 September 2010
RFMD expands Foundry Services to MBE-related epi products
30 September 2010
IQE acquires antimony-based substrate maker Galaxy
30 September 2010
Osram Opto and Iwasaki provide 50 LED street lights to Tokyo’s Chuo-ward
30 September 2010
Optogan first in Europe to order Aixtron CRIUS II for GaN LED production
30 September 2010
SolFocus CPV systems installed at Border Environment Cooperation Commission in Juarez, Mexico
30 September 2010
Emcore receives NASDAQ warning for sub-$1 share price
30 September 2010
M/A-COM Tech launches 38GHz packaged chipset for point-to-point radio
30 September 2010
Luminus PhlatLight LEDs light up Crowded House
30 September 2010
Analog Devices introduces new series of VGAs
29 September 2010
RFMD adds its GaAs technology to foundry services
29 September 2010
ARPA-E awards GeneSiC $2.53m for development of SiC thyristor-based devices
29 September 2010
Dow Corning producing 76mm 4H-SiC with micropipe-free seeds
29 September 2010
EVG installs wafer cleaning system at University of Tokyo
29 September 2010
Bridgelux selects ESI's AccuScribe wafer scriber
29 September 2010
One megawatt Solyndra rooftop PV system powers Frito-Lay's Modesto plant
29 September 2010
Lumileds boosts LUXEON Rebel color LED output and efficacy
28 September 2010
Oclaro opens Design Center in Tucson’s ‘Optics Valley’
28 September 2010
ZnO electronics market to grow to $1.3bn by 2015
28 September 2010
DelSolar and IBM to jointly develop solar cell technology
28 September 2010
RFMD launches MMIC I/Q up-converter in SMT ceramic package
28 September 2010
M/A-COM Tech Asia launches 2.5–4GHz core chip with transmit and receive modes
28 September 2010
Skyworks launches highly integrated switch matrices for DBS and CATV
27 September 2010
Al-Ga co-doped ZnO conducting layer boosts nitride tunnel junction LED
27 September 2010
GigOptix increases Q3/2010 revenue guidance
27 September 2010
PICO project to focus on Photonic Integration for Coherent Optics
27 September 2010
VI Systems presents low-power-consumption 45G short-reach receiver
27 September 2010
VI Systems gives update on 25/40G VCSEL technology at ECOC 2010
24 September 2010
IMEC and UGent spin off silicon photonics firm Caliopa
24 September 2010
Terrestrial military satcom market to grow from $423m to $684m over 2008–2013
24 September 2010
TriQuint enters co-marketing agreement with design resource firm VIPER RF
24 September 2010
IXYS subsidiary MwT adds family of GaAs and GaN based high linearity RF PAs to portfolio
23 September 2010
Accel-RF agrees CRADA with AFRL for reliability test-method improvement
23 September 2010
Kyma CTO selected for ‘Triangle Mover and Shaker’ award
23 September 2010
5N Plus wins Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards
23 September 2010
KAUST places order for multiple EVG systems
23 September 2010
ORNL’s ZEBRAlliance test-house project opened, using Seoul Semiconductor LEDs
23 September 2010
Lighting for Tomorrow 2010 winners announced
23 September 2010
Agilent unveiling ADS 2011 EDA software for multi-technology design
23 September 2010
Genesis Photonics orders six Aixtron CRIUS II systems to ramp GaN-based epiwafer production
22 September 2010
TriQuint releases 0.15µm TQP15 pHEMT foundry process to full production
22 September 2010
Mitsubishi Chemical investing $175m to expand from 40 million to 100 million LEDs per month
22 September 2010
Toyoda Gosei, Epistar and Twin Hill forming Taiwan LED-making JV
22 September 2010
GigOptix signs distribution deal
22 September 2010
GigOptix set to receive $5m in government funding
22 September 2010
Anadigics HELP3E dual-band PA chosen for Samsung's Intensity II and Gusto phones
22 September 2010
CPV Consortium holding ‘boot camp’ workshops on power plant development
21 September 2010
AML launches Cal Mimix RF and microwave component subsidiary
21 September 2010
Dow Corning to produce 100mm SiC epi, joining 100mm substrates and 76mm substrates & epi
21 September 2010
UCSB achieves semi-polar light extraction comparable to conventional LEDs
21 September 2010
Skyworks raises guidance for quarterly revenue from $300m to $310m
21 September 2010
Cree to install 150mm LED wafer line, for product qualification by June
21 September 2010
21 September 2010
Luminus awarded DOE grant to develop driver electronics for high-power LEDs
21 September 2010
TriQuint showcases integrated base-station modules enabling remote radio heads
21 September 2010
Opnext's 40Gbps DQPSK module moves into full production
21 September 2010
M/A-COM Tech Asia introduces 8.5 to 11 GHz GaAs MMIC core chip
21 September 2010
Agilent expands optical receiver stress test to 850nm multimode transceivers
21 September 2010
21 September 2010
GigOptix launches low-power multi-rate SMART optical sub-assemblies
21 September 2010
JDSU delivers 1 millionth pump laser
20 September 2010
Walmart to add solar energy generation at 20–30 more sites in California and Arizona
20 September 2010
Finisar acquires EPON ‘system on a transceiver’ firm Broadway
20 September 2010
SETI drives single chip germicidal UV LED optical output power to a record 100mW
20 September 2010
China government concerned about LED investment overheating
20 September 2010
JDSU highlights ‘self-aware network’ technology at ECOC
20 September 2010
Oclaro demos new full-band tunable XFP transceivers
20 September 2010
20 September 2010
20 September 2010
Opnext and Ixia demonstrate 40 Gigabit transceiver
20 September 2010
ECOC news: Opnext and Anritsu demonstrate 40 and 100G CFP module
17 September 2010
Sumitomo extends 40GbE transceiver reach from 10km to 40km
17 September 2010
UK III-V research center awarded £10m, five-year contract renewal
16 September 2010
TSMC breaks ground on thin-film solar R&D center and fab
16 September 2010
Building-integrated PV installed capacity to grow tenfold to 2.4GW by 2016
16 September 2010
JPSA’s laser system shipments grow 250% so far in 2010, driven by LEDs
16 September 2010
SDK expands monthly blue LED chip production from 200 million to 340 million
16 September 2010
Toyoda Gosei and Epistar sign LED-related patent cross-license agreement
16 September 2010
Cree brings lighting-class LEDs to half-Watt LED market
16 September 2010
Colt and Infinera complete first European trial of 100GbE client services
16 September 2010
Opnext to demo first error-free OTU4 transmission over 10km SMF at 111.8Gbps line rate
16 September 2010
Silicon photonics firm Kotura signs pan-European distribution agreement with AMS
15 September 2010
SETI wins $475,000 NSF SBIR Phase II award
15 September 2010
Oclaro launches dynamic spectrum WSS enabling telecom network speed upgrade
15 September 2010
GigOptix launching 40G and 100G Bundled Solutions at ECOC
15 September 2010
BC Systems launches RF power amp for 25-1000MHz defense applications
15 September 2010
Indian nanoelectronics center places multi-system order with Oxford Instruments
14 September 2010
UCSB achieves CW operation of AlGaN-cladding-free nonpolar lasers
14 September 2010
14 September 2010
CPV system maker Concentrix Solar joins Transgreen Initiative
14 September 2010
GigOptix wins NI’s Supplier Award for second consecutive year
14 September 2010
Bridgelux adds high-efficacy LED Arrays for retrofit bulb market
14 September 2010
TriQuint recognizes top suppliers
14 September 2010
Finisar and Source Photonics settle patent dispute
14 September 2010
Source Photonics launches CWDM GPON OLT and ONT transceiver product family
14 September 2010
Aixtron wins follow-on order from China’s Long De Xin for GaN blue HB-LEDs
13 September 2010
GaAs device market to grow at 5% annually from $3.7bn in 2009 to $4.7bn in 2014
13 September 2010
Superphone shipments to grow from 15 million to 100 million by 2015
13 September 2010
Albemarle building Korean TMG plant to meet growth in HB-LEDs
13 September 2010
Lamps market to reach $24bn by 2015, driven by LEDs and CFLs
13 September 2010
Seoul Semiconductor’s LEDs used in ORNL’s ZEBRAlliance test house
13 September 2010
13 September 2010
Luminus receives SBIR grant for SSL technology
13 September 2010
Luminus appoints CFO as it expands to new solid-state lighting applications
13 September 2010
Lam announces $250m stock repurchase program
13 September 2010
Furniture retailer installs 80,000 Cree LRP-38 spotlights US-wide
10 September 2010
Nitride HEMT on silicon achieves 143GHz current gain cut-off frequency
10 September 2010
ODIS wins $150,000 Phase I development award from US Navy
10 September 2010
Kopin wins $750,000 SBIR award to develop AlInN HEMT materials
10 September 2010
Accel-RF adds RF fixture for characterizing compound semiconductor devices
10 September 2010
Osram’s CERAMOS LEDs used in Dolby’s professional reference monitor
10 September 2010
New CEO to take over at Osram Opto
10 September 2010
Taiwan-based subsidiary Mimix Asia becomes M/A-COM Tech Asia
10 September 2010
HB-LED makers boost Oxford Instruments Austin Scientific to record order month
9 September 2010
BeZnCdSe pure-green 545nm laser with threshold current density of 1.7kA/cm2
9 September 2010
New military and sensing applications of mid-IR lasers to grow at 30% annually through 2014
9 September 2010
GigOptix debuts ultra-low-power 14G VCSEL driver and TIA for SFP+
8 September 2010
SETI and Kyma to co-develop high-efficiency deep UV LEDs on low-defect AlGaN substrates
8 September 2010
Nichia files provisional injunction actions against LED light-bulb seller
8 September 2010
Samsung's Epic 4G smartphone using Anadigics PA for mobile WiMAX
8 September 2010
Osram chooses Vistrian's computer-integrated manufacturing software for Malaysia fab
8 September 2010
OEM Group opens Taiwan sales, service, and manufacturing facility
8 September 2010
Emcore receives Platinum Supplier Award from Northrop Grumman
8 September 2010
SemiSouth demos 1200V, 100A, half-bridge, all-SiC power module
7 September 2010
Huga to expand to 80 reactors in 2011; TV backlighting to comprise 20% of shipments
7 September 2010
Sulfurcell unveils first prototype large-format CIGSe PV module with efficiency above 10%
7 September 2010
Neo-Neon orders ten more Aixtron reactors for blue/green LED production
7 September 2010
OIPT's exceptional growth halts relocation plans
7 September 2010
Finisar's new WSS technology targets demand for flexible bandwidth-capable ROADMs
7 September 2010
First single-port installation of LayTec EpiCurveTT on showerhead reactor
7 September 2010
Ascent Solar’s larger building blocks yield new 320W 5m-long BIPV/BAPV modules
7 September 2010
SoloPower first to receive UL certification for flexible CIGS module
6 September 2010
Trapezoid wells effect reduced LED droop and lower cross-over point
6 September 2010
UCLA sets record cut-off frequency of 300GHz for graphene transistors
3 September 2010
Taiwan researchers show how patterned LED lift-off boosts photoluminescence
3 September 2010
Finisar’s fifth quarter of double-digit growth yields record revenue of $207.9m
3 September 2010
Japan gets its first LUXEON-based LED retrofit light bulb
3 September 2010
E-Band launches 2.5Gbps backhaul solution for carrier LTE and 3G/4G networks
3 September 2010
Avago launches SOT-89-packaged gain blocks for cellular infrastructure
3 September 2010
Infinera and XO complete 1348km field trial of coherent 100G transmission on PICs
3 September 2010
Emcore wins Supplier Excellence Award from Space Systems/Loral
3 September 2010
Odersun secures €10m of loan guarantees from Germany’s Brandenburg State
3 September 2010
Odersun appoints chief financial officer
3 September 2010
3 September 2010
SiGe launches 2nd-generation higher-efficiency WiMAX PA in QFN package
2 September 2010
