May 2008 Archives

Immediate reduction of warm white LUXEON Rebel bins is the first step in shrinking the white binning space

LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL, LAS VEGAS - May 28, 2008 - The general lighting industry can look forward to dramatic improvements in the manufacture and supportability of color-consistent, white power LEDs under a new technology roadmap for Lumiramic phosphor technology.

New Fortimo Downlight Modules Can Cut Energy Consumption in Half

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New, highly efficient solid-state lighting solutions for the general lighting market are now available with the North American debut of Philips Fortimo and Lexel downlight modules using LUXEON Rebel power LEDs.

SHOWA DENKO K.K. - May 29, 2008 - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has started commercial shipment of aluminum-gallium-indium-phosphide (AlGaInP) ultrabright red LED chips with luminous efficiency of 80 lumen per watt.

Japanese firm with strong III-V pedigree splits off its semiconductor division

TOKYO, May 28, 2008 -- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6703) announced that at its meeting today, the Board of Directors approved the spin-off of its semiconductor business through a company split to establish a new company, OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd., effective Oct. 1, 2008.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio has awarded SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. "Task Order 3," totaling $4.9M, against a previously won, Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award.

Companies will also discuss "have made" rights in the future

DURHAM, N.C., May 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cree, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CREE - News), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Toyoda Gosei providing the companies (including wholly owned affiliates) with access to each other's patented LED chip and packaged LED technology (including white LED technology). Toyoda Gosei and Cree have agreed in the future to discuss "have made'' rights for LED chips.

Trend-Setter LG Electronics' Viewty Phone Features ANADIGICS' AWT6277 WCDMA PA

WARREN, N.J., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD - News) today announced that it began shipping production volumes of its ANADIGICS AWT6277 WCDMA power amplifier (PA) modules to LG Electronics for use in the new LG Viewty (LG-KU990), a 5.0 mega pixel professional level camera phone currently available in the UK.

Extends Lighting-Class XLamp LED Performance with Multi-Chip Package

DURHAM, N.C., MAY 27, 2008 -- Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that it is demonstrating the newest addition to its industry-leading XLamp LED family--the XLamp MC-E LED--at LIGHTFAIR International in Las Vegas, N.V., May 28-30, 2008.

Companies agree to license patents covering crucial LED technology in case brought by Columbia Professor Emerita Gertrude Neumark Rothschild

NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Four leading consumer electronics companies including Sony Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Exceed and Lucky Light, have agreed to license patents owned by a Columbia University Professor Emerita that cover basic semiconductor technology used in Blu-ray video players as well as mobile phones, digital cameras and other devices, Dreier LLP announced today.

Supply Agreement for Aerospace and Defense Market Valued at Approximately $20 million Through 2013

GREENSBORO, N.C. and LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RF Micro Devices, (NASDAQ:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components, and SELEX GALILEO, one of Europe's leading defense electronics suppliers, today announced the two companies have signed a strategic supply agreement. The strategic supply agreement expands upon a former agreement signed in 2001 between SELEX GALILEO and a division of the former Filtronic Compound Semiconductor Ltd, which was acquired by RFMD on February 29, 2008.

New company makes its presence felt with huge equipment order; plans to manufacture both AlInGaP and GaN "ultra-high-brightness" LEDs

Aachen/Germany, May 27, 2008 -- AIXTRON AG today announced an order from Ubilux, Taiwan for six epitaxy reactors from the AIXTRON group. The order includes several AIXTRON Planetary Reactor and Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) CRIUS systems. These will be delivered in stages until the end of the year.

Photonic 'monolithic on hybrid' chip to provide high-performance, high-speed data communication

IPSWICH, 23 May 2008 --- The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP) has today announced its participation in the new EU FP7 APACHE project. This major three-year research project will be part-funded by the EU, who are contributing 3 million Euros, and will plug a major gap in the optical module roadmap - the lack of cost-effective, high-performance, multi-channel components for high-speed optical communications systems, such as the emerging 100Gigabit Ethernet.

4-inch recessed lamp delivers up to 540 lumens of high-quality light from less than 11 watts of input power, says Cree

DURHAM, N.C., May 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cree, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CREE - News), a market leader in LED lighting, announces volume shipments in May of the LR4, a four-inch architectural recessed LED down light for new construction and renovation projects. The LR4 has been specified in a number of significant projects, including corporate campuses, full-service hotels, and global restaurant chains.

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2008--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced that it has extended its thin film solar equipment product line with the acquisition of Mill Lane Engineering, a privately held manufacturer of web coating systems for flexible solar panels.

KIRKLAND, Washington (May 16th, 2008) - Orb Optronix has made a significant expansion to its LED test-and-measurement-services laboratory, offering complete optical, thermal, and electrical characterization of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

After the CE and TUV in Europe, the UL recognition in the US reconfirmed Acriche conforms to global safety standards

SEOUL, KOREA - 22 May 2008 - Seoul Semiconductor, one of the world's leading LED manufacturers announced today that its Acriche A2 and A3 series have been evaluated and found in compliance with the requirements and therefore is approved to bear the UL Component Recognition Mark.

Dutch company is set to expand sapphire crystal growth for white LED applications

Stadskanaal, The Netherlands -- CrystalQ Group B.V. announces today having received investments from Sustainable Energy Technology Fund (SET Fund), EPT / Benno Wiersma and E2 Cleantech. These investments build on previous investments by the management of CrystalQ and NOM Finance (part of N.V. NOM).

