Opto Last update:2nd June 2010
Daily Top Stories
White LEDs and solar PV cells manufacturing base; the critical component for India's energy needs
Robust market demand for semiconductor devices in 2010
Latest semiconductor market stats from SIA and IDC
Bangalore based LED lamp maker Innovlite raises funds from angel investors
Camstar's ebook on applying its quality model for solar industry to achieve grid parity
De Core to soon produce white LEDs from its opto-semiconductor fab at Noida
TSMC starts building facilities for LED business
Moser Baer enhances its thin film solar PV module efficiency by 7.3 %
Phototransistor-based ambient light sensors video demo by Vishay
Mitsubishi Electric to ramp up PV solar cell production
XLamp LED from Cree to displace conventional light sources
Origin and Micron form JV company for developing solar cell technology
e2v's CCD image sensors cross 10 years of continuous performance on board a satellite
Sharp ST and Enel are partnering to produce 30%+ efficient solar PV panels in Italy
SunEdison and Xcel Energy wins a deal for five photovoltaic solar installations in New Mexico
Rambus acquire GLT's patents on lighting and optoelectronics tech
India's new solar mission opening a floodgate of opportunities
Epson Imaging's TFT LCD business sales function transferred to the Sony Group
SEMI released database of Opto and LED manufacturers
JDSU shipped more than 100 Q Series UV lasers for the scribing of LED wafers
NREL adopted Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD to simulate solar cell performance
Cypress Semiconductor's LED controller chips inside WAC's LED light system
Sanmina-SCI and OneChip Photonics are partnering to manufacture optical PICs
Popular solar industry event Intersolar to happen in India
Isuppli predicts >50% growth for 5 of the top 10 solar semiconductor suppliers
Sony to transfer its US LCD manufacturing assets to Hon Hai
Taiwan semiconductor fabs showing more love towards sun and light
Tata BP Solar and NXP partnering to develop products by using combined technology
Sony is acquiring some assets of Epson's small-and medium-Sized TFT LCD operations
National Semiconductor's SolarMagic shines in Japan
Hemlock Semiconductor commences new polysilicon production facility
Nationals' SolarMagic power optimizer tested to prove MTBF of 455 years
ST Microelectronics and Soitec partner on backside-illumination (BSI) technology
National and Nuventix jointly offer LED lamps reference design
AZ Displays introduces electronic paper displays in 5, 6, and 9.7 Inch diameters
Toshiba to buy all Panasonic shares in LCD panel joint venture
Camera + DSP = human eye + brain
MathWorks installs photovoltaic arrays to generate 139.08 KW of power
Panasonic plans to open a new showroom built by using renewable energy sources
Small screen LCD market strategy: Sony and Seiko Epson to form alliance
National Semiconductor's new technology can help solar PVs to manage the shade better
Motorola broadens Passive Optical Network (PON) portfolio with RF over Glass (RFoG) solutions
SEMI PV Group announced Global Photovoltaic Standards Roadmap Guidance Document
PerkinElmer has acquired LED lighting company Opto Technology
Sharp and Sony to postpone the establishment of joint LCD panel production venture
Intersolar and SEMI PV collaborate to expand PV production services
Panasonic developed 8.8 mm ultra thin plasma and LCD HDTV displays
Hemlock Semiconductor to invest $3.0 billion to produce polysilicon for solar market
SEMI forms India PV Advisory Committee and to conduct a solar event in Nov 09
Solar market revenues booming at growth exceeding 75%
Boston's skyscraper illuminated with white LED fixtures
ICP Solar to acquire Ibersolar
Philips and Osram signed LED patent license agreement
Solar Infra announces plans to establish a mega solar plant in India
Intel to form an independent company called SpectraWatt to manufacture solar cells
S-LCD aims to become world's largest large screen LCD maker in 2007.
New Products
New LED-backlit LCDs from Sharp also features a touch screen panel
OCB LCD panel for 3D glasses from Toshiba
E-Core LED product line from Toshiba enters North American lighting market
1.3M and 2.1M CMOS image sensors from Samsung for webcams
Sony develops high efficiency RGB Laser module targeting large projector displays
OmniVision's image sensor with 360-degree view is available in bulk
ADI's quad-channel digital isolators are automotive qualified
Fairchild Semiconductor extends 3.3V optocoupler selection for high-speed industrial apps
New image sensor from Samsung for smart-phones can scan barcode and business cards
Power SMD white LEDs from Vishay targeting elctronic devices lighting apps
HB water-resistant tricolor surface mount LEDs for indoor/outdoor full color signs and displays
Automotive gate drive optocoupler from Avago for hybrid electric vehicles
Low power single channel 1MBd digital optocoupler for signal isolation interfaces
Voltage/current threshold detection optocouplers to detect AC/DC voltage sources
New automotive-qualified miniature PIN photodiodes and phototransistors from Vishay
Electro-Optic polymer for optical high-speed on-chip interconnects on CMOS circuits
High sensitivity 1.3 MP CMOS image sensor for embedded imaging apps from e2v
New multi-color high-bright LED from Luminus
TFT LCD panels with LED-backlit display from Toshiba
High brightness and high efficient new LED modules from Dialight
New family of transimpedance amplifier for 10G, 40G and 100G optical ethernet
New solar charger IC for Lithium-Ion batteries
Supertex' buck mode LED driver IC for solid-state lighting applications
Supertex' new LED driver IC with current accuracy of +/-3%
Three channel LED driver IC for driving LEDs used in LCD TVs
Dual high-side LED flash driver from National Semiconductor
LED driver IC with enough interfaces for a complete front panel indication
ADI's new white LED flash driver for mobile-phone cameras
New micro-display panel for tiny digital projectors as an alternative for micro-mirror
Module to drive LED based LCD display backlighting
White LED assemblies with light output up to 650 lumens
Analog Devices' new isolator IC is a replacement for opto-coupler in medical electronics
DiViiNA, a new entry-level line scan camera from e2v
Dialight's new LED dual flashing beacon to replace xenon tubes
3.4 and 4.3-Inch color Organic LED displays with built in video decoder
Optocoupler with high noise immunity for fieldbus communications
Environment friendly Ultra Violet (UV) LEDs for medical electronics
CMOS transmitter IC for 40Gbps optical transmission systems
Wide angle high intensity surface mount LEDs
830-nm infrared emitters in SMD PLCC2 and 5-mm (T1¾) packages
100W high brightness LED luminaire outshines 250W HPS light sources
Rugged, right-angle LED specially designed to withstand rough treatment
Ambient light sensing photodiode for automotive applications
Three new DC-DC Converter ICs for LED lamp applications
Miniature SMD IR receivers with best sensitivity-to-size ratio
10-Watt and 5-Watt LED panels for lighting luminaries
3-mm size, 940-nm infrared emitter with optical power of 40 mW
Integrated PON/SFP controller with APD boost converter for fiber optic modules
Large screen LCDs with up to 50K hours of operation
800V zero crossing triac photocoupler for solid state relays
High-speed 870-nm infrared emitter with radiant intensity of 16 mW/sr
CMOS image sensor for machine vision and holographic data storage applications
Snubberless TRIAC driver opto-couplers with very low standby power
White power SMD LEDs based on InGaN/TAG on sapphire technology
Vishay launches new high-bright amber and yellow LEDs
Front Monitor Diodes from Atmel
Toshiba's new LCD panels with white LED backlighting
New CMOS image sensor from Micron for digital cameras
Sharp Electronics has launched 46 inch LCD display panel for signage boards
Panasonic further improves the light efficiency of white LED
12.1 Inch SVGA transflective display from Sharp for bright outdoors
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