Silicon is at the heart of most of our electronics. It's a semiconductor, a material that can switch from an insulator that blocks current to a conductor, a material like copper that can carry a ...

The Maxima 6 GaN is billed as the world’s first LED lamp driven by Gallium Nitride (GaN) circuitry. The Maxima 6 GaN is being hailed by the Italian manufacturer as the world’s first LED lamp driven by ...

The researchers have demonstrated that replacing the gallium nitride substrates with indium gallium nitride templates results in improved LED performances. The researchers compared the LED emission ...

Researchers at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have succeeded in manufacturing high-performance blue and white LED prototypes in which the light-emitting gallium-nitride layers are grown on silicon wafers ...

An updated model reconciles the gap between recent experiments and theory concerning polarization in wurtzite semiconductors—paving the way for the development of smaller, faster and more efficient ...

A German consortium led by Fraunhofer IEE aims to bring gallium nitride inverters closer to commercial viability. The primary goal of the research project is the optimization and miniaturization of ...

In the past few years, you’ve probably heard a lot about Gallium Nitride or GaN when it comes to chargers. Many companies that make chargers and sell them on Amazon, have been using GaN for quite some ...

With the invention of the first LED featuring a red color, it seemed only a matter of time before LEDs would appear with other colors. Indeed, soon green and other colors joined the LED revolution, ...

This article was taken from the July 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Researchers have developed a new process that makes use of existing industry standard techniques for making III-nitride semiconductor materials, but results in layered materials that will make LEDs ...