| Cree Demonstrates High Quality 150-mm Silicon Carbide Substrates September 3, 2010...Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA, has reported a silicon carbide advance that the company says will help lead to wide scale commercialization of SiC.
The company demonstrated high quality, 150-mm SiC substrates with micropipe densities of less than 10/cm2. The current Cree standard for SiC substrates is 100-mm diameter material.
SiC is a high-performance semiconductor material used in the production... Veeco to be Primary MOCVD System Supplier for Tsinghua Tongfang LED FactoryAugust 30, 2010...Veeco Intruments reports that Tsinghua Tongfang Company, a Beijing-based division of Tsinghua Holdings Company Limited, has selected Veeco to supply its metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for their new LED factory. Veeco says that Tsignhua accepted the order of the initial systems as part of a planned large multi-tool purchase order booked earlier this month.
Wang Lianghai, Vice... Construction on TSMC Thin-Film CIGS Solar Cell Plant to BeginAugust 30, 2010...Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), a large contract chip maker, reported that work on its first thin film solar cell plant is expected to begin in September, according to an article in Focus Taiwan.
Rick Tsai, president of TSMC's new businesses division, indicated that the new plant will focus on developing modules for copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film... American Chemical Society Awards Fellowship to Nanomaterials ResearcherAugust 24, 2010...Rigoberto Advincula was among the 2010 class of American Chemical Society (ACS) fellows that were honored along with 191 other inductees at a ceremony during the annual ACS meeting in Boston. The fellows program was started in 2009 to recognize outstanding contributions to science and the chemistry profession.
Advincula is among 13 from Texas who received the honor this year. At... Crystal IS, Inc. and Asahi Kasei to Jointly Develop Larger Diamter AlN SubstratesAugust 16, 2010...Crystal IS, Inc., of Green Island, New York USA, a developer of UV-C LEDs has signed a joint development agreement with Asahi Kasei Corp., to create a manufacturing process for larger diameter aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates. The substrates will reportedly be based upon Crystal IS technology.
“Aluminum nitride substrates are a critical component in the fabrication of UVC LEDs for energy... Veeco to Sell Metrology Business and Gets Massive MOCVD Order from China for LED ProductionAugust 16, 2010...Veeco of Plainview, New York USA, has agreed to sell its Metrology business to Bruker Corporation, a provider of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research for $229 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies and is expected to close in Q4 of 2010, pending regulatory review and subject to customary closing conditions.
John... Aixtron Financial Performance Jumps in H1 2010August 9, 2010...MOCVD equipment maker Aixtron posted a very strong performance for the first half of 2010. The net income jumped a massive 742 percent compared to the same period of 2009.
The H1/2010 operating
result increased year on year by 769 percent to EUR 106.9 Million.
The company cited high ongoing system demand, mainly from high brightness LED backlighting and lighting applications.... Veeco Has Record Second Quarter 2010August 2, 2010...Veeco Instruments Inc., of Plainview New York reports record revenues and high profits for the second quarter of 2010. The company is currently forecasting 2010 total revenues of over $1 billion. The company generated about $52.4 million in profit for the quarter. This is $67 million more than the same quarter a year ago in which Veeco had a $14.7...
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... MiaSolé of Santa Clara, California USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced an indepedently confirmed 14.3 percent efficiency for its 1 square meter modules. According to Miasole, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory confirmed the results. Miasole says that 14.3 percent module efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency... 
