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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. More

  • Researchers Advance CNT-Based Networks
    Staff - 07/24/2008
     In what appears to be a major advance in carbon nanotube-based circuits, researchers from Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said they have succeeded in building networks of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The team solved the problem of metallic CNTs causing short circuits by cutting the network into precise strips. The effort could advance the field of flexible circuits and displays, they said. More
  • Lattice Power Has Silicon Substrate LED
    Yao Gang, Editor-in-Chief, SI China - 07/23/2008
     Lattice Power Corp. (Nanchang, China) said it is in production with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) made with its proprietary silicon-substrate technology. The company deposits GaN light-emitting materials on silicon substrates, reducing costs. More
  • What’s Your Solar Story?
    Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 07/17/2008
     Officially, SEMICON West has more than 250 exhibitors that have offerings for both the photovoltaics and the semiconductor markets. But it seems that nearly every exhibitor has some sort of solar story to tell. More
  • Surface Profiler Tackles Solar Market
    Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 07/16/2008
     KLA-Tencor’s (Milpitas, Calif.) latest stylus surface profiling system, unveiled this week at Intersolar North America, offers advanced features for scientific research and production environments, such as solar cell manufacturing. More
  • IMEC Aims for Less Solar Silicon
    Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 07/16/2008
     IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) is developing a way to make solar cells more cost-effective, producing ~50-µm-thin crystalline silicon wafers using tools already available in the industry. More
  • Solid-State Lighting Becoming Practical
    Paula Doe, Contributing Editor, SEMI - 07/15/2008
     Semiconductor-based lighting could cut the energy used by lighting in half, says the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, D.C.). Because lighting accounts for about one-fifth of all electricity used in the United States, that could add up to some $98B in energy savings by 2020. More
  • Intersolar Shows PV/Semi Synergies
    Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 07/15/2008
     As photovoltaics (PV) market growth continues to skyrocket, SEMI is furthering its PV initiative at this year’s SEMICON West. In addition to the more than 250 SEMICON West exhibitors showing their PV-related wares, Intersolar North America is co-located with the exhibition, located on the third floor in the West Hall of Moscone Center this week. More
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SI's Take on Semicon West
Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Semiconductor International
July 17, 2008
SEMICON West '08: South Hall Exodus
As expected, Moscone West was hopping this year more than I’ve ever see...
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Alexander E. Braun
The Measure of All Things
Alexander E. Braun, Senior Editor, Semiconductor International
July 14, 2008
Standalone Pushes Optical CD Boundaries
Semiconductor manufacturers face tough process and business challenges. On one hand t...
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SI's Take on Semicon West
Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Semiconductor International
July 8, 2008
SEMICON West '08: Intersolar Adds to Hectic Schedule
SEMICON West, one of our busiest shows of the year, just keeps getting busier...
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Alexander E. Braun
The Measure of All Things
Alexander E. Braun, Senior Editor, Semiconductor International
July 6, 2008
SEM Enables Rapid Subnanometer 3-D Surface Imaging
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    Leveraging Novel MEMS Technologies for Next-Generation Photovoltaic Applications
Paul Lindner, Executive Technology Director, EV Group, St. Florian/Inn, Austria, www.evgroup.com, 07/01/2008
 Cross-industry innovation involves creative imitation in the course of a radical innovation process. This article discusses a successful application of technology from the MEMS industry to the photovoltaics industry....

    Advanced TCAD Simulation Helps Optimize Solar Cell Efficiency
Ricardo Borges, Sudarshan Krishnamoorthy, Gergö Létay and Christoph Zechner, Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Calif., 07/01/2008
 Regardless of the photovoltaic technology being pursued, the push to higher efficiencies has led to the use of new materials and structural concepts. Simulation enables the exploration and optimization of a wide range of variables....

    Thin-Film Photovoltaics Capture More of the Spectrum
Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, 07/01/2008
 Although thin-film silicon solar cells do not have conversion efficiencies as high as most competing technologies, they offer compelling capabilities in terms of cost per kilowatt hour of energy. Thin-film technology, along with semiconductor and flat panel know-how, will help the solar industry reach the coveted grid parity....

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