November 2007 Archives
SAN JOSE, Calif. -New LED-backlit LCD displays of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, are now available in large premium-model, full-HD TVs at major U.S retailers for the holiday season.
Exclusive Arrangement with Consumer Electronics Manufacturer for BrightLase(R) Lasers for Use in DLP and LCOS, Rear Projection TVs; Initial Production Order Valued at $11 Million over 3 Years
SYLMAR, Calif. - QPC Lasers, Inc., "QPC," a world leader in the development and commercialization of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced that it has won a major contract to develop and deliver lasers to be used in rear projection televisions based on DLP and LCOS technologies.
The pyramids of Giza, the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge. An impressive list, and for the past year the old city center of Regensburg has rightfully been mentioned in the same breath as these remarkable structures. To celebrate the presentation of the official charter on November 24, LEDs from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors bathed three historical monuments in Regensburg's official municipal color of red. A lighting installation that perfectly combined tradition, historic atmosphere and ultra-modern technology.
Morrisville, NC, November 28, 2007 - LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (LLF), which developed and markets the only viable indoor light fixture for general illumination from LED light sources, announced today the results from its prototype PAR 38 self-ballasted lamp. LLF's LRP-38 lamp set a new standard for energy efficient lighting by producing 659 lumens at a mere 5.8 watts of wall-plug power, resulting in 113.6 delivered lumens per watt. The LLF lamp would use less than 9% and 30% of the energy consumed by incandescent and fluorescent sources, respectively.
New order for two research machines
Bezons, France, November 28, 2007 - Riber has received a new order for two Compact21 research machines from an European Research Institute.
Deal allows Microsemi to add GaAs microwave diodes to product line
IRVINE, Calif. and WESTFORD, Mass -- Microsemi Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog mixed signal integrated circuits and high-reliability semiconductor solutions (Nasdaq:MSCC), and Microwave Device Technology Corporation (MDT) of Westford, MA, today announced the signing of an agreement in principle for Microsemi to acquire substantially all of the assets of MDT for $7.8 million in cash.
FREMONT, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 27, 2007 -- AXT, Inc. (NasdaqGM:AXTI - News), a leading manufacturer of compound semiconductor substrates, today announced the promotion of Chia-Li Wei to chief technology officer, effective December 1, 2007. Wei joined AXT in May 2007 as senior director of technology. He will continue to be responsible for directing AXT's technical vision and leading all aspects of the company's technology development, including further refinement of AXT's proprietary VGF process, the investigation of alternative crystal growth processes and the development of products using complimentary materials such as gallium nitride (GaN), gallium phosphide (GaP) or silicon carbide (SiC). Wei is principally located in AXT's manufacturing facility in Beijing and will now report to Phil Yin, chairman and chief executive officer.
ANADIGICS' Customers Have Source for "end-of-life" products
WARREN, N.J., Nov. 27 - ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless and broadband communications solutions, announced today that they have selected Rochester Electronics to be their authorized distributor of discontinued products.
Total Revenues Reach a Record $29.2 Million on Strength of CyberDisplay Business
TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN - News) today announced preliminary financial results for the three months ended September 29, 2007. The financial results reported today do not take into account a planned restatement of certain financial statements, as described in the Company's press release and Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2007, related to Kopin's historical stock option granting practices. Therefore, these results should be considered preliminary until Kopin files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 29, 2007.
Aachen, Germany, November 27, 2007 - AIXTRON AG today announced that QinetiQ, an international defence and security technology company, has placed an order for one Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD system.
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, a business of the high technology tools and systems company Oxford Instruments plc (LSE: OXIG), has appointed Jeffrey Seah as its new Head of Sales and Customer Support for Asia.
Installation of the 1st nitride MBE production machine
The first MBE production machine to produce electronic components based on gallium nitride (GaN) has been successfully installed at an industrial site, and has started its qualification phase for production.
SILVER SPRING, MD - Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), a privately held Maryland corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a United States Patent, US 7,279,047 B2, the latest in a series of patents that cover new and innovative production equipment for the manufacturing of low-defect nitride semiconductor materials, particularly bulk gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) substrates.
Santa Clara, CA (November 21, 2007) -- OSRAM Opto Semiconductors announces the arrival of Diamond DRAGON. This new super-bright LED will launch in January 2008.
WEST CHESTER, PA, November 21. 2007 -- Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology (GPT) group, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of highly reliable bulk and point-of-use purifiers, announced today that they supplied a Model PSH-30 hydrogen purifier, capable of hydrogen flows of 30 Nm3/hr. to Chi Mei Entech Co., Ltd. (CMLT), in Taipei, Taiwan. Pionics Technology Corporation, Johnson Matthey's Taiwanese sales and service agent, secured the sale.
