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  1. Day 1: Intersolar wanderings, SEMICON West symposium

    Article

    Wed, 13 Jul 2011

    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.

  2. New SEMI standard for silicon photovoltaics feedstocks

    Article

    Wed, 13 Jul 2011

    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.

  1. SigmaTech TSV metrology wins Best of West

    Article

    Fri, 15 Jul 2011

    SigmaTech's UltraMap-TSV system won Best of West at SEMICON West, presented by industry association SEMI and Solid State Technology.

  2. TSV zen comes down to wafer processing balance

    Article

    Tue, 26 Jul 2011

    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.

  3. DuPont, Innovalight see synergies in selective emitters

    Article

    Thu, 28 Jul 2011

    PV materials firm DuPont and "silicon ink" provider Innovalight come at the selective emitter from both ends, promising improved conversion efficiencies.

  4. CNSE adds mask aligner for MEMS fab

    Article

    Thu, 28 Jul 2011

    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.

  5. Top 10 public solar companies

    Article

    Fri, 29 Jul 2011

    SolarPlaza compiled a list of the top ten publicly traded solar energy companies and their market capitalization.

  6. Supercomputing simulations promise better c-Si understanding

    Article

    Fri, 10 Jun 2011

    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.

  7. PV book-to-bill forecasts jerky ride for PV equip suppliers

    Article

    Mon, 6 Jun 2011

    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.

  8. Sapphire Materials Company readies sapphire fab

    Article

    Fri, 29 Jul 2011

    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.

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