Aviza Receives Multiple Orders from LED Manufacturer
Aviza Technology, Inc. announced that it has received multiple orders from one of the world's leading optoelectronics manufacturer to produce GaAs and InGaN-based LED devices,

EV Group Supplies TSV Equipment to STMicroelectronics
EV Group announced it has received an order from STMicroelectronics for its 300-mm bonding, alignment and photoresist processing tools. EVG's fully automated tools are successfully installed at ST's 300-mm through-silicon-via (TSV) pilot line in Crolles, France and used in the manufacture of CMOS imaging sensors (CIS).

Cypress and Tower Stitch Large-Format CIS Device
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. announced the successful completion of Cypress's first 0.18-micron stitched large-format CIS device.

Rohm and Haas Announces Enhanced VaporStation System
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials announced that a second-generation VaporStation central delivery system is shipping to makers of LEDs, solar cells, laser diodes for CD and DVD, and other compound semiconductor devices.

QPC Lasers to Expand Production Facilities
QPC Lasers Inc. announced that it plans to expand its facilities to meet growing production requirements.

EMD Chemicals to Open New Materials Research Lab
EMD Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA of Germany, announced today that it will open a new research and development laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Nextreme OptoCooler Module Aimed at High Heat-Flux Optoelectronics
Nextreme Thermal Solutions announces a new thin-film thermoelectric cooler module designed for optoelectronic applications with high heat-flux requirements.

California Inventors Develop Optoelectronic Package
Marc A. Finot of Palo Alto, Calif., and Xiaowei Yao of San Jose, Calif., have developed an optical package fiber."

Osram Opens Optical Chip Factory in Regensburg, Germany
Osram will today officially open the last section of the company's new semiconductor plant in Regensburg, Germany.

Austin's Illumitex Lands $10.5M for LED Lighting
Illumitex Inc., an Austin-based semiconductor industry startup that is developing optical technology, has raised about $10.5 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the Texas State Securities Board and the company.

Oerlikon Optics Adds GoboXtreme Blanks
Oerlikon Optics is now providing GoboXtreme Dark blanks to OEMs for imaging by laser ablation or chemical etch processes.

Cree Develops Light Emitting Diode Method
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "In method embodiments disclosed, the resistive gallium nitride border is formed by forming an implant mask on the p-type epitaxial region and implanting ions into portions of the p-type epitaxial region to render portions of the p-type epitaxial region semi-insulating."

Veeco GaN MOCVD Systems Ship to LED Customers
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that an additional four of its TurboDisc K465 gallium nitride Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems have been accepted by high brightness light emitting diode manufacturers located throughout Asia.

GE Demos ''Roll-to-Roll'' Manufactured Organic Light Emitting Diodes
GE announced the successful demonstration of the world's first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices.

Micron Launches Aptina Imaging CMOS Image Sensor Division
Micron Technology, Inc. launched Aptina Imaging, creating a separate division and new identity for its CMOS imaging business.

Inventors Develop Organoelement Materials
Junyan Dai and Christopher K. Ober, both of Ithaca, N.Y., Franco Cerrina and Paul Nealey, both of Madison, Wis., and Lin Wang of Baton Rouge, La., have developed an ultra-violet lithographic process.

Optoelectronic Interconnects Aimed at High-Frequency Data Rates
Optical interconnections are being considered for use throughout the backplane, in the motherboard, to or from adjoining daughter cardsor from any number of associated interposer peripheral boards.

Optical Keyhole Carries Video Tour of JDSU's Wafer Fab
Optical Keyhole is carrying a video tour of JDSU's wafer fabrication facility in Silicon Valley, a Class 100 fab that employs 200-mm stepper-based lithography for the high-volume manufacture of PLC components such as AWGs, optical channel monitors, mux/demuxes and ROADMs.

Luminit Forms Alliance with Asahi Kasei for Holographic Diffusers
Luminit LLC announced it has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Asahi Kasei Corporation to transfer patented holographically mastered light diffusion technology.

Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees
The National Inventors Hall of Fame has recognized the next group of world-class inventors who will be inducted into its ranks. This year's influential class includes inventors such as Nick Holonyak, Jr., who invented the first visible LED; as well as Calvin Fuller, Gerald Pearson, and Daryl Chapin, who together created the first practical solar cell.