Epitaxy equipment sales (Materials and Equipment)
The National Research Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada) has ordered a Thermo VG Semicon V90 MBE sys-tem. Scientists at the Canadian establishment s Institute for Microstructural Sciences will use the reactor to develop compound semiconductor devices targeting optoelectronic and high-speed electronic applications. Mitsubishi Electric has placed a repeat order for a 2400G3 MOCVD system from Aixtron for its Itami plant in Japan. Fitted with an in situ characterization module, the new system will be used by the R&D group in the development of new laser structures. NGK Insulators has ordered an Aixtron AIX 200/4 reactor for its R&D corporate technical center in Nagoya, Japan. The company s Thin Film Application project group will use the AIX 200/4 RF-S reactor for R&D in the field of nitride-based optoelectronic devices. Marconi Optical Components has placed orders for three Aixtron production MOCVD reactors to be used in its optical component manufacturing operations in Northamptonshire, UK.
Marconi is currently expanding its production capacity and the company will install another AIX 2600G3 (5 6-inch) system for the growth of GaAs devices, and two more AIX 2400 (8 3-inch) reactors for the production of InP-based lasers. All three MOCVD systems are scheduled for delivery in the fall of 2001. Multiplex (South Plainfield, NJ), a manufacturer of pump lasers, tunable lasers, electroabsorption modulators and receivers, is to buy two AIX 2400G3 reactors (35 2-inch or 5 6-inch wafer capacity) from Aixtron. Multiplex will use the new reactors for the growth of InP/GaInAsP devices used in optical components supporting telecommunication applications.