Miasolé exceeds 14% efficiency with commercial-scale CIGS thin-film PV modules
2 September 2010
Renewed solar shakeout favors Solibro, MiaSolé in CIGS; Amonix in CPV
2 September 2010
JDSU debuts its CPV cell technology
2 September 2010
IQE revenue grows 54% year-on-year to record £33m in first-half 2010
2 September 2010
Presto to support characterization and production testing for WIN’s GaAs foundry customers
2 September 2010
Veeco appoints CTO for CIGS Solar Equipment business
2 September 2010
Founder to retire as chairman as Ascent enters manufacturing and commercialization
2 September 2010
InP PIC-based transceiver firm OneChip opens regional office in Shenzhen
2 September 2010
Solar Semi Engineering acquires Edwards Chemical Management Europe
1 September 2010
Epistar achieves 135lm/W white LED operation at 1W
1 September 2010
CIS/CIGSSe PV maker Johanna renamed Bosch Solar CISTech
1 September 2010
Sunovia expands national sales network from 4 to 55 in last 6 months
1 September 2010
H.C. Starck targets improved sputtering materials at CIGS, a-Si and CdTe PV cell makers
1 September 2010
Intevac appoints executive VP of Emerging Markets
AUGUST
31 August 2010
Arima Optoelectronics to set up new LED epitaxy subsidiary in China
31 August 2010
SPTS invests AUS$5.2m for 19.9% stake in BluGlass
31 August 2010
China plans to add 1200 MOCVD reactors, including 300 in 2010
31 August 2010
Global Solar rolls out 300W flexible CIGS BIPV module for roofing industry
31 August 2010
30 August 2010
Cree demos 150mm SiC wafers with micropipe densities below 10/cm2
30 August 2010
Booming MOCVD market gathers pace
30 August 2010
Improving nitride light emission with silicon dioxide pillars and air gaps
30 August 2010
JDSU grows 20% in June quarter, despite supply and capacity constraints
30 August 2010
Tsinghua Tongfang selects Veeco as primary MOCVD supplier for new LED plant
27 August 2010
Connector Optics begins development of new industrial facilities to house MBE systems
27 August 2010
Industry insiders expect Epistar to sign patent cross-licensing agreement with Japan’s LED giants
26 August 2010
ISET begins pilot production of printable CIGS PV modules
26 August 2010
Arizona Corporation Commission endorses Emcore and Amonix CPV projects for ‘Solar Zone’
26 August 2010
CIGS PV maker MiaSolé signs 600MW long-term framework agreement with juwi
25 August 2010
SiC Systems wins grant to develop more efficiency green LEDs with Smart Lighting ERC
25 August 2010
Lextar’s revenue grows 82% in Q2, driven by LED backlighting
25 August 2010
Sunovia accuses EPIR of fraud, misappropriation of funds and non-performance
25 August 2010
Veeco authorizes share repurchases
25 August 2010
Skyworks receives second consecutive Silver Gateway Supplier of the Year award from 2Wire
25 August 2010
Emcore receives NASDAQ notice for delay in filing quarterly report
25 August 2010
24 August 2010
Texas Tech ‘significantly’ improves InGaN solar cell performance
24 August 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
24 August 2010
Cree launches MX-3 lighting-class PLCC LED suiting bulbs, retail display and linear lighting
24 August 2010
GigOptix expands 100G portfolio and samples quad 7.5V DWDM driver
24 August 2010
Luminus hires Philips Lighting North America veteran as general manager, Global Commercial Markets
24 August 2010
MiaSolé to supply Germany’s juwi Solar with 8.5MW of PV modules
24 August 2010
Goodrich launches lightweight SWIR camera for 24-hour imaging from hand-launched UAVs
24 August 2010
Epilight orders four Aixtron CRIUS MOCVD systems for GaN HB-LED capacity increase
23 August 2010
ZSW raises its thin-film solar cell efficiency record to 20.3%
23 August 2010
Billion-dollar microwave tube market holding off GaN threat
20 August 2010
Taiwan researchers show nanorod route to white LEDs
20 August 2010
5N Plus signs long-term CdTe supply agreement with Abound Solar
20 August 2010
Solyndra receives ISO 9001:2008 certification
20 August 2010
Civcom shipping GigOptix driver in small-form-factor 10G 300-pin MSA transponders
20 August 2010
Digi-Key to distribute Opto Diode’s products worldwide
20 August 2010
Avago’s 2300–4000MHz LNA completes range for cellular and LTE base-stations
19 August 2010
Emcore postpones reporting June-quarter results
19 August 2010
18 August 2010
Fluoride push to nitride HEMT enhancement
18 August 2010
Chemtura expanding MO precursor capacity and forming Korean JV targeting HB-LEDs
18 August 2010
LumaSense acquires Opsens’ fiber-optic sensor technology
18 August 2010
Microsemi launches smallest WLAN PA for handsets and wireless modules
17 August 2010
Philips Lumileds places repeat order for multiple Aixtron G4 HT MOCVD systems
17 August 2010
Luminus licenses PhlatLight LED technology to Taiwan’s Epistar
17 August 2010
VI Systems ships first circular VCSEL arrays for datacoms
16 August 2010
Unveiling hot-electron over-spill in nitride LEDs
16 August 2010
Veeco sells Metrology business to Bruker for $229m
16 August 2010
Advanced Photonix enters underlying profit after quarterly growth accelerates to 22%
13 August 2010
Crystal IS and Asahi Kasei to jointly develop large-diameter AlN substrates
13 August 2010
Femtocell revenue to reach $4bn in 2014, driven by North America then EMEA
13 August 2010
AQT’s first CIGS PV manufacturing plant starts production
13 August 2010
Elec-Tech selects Veeco MOCVD as ‘tool of choice’ for two new China LED plants
13 August 2010
Europe’s first all-LED industrial plant opens, using Cree XLamp LEDs
13 August 2010
AXT appoints Nai-Yu Pai to board of directors
12 August 2010
Epistar invests in LED planar light source maker Oree
12 August 2010
Oxford Instruments’ wins multi-system order from Taiwanese HB-LED chip maker
12 August 2010
Yangzhou Longyao ramps production of GaN HB-LED epiwafers with order for Aixtron CRIUS MOCVD systems
12 August 2010
CPV system maker Concentrix to inaugurate its first power plant in South Africa
11 August 2010
Cree reports annual revenue up 53% as LED lighting sales double year-on-year
11 August 2010
5N’s profits still down despite further revenue growth
11 August 2010
Samsung leverages Skyworks’ femtocell solutions
11 August 2010
Asia distributor appointed by Luminus
10 August 2010
Mercedes-Benz opts for Philips Lumileds LUXEON Rebel LEDs for daytime running lights
10 August 2010
RFMD starts volume shipments of next-gen WCDMA/HSPA+ PAs for smart phones and 3G devices
10 August 2010
INCOTEX places Aixtron’s first order from Bulgaria
9 August 2010
SemiLEDs files for $172.5m IPO
9 August 2010
EU BIANCHO project to cut optical network component power consumption
9 August 2010
Harvard–Leeds team boost THz laser collimation and power collection efficiency
9 August 2010
BluGlass commissions fifth-generation RPCVD system
9 August 2010
Taiwan GaAs foundries post further revenue growth in July
9 August 2010
Honda extends range of residential-use CIGS PV module to 120W and 130W
9 August 2010
Cree sponsors construction of first all-LED Habitat for Humanity house
9 August 2010
Lighthouse video screens feature Cree LEDs
9 August 2010
Tektronix using 200GHz IBM’s 8HP SiGe technology for 30GHz oscilloscopes
9 August 2010
Nanometrics’ record revenue of $50.8m in Q2 aided by LED growth
6 August 2010
UCSB reports first packaged blue LEDs on (30-3-1) nitride substrates
6 August 2010
Rubicon’s sales grow 37% in Q2 to record $15.8m
6 August 2010
Opnext’s growth limited by supply constraints
6 August 2010
OIF projects to shrink tunable laser assembly and ease control plane deployment
5 August 2010
Oplink’s margins dip as it expands to meet growing demand
5 August 2010
DoD awards ASU $2.34m to research antimonide superlattices for IR photodetectors and lasers
5 August 2010
Skyworks maintains lead in power amplifier market share
5 August 2010
Intel takes further step toward Tbit/s data transmission
5 August 2010
Smartphone demand drives 54% year-on-year growth in Kopin’s III-V revenue in Q2
5 August 2010
Oclaro reports record profitability on 44% revenue growth year-on-year
5 August 2010
LED City program gains two Pennsylvania cities and California’s Huntington Beach
5 August 2010
Cree extends EasyWhite technology to LED modules
5 August 2010
Skyworks announces $200m stock repurchase program
4 August 2010
Solar Metrology extends in-situ XRF tool portfolio for CIGS PV composition and thickness measurement
4 August 2010
Cree LEDs being used in 64,000 Optiled luminaires to retrofit Singapore public housing complex
4 August 2010
Lumileds’ shipments of LUXEON LEDs exceeds 1 billion
4 August 2010
NREL seeks proposals for PV Technology Incubator program
4 August 2010
RFMD shareholders approve all proposals at annual meeting
4 August 2010
Emerging building-integrated photovoltaics market accelerates
4 August 2010
IQE’s NanoGaN granted patents for nanocolumn technology
4 August 2010
3 August 2010
Stanford combines thermal and PV processes using cesium-coated GaN
3 August 2010
First Solar revenue grows just 3.5% to $587.9m in Q2
3 August 2010
China makes 120nm HEMTs with cut-offs above 100GHz
3 August 2010
Emcore and San’an to form JV for terrestrial CPVs
3 August 2010
Ascent externally certifies module encapsulation material for flexible CIGS PV laminate
2 August 2010
AXT’s profit doubles as revenue rises 25% in Q2 to $23.2m
2 August 2010
Anadigics enters profit as sales rise 18.7% in Q2 to $51.7m
2 August 2010
Sharp, Enel and ST form 3Sun for thin-film PV production in Italy
2 August 2010
GT Solar buys sapphire substrate maker Crystal Systems
2 August 2010
Global handset shipments exceed 321 million in Q2/2010
2 August 2010
Solyndra to provide 16.2MW of PV systems to Southern California Edison
2 August 2010
USAF awards GE $7m to demo SiC-switched solid-state primary power distribution technology
2 August 2010
Lumileds’ LUXEON Rebel LEDs illuminate bridge in Harbin, China
JULY
31 July 2010
LED-backlit panels to account for 30% of AUO's shipments for TVs in Q3
30 July 2010
TriQuint grows 14.7% in Q2 after faster-than-expected Networks rebound
30 July 2010
Year-on-year handset growth slows to 13% in Q2
29 July 2010
Aixtron revenue up 24% in Q2; order backlog hits €250m
29 July 2010
Teledyne completes acquisition of Intelek
29 July 2010
TriQuint wins Samsung Quarterly Quality Award
29 July 2010
Nitronex launches thermally enhanced 25W GaN transistor for military applications
29 July 2010
Microsemi extends SiC RF power transistor range to 2200W for UHF radar
29 July 2010
Sulfurcell to supply 16MW of PV panels to China and India
29 July 2010
29 July 2010
University of Southampton and Oxford Instruments sign collaboration agreement
29 July 2010
Osram’s Golden DRAGON oval Plus LEDs light Russian city
28 July 2010
RFMD’s revenue grows 29% year-on-year
28 July 2010
Taiwan’s LED production to surge 43% in 2010 to 26% of $9.6bn global output
28 July 2010
Exercise of over-allotment option boosts GigOptix public offering to $4.83m
28 July 2010
GigOptix’s 40G DQPSK driver IC enters mass production
27 July 2010
Smartphone shipments jump 43% year-on-year to 59.5 million in Q2
27 July 2010
Veeco’s record Q2 driven by LED & Solar revenues growing 66% from Q1
27 July 2010
Stanford buys Plasma-Therm deposition systems for Nanofabrication Facility
27 July 2010
Meijo orders Aixtron CCS MOCVD system for GaN-based UV and white LEDs
26 July 2010
Yields critical for LED chipmakers as material shortages persist
26 July 2010
40/100Gbps DWDM optical equipment revenue to exceed $3bn by 2014
26 July 2010
Handset semiconductor revenue to rise about 4% in 2010
26 July 2010
WEP installs wafer profiler at Aixtron’s Application Lab
26 July 2010
Inphi adds TI veteran to Technical Advisory Panel
25 July 2010
