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Day 1: Intersolar wanderings, SEMICON West symposium
Techcet's Michael A. Fury reports from busy aisles at Intersolar, and at SEMICON West where a private symposium by CEA Leti reviewed work in FDSOI, 3D integration, TSVs, silicon photonics, and MEMS for medicine.
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New SEMI standard for silicon photovoltaics feedstocks
Download the new standard, SEMI PV17-0611: Specification for Virgin Silicon Feedstock Materials for Photovoltaic Applications, covering virgin silicon feedstock materials grades, terminology, and tests to validate materials.
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SigmaTech TSV metrology wins Best of West
SigmaTech's UltraMap-TSV system won Best of West at SEMICON West, presented by industry association SEMI and Solid State Technology.
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TSV zen comes down to wafer processing balance
3D semiconductor packaging processes involve various groups, and standards are important in the hand-offs between them, explains Mark Berry, sales director at Metryx. He covers how to use metrology to protect wafer yields in 3D packaging.
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DuPont, Innovalight see synergies in selective emitters
PV materials firm DuPont and "silicon ink" provider Innovalight come at the selective emitter from both ends, promising improved conversion efficiencies.
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CNSE adds mask aligner for MEMS fab
ClassOne Equipment sold its 150th mask aligner, which will be installed in the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at UAlbany.
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Top 10 public solar companies
SolarPlaza compiled a list of the top ten publicly traded solar energy companies and their market capitalization.
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Supercomputing simulations promise better c-Si understanding
Chinese researchers used a supercomputer to run high-performance molecular simulation, looking to improve production and use of crystalline silicon (c-Si) for photovoltaics and semiconductors.
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PV book-to-bill forecasts jerky ride for PV equip suppliers
The photovoltaics industry book-to-bill will take the industry on a wild ride in 2011 -- from parity to a sharp drop to a rebound, all before next year. Solarbuzz shares what to expect and why it's happening.
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Sapphire Materials Company readies sapphire fab
Sapphire Materials Company (SMC), a subsidiary of Silicon Chemical Corporation (SCC), completed Phase I of its sapphire manufacturing business. Initial shipments of sapphire product will begin this November.
