Tankeblue's Quality Silicon Carbide (SiC) Wafers Hit Record Low Prices
BEIJING, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --
Tankeblue Semiconductors Co. Ltd., a Beijing-based semiconductors company
devoted to the mass production of the quality SiC wafers, announces an important
breakthrough in the growth technique of SiC single crystals. The key technique
and know-how came primarily from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, a prestigious institution in China. Consequently, Tankeblue announced
that two of its products, 2" conductive 4H-SiC and 6H-SiC wafers will be sold at
the special prices, lowered by 60% over the previous market ones to meet the
increasing demand from researchers and industrial customers as well. Tankeblue
will provide the SiC wafers globally with the price: $150/piece for 2" n-type 6H
and $250/piece for 2" n-type 4H. Tankeblue's new pricing strategy is expected to
greatly speed the development of the SiC-based devices, such as light-emitting
diodes (LEDs), Schottky diodes, converters used in hybrid automobiles, etc.
Tankeblue's purity semi-insulating SiC wafers, that are widely used for
fabricating power devices, will be pushed to the market in the near future.
Nowadays, the innovation of technology is often fueled by the rapid
development of semi-conductor industry. SiC, a wide-band gap semiconductor, finds
its significant applications in the fields of microelectronics, power
electronics, semiconductor lighting, etc. According to an authoritative survey
released in 2008 by Yole Developpement Co., the market volume for SiC wafers will
reach about $400 Million by 2012 worldwide, with 3", 4" and larger SiC wafers
being the mainstream products. The main wafer manufacturers, Cree and II-VI in
North America, SiCrystal and Norstel in Europe, Tankeblue and Nippon Steel in
Asia, have been striving to improve crystal quality and to increase size. Among
them, Cree is in the dominant position with about 60%-70% sales share in the
global SiC wafer market, but the technical gap between Cree and its challengers
is narrowing gradually. A variety of SiC-based devices has been developed over
the past decades. Nevertheless, the wafer price is still a barrier for the wide
application of SiC wafers.
For more information, please contact:
Alley Shi
Tankeblue Semiconductors Co. Ltd.
Tel: +86-10-6267-2373 x617
Email: TKHD-Sales@tankeblue.com
SOURCE Tankeblue Semiconductors Co. Ltd.
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