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BOE Tech buying semiconductor equipment from Applied for making display panels
BOE Technology has ordered for advanced Gen 8.5 and Gen 5.5 flat-display-panel production equipment from Applied Materials for use in multiple facilities. Applied Materials is providing deposition equipment such as Applied PiVot PVD and PECVD systems supporting critical new technologies such as
2 min readCanon integrates CMOS sensor inside image sensor to improve auto focus in SLR cameras
Canon has developed innovative auto focus technology for digital SLR cameras called Dual Pixel CMOS AF, a phase-detection AF technology conducted directly on the image sensor plane, employs a CMOS sensor on which all of the effective pixels are able to perform both imaging and phase-detection AF sim
5 min readTremendous growth of GaN LED shipments
IMS research has reported more than 100 billion Gallium Nitride light-emitting diodes (GaN LED) will ship in 2013. GaN LEDs account for 85 percent of total revenues in the LED industry, dominating key applications such as TVs and lighting, as per IMS. Revenue for GaN LEDs this year will pass the
3 min read4.1 Inch+ displays account for nearly half of all smartphone displays in 2013
NPD DisplaySearch finds in the past two years, global smartphone display shipments have increased by 120% due to growing sales of larger, higher resolution displays. Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 models, with 960/1136 × 640 resolutions and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and S4 models, with HD (1270 × 720) and
2 min readTowerJazz to provide fab services for infrared image sensor for range of application
By gaining expertise in volume manufacturing of CMOS infrared image sensors, TowerJaaz expanding its fab services for volume customers of infrared image sensor technology. TowerJazz to facilitate expansion into other consumer markets such as gaming, personal security, and application driven platform
2 min readUltra HD CMOS image sensors made using 130nm process on 200mm Si Wafers
Imec and Panasonic have together made Ultra HD CMOS image sensors with resolution specification of 4,000x2,000 pixels progressive images at 60 frames per second (fps). Imec has used 130nm CMOS process on 200mm silicon wafers to produce these sensors. Targeting the next-generation broadcasting f
2 min readSilicon Photonics is up for bigger impact
For the bandwidth hungry internet, the electrical communication over wire is severe limitation for GHz and above frequency not only off-chip but also on-chip. The chip-to-chip and inter-chip data transfer need optical interconnect to rise the speed of computing as well as communication to serve the
3 min readYole forecasts LED luminaire revenue to reach $435M in 2013 and $516M by 2016
Pars Mukish, Market and technology analyst, LED at Yole Développement says “We estimate that LED luminaire revenue will reach $435M in 2013 and peak at $516M by 2016, fuelled by the increased need for energy efficiency. Growth will be driven firstly by tunnel lighting, and then relayed into highway,
3 min readTowerJazz ramp the volume production for CMOSIS’ 12-megapixel image sensor
TowerJazz said it has ramped the volume production for CMOSIS’ 12-megapixel CMV12000, following the very successful volume production of its CMV products. CMV12000 is manufactured in TowerJazz’s Fab-2 in Migdal Haemek, Israel using 0.18μm specialty CIS process (TS18IS). "We have enjoyed a ve
2 min readShipments outpaced production for large-sized LCD panels in March
IHS reported the large-sized LCD displays in March reached a total shipment area of 11.3 million square meters, a metric showing the expanse of shipped panels during the period and distributed among the panels’ four major applications for TVs, notebooks, monitors and tablets. In comparison, producti
5 min readPanasonic announces twin-achievements in solid state light emitting
Panasonic Corporation has developed a white Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) with record luminous efficiency of 114 lm/W (light-emitting area of 1 cm²). Panasonic also achieved luminous efficiency of 110 lm/W with a device with a larger emitting area of 25 cm². Panasonic has used "light extractio
6 min readBright color LEDs from Cree deliver 88% more light compared to other
Cree has announced commercial availability of XLamp XP-E2 color LEDs. The new XP-E2 color LEDs deliver up to 88 percent higher maximum light output compared to alternative high-power color LEDs, enabling lighting manufacturers to more cost-effectively address a wide spectrum of applications, such as
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