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Wafer Technology Ltd
34 Maryland Road
Tongwell
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK15 8HJ
United Kingdom
Telephone:
+44 (0)1908 210444
Facsimile:
+44 (0)1908 210443
Email: sales@wafertech.co.uk
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19th
July 2007
Wafer Technology GaSb powers award winning
two-colour thermal imaging technology
Wafer Technology Ltd. is pleased
to announce that the Fraunhofer IAF of Freiburg, Germany has
received the prestigious 2006 Baden-Württemberg financial
award (Euro 100,000) for its research and development of InAs/GaSb
based two-colour thermal imaging cameras, a technology that
has been realised with the exclusive use of Wafer Technology
epitaxy-ready GaSb substrates. Using molecular beam epitaxy
(MBE) to deposit InAs/GaSb type-II superlattices (SL), the
Fraunhofer IAF has delivered a world first bi-spectral imaging
system.
Dr. Mark Furlong, Director of Sales and Marketing at Wafer
Technology commented, "We are delighted to be able to
support the 2" and 3" GaSb substrate requirements
of this programme and congratulate Dr. Martin Walther and
his team on this work. The highest quality of wafers is an
absolute must for these imaging arrays and we are pleased
to have met this challenge. These results affirm Wafer Technology's
position as the leading supplier of epitaxy-ready antimonide
materials".
Dr. Martin Walther commented, "Our new infrared detector
is ideally suited for new state of the art early warning defence
systems and as such has a big market potential within the
civil and military aviation industry".
For further details of the award, please refer to:
http://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/themen/forschung/forschungsfoerderung/landesforschungspreis/landesforschungspreis-2006
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6th
April 2006
Monocrystal Sapphire added to Wafer Technology
Portfolio
Wafer Technology is pleased to
announce the expansion of its epitaxy ready wafer range with
the introduction of Monocrystal sapphire wafers.
Dasha Vitol, Sales Manager for Europe stated “Monocrystal
is pleased to support Wafer Technology as our new partner
in Europe. We see the European sapphire market as very promising
and one that is fast growing. It demands high-quality products
which Monocrystal is happy to offer to the customers of Wafer
Technology”.
Dr. Mark J. Furlong, Sales and Marketing Director of Wafer
Technology, commented "Wafer Technology is delighted
to promote this range of sapphire products. The addition of
Monocrystal's substrates to our product portfolio means that
we can now offer an even broader range of compound semiconductor
materials to our customers".
About Monocrystal PLC
Monocrystal PLC, a member of the Energomera Group is headquartered
in Stavropol, Russia. It was founded in 1984 and is one of
the world's largest sapphire growing and processing facilities.
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1st March 2006
Wafer Technology Shares in DTI Award to
Develop new InP based Thermophotovoltaic Devices
Wafer Technology is pleased to
announce its participation in a new project to develop high
efficiency ThermoPhotoVoltaic (TPV) cell technology based
on InP substrate material. In partnership with the Centre
for Integrated Photonics and Oxford University, funding from
the DTI and EPSRC through the Technology Programme will support
a three year project to develop low cost high efficiency TPV
cells based on the InGaAs/InP material system.
Wafer Technology will be responsible for developing a new
range of low cost InP substrate technologies. CIP will perform
epitaxial growth, device fabrication and testing, and the
University of Oxford will engage in cell design and the fabrication
of fully packaged TPV modules.
Ray Brunton, the Company’s Crystal Growth Operations
Manager commented “As Europe’s leading manufacturer
of InP substrates and the main producer worldwide of GaSb
used in existing TPV devices, Wafer Technology has a long
standing involvement in TPV technology through other collaborative
projects, and is ideally placed to assess, control and exploit
the effects of starting material quality and price on the
performance and cost of TPV devices.”
Minister for Science and Innovation Lord Sainsbury said: “The
Technology Strategy helps develop competitive advantage for
British businesses so they can be at the cutting edge of the
global knowledge-based economy."
“It is about encouraging collaboration in order that
companies can invest for the future and develop new world-beating
products."
“I congratulate the project participants and wish them
every success.”
Notes to editors
THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
This project is part-funded by a Collaborative R&D grant
under the DTI Technology Programme.
Further information can be found at: www.dti.gov.uk/technologyprogramme. |
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7th February 2006
Wafer Technology Authors Leading Reference
on Indium Phosphide Crystal Growth
Wafer Technology's expertise in
crystal growth has been recognised by an invited contribution
to a leading new reference entitled Bulk Crystal Growth of
Electronic, Optical and Optoelectronic Materials (Wiley).
Encompassing topics which include synthesis, single crystal
growth and dislocation reduction, this work provides a thorough
reference for all aspects of indium phosphide growth and is
based on the company’s many years of experience in manufacturing
high quality ingot and a diverse range of indium phosphide
wafer products in epitaxy-ready form.
Please click here
for more information on this important publication.
Wafer Technology is the leading European manufacturer of indium
phosphide and a wide range of other III-V compounds including
GaAs, InAs, GaSb and InSb. The company employs 40 people at
its manufacturing plant in England and is currently recruiting
for a variety of new positions.
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