Veeco/Applied Epi Merger Completed in Record TimeSeptember 20, 2001...Veeco Instruments Inc. of New York has completed its merger with MBE equipment
manufacturer, Applied Epi, Inc. of St. Paul, Minnesota. Applied Epi received
approximately 4 million shares of Veeco common stock and $30 million in cash.
Edward H. Braun, Chairman, President and CEO of Veeco commented, "We
are pleased to have completed this merger ahead of schedule. As we have mentioned,
Applied Epi adds a critical 'high-value' deposition product line, molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE), to our current line of process equipment. By adding Applied
Epi's MBE capabilities, we will be well positioned to play a leading role in
the future integration of III-V compound semiconductor and silicon device development.
In fact, since the merger was announced, Applied Epi has shipped a dual reactor
GEN2000 to IQE." Stratos Parleys AIT Acquisition to Greater Optical ConnectivitySeptember 20, 2001...Since acquiring New York-based AIT, Inc., a leader in manufacturing optical
flex circuitry, Stratos Lightwave, Inc. has committed significant resources
in developing a new depth of technology to support AIT's optical flex circuit
design and manufacturing expertise, which is synergistic with Stratos Lightwave's
broad line of ribbon connectivity products and termination processes. What they're
doing helps illustrate what's actually going on in the systems compound semi
technologies are being designed to compliment. Essentially, flex circuits reduce
the rack space required for interconnect points while eliminating of what Stratos
calls "the rat's nest'' of fiber optic cabling congestion. Optical flex
circuits consist of individual optical fibers which are laid out in the custom
configuration required by the specific application. The fibers are then permanently
embedded and encapsulated in a flexible substrate, securing each fiber into
its correct position. The protruding "pigtail'' fibers are then connectorized
and tested prior to interfacing with the rest of the system. Stratos is able
to offer optical flex circuits as large as 500mm by 500mm (19.7" by 19.7''),
with as many as 500 fibers--the highest fiber count yet achieved by any manufacturer.
All fiber types are available, including singlemode, multi-mode, and PM (polarization
maintaining). Wireless Village Initiative Reaches Major MilestoneSeptember 20, 2001...Wireless industry leaders Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, the founders of the
Wireless Village initiative, jointly announced the successful demonstration
of the first interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services. The
demonstration is an important milestone in developing the Wireless Village specification.
Carried out in Kista, Sweden, the demonstration showed how three different mobile
phones were able to connect with two different mobile instant messaging and
presence servers; one located in Sweden and the other in the US. The internal
demonstration is the result of an iterative process used by the Wireless Village
initiative's technical team in defining their specifications. That process is
an iteration of steps involving specification, prototype coding and demonstration.
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September 20, 2001...Sterling Semiconductor, Inc., a subsidiary of Uniroyal Technology Corporation
in Florida, has added two well-regarded SiC scientists to its technology team,
Dr. Olle Kordina and Dr. Michael MacMillan. "Sterling has an exceptional
base of SiC scientists at its Virginia and Connecticut facilities focusing on
SiC wafer expansion and SiC semi-insulating substrates,'' said Robert L.
Soran, President and Chief Operating Officer of Uniroyal Technology Corporation.
"Doctors Kordina and MacMillan bring a wealth of knowledge and experience
to our epitaxy and device production site in Tampa, while increasing Sterling's
capability to provide its commercial and government customers with SiC products
that best fit their needs,'' said Mr. Soran. Dr. Olle Kordina was Senior
Scientist at Linköping University in Sweden where he developed epitaxial structures
for RF and power devices. Prior to Linköping University, he was employed as
Senior Scientist at Cree, Inc. Dr. Michael F. MacMillan joined Sterling from
Northrop Grumman and will serve as Epitaxy Scientist and Program Administrator
at Sterling's new Tampa facility. Both scientists will be based in Sterling's
Tampa, Florida facility where they join the Sterling's growing technology team
which includes crystal growth scientists Dr. Shaoping Wang and Dr. Edward Sanchez
in Connecticut; Dr. Cengiz Balkas, Dr. Volker Heydemann and Dr. Nikolay Yushin
in Virginia; and device scientist Dr. Gilyong Chung in Florida. Stanford Micro Becomes "Sirenza" and Introduces New pHEMT LineSeptember 19, 2001... The Sunnyvale California compound semi company known as Stanford Microdevices
(Nasdaq:SMDI) has changed its name to Sirenza Microdevices, which should finally
clear the air and any confusion with Stanford University. By selecting "Sirenza"
SMDI retains their Nasdaq symbol. Their new website name will be www.sirenza.com.
Sirenza kicks of their new persona with the introduction of a new line of low-noise
GaAs pHEMT components suited to a wide range of low-noise amplifier applications
in wireless-infrastructure equipment. Specifically, their new SPF-3043 provides
ultra-low-noise performance (0.25 dB @ 1 GHz and 0.5 dB @ 2 GHz) with associated
high gain (25 dB @ 1 GHz and 22 dB @ 2 GHz) and is ideally biased at 3V, 20
mA for lowest noise performance. At 5V, 40 mA, SMDI says it delivers excellent
OIP3 of 32 dBm. "This high-performance component is fabricated using
advanced GaAs pHEMT technology to provide exceptional performance across the
entire DC-to-10 GHz frequency range,'' said Greg Baker, SMDI's VP and GM
for Standard Products. The SPF-3043 is housed in an industry-standard SOT-343
surface-mount plastic package and is priced at $0.99 each in quantities of 10,000,
and is available now from SMDI distributors. Anadigics Awarded Second Multiband Amplifier PatentSeptember 20, 2001...Anadigics of Warren, New Jersey USA, which was one of the first companies to
receive design wins for the now popular 900MHz extended reach mobile phones,
has been awarded a patent for a newly designed GaAs multi-band amplifier. The
patent, US
Patent No. 6242986 entitled Multiple-band amplifier, is the second
to be granted to Anadigics for this particular amplifier circuit. The new GaAs
Multiband Amplifier Circuit, which has been designed for use in the wireless
communications sector, is disclosed for operation at either the 800 MHz or the
1900 MHz band, and provides the desired gain and input/output impedance. Switching
impedance networks are used at the input and output of the amplifier to provide
matching input impedance and desired output impedance for operation in the two
bands. Switching impedance networks are also used between any successive stages
of the amplifier to provide proper inter-stage impedance. The dual band amplifier
includes a bias control circuit that biases the amplifier to operate in A, B,
AB or C mode. The amplifier can be used for the AMPS 800 or the GSM 900 operation,
or any other wireless operation such as the PCS 1900, and can be switched between
the two operations by simply applying a proper control signal to the amplifier.
Press Release MRS Opens Electronic LibrarySeptember 20, 2001...The Materials Research Society has announced the opening of the MRS Electronic
Library, an online document delivery service that provides desktop access to
proceedings papers from MRS Meetings at affordable prices. The Library can be
found at www.mrs.org/publications/epubs/.
Approximately 1,200 proceedings papers from the 2000 MRS Fall Meeting are already
online in the Library. More than 1,000 additional papers from the 2001 MRS Spring
Meeting, held in April, will be added to the collection shortly. Our news features are reported
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