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April 27, 2010...Veeco Instruments of Plainview, New York USA reports that Seoul Optodevice Co., Ltd. (SOC) of Korea has selected Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465i gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness LEDs. Veeco notes that addition to orders placed in 2009, SOC placed a multi-tool order during the second quarter of 2010. All the tools are currently scheduled for shipment during 2010.
Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of full color LEDs in China, has placed a large multi-tool order for Veeco's K465i and E475 TurboDisc Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems. The equipment is reportedly for Sanan's new LED fab in Wuhu, Anhui Province for the manufacturing of high brightness LEDs. Veeco booked the order earlier this month.
According to Veeco, the K465i system has wavelength uniformity and excellent run-to-run repeatability. Additionally, Veeco says that the system is very capital efficient, producing many good wafers per day for each capital dollar. Veeco says that the K465i is easily tuned for fast process optimization on wafer sizes up to 8 inches.
Seyong Oh, Ph.D., CEO of SOC, commented, "This new order ensures that we can continue to increase output of our market-leading HB LEDs with the industry's highest yields. Seyong Oh added, "We believe that Veeco's MOCVD systems offer the lowest cost-of-ownership tools on the market, and their support is excellent."
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LED Epiwafer Producing Joint Venture Partners from Mainland China and Taiwan Place Large Order for Aixtron MOCVD Tool
LIGHTimes News StaffApril 27, 2010...In a sign of the growing cooperation between mainland China and Taiwan, Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) of Taiwan is taking part in a joint venture with Jiang Su Can Yang of mainland China for the production of ultra high brightness LEDs.
Jiang Su Can Yang reportedly placed a large order for more more Planetary and Showerhead HB-GaN LED MOCVD tools from Aixtron in the fourth quarter of 2009. The Planetary Reactor systems were ordered in a 11x4 inch configuration, and the Close Coupled Showerhead tools were put in a 31x2 inch configuration for the order that will be delivered between the second and the fourth quarter of 2010. Aixtron indicated that its local support team will commission the new reactors at the new FOREPI purpose-built facility in Jiang Su province, PR China.
Dr. Frank Chien, CEO FOREPI commented, “We have aggressive plans for our joint venture in Jiang Su province, PR China with a total of fifty systems to be in place within the next three years. The excellent performance we have received from our existing Planetary and Showerhead systems from Aixtron at FOREPI in Taiwan have translated directly into high quality product performance, yield, and cost of ownership. Specifically, the new reactors in this latest order are destined not only for a new facility but also a new application research topic. Therefore, as these plans unfold the new joint venture in China will allow us to be very close to many of our customers increasing production capacity and to meet their future needs in new device technology. Working in partnership with Aixtron support team we can bring these tools onstream quickly ramping up HB GaN LED epiwafer production in response to strong local market demand.”
EADS Defence & Security and Alcatel-Lucent Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Broadband for US Public Safety Market
CompoundSemi News StaffApril 21, 2010...EADS Defense & Security and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a strategic alliance to develop and supply advanced broadband solutions to the public safety market in the United States.
The joint solution is based on the emerging 4G standard called (long term evolution) LTE and pubic safety project 251 (P25) mobile technologies and has a 700 MHz spectrum offering. The solution will reportedly provide critical communications to state and local public safety organizations (fire, police and ambulance departments) through a fully integrated, end-to-end solution based on advanced, reliable mobile and IP technologies.
Alcatel-Lucent indicated that it will adapt its LTE-based radio access network, enhanced packet core, IMS and IP backhaul infrastructure and systems to the frequency band dedicated to broadband public safety services in the U.S. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide integration, validation and testing solutions and services.
According to the companies, the joint solution will greatly enhance interoperable voice, video and data communications among different agencies to streamline operations and reduce costs. The cooperation may eventually be expanded to worldwide markets and other frequencies
“We are looking to propose mission-critical systems combining the strengths of our COR P25 radio system open architecture with the next generation of networks and applications in order to better respond to customer requirements,” said Hervé Guillou, CEO of Defence & Communications Systems in EADS Defence & Security.