Berlin 12.11.2007. Lumics GmbH has strengthened its management team to accelerate growth in the industrial laser market.
Nichia Corporation will start engineering sample shipment of its first 1W continuous-wave GaN-based laser diode with a 445 nm wavelength available as blue light sources for display.
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cree, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CREE - News), a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced commercial availability of green XLamp(r) XR-E LEDs that are 70-percent brighter than the company's previous green power LEDs.
Nichia Corporation succeeded in developing high power violet semiconductor laser diodes corresponding to a double-layer disc at more than 12 X record speed/ a quad-layer disc at more than 2 X record speed applied for the next generation DVD recorders.
Aachen/Germany, November 20, 2007 - AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce the first order for its new AIX 2800G4-R MOCVD reactor from Arima Optoelectronics in Taiwan.
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill., Nov. 16 - Rubicon Technology, Inc. today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 6,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $14 per share.
Company Recognized For Technological Innovation, Sound Business Strategy, Impressive Growth and Leadership Role In the Industry
WARREN, N.J., Nov. 16 - The New Jersey Technology Council recently announced that it has selected ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the broadband wireless and wireline communications markets, as its recipient of their prestigious 2007 New Jersey Electronics Company of the Year award.
Raleigh, NC / November 15, 2007 -- Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, announced their recent volume shipment of 2 inch diameter c-plane AlN template substrates.
Diminishing Demand for Four Inch Wafers
BOSTON -The latest Strategy Analytics study, "SI GaAs Epitaxial Substrates Markets 2006-2011," forecasts that demand for HBT and pHEMT devices will translate into steady growth for semi-insulating GaAs epitaxial substrates.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 - RF Micro Devices, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions, will announce at its analyst day today the introduction of new technologies developed by RFMD to enable unprecedented levels of functional integration in RF applications.
New LUXEON K2 with TFFC is the first of a new class of products that will deliver more light and higher efficacy, and lower the cost of light.
San Jose, CA - Philips Lumileds today announced its new cool-white LUXEON K2 with TFFC LED.
Princeton Lightwave and id Quantique to develop a single-photon counting module for 1064nm
Cranbury, NJ and Geneva, Switzerland -- Princeton Lightwave and id Quantique announce that they have initiated the development of the world's first single-photon counting module optimized for 1064nm by combining an optimised avalanche photodiode with integrated biasing and quenching electronics.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS - News), an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, today announced that Samsung is leveraging multiple solutions from its Linear Products portfolio including transceivers, power amplifiers and LNAs for use in FEMTO cell applications. FEMTO cells, or small cellular base stations designed for residential and small business environments, help provide enhanced coverage in wireless networks and solve very real, near-term signal coverage and capacity issues.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RF Micro Devices, (Nasdaq: RFMD - News), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high- performance radio frequency systems and solutions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMDI - News), a supplier of radio frequency (RF) components.
Manufactured Hall Cross Sensor Exceeds Model Sensitivity Expectations - Initial Memory Array Size Targets Established
TORONTO - Micromem Technologies Inc.is pleased to announce another major milestone has been met in the manufacturing of their MRAM. Based on this early success the foundry has been authorized to assemble the complete memory structure.
signals over POF
Firecomms today at the Quarterly Meeting of the 1394 Trade Association unveiled a reference design for the first integrated media converters capable of driving 1394 S800 signals using visible red light over Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) home networks. Supporting data rates of up to one Gbps, the media converters enable applications such as the transfer of S800 video over 1394.
Feature-rich power amplifiers simplify design and reduce system bill of materials cost by 30 percent
Ottawa, Ontario and Methuen, MA -- November 13, 2007 -- SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. today announced two new power amplifiers that provide manufacturers with the lowest cost route to developing Wi-Fi systems.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13, 2007 - Microsemi Corporation, a leading manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, announced today that Wavesat has chosen the LX5530(tm) advanced 5.8GHz wireless LAN power amplifier for its latest WiMAX Mini-PCI designs.
It is pertaining to its patent covering all of Nichia's LED products
SEOUL, KOREA (November 14, 2007) -Seoul Semiconductor, the eighth largest light emitting diode ("LED") manufacturer in the world announced that on November 6, it filed a lawsuit against Nichia Corporation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
GaN pre-driver completes full amplifier line-up...
Durham, N.C. (November 12, 2007) -- Nitronex, the global leader in gallium nitride on silicon (GaN on Si) RF power transistors for the wireless infrastructure, broadband and military markets, has developed a 28V, 5W class high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) designed for broadband applications from DC-6.0 GHz.