Output from vertical nitride LEDs boosted by 21%
25 July 2010
Skyworks grows revenue 44% year-on-year to $275.4m
25 July 2010
Americas to overtake EMEA in free-space optics market, but APAC growing fastest
23 July 2010
MOCVD equipment maker EMF enters receivership
23 July 2010
GigOptix grows 19% sequentially to record revenue of $6.3m for Q2
23 July 2010
Hittite grows 52% year-on-year to $60.3m in Q2
23 July 2010
Panasonic claims GaN transistor power density record of 2.4W/mm at 60GHz
22 July 2010
CIGS firm DayStar in discussions with potential partners
22 July 2010
Infinera reports 62% year-on-year revenue growth to record $111.4m in Q2
22 July 2010
Tuning GaN growth for Schottky barrier diodes with record figure of merit
22 July 2010
Simulations cast light on CIGS solar cell efficiency puzzle
22 July 2010
First direct bonding of SiC–Si and GaN–Si at room temperature
22 July 2010
Epilight orders Veeco reactors for Shanghai LED fab ramp
22 July 2010
OPEL closes $7.55m private placement to enable build out of inventory
22 July 2010
Innolume debuts QD pump laser enabling low-cost GPON reach extension
22 July 2010
Aixtron moves into new South Taiwan Office in Tainan
22 July 2010
Amonix signs lease for CPV manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas
22 July 2010
Mitsubishi develops GaN HEMTs for L- to C-band amplifiers
21 July 2010
Oclaro buys optical transport sub-system provider Mintera
21 July 2010
Osram boosts LED efficiency record to 44%
21 July 2010
European silicon photonics consortia formed into cluster
21 July 2010
Veeco ships MOCVD reactors for Invenlux’s China LED factory ramp
21 July 2010
RFMD repurchases and retires $110m of convertible notes
20 July 2010
Tohoku and Sony develop first 100W blue-violet ultra-fast pulsed semiconductor laser
20 July 2010
Quantum wells with AlGaN barriers increases blue-green laser light output
20 July 2010
Cree claims most color-consistent LEDs via smallest warm- and neutral-white color bins
20 July 2010
Hittite acquires license to IBM millimeter-wave technology
20 July 2010
Solyndra appoints VP of North America sales
19 July 2010
Component shortages limiting growth of LED backlight units for LCD TVs
19 July 2010
Infinera appoints Milbury to board
19 July 2010
Cree’s LED City program gains first Indian city
19 July 2010
Arima chooses Veeco MOCVD systems for production ramp
19 July 2010
ITC bans import of Emcore parallel fiber optics products infringing Avago patent
18 July 2010
SI GaAs epi to bounce back from 7% growth in 2009 to 21% in 2010
18 July 2010
Taiwan GaAs foundry WIN’s record revenue rises a further 2.3% in June
18 July 2010
SoloPower launches flexible CIGS PV module product line at InterSolar
18 July 2010
Metryx sees growth potential in new MEMS, LED and 3D IC application
18 July 2010
Jordan Valley and Nikon win ‘Best of West’ Awards
16 July 2010
Riber expects strong H2/2010 to compensate for first half
16 July 2010
Opto market to reach $932bn by 2015
16 July 2010
LED lighting firm Neo-Neon orders its first Veeco K465i MOCVD system
15 July 2010
AlN substrate used to make 260–240nm UV LEDs
15 July 2010
IQE expects first-half 2010 revenue up 50% year-on-year
15 July 2010
SAFC Hitech outlines strategy to address solar industry
15 July 2010
Tiger Optics claims first ammonia analyzer exclusively for HB-LED applications
15 July 2010
SRC forms The Energy Research Corp industry-university collaboration
15 July 2010
Osram Opto’s sensors complement LEDs in Arquiled street luminaire
15 July 2010
SOITEC president & CEO named chairman of SEMI Europe Advisory Board
15 July 2010
Plasma-Therm sells VERSALINE PECVD system to wireless component maker
15 July 2010
Praxair to supply Bridgelux with ammonia and high-purity hydrogen
15 July 2010
Avago launches 12kV fiber-optic short-link isolator for renewable energy and medical applications
15 July 2010
14 July 2010
Strathclyde spins off mLED for microLED light sources
14 July 2010
Riber sells MBE reactors to two European research institutes
14 July 2010
Lumileds improves hot/cold factor and light output with LUXEON Rebel PC Amber LED
14 July 2010
E-Band delivers 80GHz Gigabit Ethernet wireless backhaul for Clearwire’s 4G network
14 July 2010
Millimeter-wave backhaul adoption accelerating
14 July 2010
NIH awards Vixar Phase II SBIR grant for red VCSEL laser scanning in computed radiography
13 July 2010
Self-organized quantum dots reduce green efficiency droop
13 July 2010
IMEC’s GaN-on-Si research program adds Micron, Applied and Ultratech
13 July 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
13 July 2010
Concentrix founds US subsidiary after California Energy Commission listing
13 July 2010
SPTS triples first-half revenue, focusing on emerging micro device sector
13 July 2010
Plasma etch and dep tool maker OEM Group adds AlN film foundry services
13 July 2010
Jordan Valley launches first HR-XRD/XRR SiGe, Si:C and strained Si metrology tool
13 July 2010
Luminus adds sales directors for Northeastern and Eastern/Southeast US
13 July 2010
Taiwanese foundry opts for Aixtron next generation QXP-8300 ALD deposition tool
13 July 2010
Anadigics launches 4th-gen HELP PAs for 3G mobile devices
13 July 2010
RFMD launches 2.5mm x 2.5mm WiFi front-end module
13 July 2010
Skyworks’ PA module used in first commercial LTE device
12 July 2010
Veeco launches patterned sapphire substrate surface profiler for automated HB-LED production QA/QC
12 July 2010
EVG launches first fully automated wafer bonding system for HB-LED manufacturing
12 July 2010
First Solar completes acquisition of NextLight
9 July 2010
IQE presents graduate awards for optoelectronics
8 July 2010
Semi-insulating GaAs bulk substrate market defies recession
8 July 2010
IQE demos 40GB/s VCSEL technology for next-gen optical communications
8 July 2010
Nichia to ship sample green laser diodes from August
7 July 2010
Semipolar blue LED with 39.5% external quantum efficiency
7 July 2010
DOE offers Abound Solar conditional commitment for $400m loan guarantee
7 July 2010
Cree and Philips agree LED patent cross-license
7 July 2010
First Solar inaugurates 1.3MW PV plant atop German production facility
6 July 2010
AWSC’s record revenue rises a further 4.5% in June
6 July 2010
LED market to grow from $7bn in 2009 to $10.7bn in 2010 then $20.4bn in 2012
6 July 2010
RFMD adds front-end module for ZigBee-based smart energy and ISM applications
6 July 2010
EV Group launches EVG610 mask and bond aligner
6 July 2010
Digi-Key to distribute Bridgelux’s LED products worldwide
6 July 2010
Silan ramps GaN UHB-LED wafer production with order for six Aixtron CRIUS II MOCVD systems
5 July 2010
Demonstrating phosphide–nitride semiconductor integration with silicon
2 July 2010
Record 90% efficiency achieved using commercial GaAs RF devices
2 July 2010
NRL develops new laser-machining techniques for radiation detectors
2 July 2010
GigOptix prices public offering to raise $4.8m
2 July 2010
MwT introduces new ‘super’ low noise pHEMT devices
1 July 2010
First Solar creates utility systems business
1 July 2010
OIPT expands ‘Oi Service’ customer support
1 July 2010
VPEC to see record revenue in July due to new orders from Skyworks
1 July 2010
CPV cell supplier QuantaSol appoints opto industry veteran as chairman
1 July 2010
Sanan ramps GaN HB-LED epiwafer production with order for multiple Aixtron CRIUS MOCVD tools
1 July 2010
Advanced Photonix ships 100G high-speed optical receivers
1 July 2010
Avago joins Russell 1000 Index
JUNE
30 June 2010
QuantaSol gears up for volume production with management restructuring
30 June 2010
Advanced Photonix returns to growth, led by high-speed optical receivers
30 June 2010
Skyworks to increase outsourcing to GaAs foundry AWSC
30 June 2010
Edwards opens new Taiwan service centre and sales office
30 June 2010
LLFY partners Osram and Infineon support LED lamp project for Sri Lankan fishermen
30 June 2010
Emcore and TCIC pursue alternative means of cooperation to address regulatory concerns
29 June 2010
FOREPI raising capital to expand LED capacity
29 June 2010
LayTec appoints sales engineer for business development in South Korea and Russia
29 June 2010
Dominant’s LEDs provide exterior lighting for Haima’s first SUV
29 June 2010
RFMD launches single-chip integrated FEM for 2.4–2.5GHz ISM-band applications
29 June 2010
Oclaro added to Russell 3000 Index
29 June 2010
Inphi appoints VP of engineering for New Business Initiatives
29 June 2010
Philips Lumileds orders additional Aixtron AIX G5 HT system
29 June 2010
IQE appoints Meldrum to main board
28 June 2010
RoseStreet Lab demos multi-band cell in single-layer thin-film PV device
28 June 2010
Avago joins CFP MSA as specs for 40 and 100Gbps transceivers updated
28 June 2010
Minnesota awards Veeco $800,000 funding for CIGS PV project
28 June 2010
Spire receives DOE grant to develop LED-based solar simulator
25 June 2010
Taiwan GaAs foundries WIN and AWSC expect further growth in June
25 June 2010
NXP opens RF IC design center in US
25 June 2010
Xiris launches inspection systems for flexible thin-film PV cells
24 June 2010
IMEC’s CMORE service extended with SiGe-MEMS foundry and MPW runs
24 June 2010
GaN and SiGe to eat into GaAs MMIC markets
24 June 2010
First WDM-compatible silicon photonics detector operating at 32GHz
24 June 2010
LayTec distribution network gains DKSH Korea and MOS Technology Taiwan
24 June 2010
CRAIC launches microspectrophotometer for solar cell testing
24 June 2010
23 June 2010
InAlN barrier strain used to shift nitride transistor thresholds
23 June 2010
Panasonic develops GaN-based detector for compact terahertz systems
23 June 2010
StockerYale changes name to ProPhotonix
23 June 2010
Bridgelux launches neutral-white LED arrays, delivering 4100K color temp
22 June 2010
Ascent-led team wins DARPA contract for low-cost portable PVs
22 June 2010
Dow Electronic Materials to expand TMG capacity to serve LED market
22 June 2010
RFMD launches highly integrated 4.9–5.8GHz PA for mobile PC and embedded applications
22 June 2010
Inphi appoints industry veteran Peter J. Simone to board
22 June 2010
Over-allotment option boosts Rubicon’s public offering proceeds to $61.5m
21 June 2010
Solar nanowire research targets 65% efficiency
21 June 2010
Saint-Gobain to build Avancis’ second CIS PV module plant
21 June 2010
5N provides financing to Sylarus and enters Ge supply & recycling agreement
21 June 2010
Solyndra targets $175m private placement to fund Fab 2 as it withdraws from IPO
21 June 2010
Osram launches higher-current OSTAR Compact LEDs for brighter projectors
21 June 2010
Skyworks launches 5mm x 6mm CMOS front-end module for entry-level GPRS
21 June 2010
PhlatLight LEDs light-up Christie MicroTiles
21 June 2010
Inphi files for initial public offering
21 June 2010
Sunovia appoints financial expert to board
21 June 2010
Amonix appoints CFO and two new independent directors
18 June 2010
First CMOS-compatible III-V n-MOSFET with self-aligned contacts
18 June 2010
CRAIC launches microspectrophotometer for thin-film thickness measurements
18 June 2010
Sofradir extends 15µm-pixel-pitch TV-format IR detectors from midwave to longwave
18 June 2010
Finisar appoints returnee Michael C. Child to board
18 June 2010
Cascade appoints new president & CEO
18 June 2010
Ascent Solar shareholders elect board members
17 June 2010
Stion licenses CIGSS technology to TSMC
17 June 2010
Multi-band trends in tactical military radios boosting component demand
17 June 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
17 June 2010
EpiWorks demos 6" photovoltaic epiwafer capability
17 June 2010
Rubicon prices stock offering at $30 per share to raise $50.2m
17 June 2010