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Oregon State University Researchers Develop Continuous Flow Microreactor for Making Absorbers for Thin Film Solar Cells
CompoundSemi News StaffApril 20, 2010...Engineers from Oregon State University and Yeungnam University in Korea have written an article appearing in Current Applied Physics, about a system that performs chemical bath deposition to produce absorbers for thin film solar cells. Chemical bath deposition was actually developed more than a hundred years ago, but it was difficult to control the thickness, and the depletion of reactants also limits the achievable thickness.
The OSU engineers invented a continuous flow microreactor to deposit "nanostructure films" on surfaces. This technology reportedly addresses some of the issues with chemical bath deposition, and the engineers expect that eventually the process may be more commercially viable.
“We’ve now demonstrated that this system can produce thin-film solar absorbers on a glass substrate in a short time, and that’s quite significant,” said Chih-hung Chang, an associate professor in the OSU School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. “That’s the first time this has been done with this new technique.”
According to Chang, more work is needed on process control, testing of the finished solar cell, improving its efficiency to rival that of vacuum-based technology, and scaling up the process to a commercial application.
More advances such as this are expected to emerge from the new Oregon Process Innovation Center for Sustainable Solar Cell Manufacturing, a $2.7 million initiative based at OSU, which will include the the work of about 20 faculty from OSU, the University of Oregon, Portland State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Oregon State University News CPV Company, Amonix Secures $129.4 Million Private Equity Financing
CompoundSemi News StaffApril 21, 2010...Amonix, Inc. a maker of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar systems, reports that it has raised $129.4 million Series B financing round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.
Other participants in the round include Adams Street Partners, Angeleno Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Vedanta Capital LP, New Silk Route, The Westly Group, and current investor MissionPoint Capital Partners. Amonix will reportedly use the funding speed up deployments of its CPV systems and expand the company's manufacturing capacity. While much funding has been loaned to many companies which have entered the thin film CIGS solar market, considerably fewer have ventured into the CPV solar market.
Amonix previously raised $25 million in Series A funding from Goldman Sachs Group and MissionPoint Capital, and also received $15.6 million in grant funding through the Department of Energy Solar America Initiative (SAI). In 2010, Amonix received $9.5 million in stimulus funding as part of the federal Recovery Act’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. The funding from the Recovery Act’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit expected to lead to 269 new clean energy manufacturing jobs in Nevada and 167 new jobs in Arizona.
“Amonix CPV systems have emerged as the lowest cost solar technology for sunny and dry environments,” said Ben Kortlang, Partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. “Developers and utilities are choosing Amonix systems because of their 15-year track record in the field, high reliability, ease of deployment and industry-leading efficiency.”
Amonix News Release Delft University of Technology Orders Aixtron 4-inch Black Magic Tool
CompoundSemi News StaffApril 20, 2010...Aixtron AG reports that Delft University of Technology, Netherlands has placed an order for one of Aixtron's Black Magic CNT (carbon nanotube) deposition systems. The system is installed in a 1x4 inch wafer configuration in the Class 10,000 cleanroom of the Delft Institute of Microsystems and Nanoelectronics (DIMES) at the Delft University of Technology.
DIMES is a well equipped institute with Class 100-10,000 cleanrooms, MEMS laboratory and Special Applications Laboratory, covering 1500m2 in area.
Delft University of Technology reportedly decided on Aixtron's Black Magic system after evaluating various tools in terms of low temperature deposition and system flexibility. Professor Ryoichi Ishihara of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) at DIMES commented, "The Black Magic system is a proven equipment for CNT growth. The system is flexible and robust, offering a wide range of processing capabilities to enable us to produce various types of CNT. These unique features attracted us for our research on CNT growth and MEMS devices."
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