Platinum: Aixtron | Evatec | EV Group |Laytec | Oxford Instruments | SAFC Hitech | Temescal |
Yole Developpment
Gold: CS Clean | Dow Corning | EAG | EpiGaN | Indium | IQE | Johnson Matthey | Materion | Mersen | Nanaotronics Imaging | RFMD | SAES Getters | S3 Alliance |Translucent | United Monolithic Semiconductors
Evening Reception Sponsor: Triquint Semiconductor
Platinum Sponsors
AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company's technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications (photonic) based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials and more recently carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene and other nanomaterials. Such components are used in display technology, signal and lighting technology, fiber communication networks, wireless and cell telephony applications, optical and electronic data storage, computer technology as well as a wide range of other high-tech applications. AIXTRON SE’s securities are listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and, in form of American Depositary Shares (ADS), on the Global Market of the NASDAQ Stock Market, and are included in the TecDAX index, the NASDAQ Composite Index, the MSCI World Small Cap Index, the Nature Stock Index (NAI) and the Dow Jones Stoxx 600. Founded in 1983, the Company is headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany.
AIXTRON SE
Kaiserstrasse 98
52134 Herzogenrath
Germany
Phone: +49-241-8909-0
Fax: +49-241-8909-40
info@aixtron.com
www.aixtron.com
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Home of the Balzers BAK, Evatec is a thin film solutions provider offering complete hardware and process solutions for LEDs, Power Devices, PV, MEMS and selected semiconductor applications.
Core technologies for processing of TCOs, Dielectrics, metals and compound semiconductors include enhanced high throughput evaporation processes high rate, ultrastable sputter processes for damage sensitive sub layers PECVD with tunable stress profile precision RIE and ICP etch with high selectivity and tunable etch geometries
Customers can select from multi-process cluster tools or single process batch tools with or without automated handling according to application, process and throughput requirements.
http://www.evatecnet.com
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About EV Group (EVG)
EV Group (EVG) is a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), compound semiconductors, power devices, and nanotechnology devices. Key products include wafer bonding, thin-wafer processing, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems. Founded in 1980, EV Group services and supports an elaborate network of global customers and partners all over the world. More information about EVG is available at http://www.EVGroup.com.
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LayTec is a major provider of in-situ and in-line optical metrology systems for thin-film processes. Our products are used in a broad range of thin-film applications such as compound semiconductors, photovoltaics, oxides and organics deposition. LayTec's measurement systems provide access to key thin-film parameters in real-time – either in-situ, during the deposition process, or in-line.
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Oxford Instruments offers flexible, configurable process tools and leading-edge processes for the precise, controllable and repeatable etching, deposition and growth of micro- and nano-structures.
Our systems provide process solutions for the micro- and nanometre engineering of materials for semiconductor, optoelectronics, HBLED, PV, MEMS & microfluidics, high quality optical coating and many other applications in micro- and nanotechnology.
These solutions are based on core technologies in:
- Plasma Etch & Deposition
- Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)
- Ion Beam Etch & Deposition
- Deep Silicon Etch Systems
Products range from compact stand alone systems for R&D, through to batch tools and up to cassette-to-cassette and clustered platforms for production processing
http://www.oxford-instruments.com/Pages/home.aspx
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With an unmatched pedigree in the supply of specialty gases, metalorganic compounds and delivery systems to the compound semiconductor and III-V markets, SAFC Hitech is a proven market leader with more than a quarter of a century of leadership in innovations that drive technology.
http://www.safcglobal.com/
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For over fourty years, Temescal has been at the forefront of electron beam coating and the design and manufacture of systems and components for precision deposition. Today, our industry leading evaporation systems are recognized as the premier solution for the most demanding metalization applications.
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Beginning in 1998 with Yole Développement, we have expanded to a group of companies providing market research, technology analysis, strategy consulting, media, and financial services.
Yole Développement group has grown to more than 40 associates worldwide covering emerging and disruptive silicon and micro manufacturing markets including MEMS, medical technologies (including Microfluidics and BioMEMS), advanced packaging, compound semiconductors, power electronics, LEDs, and photovoltaics. The group supports companies, investors and R&D organizations worldwide in understanding markets and following technology trends to grow their businesses.