Odersun inaugurates manufacturing plant for customized CIS PV modules
16 June 2010
OIPT introduces Standby Mode dry pump system upgrade to save up to 96% N2
16 June 2010
JPSA appoints Worldwide Sales and Marketing director
16 June 2010
RFMD introduces FEM for 900 MHz ISM band applications
15 June 2010
Low threshold for m-plane nitride semiconductor lasing
15 June 2010
Bridgelux earns UL recognition for portfolio of LED Array products
15 June 2010
GigOptix receives conditional listing approval from NYSE Amex
15 June 2010
ISE researchers win Fraunhofer Prize for recordefficiency multi-junction solar cells and CPV modules
14 June 2010
Deep UV LED efficiency reaches 3%
14 June 2010
14 June 2010
Veeco appoints ex-Intel and Raychem veteran Hunter to board
14 June 2010
LPS completes largest Solyndra installation in US
14 June 2010
Endwave launches dual-output VCOs to 8.9GHz
14 June 2010
Demand grows for GigOptix’s 100G quad-driver
11 June 2010
Finisar’s quarterly revenue rises 12.9% to record $188.5m
11 June 2010
MiaSolé sets efficiency record for commercial-scale thin-film PV modules
11 June 2010
Sapphire substrate maker Rubicon offers 1.8 million shares to fund expansion
11 June 2010
Russian sapphire substrate maker Monocrystal appoints new CEO
11 June 2010
Osram LEDs illuminate World Cup soccer stadiums
11 June 2010
Sofradir launches midwave IR detector with integrated digital interface
11 June 2010
Luminus’ PhlatLight LEDs behind Samsung’s new H03 Personal Media Player and Instant Projector
11 June 2010
Ascent CIGS PV modules used in Hydro Brise Soleil product line at Barcelona test site
10 June 2010
OPEL opens $7m fundraising round
10 June 2010
UCSB spin-off Soraa hires ex-Intel and Samsung exec as president & CEO
10 June 2010
University of Michigan’s Bhattacharya receives Welker Award at ISCS 2010
10 June 2010
Fujitsu top recipient of US patents for optical communications
10 June 2010
Solyndra receives microgeneration product certification in the UK
10 June 2010
Lumileds donates MOCVD system for UCSC materials science research
9 June 2010
InAlN provides better electron-blocking layer in nitride LEDs
9 June 2010
Nitride materials maker Kyma to expand with debt financing from NRDA
9 June 2010
RASIRC presents water vapor delivery for CIGSe and thin-film vacuum processes
9 June 2010
Russian research institute orders Riber SIVA21 system
9 June 2010
CPV firm Concentrix Solar joins the Desertec Industrial Initiative
9 June 2010
Osram makes management changes in North American LED business
8 June 2010
CPV firm Circadian establishes test facility at University of Lisbon
8 June 2010
CdTe PV module maker First Solar to double German plant capacity to 446MW
8 June 2010
Suss MicroTec introduces MA100e Gen2 automatic mask aligner for the production of HB-LEDs
8 June 2010
Infinera and Opnext partner on NTT 100GbE interoperability demo
8 June 2010
Aixtron receives order for two CRIUS MOCVD systems
7 June 2010
Sapphire to exceed 50% of compound semiconductor substrate processed surface area from 2011
7 June 2010
OPEL raises revenue forecast as firm reaches ‘turning point’
7 June 2010
Former Arizona Public Service chairman joins First Solar’s board
7 June 2010
Abound Solar signs sales contract with Germany’s RGE Energy AG
7 June 2010
GigOptix appoints independent director
4 June 2010
True green laser light from c-plane nitride semiconductors
4 June 2010
Sunovia and EPIR in contract dispute
4 June 2010
Fujitsu develops record low-noise transistor for millimeter-band receivers
4 June 2010
Anadigics showcases 4G technology at WiMAX Taipei 2010
4 June 2010
Infinera grabs second position in global long-haul optical networking market
4 June 2010
Solyndra opts for Eyelit's Manufacturing Software Suite for FAB 2
3 June 2010
Spire awarded contract to develop high-efficiency solar cells for space
3 June 2010
Ostendo and OI-TDI offer Semi-Polar GaN wafers for LEDs and LDs
3 June 2010
CdTe PV module maker Abound Solar inks sales contract with Solen Energy
3 June 2010
Fujitsu launches first 3G and LTE SAW-less transceiver
2 June 2010
Large chip improvements to deep-ultraviolet output power
2 June 2010
Veeco co-sponsors award for MBE innovators
2 June 2010
Luminus partners with ABS Lighting to enter transportation lighting industry
2 June 2010
Lumileds 2700K and 3000K Rebel LEDs shrink white binning space and improve efficacy stability
2 June 2010
NASDAQ to continue listing CIGS PV firm DayStar
2 June 2010
M/A-COM Tech and Mimix complete merger
2 June 2010
GaAs foundry VPEC to see revenue grow 30% in Q2
2 June 2010
Yangzhou Zhongke orders two Aixtron CRIUS systems to ramp GaN-based HB-LED production
1 June 2010
Nitride superluminescence expands blue–violet wavelength range
1 June 2010
OIPT launches the PlasmaPro NGP80, the first in a new range of etch, deposition and growth systems
1 June 2010
OPEL reports rise in quoting activity for industrial-scale CPV systems
1 June 2010
SiBEAM’s CEO named to Global Semiconductor Association’s Emerging Company CEO Council
1 June 2010
Luxtera’s silicon CMOS photonics modulators now support 30Gb/s serial data rates
MAY
31 May 2010
LED chipmaker Epistar expands by taking 48% stake in Huga
31 May 2010
Opnext to burn cash for next two quarters whilst increasing capacity
31 May 2010
UC Berkeley orders Aixtron Black Magic system for CNT and SiGe nanowires
28 May 2010
Oclaro invests in ClariPhy to speed 100Gb/s coherent product development
28 May 2010
Frequency record for integrated circuits doubled to 0.67 terahertz
28 May 2010
Cobham introduces GaAs MMIC products for aerospace and defense applications
28 May 2010
StratEdge launches leadless, low-profile, hermetic, SMT packages for up to 30GHz
28 May 2010
GCS showcases THz Schottky diode foundry process
28 May 2010
Riber receives order for MBE6000 production machine
27 May 2010
Fujitsu doubles output record to 12.9W for C-Ku band GaN HEMT amplifiers
27 May 2010
Nichia settles US patent lawsuit against Jiawei
27 May 2010
RFMD launches fully tested WiMAX power amplifier
27 May 2010
Opnext and TeliaSonera demo first European real-time single-wavelength 100G field trial
27 May 2010
Boston Globe 100 ranks Kopin 26th, Skyworks 42nd, Hittite 52nd in Massachusetts
27 May 2010
LDX orders Aixtron MOCVD reactors for LED backlighting market entry
27 May 2010
Avago develops complete RF front-end solution for Point-to-Point Radio
27 May 2010
Avago develops next generation LNAs for cellular and LTE base stations
27 May 2010
First Solar joins US Clean Energy trade mission in China
27 May 2010
GigOptix begins full production of 10G, 40G and 100G TIAs
26 May 2010
Fujitsu and University of Tokyo claim first 25Gb/s data transmission using QD laser
26 May 2010
Short-range gigabit radio poised for rapid growth
26 May 2010
UV APD improved by m-plane free-standing GaN substrate
26 May 2010
Integra samples first 50V GaN-on-Si device
26 May 2010
Plasma-Therm launches new website
26 May 2010
Excelpoint to represent LED maker Seoul Semiconductor in Asia
26 May 2010
RFMD expects positive net cash position in 2010
26 May 2010
RFMD introduces new family of DVGAs
26 May 2010
SolFocus completes largest CPV plant in North America
26 May 2010
Skyworks retires an extra $20.4m of principal convertible debt
26 May 2010
Skyworks captures GSM/GPRS and EDGE design wins at MediaTek
26 May 2010
Skyworks introduces next-generation LNAs for multiple cellular infrastructure receiver applications
26 May 2010
26 May 2010
Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia to distribute Luminus’ LEDs
26 May 2010
University of Central Florida joins Cree LED University program
26 May 2010
DOE announces Round 7 Core Technology Research and Product Development SSL funding opportunities
26 May 2010
LED maker Bridgelux wins 2010 Bourne Technology Award from El Dorado Ventures
25 May 2010
Getting nitride HEMT gates in shape for optimum performance
25 May 2010
LED market explosion hampered by materials shortage
25 May 2010
Applied launches turnkey MES software to speed solar, LED and chip packaging ramp-up
25 May 2010
Nitronex releases GaN MMIC process design kit for Agilent’s Advanced Design System
25 May 2010
Toshiba expands C-band GaAs FET lineup with PAs optimized for high gain and PAE
25 May 2010
Toshiba doubles power of Ku-band GaAs FETs for microwave radio
25 May 2010
Toshiba adds high-gain 50W GaN HEMT power amplifier for C-band satcoms
25 May 2010
Skyworks introduces mid- and high-power WiFi PAs
25 May 2010
RFMD introduces RFSW204x family of GaAs pHEMT switches
25 May 2010
25 May 2010
Shurjo earns IEC certification for modules with Global Solar's CIGS PVs
25 May 2010
CdTe PV module maker forms Abound Alliance with balance-of-system vendors
25 May 2010
Mintera ships first small-form-factor 40Gb/s DWDM DPSK module
25 May 2010
Pranalytica launches 2W QCL system covering 4 micron spectral gap for air defense
25 May 2010
Cree LED fixtures to light kitchens in new Habitat for Humanity homes
24 May 2010
AkzoNobel doubling TMG production capacity
24 May 2010
Durham becomes third city in North Carolina to join Cree’s LED City initiative
24 May 2010
Sharp to start mass producing blue LED chips in Fukuyama Plant
24 May 2010
Spire's large-area CPV cell reaches 41% efficiency at 500x suns
24 May 2010
Kaai starts shipping blue laser for display and specialty applications
24 May 2010
AQT partners with module maker and solar system firm to speed CIGS PV cells to market
24 May 2010
TriQuint wins AFRL contract for GaN modules to extend range of drone aircraft
24 May 2010
RFMD unveils I/Q converters for wireless backhaul
21 May 2010
Nano-patterned silicon substrate gives higher output power nitride LEDs
21 May 2010
Cree to demo GaN HEMT RF packaged power amplifier & switch products
21 May 2010
Cree expands GaN MMIC power amplifier range through X-band, launching first commercial GaN LNA
21 May 2010
Infinera accelerates 100G coherent system shipment to 2012
20 May 2010
Abound Solar partners with GP Joule to power 3.2MW of projects
20 May 2010
Epistar qualifies Veeco’s K465i GaN MOCVD system as it ramps LED production capacity
20 May 2010
VPEC increases capacity with order for eight additional Aixtron MOCVD systems
20 May 2010
JPSA appoints customer service manager
19 May 2010
Multi-story production of optoelectronics from GaAs release
19 May 2010
RFMD introduces RFVC975x family of laminate-based VCOs
19 May 2010
RFMD to showcase high-power GaN products at IEEE’s International Microwave Symposium
19 May 2010
18 May 2010
OPEL International's CEO and president Robert G. Pico steps down
18 May 2010
Ascent Solar’s CIGS PV modules installed at ProLogis’ test site
18 May 2010
MiaSolé’s CIGS PV modules undergo performance testing at ProLogis’ test site
17 May 2010
Prospects for full visible coverage from one nitride substrate
17 May 2010
Kyma launches AlN and GaN on Si template lines
17 May 2010
Plasma-Therm rates highly in VLSI's customer satisfaction survey
17 May 2010
RFMD adds IPC technology to its foundry services portfolio
14 May 2010
LED prices likely to rise 5-10%, say Taiwanese chipmakers
14 May 2010
GCS announces THz diode foundry process for mm-wave transceivers
14 May 2010
Handset sales grow 19% year-on-year to Q1 record of 291 million
13 May 2010
Peregrine and IBM co-develop 180nm RF CMOS
13 May 2010
Seoul Semiconductor launches new Acriche LEDs at Lightfair
13 May 2010
Philips unveils first LED replacement for 60W household light bulb
13 May 2010
LPD firm Natcore agrees acquisition of II-VI-on-CNT solar firm Vanguard
13 May 2010
13 May 2010
Luminus’ PhlatLight LEDs powering Guth lighting products
13 May 2010
Fraunhofer ENAS orders second Altatech liquid-precursor CVD system
13 May 2010
NXP to offer 50 SiGe:C BiCMOS-based RF/microwave products
