May 22, 2006 – Veeco Instruments (Nasdaq: VECO), announced that it received an order from Sumika Elecronic Materials for its next-generation E450 metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system.
Sumika, an epitaxial wafer supplier, intends to expand its production of pseudomorphic high electron-mobility transistors (pHEMTs). Gallium-arsenide based pHEMTs are used in a variety of wireless and high-speed applications including power amplifiers and switches for cellular phone and other mobile communications devices.
Sumika will place the tool at its Phoenix, Ariz. fab.