In addition to various reports, we publish Micronews and four technology magazines
(www.i-micronews.com).
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Gold Sponsors
With more than 25 years of experience serving the semiconductor industry, CS CLEAN SYSTEMS is your reliable partner for exhaust gas abatement, with a primary focus on dry bed absorption. More than 3,000 installations worldwide testify to customer confidence in CS CLEAN SYSTEMS' unique products and services.
We continue to extend our competence to support developing markets such as the solar industry and photovoltaics as well as MEMS. The key elements which guarantee safety, reliability and ease of handling have been purpose-designed to meet the demands of tomorrow's advanced materials:
· Waste gas treatment for ALD, MOCVD and III-V Etch processes
· Safe, dry chemical conversion of toxic gases to stable solids
· Proprietary CLEANSORB scrubbing media for new metalorganic precursors
· Solutions for both research and manufacturing scale
· Local refill service worldwide: No handling of toxic waste
CS CLEAN SYSTEMS is a truly global company with research and development, manufacturing and marketing located in dedicated centers of competence located throughout Europe, Japan, USA, and the Far East.
http://www.cscleansystems.com/index.html
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Dow Corning provides performance-enhancing solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products and services via the company's Dow Corning® and XIAMETER® (www.xiameter.com) brands. http://www.dowcorning.com/
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Evans Analytical Group® (EAG) has been a global leader in surface analysis and materials characterization for over 30 years, delivering innovative analytical services and solutions with uncompromising scientific integrity. Since our inception in 1978 as Charles Evans & Associates, our guiding principal has been innovative problem solving underscored by a commitment to excellence.
Today, our clients continue to push the physical boundaries in materials science in their quest to develop better, faster, more reliable products and manufacturing processes. We are with them at every step, expanding our capabilities, pushing the analytical envelope to meet their needs, and developing improved test protocols and methods for examining material structures at the nano level. It is for these reasons that EAG is the analytical services provider of choice for the semiconductor, biosciences, communications, laser/optic, data storage, automotive, defense, and aerospace industries.
info@eaglabs.com
www.eaglabs.com
Corporate Offices
2710 Walsh Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
+1 408 454 4600
+1 408 454 4620 fax
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EpiGaN was incorporated in 2010 by Marianne Germain, Stefan Degroote and Joff Derluyn, as a spin-off of imec. It focuses on providing world-leading III-nitride epitaxial material solutions for top performance devices. EpiGaN gives device manufacturers access to a unique, proven and powerful technology to be used in key market segments such as power supplies for consumables, hybrid electric vehicles, solar inverters, RF power for base stations, smart grid.
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Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, solar, thin-film and thermal management markets. Products include solders, performs, and fluxes; brazes; sputter targets; indium, gallium, and germanium metals and inorganic compounds; and Reactive NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, Indium has global technical support and factories located in China, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
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IQE's pedigree dates back to 1988 when its first MOCVD based manufacturing operation was established in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Between 1988 and 1998, the Cardiff based operation underwent steady growth, primarily servicing the optical communications markets with its broad range of optoelectronic products and versatile business model. IQE's optoelectronic products were used by a wide range of customers to produce light emitters and detectors such as LEDs, lasers and photodetectors.
Other applications for the company's products included LEDs, lasers and receivers for a wide range of consumer and office products such as CD and DVD players and recorders, bar code readers, printers and photocopiers.
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Johnson Matthey is a leading speciality chemicals company underpinned by science, technology and our people. A leader in sustainable technologies, many of our products enhance the quality of life for millions of people around the world.
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Materion Corporation supplies highly engineered advanced enabling materials to leading and dynamic technology companies across the globe. Our product offerings include precious and non-precious specialty metals, precision optical filters, inorganic chemicals and powders, specialty coatings and engineered clad and plated metal systems.
As the world's only integrated "mine-to-mill" supplier of beryllium-based products, we also offer beryllium, specialty engineered beryllium alloys and beryllium composites.