12 May 2010
Emcore losses slashed as revenue grows 14%
12 May 2010
IQE announces 6” wafer capability for CPV applications
12 May 2010
Genesis increases prices for green LED epiwafers
12 May 2010
Tekcore to raise $47m to grow from 28 to 46 MOCVD reactors by end 2010
12 May 2010
GigOptix reports record revenue of $5.3m in Q1
12 May 2010
Ascent starts production of monolithically integrated flexible CIGS PV modules at FAB 2
12 May 2010
Oclaro closes $77.2m public offering of common stock
12 May 2010
Higher drive current for Cree’s MX-6 lighting-class PLCC LED boosts output by 160%
12 May 2010
Luminus and Almeco demo first single-source LED street light
11 May 2010
Kopin places multi-year order for Aixtron MOCVD systems
11 May 2010
JDSU grows 15% quarter-to-quarter in Optical Communications
11 May 2010
Future Lighting Solutions adds royalty-free eligibility mark to Lumileds-based light engines
11 May 2010
Cree sets new 5-year warranty standard for LED fixtures
11 May 2010
Cree launches 84lm/W 6-inch LED downlight, doubling CFL efficiency
11 May 2010
Cree announces CR6 LED downlight for residential lighting
11 May 2010
Cree launches directional lamps based on TrueWhite technology
11 May 2010
Opnext grows margin despite drop in sales
10 May 2010
Kopin’s III-V revenue more than doubles year-on-year in Q1
10 May 2010
RFMD qualifies second GaN process
10 May 2010
Tyndall to develop GaN capabilities with Aixtron CCS MOCVD tool
10 May 2010
SemiLEDs adds Taiyo Nippon Sanso reactor to boost UV LED capacity
10 May 2010
Global Solar Energy powers largest CIGS PV rooftop installation
10 May 2010
Cree LED luminaire reaches 100lm/W for indoor lighting
10 May 2010
Accel-RF adds multi-channel solid-state power amplifier subsystems
10 May 2010
Freescale enters GaAs MMIC market with four devices for base-stations
10 May 2010
10 May 2010
SiBEAM launches first dual-mode WirelessHD/WiGig RF transceiver and development kit
7 May 2010
Oclaro grows margin for third consecutive quarter
7 May 2010
ZSW sets thin-film PV cell efficiency record of 20.1%
7 May 2010
Spire launches large-area solar simulator for thin-film modules
7 May 2010
Electro-optic optical modulators to gain market share as 40 and 100Gbps deployments intensify
7 May 2010
Fraunhofer ISE’s Frank Dimroth receives French science prize
7 May 2010
M/A-COM Technology appoints Jihye Whang as head of Strategic Marketing
6 May 2010
Mimix to merge with M/A-COM Tech
6 May 2010
Integrated lens for Osram Opto's IR DRAGON LED boosts radiant intensity by 3.5x
6 May 2010
RFHIC launches 80W GaN power amplifier for LTE/WCDMA
6 May 2010
LED lighting to comprise 46% of commercial building lamps by 2020
6 May 2010
Lumileds provides analysis of LED array lifetime performance
5 May 2010
Skyworks' March quarter beats guidance with 38% year-on-year growth
5 May 2010
Infineon adds to SiC Schottky diode portfolio
4 May 2010
Yet another angle on nitride laser diodes
4 May 2010
Penn State selects Plasma-Therm multi-module ICP etch tool for Nanofabrication Research Lab
4 May 2010
Oclaro receives Quality Excellence Award from Huawei
4 May 2010
RFMD launches first 1.2GHz CATV amplifiers, enabling enhanced, bandwidth-driven services
4 May 2010
Oxford Instruments announces Nanoscale Plasma Processing Workshop
4 May 2010
ETH Zurich orders Aixtron Black Magic tool
4 May 2010
Smartphone shipments jump 50% to 54m in Q1/2010
3 May 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
3 May 2010
Aixtron grows 31% in Q1; orders up fivefold year-on-year
3 May 2010
Q1 handset shipments of 303 million show 3G eclipsing 2G
3 May 2010
3 May 2010
SemiSouth launches 1700V and 1200V SiC JFETs
APRIL
30 April 2010
Defense to remain driver in $376m GaN microelectronics market
30 April 2010
TriQuint grows 52% despite dip from last quarter
30 April 2010
Ascent Solar announces nomination of new board members
30 April 2010
Nitronex and Modelithics release enhanced non-linear GaN device model
30 April 2010
Cree XLamp LEDs mounted on PCBs avaiable from Newark
29 April 2010
AXT’s GaAs sales drive growth of 4.5% in Q1
29 April 2010
Cd PV maker First Solar’s profit rises in Q1 despite 11% dip in sales
29 April 2010
SemiProbe appoints WESI as Taiwan and China rep
29 April 2010
GigOptix consolidates debt and cut interest costs
29 April 2010
University of Waterloo orders multiple OIPT systems
29 April 2010
USG and University of Western Ontario join Cree LED University program
29 April 2010
Taiwanese LED maker orders JVS’ recently introduced QC3 diffractometer
28 April 2010
Acreo and DENSO to co-develop SiC power switches for non-automotive applications
28 April 2010
Anadigics revenue rises 4.1% to $43.5m as loss is cut further
28 April 2010
Strong demand gives RFMD 51.4% increase in revenue year-on-year
28 April 2010
Veeco’s LED & Solar orders up seven-fold year-on-year as backlog reaches $0.5bn
28 April 2010
Sumitomo powers up vertical nitride transistor technology
28 April 2010
OPEL Solar begins qualifying firms to build its product line in North America
28 April 2010
Cree launches Z-Rec 1700-V JBS diode series
28 April 2010
First Solar to acquire solar project developer NextLight for $285m
27 April 2010
SoloPower hits record 11% aperture efficiency for flexible module
27 April 2010
Osram inaugurates its first LED chip fab in Asia
27 April 2010
MiaSolé agrees multi-year CIGS PV module deal with Phoenix Solar
27 April 2010
Sanan Optoelectronics places multi-tool order for Veeco K465i and E475 TurboDisc MOCVD systems
27 April 2010
27 April 2010
26 April 2010
GigOptix starts shipping 100G DP-QPSK driver
26 April 2010
Seoul Optodevice continues expansion by adding Veeco MOCVD tools
26 April 2010
Genesis Photonics orders Veeco MOCVD systems
23 April 2010
Oplink grows revenue but profit dips
23 April 2010
HB-LED lighting market to exceed $3.2bn by 2013
23 April 2010
Anadigics celebrates 25th anniversary by ringing NASDAQ closing bell
23 April 2010
ODIS receives additional AFRL awards
23 April 2010
Skyworks releases annual Sustainability Report
22 April 2010
Hittite’s quarterly growth accelerates to 24%
22 April 2010
Amonix raises $129.4m in Series B funding
22 April 2010
Precision Flow Technologies to double staffing
22 April 2010
Osram’s UX:3 chip boosts OSLUX LED flash from smaller area
22 April 2010
SemiProbe appoints Inseto as UK, Ireland & Scandinavia rep
22 April 2010
OPEL Solar partners with Portugal’s Tecneira on one-megawatt solar plant
21 April 2010
Record, above-target performance at Cree from buoyant lighting market
21 April 2010
SAFC Hitech appoints Philip Rose as president, as Barry Leese retires
21 April 2010
LayTec sells first EpiCurveTriple TT system
21 April 2010
LayTec adds business development manager for China and Taiwan
21 April 2010
SolFocus 235kW CPV plant to provide 28% of Alice Springs Airport’s electricity
20 April 2010
Infinera grows for fourth consecutive quarter
20 April 2010
Riber reports Q1 revenue up 11% year-on-year
20 April 2010
Plasma-Therm sells PECVD systems to South Korean LED maker
20 April 2010
EPC introduces EPC9002 development board
19 April 2010
Jiangsu Canyang aims to be top-5 LED chipmaker in 3-5 years
19 April 2010
AUO cutting number of LEDs in TV backlights
19 April 2010
Neophotonics files for $115m IPO on New York Stock Exchange
19 April 2010
Seattle to lead DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium
19 April 2010
Osram’s Golden DRAGON Plus used for Indonesia’s first LED-lit toll road
19 April 2010
Luminus’ LEDs power Philips’ Selecon’s FOCUS display light
19 April 2010
Purespectrum launches its first LED-based product
16 April 2010
Advantech Wireless Broadband uses GaN for high-density power amplifiers
16 April 2010
Lumileds-based China tunnel lighting yields 60% energy savings
16 April 2010
Philips launches 60W-replacement LED lamp that consumes just 12W
15 April 2010
Green laser diode market $500m by 2016 as pico-projector market drives growth
15 April 2010
Good grades for GaN HEMT ohmic source/drain contacts
15 April 2010
Philips and Future Lighting extend LED distribution deal to light engines
15 April 2010
Luminus launches ballasts optimized to power lighting-class PhlatLight LEDs
14 April 2010
Oclaro expects revenue up 8% in March quarter
14 April 2010
Picometrix adds second shift for hybrid assembly of 40G products
14 April 2010
Atlumin and MCP Wellingborough combine operations
14 April 2010
Seoul Semiconductor plans Q4 launch of 150lm/w Acriche LED as 100lm/W enters production
14 April 2010
Luminus SST-50 and SST-90 PhlatLight LEDs adopted for lighting applications
14 April 2010
Avago expands series of 3W common-footprint LEDs for solid-state lighting
14 April 2010
Samsonite to integrate Ascent’s CIGS PV modules into carrying cases
13 April 2010
First demonstration of semipolar III–nitride ‘deep-UV’ LED
13 April 2010
Taiwanese LED makers expanding to meet backlighting demand
13 April 2010
Changelight boosts ROY UHB-LED ramp-up with two more Aixtron MOCVD tools
13 April 2010
Plasma-Therm introduces Mask Etcher MLS
13 April 2010
Avago introduces 3-Watt LED emitters for solid-state lighting applications
13 April 2010
Zumtobel launches LED fixtures based on Cree's TrueWhite technology
12 April 2010
Taiwan government forms CIGS industry alliance
12 April 2010
SPTS announces shipments of $40m in first-quarter 2010
12 April 2010
Skyworks launches WCDMA PA modules with integrated daisy chain coupler
12 April 2010
Cree’s XLamp XM LED delivers record-breaking efficacy of 160 lumens per watt at 350mA
12 April 2010
Cambrios selects Ascent as PV partner for US Army flexible solar cell contract
12 April 2010
Osram adds system integrators to LED Light for You network
12 April 2010
Sintec distributing MTC’s PBN and CVD silicon carbide in Europe
12 April 2010
Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy hit new highs
12 April 2010
Mimix launches 3.5–6GHz 3W power amplifier module
9 April 2010
Leti demos fully CMOS-compatible laser source coupled to silicon waveguide
9 April 2010
5N Plus’ sales rise 22% to record $19.2m
9 April 2010
Spire to provide PV module manufacturing line to Solartech
9 April 2010
Tunneling a way to understand efficiency droop in InGaN LEDs
9 April 2010
GE unveils 9W LED bulb with output of 40W incandescent that lasts 25 times longer
9 April 2010
France’s CNRS orders Obducat nanoimprint lithography system
8 April 2010
GigOptix grows 54% in 2009 to $14.8m, but margins hit by ChipX acquisition
8 April 2010
Possible route to better and smaller source/drain contacts for III–V logic
8 April 2010
LED industry entering fast growth stage in 2010
8 April 2010
International Rectifier opens manufacturing plant for high-reliability products
8 April 2010
CTT launches 1–18GHz LNA covering more than four octaves
8 April 2010
Thorlabs launches 1310 and 1550nm turnkey broadband SLD benchtop sources for imaging applications
8 April 2010
Avago introduces pair of 1-Watt PAs
8 April 2010
Daylight launches external-cavity quantum cascade lasers tunable over 250cm–1
8 April 2010
RFMD introduces the ML2730 for wireless media applications
7 April 2010
OPEL’s revenues shrink 60% in Q4/2009 while focusing on demonstration projects
7 April 2010
CIGS PV maker AQT raises $10m to fund first, 15MW production plant
7 April 2010
Inphi opens UK Design Center to accelerate R&D on 100Gbps analog interface ICs
7 April 2010
Cree launches 5mm round amber HB-LEDs for transportation signage
7 April 2010
Cree claims widest viewing angle for new RGB oval LEDs for outdoor video screens
7 April 2010
Sensors Unlimited launches mil-hardened InGaAs SWIR video camera
6 April 2010
Optoelectronics, sensors and discretes to hit record sales in 2010
6 April 2010
