Positive vibes abounded at day two of CS Europe, with industry leaders offering insights into novel lasers, GaN-on-silicon transistors and SiC power electronics.

 The second day started where the first left off for the 246 delegates that attended CS Europe in Frankfurt, Germany.

James Raring from Soraa opened the day’s talks with an account of the company’s progress with laser diodes grown on non-polar and semi-polar planes. 

“Laser diodes have a heritage of inventing billion dollar markets," explained Raring. In the past these lasers have been used to read the data of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs, and also generate the packets of light that underpin Internet communication. And going forward, these red, green and blue sources will provide the light engines for various sizes of colour projectors.

Another highlight of the day was the talk by Michael Briere, on behalf of International Rectifier, that detailed this firm’s development of GaN-on-silicon devices. Briere is expecting great things from these devices, and believes that if the penetration of wide bandgap devices into the power electronics market does not significantly exceed the predictions of market analysts, they should be viewed as a failure.

During the day, delegates were also treated to insights into how to deposit ITO on LEDs in an optimal way, the tremendous opportunities for SiC power devices, and how rare-earth oxides could hold the key to making large, very flat GaN-on-silicon wafers.

For more details on the conference, look in the next issue of Compound Semiconductor magazine.

AngelTech Live III: Join us on 12 April 2021!

AngelTech Live III will be broadcast on 12 April 2021, 10am BST, rebroadcast on 14 April (10am CTT) and 16 April (10am PST) and will feature online versions of the market-leading physical events: CS International and PIC International PLUS a brand new Silicon Semiconductor International Track!

Thanks to the great diversity of the semiconductor industry, we are always chasing new markets and developing a range of exciting technologies.

2021 is no different. Over the last few months interest in deep-UV LEDs has rocketed, due to its capability to disinfect and sanitise areas and combat Covid-19. We shall consider a roadmap for this device, along with technologies for boosting its output.

We shall also look at microLEDs, a display with many wonderful attributes, identifying processes for handling the mass transfer of tiny emitters that hold the key to commercialisation of this technology.

We shall also discuss electrification of transportation, underpinned by wide bandgap power electronics and supported by blue lasers that are ideal for processing copper.

Additional areas we will cover include the development of GaN ICs, to improve the reach of power electronics; the great strides that have been made with gallium oxide; and a look at new materials, such as cubic GaN and AlScN.

Having attracted 1500 delegates over the last 2 online summits, the 3rd event promises to be even bigger and better – with 3 interactive sessions over 1 day and will once again prove to be a key event across the semiconductor and photonic integrated circuits calendar.

So make sure you sign up today and discover the latest cutting edge developments across the compound semiconductor and integrated photonics value chain.

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