Our products, services and expertise help enable our customers' technologies. We supply sophisticated thin film coatings for hard disk drives, specialty inorganic chemicals for solar energy panels, bio-compatible materials for implantable medical devices, specialty alloys for miniature consumer electronics components, optical filters for thermal imaging, critical components for infrared sensing technology, special materials for LEDs and much more.
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MERSEN, a leading producer of iso graphite, offers clean and coated wafer carriers for your MOCVD or epitaxy process, and hotzones for crystal growers.
MERSEN is a leading producer of high temperature materials, including isostatic graphite and carbon insulation.MERSEN offers clean solutions to the compound semiconductor industry:
- coated or uncoated wafer carriers and susceptors for your MOCVD, MBE or epitaxy process (GaN, SiC, GaAs...),
- as well as hotzones for crystal growth furnaces (Si, Al2O3, SiC...).
Our solutions help you to reach the best temperature uniformity.
http://www.mersen.com/en.html
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Founded in 2008, Nanotronics Imaging is a high-tech, cutting edge, microscopy and software company delivering rapid testing and analysis solutions to sectors ranging from materials science, and semiconductors to life science and medicine. Nanotronics Imaging nearly quadrupled business in 2012 offering tremendous value and efficiency to inspection systems in the semiconductor sphere.
http://www.nanotronicsimaging.com/
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RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD®) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance semiconductor components. RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV/broadband and aerospace and defense markets. RFMD is recognized for its diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred supplier to the world's leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.
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SAES Pure Gas, Inc. is the world leader in gas purification technology. SAES develops ultra-high pure gas-handling equipment, supplying gas purifiers for a wide range of bulk and specialty gas applications. Megatorr, Monotorr and Microtorr Purifiers are designed for impurities removal down to part-per-trillion levels.
www.saespuregas.com
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Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Distributor and Representative
S3-Alliance is an equipment and material manufacturers' distribution organization offering products & solutions to the semiconductor/MEMS, optoelectronic, solar, life sciences and other related industries. The company has been representing tier-one equipment suppliers in the Europe many years. S3-Alliance maintains very strong relationships with customers and is committed to delivering top quality solutions to them. By employing a technical service support staff highly knowledgeable in hardware, software and automation, S3-Alliance reinforces their commitment to each customer's success.
Especially for compounds and LED markets, S3 Alliance propose:
- H2 generators and Purifiers (Proton and Power and Energy)
- Metrology: Wafer inspection and Wafer thickness measurement (ATI Corp and Sigmatech)
- Chamber Cleaning Solutions (Foamtec)
- Services: robots and Pumps repair (Greenspec and PTB Sales)
www.s3-alliance.com/
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Translucent supplies device-ready templates for epitaxial growth of nitrides and germanium on silicon-substrate wafers for the solid state lighting industry (LEDs), the power electronics industry (power FETs), and the solar concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) industry via high efficiency solar cells. In all of these industries there is a trend towards cost-effective economies of scale for devices, and most of Translucent’s “on-silicon” technologies can be supplied on 100, 150, or 200 mm silicon wafers.
http://www.translucentinc.com/
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United Monolithic Semiconductors designs, produces and markets leading edge RF, microwave and millimetre wave components and integrated circuits (ICs) for the Telecom, Space, Defence, Automotive and ISM Industries.
The company's strategy is to position itself as a "one-stop" supplier to the wireless microwave and millimetre-wave market, offering a broad range of standard and custom designed MMICs, along with an open foundry service. It has two production facilities, at Ulm in Germany, where technology development and wafer manufacturing is located, and Villebon/Yvette in France, where the commercial headquarters and product design and development are also based.
http://www.ums-gaas.com/
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TriQuint Semiconductor designs, develops and manufactures advanced high-performance RF solutions with Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Gallium Nitride (GaN), Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) technologies for customers worldwide. We are a leader in market diversity serving customers in mobile devices, 3G and 4G cellular base station, WLAN,WiMAX, GPS, defense and aerospace markets.
We offer the industry’s largest selection of GaAs foundry processes and comprehensive support services. Our solutions, built with the industry’s largest in-house technology portfolio, enable quicker design turns, higher performance, and a smaller bill of materials. We are an award-winning provider of high performance solutions and have a worldwide network of design, sales and manufacturing facilities to serve our customers.
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