AIST achieves record efficiency of 15.9% for flexible CIGS solar cell submodule
6 April 2010
Natcore acquires Vanguard Solar
6 April 2010
Riber sells production MBE reactor to Russia’s Connector Optics
6 April 2010
RFMD tops ranking of cell-phone PAs and front-end modules
6 April 2010
ULIS’ 17µm LWIR detector chosen by Thermoteknix for portable thermal imaging equipment
6 April 2010
New LED modules bring Cree TrueWhite technology to lighting makers
6 April 2010
Agilent’s GoldenGate software chosen by RF Integration
6 April 2010
LED linear tube lamp market to grow at 85% to 2016
6 April 2010
LED maker Luminus joins Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance
6 April 2010
EMEA gaining on Americas and Asia Pacific in PLC market
6 April 2010
Sofradir demos video-quality version of 15µm-pitch IR detector in longwave format
6 April 2010
AZUR wins Solar Power Industry Growth Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan
6 April 2010
Skyworks launches dual-band WCDMA PA modules with integrated coupler
6 April 2010
Infinera adds ex-Cisco veteran as VP of architecture
6 April 2010
Sofradir launches Altair MW–MW dual-band IR detector for missile warning systems
1 April 2010
Capacity of InGaAs to increase drive current in nano MOSFETs
1 April 2010
Solyndra enhances global sales network with Solution Provider Program
1 April 2010
Camtek signs Japan distribution rights agreement with Canon
1 April 2010
VectraWave’s first 40G circuit designed using TowerJazz’s SiGe BiCMOS
1 April 2010
Cree announces Creative LED Lighting Design Contest winners
1 April 2010
CVD Equipment reports sixth consecutive profitable year, despite 42% revenue drop
1 April 2010
OIPT wins order from silicon solar cell manufacturer
1 April 2010
Sofradir and Onera develop IR detector chip with integrated optics
1 April 2010
Finisar overtakes JDSU as WSS ROADM market share leader
1 April 2010
NREL and 3M to jointly investigate renewable energy
MARCH
31 March 2010
Nichia achieves 2.78% external quantum efficiency for 281nm UV-LED
31 March 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
31 March 2010
LED maker Seoul Optodevice buys Candela CS20 to optimize epi productivity
31 March 2010
Luminus launches its first UV PhlatLight LED
31 March 2010
BC Systems’ GaN-based military RF power amplifier delivers 100W at 20–305MHz
30 March 2010
EU project PRIMA aims to boost PV efficiency
30 March 2010
Riber confirms return to profitability in 2009
30 March 2010
Osram Opto’s LEDs used in first large-scale deployment of street lighting in Italy
30 March 2010
Purdue University orders Aixtron Black Magic tool
29 March 2010
LED market to reach $14.8bn by 2015
29 March 2010
TriQuint receives ‘Supplier of the Year’ award from ZTE for third consecutive year
29 March 2010
GaN-on-Si transistor maker EPC makes available SPICE models
26 March 2010
Nitronex raises $16m to finance expansion
26 March 2010
Taiwan’s Walsin Lihwa to co-develop integrated light-source packaging for Kaai
26 March 2010
5N Plus promotes Audet to VP as it ends Amerigon partnership
26 March 2010
IEEE to amend IEEE 802.3 standard
25 March 2010
DARPA solicits proposals for Compact Mid-Ultraviolet Technology program
25 March 2010
LED-backlit TVs to reach 20% of 180m-unit LCD TV market in 2010
25 March 2010
25 March 2010
Infinera adds ex-Nortel to modulation technique developer to Ottawa team
25 March 2010
Infinera photonic integration circuit developer Kish named OSA fellow
25 March 2010
Infinera showcases photonic integration
25 March 2010
25 March 2010
Luminus' white PhlatLight LEDs power Chauvet's Q-Spot 260-LED entertainment light
25 March 2010
25 March 2010
Cree's LEDs used in Lighthouse Technologies’ high definition video screens
24 March 2010
Chevron starts project to test thin-film PV technologies
24 March 2010
GaN power management chip market to grow to $183m by 2013
24 March 2010
IQE rebounds by 46% to record £31.2m revenue in second-half 2009
24 March 2010
Shuji Nakamura joins Seoul Semiconductor as consultant
24 March 2010
CIGS PV maker MiaSolé installs 200kW at Chevron test facility
24 March 2010
HelioVolt using GE’s Proficy software at new CIGS PV panel plant
24 March 2010
Luminus' PhlatLight LEDs illuminate Martin Professional's new MAC 350 Entour
24 March 2010
Avago introduces pair of PAs for Point-to-Point radio transmitters
24 March 2010
RFMD’s 2G Transmit Modules reach 100 million unit shipments milestone
24 March 2010
China awards JPSA patent for laser scribing technology
24 March 2010
Dow’s CIGS based Powerhouse solar shingle wins GLOBE Foundation award
24 March 2010
BC Systems introduces GaN-based RF power amplifier
24 March 2010
Inphi launches 40Gb/s TIA for VSR applications and next-gen networks
24 March 2010
NeoPhotonics introduces 10G PON transceivers for FTTP
24 March 2010
SEI and Anritsu demo 40Gb/s serial 1310nm EML for high-bandwidth next-gen networks
24 March 2010
Bridgelux and Molex launch the Helieon Sustainable Light Module to displace traditional lighting
23 March 2010
Reducing well/barrier polarization mismatch for higher-output LEDs
23 March 2010
Mn-doped GaN PV cell absorbs in UV, visible and infrared
23 March 2010
Tegal sells thin-film etch and PVD assets to OEM Group
23 March 2010
SAFC Hitech expanding TMG capacity in UK plant
23 March 2010
Finisar closes public offering, raising net proceeds of $131.2m
23 March 2010
Finisar, Exfo and Ixia demonstrate 100G Ethernet optical link
23 March 2010
Finisar to demonstrate new technologies and products at OFC
23 March 2010
Skyworks launches widest frequency range integrated synthesizers for 3G/4G base-stations
23 March 2010
Cree expands XP-C range with high-power royal blue, blue, green, amber, red-orange and red LEDs
23 March 2010
Oxford Instruments-TDI appoints Neil Wester as general manager
23 March 2010
Luxtera announces OptoPHY transceiver for 40G Ethernet applications
23 March 2010
Emcore’s active optical cables show five failures in 1bn hours of operation
23 March 2010
Opnext and Sumitomo to give world’s first public demonstration of 40GBASE-LR4 interoperability
23 March 2010
Opnext debut multiple live demonstrations at OFC/NFOEC 2010
23 March 2010
RFMD features Ember ZigBee technology in new FEMs for smart energy
23 March 2010
Tyntek plans epiwafer plant for mainland China
23 March 2010
Fraunhofer IAF orders Aixtron MOCVD reactor for GaN-on-SiC transistors
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
Avago claims lowest noise figure for GPS filter-LNA-filter module
23 March 2010
JDSU launching ROADM and tunable XFP products for agile optical networks
23 March 2010
Infinera, Juniper, Finisar and Opnext demo 100GbE optical module interoperability
22 March 2010
Quaternary semiconductor nanowire promises higher-efficiency solar cells
22 March 2010
CyOptics demos record 500Gb/s TOSA/ROSA
22 March 2010
NeoPhotonics introduces integrated coherent receiver
22 March 2010
CoreOptics introduces 40G coherent MSA transponder module
22 March 2010
E-Band and Aviat sign OEM agreement for 70/80GHz backhaul
22 March 2010
Nanosolar appoints AMD and Rambus veteran Tate as CEO
22 March 2010
FiberHome, BroadLight, and Oplink join Vitesse’s FTTx Ecosystem
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
Avago and IBM collaborate on 120Gb/s optical interconnects for supercomputers
22 March 2010
Jordan Valley Semiconductors acquires assets of VUV metrology firm Metrosol
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
Ascent Solar inks strategic alliance agreement with India's Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd
22 March 2010
3S’ 1550nm directly modulated analog laser module tested at 32Gb/s over 20km SMF
22 March 2010
Exercise of over-allotment option boosts Finisar offering to $139.1m
22 March 2010
OIPT introduces LN2 Auto Changeover Upgrade
22 March 2010
TriQuint starts production of first 40 & 100Gb/s SMT amplifiers
22 March 2010
TriQuint’s TriAccess CATV/FTTH products supporting convergence of telecom services in China
19 March 2010
GE increasing investment in thin-film PV
19 March 2010
Advanced Photonix launches CCRx-compliant compact 100G coherent receiver
19 March 2010
Opnext partners with Mobius to develop low-power quad CMOS ADC for 127Gb/s PM-QPSK modulation
19 March 2010
US Vice President Biden and Energy Secretary Chu visit LED maker Cree
19 March 2010
Fujitsu adds 40G coherent optics to FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM platform
19 March 2010
Tekcore orders multiple new-generation Aixtron AIX G5 HT systems
19 March 2010
3S accelerates launch of high-efficiency pump laser range
19 March 2010
Victor Valley College installs 1 MW solar power plant
19 March 2010
Emcore expands ClearLight tunable laser platform with micro-ITLA
19 March 2010
Emcore releases 100mW ultra-low-RIN DWDM laser modules
18 March 2010
NYSERDA awards $1.5m for clean energy incubator at UAlbany NanoCollege
18 March 2010
TriQuint expecting Q1 revenue at high-end of $170–175m guidance
18 March 2010
Jordan Valley Semiconductors posts 10% year-to-year growth
18 March 2010
Plasma-Therm joins Fab Owners Association to share dry etch and PECVD insights
18 March 2010
Civcom launches first integrated 40G 300-pin tunable transponder with DCM and EDFA
18 March 2010
5N Plus inks long-term supply and recycling deal with CdTe thin-film PV manufacturer Calyxo
18 March 2010
Accel-RF ships its first millimeter-wave reliability test system
18 March 2010
Oclaro adds XTLS 4x1 50 GHz wavelength selective switch to product portfolio
18 March 2010
Opnext and Ixia demo error-free 100GbE traffic transmission at Juniper
18 March 2010
BreconRidge delivers its first GaN microelectronic modules
18 March 2010
Finisar boosts public offering of common stock to yield $121m
17 March 2010
Kotura demos first silicon photonics mux/demux for 0.5Tb/s transmission
17 March 2010
Dowa presents 320–350nm UV LED samples
17 March 2010
CPV firm Solar Junction raises $13.3m in Series C funding
17 March 2010
Umicore completes new US germanium substrate plant
17 March 2010
Skyworks launches 0–30dB fixed attenuator chips for up to 40GHz
17 March 2010
Firecomms licenses OptoLock interconnect design for POF wall plate product
17 March 2010
RASIRC appoints North American sales manager
17 March 2010
Cree claims most energy-efficient neutral- and warm-white lighting-class LEDs
17 March 2010
Oclaro introduces Telcordia qualified 40-Gigabit RZ-DQPSK transponder
17 March 2010
EMPA orders Aixtron Black Magic system
17 March 2010
Xenics targets professional thermography and security markets
16 March 2010
PLACE-it project targets light, flat and flexible LED-based products
16 March 2010
ITC rules in favor of Avago in parallel fiber optics case
16 March 2010
Seoul Semiconductor LEDs light up 1000 street lamps in Valencia
16 March 2010
Avago introduces SMT high brightness round and oval LED Lamps for electronic signs
16 March 2010
First Solar becomes associated partner of Desertec Industrial Initiative
16 March 2010
New shares from Aixtron stock option program to be traded under separate ISIN
15 March 2010
LED chip-maker Tekcore raising capital to fund MOCVD purchases
15 March 2010
Increased UV power from diamond LEDs enables E. coli sterilization
15 March 2010
RFMD makes first PV cells using high-volume 6” GaAs equipment
15 March 2010
Lumileds adds ultra-compact LUXEON c for appliance, portable and personal lighting
15 March 2010
Luminus licenses Forepi to make small-chip PhlatLight-based LEDs
15 March 2010
Harsh-environment fiber-optic component market $615m in 2009
15 March 2010
Orange launches OptoLock-enabled fiber-optic home installations
15 March 2010
Intense adds ultra-compact, high-brightness 600W Mini stacked array laser
