Manufacturing

Plessey has revealed its first GaN-on-silicon HD monolithic micro-LED with an active silicon backplane. “This is a momentous milestone in the development of our monolithic micro-LED display technology,” said Plessey director of epitaxy Dr Wei Sin Tan. “To the best of our knowledge this is truly a world first, and we are extremely proud of this achievement.” The Devon-based fab ...

GaN-on-silicon power transistor maker Exagan has opened an applications design centre in Toulouse. Called ‘Power Solutions Center’, it will be operated with the firm’s technology partner CEA Tech, and follows the launch a GaN applications centre in Taiwan last year. See our full PCIM 2019 news roundup » “The Toulouse facility provides customers with new application-development and product-validation capabilities using ...

ON Semiconductor has bought GloFo’s East Fishkill 300mm fab for $430 million

Kyocera and Vicor will develop power-on-package (PoP) technology for high-performance and artificial intelligence (AI) processors. Kyocera will integrate processor power and data delivery with organic packages, module substrates and motherboard designs – using its design technology, simulation tools and manufacturing experience to route I/O, high-speed memory and high-current power. Vicor will provide current multipliers ready for integration. “Providing current multiplication ...

2018 sales of manufacturing equipment were up 14% to an all-time high, says SEMI.

Devon-based LED chip-maker Plessey is to focus entirely on micro-LED-based micro-displays, and has ceased launching new lighting LEDs. “The business strategy is 100% micro-LED applications: augmented reality, virtual reality, smart watches and large panel outdoor displays,” Plessey president of business development Mike Lee told Electronics Weekly. “Right now, we are in the middle of raising up to $30m. This is ...

Offices in Cambridge and Derby have been opened by Stratasys to drive the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). The new offices will house technical and business consultants and software developers from GrabCAD, Stratasys’ software start-up, a cloud-based CAD file sharing system. In Derby, strategic consultants will help UK businesses implement AM strategies for 3D printing and be a base for ...

Spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to decline 14% to $53 billion in 2019, but grow 27% next year  to set a new record, says SEMI. Spurred by a slowdown in the memory sector, the 2019 downturn marks the end of a three-year growth run for fab equipment spending. Over the past two years, memory accounted for an annual ...

MACOM and GloFo are to ramp MACOM’s Laser Photonic Integrated Circuit (L-PIC) platform

Yorkshire-based Contract Production Ltd (CPL) has acquired its current head office and production facilities in Pickering North Yorkshire, and expanded into a third adjoining unit almost doubling its work space. The firm produces a range of sub-contract electronic products and PCB assemblies. Its shareholders purchased 9,600 sq ft, spread across the three units on the Thornton Road Industrial estate, investing ...