Deadline for papers includes advanced photovoltaics manufacturing technology conference

Former RFMD and Northrop Grumman employee joins GaN-on-silicon pioneer

DURHAM, N.C. (May 21, 2008) --- Nitronex, an innovative developer and manufacturer of high-performance GaN-on-Si RF power transistors for the wireless infrastructure, broadband and military markets, has named Dr. Robert A. Sadler as Principal Engineer. Dr. Sadler has more than 27 years of industry experience in compound semiconductor device and process engineering.

Breakthrough Brightness from Single and Multi-Chip PhlatLight LEDs in Multiple Sizes, Colors and Whites

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luminus Devices will be unveiling its PhlatLight LED product line for lighting applications during LIGHTFAIR International, from May 28 through May 30 in the Red Rock ballroom at the Marriott Suites Hotel in Las Vegas.

EPSRC, the UK Government's leading funding agency for research and development in engineering and the physical sciences, has expanded its presence at the euroLED 2008 exhibition by hosting a UK academic pavilion, with the aim of demonstrating the very best of British solid-state lighting research and development.

SEOUL, KOREA - May 21, 2008: In the side view LED design patent infringement litigation between Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. ("Seoul") and Nichia Corporation ("Nichia"), Judge Chesney of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an "Order Denying Plaintiff's [Nichia's] Motion for Finding of Exceptional Case and Award Attorney's Fees."

Company's Dual-Band Power Amplifier Extends Battery Life and Enhances Functionality for LG Voyager, Latest Touch Screen Multimedia Phone With QWERTY Keyboard

WARREN, N.J., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anadigics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD - News) today announced that it is shipping production volumes of Anadigics' AWT6321 dual-band power amplifier (PA) for use in LG Electronics' new Voyager, a touch screen multimedia phone, currently available through Verizon Wireless.

Creates the Leading Specialty Pure-Play Foundry with Trailing Twelve Month Revenues of $443 Million

* Best of breed specialty process offering of CMOS Image Sensor (visible and non-visible), Radio Frequency (RF CMOS, SiGe and BiCMOS) and Power Management (CMOS and BCD) solutions

* Operational facilities spanning the globe with three fully owned fabrication facilities in the United States and Israel and an ownership interest in a fabrication facility in China

* Significant opportunity for revenue enhancement and cost saving synergies of up to $40 million annually

AUSTIN, TX. May 19, 2008 - Molecular Imprints, Inc., the market and technology leader for volume-production nanopatterning systems and solutions, today announced the successful completion of $12.9 million in financing. Investors in this round include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tokyo Electron Venture Capital, Wafra Investment Advisory Group, KT Venture Group, Alloy Ventures and Motorola Ventures.

Aachen/Germany, May 20, 2008 - AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce an order from
Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Corporation (VPEC) for new AIX 2600G3 epitaxy
reactors.

QPC Lasers, Inc. (OTCBB:QPCI), a world leader in the development and commercialization of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor lasers for the consumer electronics, medical, defense, and industrial markets, has announced financial results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2008.

Austin, Texas -- May 15, 2008 -- Firecomms Ltd., a leading developer of high speed Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) transceivers and Visible Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), and Information Systems Management Solutions (ISMS), a world renowned leader in the design and deployment of broadband community IP networks, today announce an alliance to bring high-performance plastic optical fiber networks based on Firecomms technology into residential (single family-and multiple dwelling units), offices and institutions for the support of broadband applications.

Both Companies Expect to Report Record Revenues for Most Recent Quarter

SUNNYVALE, CA, and HORSHAM, PA--(MARKET WIRE)--May 16, 2008 -- Finisar Corporation (NasdaqGS:FNSR - News) and Optium Corporation (NasdaqGM:OPTM - News) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the two companies will be combined through an all-stock merger, creating the world's largest supplier of optical components, modules and subsystems for the communications industry. The combined company will leverage Finisar's leadership position in the storage and data networking industries and Optium's leadership position in the telecommunications and CATV industries.

ANADIGICS' ABA3101 and ABA3115 Combine High Linearity and Low Noise For Improved Signal Integrity

WARREN, N.J., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANADIGICS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANAD), today announced the launch of its ABA3101 and ABA3115 balanced low noise linear power amplifiers (PAs) designed to generate exceptional signal integrity in CATV set-top box, distribution and drop applications.

Latest Handset Features DVB-H and OMA-BCAST

Wednesday May 14 - WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 its ultra-compact and high efficiency front-end modules (FEMs) for open-loop EDGE, and power amplifiers (PAs) for WCDMA and HSDPA across more than 10 innovative universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) models.

Eight-module unit featuring 24 LEDs 2008 wins Gold Award from the Society of Information Display (SID).

Billerica, Massachusetts -- May 12, 2008 -- Luminus Devices, Inc., the developer and manufacturer of PhlatLight (Photonic Lattice) LED products for a wide variety of display and illumination applications, today announced its PhlatLight LED back light unit (BLU) has won the 2008 Display Component of the Year Gold Award from the Society of Information Display (SID), the highest industry honor.

US foundry received a number of contracts to customize GaAs solar cells from concentrator systems developers

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) today reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 of $14.9 million, a 113% increase from $7.0 million for the same quarter of 2007. Net loss for the first quarter of 2008 was $508,000, or $0.06 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.21 per share, for the first quarter of 2007.

Process enables reliable production of affordable, high-performance semiconductors

TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 13, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company-led team (NYSE:RTN) has accomplished a key step demonstrating that affordable, high-performance circuits for military applications can be produced by growing semiconductor compounds directly on silicon.