15 March 2010
Edwards' new Zenith range incorporates iXH vacuum pump and Atlas family of gas abatement solutions
15 March 2010
First Solar sells 30MW New Mexico PV project to Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy
12 March 2010
Taiwan’s Epistar entering mainland China LED manufacturing
12 March 2010
SiBEAM secures $36.5m in Series D funding
11 March 2010
Mitsubishi develops 25Gbps laser and photodiode for 100GbE
11 March 2010
Showa Shell unveils 2nd-gen CIS PV panel with 16% cell efficiency
11 March 2010
RFHIC launches GaN pallet amplifier for LTE/WCDMA RRH systems
11 March 2010
Peregrine expands with European RFIC design, manufacturing and sales center
10 March 2010
Atlumin and Floridienne partner to supply and reclaim Cd-containing materials
10 March 2010
Aixtron reports 2009 revenue up 10% to a record €302.9m
10 March 2010
Gain Microwave expands portfolio with high-power VCO GaN MMIC
10 March 2010
SemiSouth announces reference design for 1200V SiC FET
10 March 2010
Anadigics launches PAs for 4G LTE and 3G HSPA+
10 March 2010
Nitronex recruits Diane DuVall as director of North American Sales
10 March 2010
Riber wins Compact 21 MBE system order from IHP for graphene research
10 March 2010
Opnext demos single wavelength, real-time coherent 100G PM-QPSK modem
10 March 2010
Veeco introduces new AFM system
10 March 2010
Testar wins investment to expand LED chip testing services
10 March 2010
Avago launches miniature high-linearity wireless data PAs for WiMAX and WiFi
9 March 2010
Solar installations to grow at 23% annually to 2015, but revenue to lag at 14%
9 March 2010
First Solar to supply PG&E with 300MW from 550MW Desert Sunlight plant
9 March 2010
Microsemi adds 1500W SiC RF power transistor for UHF pulsed radar
9 March 2010
OPEL and BETASOL secure Spanish feed-in tariff for 330kW HCPV solar farm
9 March 2010
5N Plus and Teck sign long-term supply agreements for Ge and In feedstock
9 March 2010
Osram’s OSTAR Compact LED targets light-guide-based daytime running lights using just two LEDs
9 March 2010
Advanced Photonix adds National Sales Account Manager for Terahertz product platform
8 March 2010
RFMD raises revenue guidance to $240–245m
8 March 2010
EPC launches 40–200V E-mode GaN power transistors
8 March 2010
8 March 2010
XsunX completes CIGS co-evaporation processing chamber design
8 March 2010
Jenoptik opens laser application center in Korea
8 March 2010
Digi-Key to distribute Seoul Semiconductor’s LEDs worldwide
8 March 2010
Mimix celebrates ten years in business
8 March 2010
OIPT to co-host seminars and workshops with key research institutes and universities
8 March 2010
Taiwan’s Ritek breaks ground on China CIGS PV cell plant
5 March 2010
Pushing AlInN and AlGaN HEMTs further on SiC and silicon
5 March 2010
Showa Shell to open US and Europe offices as it becomes Solar Frontier
5 March 2010
Georgia Tech gets NASA grant to develop radar for mapping ice formations
5 March 2010
Magnolia wins NYSERDA award to develop low-cost nano-based thin-film solar cells
4 March 2010
GigOptix launches linear TIA for 40G coherent receivers
3 March 2010
Finisar grows 32.4% year-on-year
3 March 2010
SPTS’ Q4/2009 orders up nearly 150% quarter-on-quarter
2 March 2010
Multi-quantum blocking raises deep-UV LED efficiency
2 March 2010
JPSA starts expansion, driven by LED market growth
2 March 2010
Toulouse Lab orders Riber MBE reactor for opto research
2 March 2010
EVG ships wafer bonding systems to the University of Michigan's Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
2 March 2010
Ascent to supply FTL with modules for defense/disaster relief and portable power
2 March 2010
Avago launches 6GHz broadband InGaP HBT gain blocks
2 March 2010
2 March 2010
Solyndra appoints former Agilent head Barnholt to board
2 March 2010
Auriga Measurement Systems changes name to Auriga Microwave to reflect module focus
1 March 2010
Improving deep UV emission on aluminum nitride templates
1 March 2010
Skyworks raises March-quarter revenue guidance from $225m to $230–235m
1 March 2010
Tyndall claims first junctionless transistor
1 March 2010
AWR establishes direct sales, support and marketing office in Korea
1 March 2010
Avago closes over-allotment option on secondary offering of shares
1 March 2010
Avago launches enhanced ultra-thin auto-focus LED for digital cameras
FEBRUARY
27 February 2010
First Solar officers execute company stock transactions
26 February 2010
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available
26 February 2010
Kopin reports record Q4 revenue, up 13% year-on-year
26 February 2010
Osram details record output & efficiency cw direct green InGaN laser diodes
26 February 2010
Resort hotel lit by Cree LED Lighting
26 February 2010
CPV Consortium appoints board members from NREL and Fraunhofer ISE
25 February 2010
TDI wins $600,000 award to boost solid-state lighting materials production
25 February 2010
CIGS firm Global Solar first to exceed 13% thin-film efficiency on flexible substrate
25 February 2010
Mimix Broadband introduces 5.6 to 10.5 GHz GaAs MMIC up-converter
25 February 2010
OPEL Solar wins Connecticut Green Business Award
25 February 2010
RFMD and SELEX extend collaboration on MMICs for phased array radar systems
25 February 2010
Mitsubishi Electric claims first GaN HEMT amplifier exclusively for satellites
24 February 2010
TriQuint grows a more-than-expected 12% in Q4/09
24 February 2010
Seeking ultra-low ohmic path to high-frequency nitride transistors
24 February 2010
Kopin appoints Dr Wayne Johnson to direct III-V product line development
24 February 2010
Concentrix enters US market with 1MW CPV deployment at Chevron plant
24 February 2010
Circadian recruits business development manager
24 February 2010
Ascent’s CIGS PV modules certified to Mil-Spec 810G for defense applications
24 February 2010
Avago claims brightest miniature PLCC-2 SMT LEDs for automotive and industrial applications
23 February 2010
AXT’s Q4/2009 sales up year-on-year
23 February 2010
Luminus raises $19m more in venture funding
23 February 2010
Taiwan's largest LED chip maker orders Ultratech lithography system
23 February 2010
23 February 2010
IR claims first commercial GaN-based integrated power stage devices
23 February 2010
RFMD secures $3.2m R&D contracts to further develop GaN-based microelectronics
23 February 2010
Agilent launches first single-box analyzer/curve tracer for 40A/3000V power devices
22 February 2010
EU launches TRAMS project for reliable terascale memory systems
22 February 2010
Firecomms’ OptoLock powers POF products designed by NYCE and offered by SMC
22 February 2010
Aixtron’s new-generation AIX G5 achieves productivity targets at Epistar
22 February 2010
Market for solar cell & module chemicals and materials to grow 27% in 2010
19 February 2010
First Solar grows 33% sequentially, but project development hits profits
19 February 2010
Colorado’s CRSP funds 10 solar projects
19 February 2010
19 February 2010
KLA-Tencor introduces Prolith X3.1 virtual lithography tool
19 February 2010
JDSU to acquire Agilent’s Network Solutions Test Business
18 February 2010
Anadigics’ sales rise 13.9% in Q4/2009
18 February 2010
Tilting at higher laser temperature stability
18 February 2010
Hittite revenue grows a more-than-expected 5.3% in Q4/09
18 February 2010
TriQuint plans to move design center to Texas
18 February 2010
GigOptix advisory board gains Benhamou Global Ventures partner
18 February 2010
Keithley's new Model 4225-PMU "useful for characterizing III-V materials"
18 February 2010
Skyworks names TowerJazz Supplier of the Year
18 February 2010
RFHIC launches 20W GaN-on-SiC power amplifier covering 20–1000MHz
17 February 2010
17 February 2010
GigOptix launches universal limiting TIA
17 February 2010
RFMD launches single-placement RF front ends, providing scalable 2G power platform
17 February 2010
Skyworks’ portfolio of LTE PAs and FEMs now support ST-Ericsson’s M710 solution
17 February 2010
Solyndra signs distribution agreement with Advanced Green Technologies
17 February 2010
RFMD expands 3G portfolio with 2nd-generation TD-SCDMA PA
17 February 2010
Indian research institute orders Riber's Compact21 MBE system for GaN
17 February 2010
Lattice Power orders multiple Aixtron MOCVD systems to meet demand for LCD backlighting
16 February 2010
Multi-wavelength emission from III-nitride/ZnO hybrid
16 February 2010
OEpic leasing cleanroom space to foundry clients
16 February 2010
Veeco's MBE business records fourth consecutive year of revenue growth
16 February 2010
RFMD expands family of 2G transmit modules; to ship 100 millionth RF71xx TxM In March quarter
16 February 2010
16 February 2010
OIPT introduces CCD1 Spectrometer system
15 February 2010
Deep ultraviolet power boost at shorter wavelengths
15 February 2010
E-Band receives EU and Russian Federation certifications for Gigabit wireless systems
15 February 2010
RFMD begins volume production of RF720x WCDMA/HSPA+ PAs
15 February 2010
RFMD introduces PowerSmart power platforms for multimode, multi-band cellular RF architectures
15 February 2010
Skyworks introduce new multimode power amplifier modules
12 February 2010
Smit Ovens wins repeat thermal processing order for CIGS PV mass production
12 February 2010
General Frank Akers to represent Sunovia’s LED lighting products to US government
12 February 2010
Infinera adds service provider veteran to board
12 February 2010
MOSEL project develops long-wavelength VCSELs for next generation high-speed communication systems
11 February 2010
IBM makes 9.6%-efficient PV cell from earth-abundant materials
11 February 2010
Nitride semiconductor illumination through sapphire pyramids
11 February 2010
Cascade Microtech sees Q4/2009 revenues rebound to 2008 levels
11 February 2010
Digi-Key stocking Skyworks’ diodes
11 February 2010
Lumileds gains ISO/TS16949 certification at three sites
11 February 2010
Matheson Tri-Gas inks exclusive agreement to distribute RASIRC’s products throughout the US
10 February 2010
Emcore revenue recovers a further 5%, driven by space PVs and CATV
10 February 2010
New start-up Seren Photonics targets white LED market
10 February 2010
Rubicon recovering as LED backlighting drives sapphire price up 7% in Q4
10 February 2010
Taiwan’s UniLite SAT-approves Obducat’s Sindre400 lithography system for the mass production of LEDs
10 February 2010
Luminus in full production with warm-white PhlatLight LEDs
10 February 2010
Cree boosts performance of XLamp XP LEDs
10 February 2010
Arizona State University joins LED University program
10 February 2010
TriQuint outlines RF portfolio expansion for end-to-end connectivity
10 February 2010
Anadigics introduces smallest dual-band CDMA PA
10 February 2010
SoloPower appoints Harris as CEO
10 February 2010
Ultratech launches lithography system for HB-LED manufacturing
10 February 2010
LED chip-makers Epistar, Formosa and Genesis report strong year on year revenue growth
9 February 2010
Kyma and RPI search m-plane GaN for LED wavelength stability
9 February 2010
Sapphire faces shortage in second-half 2010, to be resolved in early 2011
9 February 2010
Finisar’s better-than-expected December-quarter revenue up 14% to a record $166–167m
9 February 2010
New SiC and GaN power devices pave the way to a $160m market by 2013
9 February 2010
Advanced Photonix minimizes drop in margin despite sales slump
9 February 2010
Avago introduces MGA-633P8 GaAs MMIC LNA
9 February 2010
UCSB orders Aixtron Black Magic PECVD system
8 February 2010
Veeco’s MOCVD revenue more than doubles sequentially
8 February 2010
Germanium lines up bands for laser action
8 February 2010
Application-oriented quantum theory for infrared nitride lasers?
