AIXTRON AG, a leading
provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today
that the Institute of Semiconductors of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, located
in Beijing, PR China, has placed an order for one Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS)
3x2 inch MOCVD system. Ordered in the first quarter and to be shipped in third
quarter 2009, the new tool will be used for the research and development of
semiconductor lasers and LEDs.
Prof. Zhu Hong Liang, Project Leader within the Key Laboratory of Semiconductor
Materials Science, comments: “The Institute has focussed on optoelectronic
device development for some years now. Having the world-class standard AIXTRON
MOCVD system in our hands we have the means to undertake a complete materials
development program. AIXTRON’s MOCVD equipment is well-known for its reliability
and its straightforward operation. After a comparison with other suppliers we
decided to buy the tool from AIXTRON because of its superior quality and excellent
performance.”
The Institute of Semiconductors was founded in 1960 to meet the needs of the
“National Twelve Years Plan of Scientific Development” where development
of semiconductor science and technology was identified as one of “The
Four Urgent Measures”. Since then it has become one of the most important
bases for the R&D of semiconductor science and technology in China. The
Institute was among the first of its kind in China authorized to offer master
and doctoral degrees and to introduce postdoctoral research. Today it has over
420 staff including 64 professors and 66 associate professors. Building on its
long tradition of scientific contributions to the development of Chinese semiconductor
science and technology, the Institute is expected to make many more in the future.