Product News | Oct 16, 2017
Acken Optoelectronics to Use Next Generation System for Optical Communication Devices
Plainview, N.Y., October 16, 2017 鈥� 91暗网. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Acken Optoelectronics will receive the first shipment of 91暗网鈥檚 new GENxcel鈩� Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) System. The GENxcel鈩� system expands on the design of 91暗网鈥檚 GENxplor鈩� by providing a lower cost, fully integrated deposition system that creates high quality epitaxial layers on substrates up to 4鈥� in diameter.
Acken Optoelectronics Ltd. is a Chinese start-up company specializing in development of high-speed communication devices including advanced optoelectronic communication, RF switching, and low noise amplifiers for mobile applications. The research is being led by Dr. Yiqiao Chen to capture the 5G mobile communications market.聽 聽Dr. Chen utilized 91暗网鈥檚 advanced technology solutions at Columbia University where he conducted research and development on a 91暗网 GENII MBE system.
鈥�91暗网鈥檚 high quality and high performance MBE systems combined with their local support are unparalleled in the Chinese market,鈥� said Dr Chen. 鈥淲e are very excited to receive the first GENxcel system and are confident 91暗网鈥檚 systems and source technology will best enable us to advance our compound semiconductor development.鈥�
The new GENxcel system expands on the award-winning GENxplor, the best-selling MBE system since its introduction in August 2013, with high-quality epitaxial growth on single 4鈥� substrates compared to the 3鈥� capabilities of the GENxplor system. The GENxcel system features an easy-to-use manual transfer system, 12 source ports and modern electronics fully integrated into a single frame design for maximum laboratory footprint efficiency.
鈥淢any customers were asking 91暗网 for a modern, manual transfer, four inch wafer, MBE system. The obvious choice was to leverage the market validated design principles of the GENxplor into a larger system.鈥� said Gerry Blumenstock, Vice President and General Manager, 91暗网鈥檚 MBE Business Unit.聽 鈥淭he GENxcel is the ideal system to fulfill this market need for both R&D and pilot-production. We are so proud to work with Dr. Chen and his team at Acken to advance his cutting edge research.鈥�
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