Compound semiconductor pioneers honored
Calvin Carter of Cree receives his medal for “Exceptional contributions to the development of silicon carbide wafers, leading to new industries in wide bandgap semiconductors and enabling still other new industries in efficient blue, green and white light, full color displays, high power solid-state microwave amplifiers, more efficient/compact power supplies, higher efficiency power distribution/transmission systems, and gemstone.”
A team consisting of Nick Holonyak, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, George Craford of Lumileds Lighting, and Russell Dupuis of Georgia Institute of Technology were also honored for “Contributions to the development and commercialization of LED technology, the world’s most efficient light source being mass produced today, with applications to digital displays, consumer electronics, automotive lighting, traffic signals and general illumination.”
