AIXTRON AG today announced
an order for a Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD reactor from the Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, received in the third quarter 2008.
The CCS tool in the 3x2" wafer configuration is planned to be delivered
to the Ohio State University Institute for Materials Research (IMR) and the
Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), a state
funded center to promote university-industry research collaboration and commercialization
in Photovoltaics.
Dr. Steven A. Ringel, the Neal A. Smith Chair Professor in Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Director of the Ohio State University (OSU) Institute for Materials
Research states that “the AIXTRON MOCVD system will be a centerpiece for
advanced photovoltaics research occurring in this new PV research center. Its
installation in OSU’s state-of-the-art Nanotechnology West Laboratory
alongside a comprehensive set of complementary processing, fabrication and testing
facilities will support our comprehensive research activities in all areas of
advanced semiconductor science and technology. We are looking forward to the
delivery of this system at the beginning of 2009. “