8 February 2010
3S closes acquisition of Avensys
8 February 2010
Sapphicon and AWR partner to develop SoS PDKs
8 February 2010
Gain Microwave launches high-power 6GHz GaN HFET RF switch
8 February 2010
Hiden introduces Transient Mass Spectrometer
8 February 2010
Alaska’s Valdez joins LED City program
8 February 2010
TriQuint unveils RF front-end optimized to support 3G chipset solutions from Qualcomm
8 February 2010
GigOptix gives update and outlook for 2010
5 February 2010
Opnext revenue falls a further 6% quarter-to-quarter
5 February 2010
LayTec develops AbsoluT for precise on-site temperature calibration
5 February 2010
SETI wins $500,000 SBIR award from NSF to advance deep UV LEDs
5 February 2010
Umwelt-Sonne-Energie completes 1.9MWp Solyndra CIGS PV project in Belgium
4 February 2010
JDSU’s margin growth focused on new products
4 February 2010
Cree breaks 200lm/W efficacy barrier in R&D for white high-power LED
4 February 2010
Bridgelux expands portfolio of LED arrays for general lighting market
4 February 2010
4 February 2010
Digi-Key broadens distribution partnership with Avago
4 February 2010
E-Band takes lead in US 70–80GHz wireless Gigabit backhaul market
4 February 2010
IQE’s Wafer Technology division extends GaSb substrate range to 4”
4 February 2010
QPC lasers claim record power and brightness at 1410–1550nm eye-safe wavelengths
4 February 2010
Solyndra signs Allied Building Products as first North America distributor
3 February 2010
Emcore to sell 60% stake in Fiber Optics business for $27.8m
3 February 2010
Kyma wins $2.8m DoD funding for low-defect GaN development
3 February 2010
JDSU launches Mini 50 WSS module to provide highly cascadable and 40G/100G solution
3 February 2010
Anadigics claims first high-efficiency device to cover entire 3.3–3.8GHz WiMAX band
3 February 2010
Oxford Instruments' HB-LED tool sales boosted by LCD TV backlighting demand
3 February 2010
Aixtron’s 2009 results to far exceed guidance with record revenue and profit
3 February 2010
Solyndra appoints senior VP, corporate development & general counsel
2 February 2010
Stopping nitride HEMT buffer leaks
2 February 2010
Oclaro grows 10%, driving cash generation and investment
2 February 2010
AXT wins 5-year Ge substrate contract from AZUR SPACE
2 February 2010
Philips Lumileds implements 2D barcode tracking
2 February 2010
Black Sand acquires CMOS PA patent portfolio
2 February 2010
Nujira uses RFMD’s GaN to create 50%-efficient 700–1000MHz PA
2 February 2010
TriQuint and Nujira create record-efficiency 2.1GHz base-station PA
2 February 2010
FOREPI considers 4” wafer capability as it ramps capacity with order for ten Aixtron MOCVD systems
2 February 2010
Cree’s MPL EasyWhite LED delivers up to 1500lm at 75lm/W in 12mm x 13mm footprint
2 February 2010
Cree celebrates 3rd anniversary of Raleigh becoming first LED City
1 February 2010
Getting closer to improve QWFET performance
1 February 2010
Novatel selects Anadigics’ PAs for HSPA+ mobile broadband USB modems
1 February 2010
Luxtera and Siemon co-developing active optical cabling for data centers
1 February 2010
Seoul Semiconductor launching 100lm/W LED
1 February 2010
1 February 2010
Jordan Valley launches HR-XRD tool for LED & compound semi quality control
1 February 2010
LCD-TV panel market returns, boosted by LED backlights
1 February 2010
centrotherm produces its first CIGS PV modules at Taiwanese customer
1 February 2010
Inphi launches first OIF-compliant 100G coherent TIA and highest-sensitivity 40G linear TIA
1 February 2010
Cascade acquires SUSS MicroTec Test Systems
JANUARY
29 January 2010
Handset market returns to growth in Q4/2009
29 January 2010
Oplink increases margin and profit despite revenue dip
29 January 2010
AOI announces Fuji Electronics as distribution partner in Japan
29 January 2010
Northrop Grumman supplies ICs for ESA spacecraft
29 January 2010
TriQuint ships 100 millionth CuFlip-based product
28 January 2010
Gate control of terahertz transistor emission frequency
28 January 2010
RFMD grows revenue 24% year-on-year
28 January 2010
Concentrix wins IEC certification for new CX-75 CPV module
28 January 2010
Infinera reports 8% revenue growth to $90m, plus record bookings
28 January 2010
3S demos reliable high-power pulsed operation of 1064nm wavelength-stabilized diode lasers
28 January 2010
28 January 2010
Opnext delivers first SMT multiplexer IC for 100G; 128Gb/s SiGe chip designed for DP-QPSK modulation
27 January 2010
Aixtron investing €40m to expand to new R&D facilities
27 January 2010
Creating optical memories from whispers in InP disk lasers on SOI
27 January 2010
LEDs to surpass CCFL in large-area TFT LCD backlights in 2011
27 January 2010
Plextek’s RF design services now accessible to TriQuint’s foundry customers
27 January 2010
Emcore awarded PV contract for NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle project
27 January 2010
Oclaro receives Fujitsu’s Distinguished Partner Award
27 January 2010
Nakamura awarded 2010 Harvey Prize by Israel’s Technion
26 January 2010
HB LED demand to grow 61% in 2010, outstripping supply
26 January 2010
IPG Photonics acquires Photonics Innovations
26 January 2010
Energy Focus wins $1.6m in awards to develop LED lighting for DARPA and NASA
26 January 2010
Anadigics’ PAs integrated on Altair’s ExpressCard for power-efficient LTE uplink
26 January 2010
Sofradir wins €2.5m follow-on IR detector contract for earth observation
26 January 2010
25 January 2010
SEI explains polarization clues to optimal GaN green laser stripes
25 January 2010
Magnolia Solar completes reverse merger; becomes publicly traded corporation
25 January 2010
Keithley’s solar cell testing survey shows priorities and best practices in test methods
25 January 2010
Oclaro launches 60W 8xx nm fiber-coupled diode for next-gen solid-state lasers
25 January 2010
Oclaro boosts 808nm single-emitter pump module to 7W
25 January 2010
Camtek launches inspection system for LED manufacturing
25 January 2010
Oclaro claims brightest, most powerful conductively cooled laser diode bars
22 January 2010
Avancis claims record 15.1% CIS PV efficiency
22 January 2010
Skyworks reports revenue up 17% year-on-year to record $245m
22 January 2010
Infinera obtains TL 9000 certification
22 January 2010
New Audi A8 uses all-LED Osram headlamps
21 January 2010
DOE provides $12m for four early-stage PV firms
21 January 2010
Veeco awarded $4m in R&D matching funds from DOE solid-state lighting manufacturing grant
21 January 2010
LEDs in signage & professional displays to grow to $1.8bn in 2015
21 January 2010
Intense announces new executive appointments
21 January 2010
Arrow to distribute Cree’s SiC-based power electronic devices
20 January 2010
Leeds wins €2.5m European grant to research terahertz optoelectronics
20 January 2010
Cree reports record revenue up 18% sequentially to $199.5m
20 January 2010
Deep UV LED maker Sensor Electronic Technology attains ISO9001 certification
20 January 2010
Cree demonstrates 6-inch LED downlight for residential market
20 January 2010
First Solar to provide 22MW of CdTe PVs to New Mexico utility PNM
20 January 2010
GigOptix’s 45G differential limiting amplifier enters mass production
19 January 2010
Veeco launches TurboDisc K465i GaN MOCVD system
19 January 2010
IQE expects second-half 2009 revenue 45% up on first half
19 January 2010
Bridgelux to open new manufacturing & HQ complex in April–May
19 January 2010
Ferrotec acquires Temescal Division of Edwards Vacuum
19 January 2010
ODIS wins AFRL contract for monolithic IR imaging and readout ICs
19 January 2010
Accel-RF ships reliability test systems for European GaN device development
19 January 2010
19 January 2010
CIS PV module maker Odersun’s IEC certification prompts volume production
19 January 2010
Oclaro expands filter range to high-power industrial lasers
18 January 2010
DOE selects SSL Core Technology, Product Development, and Manufacturing projects for $37.8m funding
18 January 2010
Oclaro doubles power output of Orion fiber-coupled diode lasers
18 January 2010
Oclaro reports 550W output for QCW-mode laser diode bars
18 January 2010
RASIRC launches Steamer ‘02 for transition from R&D into production
18 January 2010
City of Ann Arbor converting more streetlights to LEDs
15 January 2010
Riber returned to profit in 2009, despite revenue drop; expects growth in 2010
15 January 2010
Milwaukee Area Technical College joins Cree LED University program
15 January 2010
Advanced Photonix amends Michigan facility lease, saving $1.6m
15 January 2010
II-VI supplier 5N Plus reports dip in sales, but solar demand strong
14 January 2010
Spire awarded $2m from DOE tax credit program
14 January 2010
MiaSolé awarded $100m in US tax credits to ramp up CIGS PV manufacturing
14 January 2010
Nitronex ships 200,000 devices to CATV amplifier supplier
14 January 2010
Skyworks supports Google’s Nexus One mobile phone
14 January 2010
First Solar acquires project development pipeline of Edison Mission Group
14 January 2010
Mitsubishi launches record 500mW red laser for pico projectors
14 January 2010
Aixtron participates in Germany’s ‘So-Light’ OLED R&D project
13 January 2010
III-V opto foundry CST acquires laser manufacturer Intense
13 January 2010
Bridgelux boosts Series D financing round by extra $50m to $80m
13 January 2010
TriQuint raises Q4/09 revenue guidance from $175–185m to $190m
13 January 2010
HB-LED consumption to triple to $15bn in 2015
13 January 2010
Siklu launches first SiGe-based E-band transceiver for wireless backhaul
13 January 2010
TELEFUNKEN’s SiGe power HBT run rate reaches 100 million per year
12 January 2010
Spire authorized for Phase II of NREL CPV contract
12 January 2010
EU CMOS photonics project achieves phase-one goals
12 January 2010
Cree launches GaN HEMT MMIC power amplifier and samples new transistors
12 January 2010
IMEC joins initiative to cut network energy consumption 1000-fold by 2015
12 January 2010
Avago’s light guide film technology cuts number of LEDs for mobile backlighting
11 January 2010
Producing more light than heat from quantum cascade lasers
11 January 2010
Luminus settles lawsuit with lender Hercules, but lays off 30 staff
11 January 2010
GigOptix launches PMDs for flip-chip assembly
11 January 2010
Avago launches blue and green 5mm through-hole HB-LED lamps
8 January 2010
Reducing GaN HEMT degradation with InAlN barrier
8 January 2010
EpiWorks completes Phase II of capacity expansion
8 January 2010
Samsung partners with Luminus on first LED-based data front projector
8 January 2010
HexaTech raises $300,000 in debt financing
8 January 2010
Hitachi Cable develops 1mm x 1mm high-power 55lm red LED chips
8 January 2010
Handset semiconductor sales rebound in Q4/09
7 January 2010
Kaai demos 523nm continuous-wave green laser diode
7 January 2010
OIPT reports record demand for ion beam tools
7 January 2010
Luminus launches RGB LED chipset for ultra-mobile projectors
7 January 2010
Global Solar unveils first thin-film PV charger with USB connection
7 January 2010
Luminus’ LEDs power LG's HX300G XGA ultra-compact projectors
7 January 2010
Non-reflective high-isolation SPDT switch for cellular and LTE/4G
7 January 2010
CIGS PV maker Ascent working with metal roofing provider EnergyPeak
7 January 2010
6 January 2010
XsunX completes fully functional hybrid CIGS thin-film PV device
6 January 2010
OPEL Solar boosts US sales force with director of Western Regional Sales
6 January 2010
Veeco appoints new chief financial officer
6 January 2010
Ascent Solar hires Dow Corning veteran as VP of sales
6 January 2010
GigOptix hires VP of optical communications sales
6 January 2010
Ascent Solar hires VP of manufacturing
6 January 2010
GigOptix ships millionth IC for parallel optical interconnects
6 January 2010
TriQuint’s entire RF portfolio available globally through Mouser
5 January 2010
Anadigics launches 5GHz WLAN PA to boost range and throughput for WiFi and WHDI
5 January 2010
Ritek invests $24.8m more in CIGS joint venture PVNext
5 January 2010
Finisar and Ixia demo 100Gb/s Ethernet interoperability
5 January 2010
II-VI completes acquisition of Photop; updates fiscal 2010 guidance
5 January 2010
Anadigics makes Tong Hsing Supplier of the Year for 2009
5 January 2010
Hittite announces management promotions
4 January 2010
CIGS PV maker Solyndra files for $300m IPO
4 January 2010
Johnson Matthey delivers nitrogen purifier to Cornell's NanoScale Science and Technology Facility
4 January 2010
Anadigics makes changes to board and extends CEO’s term of employment
4 January 2010
CNRS, Thales, NTU open collaborative nanotech lab in Singapore
4 January 2010
Helios launches 31%-efficient CPV module
