The latest news and information on optoelectronics manufacturing, including equipment and materials for LEDs, HB-LEDs, OLEDs, photonics, laser diodes, and MOEMS.
Computing Reaches for Terahertz Speeds Alexander E. Braun, Senior Editor - 05/05/2008
Research at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City) has taken a step that may lead to the creation of supercomputers that run on far-infrared (FIR) radiation instead of electricity. More
Innovative Film Protects Thin-Film Solar Cells, Other Plastic Electronics Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 05/01/2008
Scientists from Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have developed a barrier film that enables a significantly longer lifetime for plastic electronic devices such as low-cost solar cells, flexible displays and OLEDs. The new technique protects these devices from moisture 1000× more effectively than other available technologies.
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Oki Integrates AlGaAs LEDs on Silicon Mounting Chips Kenji Tsuda, Asia Contributing Editor - 04/24/2008
Oki Digital Imaging Corp. is in mass production with LED print heads that use a film bonding technique to integrate AlGaAs epitaxial layers on CMOS silicon ICs. The approach avoids wasting valuable space on bonding pads, resulting in higher-density arrays for LED print heads, Oki managers said at the INC4 conference in Tokyo.
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Image Sensor Market Set to Bounce Back Staff - 04/14/2008
IC Insights Inc. said that the image sensor market will rebound this year after a down year in 2007. The market research firm said image sensors will show a 14% CAGR over the next five years to $13.2B in 2012, driven by emerging markets.
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Oxford Instruments Acquires TDI in LED Thrust Staff - 04/10/2008
Oxford Instruments Plc has acquired Technologies and Devices International Inc. (TDI), adding its hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) technology to Oxford’s equipment portfolio aimed at makers of LEDs.
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LED Design, Optimization Using TCAD Modeling Ricardo Borges, Wei-Choon Ng and Gergö Letay, Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Calif. - 04/01/2008
TCAD modeling is widely used in semiconductor manufacturing simulation and analysis routines, from wafer track schedulers to yield management systems. The optoelectronics industry is now applying TCAD to its manufacturing processes, enabling control of process variations and improved yields.
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Strong Sensor, Actuator Market Driven By MEMS Technologies David Lammers, News Editor - 03/27/2008
MEMS technology is driving new applications, making sensors and actuators the fastest growing part of the overall semiconductor industry, according to IC Insights Inc. Overall growth of the chip industry is expected to be healthy over the next five years, with an 12% CAGR driven by improving ASPs.
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IBM Creates On-Chip Nanophotonic Switch David Lammers, News Editor - 03/17/2008
IBM scientists have built an on-chip photonic switch that could be used to route optical signals on a multi-core microprocessor. The optical switches can handle terabit levels of data, working with electro-optic modulators to convert electrical signals into pulses of light.
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Views on News David Lammers, News Editor, Semiconductor International November 16, 2007 An Engineer's Brilliant! Tale
With the holidays approaching and a bit of leisure time ahead of us, please consider ... More
Dan Herr is director of Nanomanufacturing Science Research at SRC. An important part of his research focuses on nanotechnology’s demands on metrology, and he discusses his work to determine where metrology technology’s gaps are, and how to fill them.
LED Design, Optimization Using TCAD Modeling Ricardo Borges, Wei-Choon Ng and Gergö Letay, Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Calif., 04/01/2008
TCAD modeling is widely used in semiconductor manufacturing simulation and analysis routines, from wafer track schedulers to yield management systems. The optoelectronics industry is now applying TCAD to its manufacturing processes, enabling control of process variations and improved yields....
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LED Design, Optimization Using TCAD Modeling
