Abstract
About Strategies Unlimited
Strategies Unlimited provides market research and strategic consulting services for the optical networks, optoelectronics, and compound semiconductor industries. The company has delivered forecasts, analyses, and recommendations to suppliers and purchasers since 1979.
The company has a solid reputation for its ability to understand and explain the technical, economic, and competitive issues that influence supply and demand in rapidly changing markets.
In 2001, Strategies Unlimited joined PennWell Corporation as a research unit of the Advanced Technology Division.
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7th Annual Strategies in Light Conference February 12-14, 2007
Now in its 8th year, the annual executive-level conference on the high-brightness LED industry is considered to be the premier forum for addressing commercial developments in the high-brightness LED market. This conference is designed to give technology, and business leaders insight into the rapidly growing international markets and applications for high-brightness LEDs.
High-Brightness LED Global Supplier Analysis November 2005
This report will profile the suppliers (packagers, epi, and chip producers) of high-brightness LEDs worldwide. Information includes capacity estimates, product characteristics, and company profiles including revenue and market shares.
Table of Contents
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Technology Summary
- 1.2.1 Selected Technical Issues
- 1.2.1.1 Substrate Types and Characteristics (Sapphire, SiC, GaN, AlN, Si)
- 1.2.1.2 Crystal Growth Techniques
- 1.2.1.3 Deposited Substrate Growth
- 1.2.1 Selected Technical Issues
- 1.3 Major Applications/Device Types
- 1.4 Major Players (Commercial Suppliers, Research Centers, Universities, and Government Agencies)
- 1.5 Sales/Market Forecasts
- 1.5.1 Substrates
- 1.5.2 Optoelectronic Devices (LEDs, LDs)
- 1.5.3 Electronic Devices (RF/Microwave, Power Switch, High-Voltage Rectifier, High-Temperature)
- 1.6 The Report
- 1.7 Bibliography
2. TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY
- 2.1 Basic Substrate Materials Properties
- 2.1.1 Crystal Structure
- 2.1.2 Bandgap
- 2.1.3 Electron Saturated Drift Velocity
- 2.1.4 Breakdown Electric Field
- 2.1.5 Dielectric Constant
- 2.1.6 Thermal Conductivity
- 2.1.7 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE)
- 2.1.8 Lattice Match with Deposited Films
- 2.2 Substrate Formation
- 2.2.1 Bulk
- 2.2.2 Deposited (Heterodeposition)
- 2.3 Suitability of Substrates
- 2.3.1 Quality
- 2.3.2 Price
- 2.3.3 Availability
- 2.3.4 Uniformity
- 2.3.5 Compatibility with Active Layers
- 2.3.6 Device Yield
- 2.3.7 End Product Performance/Application
- 2.3.8 End Product Reliability/Lifetime
- 2.3.9 Figures of Merit/Device Performance
3. MAJOR APPLICATIONS/DEVICE TYPES
4. DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES/RESEARCH CENTERS/UNIVERSITIES/ GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACTIVE IN SUBSTRATE PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
- 4.1 Companies
- 4.1.1 North America
- 4.1.1.1 U.S.
- 4.1.1.2 Canada
- 4.1.2 Asia
- 4.1.2.1 Japan
- 4.1.2.2 South Korea
- 4.1.2.3 Taiwan
- 4.1.3 Europe
- 4.1.3.1 Finland
- 4.1.3.2 France
- 4.1.3.3 Germany
- 4.1.3.4 Poland
- 4.1.3.5 Russia
- 4.1.1 North America
- 4.2 Universities/Research Centers Active in Compound Semiconductor
Substrate Development
- 4.2.1 North America
- 4.2.1.1 U.S.
- 4.2.1.2 Canada
- 4.2.2 Asia/Pacific
- 4.2.2.1 Japan
- 4.2.2.2 People' s Republic of China
- 4.2.2.3 Singapore
- 4.2.2.4 South Korea
- 4.2.2.5 Taiwan
- 4.2.3 Europe
- 4.2.3.1 Belarus
- 4.2.3.2 Belgium
- 4.2.3.3 Finland
- 4.2.3.4 France
- 4.2.3.5 Germany
- 4.2.3.6 Greece
- 4.2.3.7 Hungary
- 4.2.3.8 Italy
- 4.2.3.9 Lithuania
- 4.2.3.10 Poland
- 4.2.3.11 Russia
- 4.2.3.12 Sweden
- 4.2.3.13 Switzerland
- 4.2.3.14 UK
- 4.2.1 North America
- 4.3 Government Agencies Active in Supporting Compound Semiconductor
Substrate Development
- 4.3.1 North America
- 4.3.1.1 U.S.
- 4.3.1.2 Canada
- 4.3.2 Asia
- 4.3.2.1 Japan
- 4.3.2.2 People' s Republic of China
- 4.3.2.3 South Korea
- 4.3.2.4 Taiwan
- 4.3.3 Europe
- 4.3.3.1 France
- 4.3.3.2 Germany
- 4.3.3.3 Lithuania
- 4.3.3.4 Poland
- 4.3.3.5 Russia
- 4.3.3.6 Sweden
- 4.3.3.7 Switzerland
- 4.3.1 North America
- 4.4 Mini-Profiles of Representative Companies, Research Centers,
Universities, and Government Agencies Supplying Substrates or Active in Their
Development
- 4.4.1 U.S.
- 4.4.2 Canada
- 4.4.3 France
- 4.4.4 Japan
- 4.4.5 Poland
- 4.4.6 South Korea
5. SUBSTRATE MARKETS AND MARKET FORECASTS
- 5.1 Sapphire
- 5.2 SiC
- 5.3 GaN
- 5.4 AlN
- 5.5 Si (For GaN and AlN Active Layers)

