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ams launches world’s first digital multispectral sensor-on-chip leveraging breakthrough wafer-level filter technology

01/17/2017  ams AG today launched the world's first series of cost-effective multispectral sensor-on-chip solutions, opening the way for a new generation of spectral analyzers for consumer and industrial applications.

Dow Corning expands LED packaging design options with launch of new silicone coatings

01/17/2017  Dow Corning significantly expanded the design flexibilities for LED packaging manufacturers today with the addition of three new highly reflective silicone coatings to its fast-growing portfolio of advanced LED solutions.

Wolfspeed introduces new SiC MOSFET for EV drive trains

01/11/2017  New 900V, 10m? chip enables new improvements in range, battery usage and vehicle design.

Miniscule amounts of impurities in vacuum greatly affecting OLED lifetime

01/03/2017  Reproducibility is a necessity for science but has often eluded researchers studying the lifetime of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

A year in review: Top 10 stories of 2016

12/23/2016  From the ground-breaking research breakthroughs to the shifting supplier landscape, these are the stories the Solid State Technology audience read the most during 2016.

Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH announces new CEO

12/20/2016  Andreas Weisl (38), former Vice President Europe of Korean LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), has taken on the position of CEO at Seoul Semiconductor Europe GmbH based Munich, Germany, with effect from November 11, 2016.

62 new facilities start operation 2017 and beyond

12/19/2016  Data from SEMI’s recently updated World Fab Forecast report reveal that 62 new Front End facilities will begin operation between 2017 and 2020.

LEDs and power electronic innovations are converging to handle module-level thermal management

12/15/2016  In 2015, all economic indicators pointed to continued market growth for both industries, power electronics and LED, especially with IGBT modules boosted by EV/HEV industry and general lighting applications, a killer application for LEDs since 2012.

Cree announces the next generation of extreme high power LEDs

12/14/2016  The new XHP50.2 LED enables lighting manufacturers to quickly improve the performance of existing XHP50 lighting designs.

Outfitting the future

12/12/2016  Wearable technology is about more than smartwatches or counting steps. Across North Carolina State University, researchers are using it to solve problems — monitoring heart rate and environmental dangers, powering electronic devices, delivering medications, building better prosthetics and improving safety.

University of California, Berkeley places order for PEALD deposition system from Ultratech Cambridge Nanotech

12/08/2016  Ultratech, Inc. announced that the Laboratory for Emerging and Exploratory Devices has chosen the Ultratech-CNT Fiji G2 PEALD system as its instrument of choice for its research activities.

Global semiconductor sales increase 5% year-over-year in October

12/08/2016  The global semiconductor market has rebounded in recent months, with October marking the largest year-to-year sales increase since March 2015.

Leti says FD-SOI light-sensing technique can make transistors far more sensitive to visible light

12/08/2016  In IEDM 2016 presentation, institute’s team demonstrates potential sensing advantages of integrating photodiodes below buried oxide.

ClassOne reports record sales, crediting WLP and "More than Moore"

12/07/2016  “We’ve been seeing a steady increase in market interest and sales,” said ClassOne Technology President, Kevin Witt.

LED packaging: New relays of growth are required for LED companies to survive

12/02/2016  According to Yole’s analysts, the packaged LED market represented a revenue of nearly US$15.7 billion in 2015. This industry should grow to a size of nearly US$18.2 billion by 2020.

Kateeva President & COO named "Inventor of the Year" for 2016 by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association

12/01/2016  Kateeva, the OLED production equipment leader, today announced that President and COO, Conor Madigan, Ph.D., was named "Inventor of the Year" for 2016 by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA).

ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup agree to form joint-venture

11/30/2016  ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. and Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. today announced an agreement to form a joint-venture and to mutually terminate Tsinghua Unigroup's earlier private placement plan.

Display panel makers increase fab utilization rate to 90% in Q4 2016

11/17/2016  The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous year, and up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter.

Kateeva takes home award for YIELDjetT FLEX System

11/17/2016  Last night at the Printed Electronics USA conference in Santa Clara, Calif., Kateeva’s YIELDjet FLEX inkjet printing system was named the winner of the prestigious Technical Development Manufacturing Award.

Registration open for SEMICON Korea 2017's special 30-Year anniversary

11/16/2016  Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the largest-ever SEMICON Korea will be held from February 8 to 10, featuring 600 exhibiting companies and an expected 40,000 attendees at COEX, Seoul.




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