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Ingredients for Better Lighting and More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source.

13 Mar 2009

Himax Announces CMOS Image Sensor Shipments

Himax Technologies, Inc. ("Himax" or "Company") (Nasdaq:HIMX) today announced that in less than two years since the company established its CMOS image sensor team, it has launched 3-mega-pixel, 2-mega-pixel and VGA sensors and will soon commence small-scale commercial shipments to one of the world's leading cell phone camera module manufacturers. The Company expects the product segment to ramp in the second half of the year.

11 Mar 2009

New NanoCD Suite Greatly Enhances Power of OCD Analysis for Most Demanding Process Control Applications

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the release of its latest NanoCD Suite of solutions for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology. The new NanoCD Suite Version 2.0 greatly enhances the power of OCD analysis for the most demanding process control applications.

11 Mar 2009

Semi-Polar GaN Layer for Optoelectronic Devices

Now the technical team at Oxford Instruments-TDI, led by Dr. Alexander Usikov, has made significant progress in solving this problem, and is working closely with a leading LED manufacturer to fabricate these semi-polar GaN layer for optoelectronic devices. This would increase radiative recombination efficiency and device performance.

10 Mar 2009

austriamicrosystems Introduces Ultra Small LED Driver with Error Detection for 8X8 Matrix Displays

austriamicrosystems (SWX:AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, expanded its comprehensive LED driver portfolio with the AS1116, an ultra small multiplexed LED driver. The AS1116 operates from a single 2.7V to 5.5V supply while requiring lowest supply current of 0.6mA during operation and 200nA in shutdown mode.

10 Mar 2009

National Taiwan University Orders AIXTRON MOCVD Tool for White LEDs

AIXTRON AG today announced that in the fourth quarter 2008 the National Taiwan University (NTU), based in Taipei City, Taiwan, ordered one Close Coupled Showerhead 3x2" wafer Research Platform MOCVD system. It will be used for research and development on GaN and related materials and devices and it will be delivered in the third quarter 2009.

10 Mar 2009

Optics Balzers Expands Global Presence

Optics Balzers (SWX:OERL) is forging ahead at a fast pace to expand its international sales network. The company, a leading global pioneer of customized optical components and assemblies, is redefining its market position.

9 Mar 2009

Breakthrough Procedure has Potential Applications in Medical Imaging and Biological Sensors

Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and other areas.

6 Mar 2009

World's First Proven Ultrasound Holographic Imaging Allows Correction of Subsurface Defects

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today joined with Northwestern University to announce successful demonstration of a unique ultrasound holography approach that enables scientists to view the tiniest of buried structures.

3 Mar 2009

Ability of Plants to Turn Sunlight into Energy has Been Successfully Mimicked by Scientists

The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

25 Feb 2009

Featured Equipment

Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

From Avantier Inc.

Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

From Shanghai Optics