SEMICONDUCTORS
MAGAZINE
05/01/2013
Volume 56, Issue 3
SEMICONDUCTORS BLOGS
SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLES
Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays
05/22/2013
Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and information processing. |
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Four-junction solar cell achieves 43.6% efficiency
05/22/2013
Soitec announced the PV industry’s first four-junction solar cell device, which uses two dual-junction sub cells grown on different III-V compound materials, which allows optimal band-gap combinations tailored to capture a broader range of the solar spectrum. |
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IDC predicts semiconductor market to experience 3-4% revenue growth in 2013
05/22/2013
IDC expects the semiconductor market to return to growth in 2013 with revenues forecast to increase by 3.5 percent this year. |
North American semiconductor equipment industry posts April 2013 book-to-bill ratio of 1.08
05/22/2013
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.17 billion in orders worldwide in April 2013 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08. |
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NSF and SRC to fund research to create failure-resistant systems and circuits
05/21/2013
Leaders of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced 18 new projects funded through a joint initiative to address research challenges in the design of failure-resistant circuits and systems. |
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Eleven companies move up in Q1’13 top 20 semi supplier ranking
05/21/2013
Qualcomm, TSMC, and SK Hynix each register greater than 20 percent year-over-year growth. |
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Mouser Electronics’ president and CEO celebrates 40 years of service
05/21/2013
In 1973, Pong was cutting edge in the world of video games, music came on eight-track tapes, TV viewing was limited to three networks and Glenn Smith was a college kid who went to work part-time in the warehouse of what was little more than a mom and pop electronics catalog start-up in San Diego.
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HEADLINES
Dialog Semiconductor Unveils New Bluetooth Smart Chip
Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, recently...
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SOITEC ANNOUNCES INDUSTRY'S FIRST FOUR-JUNCTION SOLAR CELL FOR CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, ENTERING INDUSTRY'S ROADMAP AT WORLD-CLASS LEVEL WITH 43.6 % EFFICIENCY |
Shares of IC inspection tool supplier play catch-up with Largan
Shares of Hermes Microvision Inc., one of Taiwan's leading semiconductor inspection tool and equipment suppliers, extended...
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US Contract Award: Defense Logistics Agency grants Federal Contract worth $60,539.18 for "59--SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DIODE"
Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, has granted federal contract (No. SPM7M613M1754) on May 21, 2013 for...
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Weak PC sales slow semiconductor market
Weak sales of PCs, mobile phones and digital televisions (DTVs) have led to declining revenue in the worldwide semiconduct...
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USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: TOUCHCODE
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21 -- The trademark TOUCHCODE (Reg. No. 4333236; International Reg. No 1093496) was issued on May 14 ...
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FINANCIALS
TECHNOLOGY PAPERS
Rapid Defect Indentification with Layout-Aware Diagnosis
Scan logic diagnosis is a powerful tool to help failure analysis engineers determine the root cause of a failing die. Yield engineers, on the other hand, are...
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Flip Chip Devices get Flat and Happy
Thin is definitely in, but what our modern flip chip devices really want is to be flat and happy! As flip chip die have become increasingly thinner in recent...
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WEBCASTS
Surface Cleaning and Preparation
This introduction requires the development of new critical and selective cleans tackling galvanic corrosion, pattern collapse both in FEOL and BEOL...
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450mm Status Report
Hear from the G450C General Manager, Paul Farrar Jr., on the current status of activities, key milestones and schedules, and imec’s senior business...
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VIDEOS
EVENTS
2013 25th International Conference on Indium Phosphate and Related Materials (IPRM)Kobe, Japan , Japan
+81-3-5452-5151
+81-3-5452-5156
May 19, 2013
- May 23, 2013
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2013 14th International Vaccuum Electronics Conference (IVEC)Paris, France , France
+31 71 565 6704
+31 71 565 4596
May 21, 2013
- May 23, 2013
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2013 IEEE EnergytechCleveland, OH , United States
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Magnesium Workshop Madrid 2013: An International Workshop on Processing-Microstructure-Mechanical Property of Magnesium AlloysMadrid, Spain
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2013 5th IEEE International Memory Workshop (IMW)Monterey, CA , United States
408-765-5249
May 26, 2013
- May 29, 2013
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NEW PRODUCTS
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3M announces QDEF; to bring 50% more color to LCD devices
May 21, 2013
3M announced today it is in the final stages of scale-up for its new 3M Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF). The new film allow...
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COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b offers new additions to simulation platform
May 16, 2013
COMSOL Inc., a multiphysics simulator software developer, recently announced the release of major new additions to the COMSOL s...
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Spectra-Physics introduces industrial picosecond laser
May 10, 2013
Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision ...
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Multitest announces ecoAmp for high-power applications
May 8, 2013
Multitest announces that its ecoAmp high power Kelvin contactor successfully passed a challenging evaluation for an automotive ...
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