18 news items tagged thin film
Providing diverse and complete solutions, TEL continues to break through advanced semiconductor process technology
Tuesday 29 September 2020In addition to process technology which enhances the performance of semiconductor devices by scaling, 3D and heterogeneous integration has led to the development of various new structures...
East Tender sees major players begin testing filters for 6G
Thursday 2 July 2020Thin-film optical filter maker East Tender Optoelectronics has seen clients in Japan, China and the US begin testing optical filter samples for 6G communication, as optical filers...
Profit margins for large-area TFT LCDs forecast to plunge, IHS says
Monday 14 September 2015Large-area thin film TFT LCD profit margins reached 10% in the first quarter of 2015, their highest level since the first half of 2010. However high factory utilization rates at leading...
Touch panel makers see shipments for thin-film touch panels increase
Wednesday 1 October 2014Touch panel makers are seeing shipments for thin-film touch panels used in low-priced handsets increase as the technology continues to drop in price.
DOE to start investigating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties for Taiwan PV imports
Wednesday 29 January 2014The International Trade Association (ITA), an institute belonging to the US Department of Commerce, has announced it will start investigating anti-dumping and countervailing duties...
Touch panel makers expanding lithography capacity
Friday 1 June 2012As touch-enabled devices' screens are becoming thinner with slimmer bezels, some touch panel makers are expanding lithography capacity for their thin-film process, sources said.
7.85-inch iPad said to use thin-film touch
Tuesday 15 May 2012Apple plans to use "G/F2" thin-film touch technology for its 7.85-inch iPad, which is predicted to be out by the fourth quarter of this year, according to industry source...
Intersolar Europe: Companies to show new innovations in solar products
Thursday 2 June 2011Taiwan-based solar firm DelSolar plans to exhibit copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) thin-film solar cells and frameless modules at Intersolar Europe in Germany. Taiwan-based module firm...
TSMC confident of making CIGS PV modules comparable with solar cells, says chairman
Tuesday 26 April 2011Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is technologically capable of producing CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV (photovoltaic) modules with energy conversion...
NexPower receives 30MWp thin-film module orders from India
Monday 21 March 2011Thin-film solar company NexPower, a subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced that it has received 30MWp in module orders from an India client for applications...
Tong Hsing to continue to ramp up LED thin film ceramic substrates
Monday 16 August 2010Ceramic substrate maker Tong Hsing Electronic Industries (THEIL) will continue to ramp up its capacity for LED thin film ceramic substrates through the end of the year on strong demand,...
Wild semiconductor thin film equipment market in 2009, says The Information Network
Wednesday 19 May 2010The film deposition equipment market for chip manufacturing was down 38% in 2009, but on a sector-by-sector basis, sales dropped between 8.7% to 71.7%, according to The Information...
LG Display unveils solar-powered e-book reader
Tuesday 13 October 2009Korea-based LCD panel maker LG Display (LGD) has unveiled an e-book reader that is equipped with in-house developed thin-film solar cell.
Lite-On opens East China regional headquarters
Monday 28 September 2009Lite-On Technology officially opened today its East China Regional Headquarters in Wujin, Changzhou, which will serve as the company's first green energy base, according to the com...
Leotek starts shipping LED streetlamps to China
Tuesday 25 August 2009Leotek Electronics, a subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, has shipped 3,000 LED streetlamps to China and received new LED streetlamp orders from Jiangsu, China, according to David Lin,...
Equipment suppliers turn focus away from LCD panel industry
Thursday 22 January 2009Although Taiwan LCD panel makers have recently received orders worth of NT$70 billion (US$2.08 billion) from China TV vendors, the volumes will mean little for Taiwan's equipment...
Metallurgical silicon to compete with thin film in 2009
Monday 29 September 2008According to market watchers, metallurgical silicon is being incorporated into the PV market since the conversion efficiency of solar cells made from 100% metallurgical silicon has...
Sunwell places 180MW repeat order with Oerlikon
Tuesday 15 July 2008Sunwell, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMC Magnetics, has announced that it has ordered another two end-to-end thin film silicon production lines from Oerlikon Solar. One 60MW line...