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AIW: Arbeitskreis Industrie und Wirtschaft

AIW 1: AIW Industrietag 1

AIW 1.2: Hauptvortrag

Mittwoch, 2. April 2014, 10:15–11:00, DÜL

Aix la chapell und Elektronik ergibt AIXTRON oder Halbleitertechnik aus Aachen für den Weltmarkt — •Michael Heuken — AIXTRON SE, RWTH University Aachen, Germany

AIXTRON is, as verified by VLSI Research Inc., the world leading supplier of equipment for semiconductor epitaxy. Its equipment is used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to manufacture critical, advanced components such as HBTs, PHEMTs, MESFETs, Lasers, LEDs, Detectors and VCSELs used in fibre optic communications systems, wireless and mobile telephony applications, optical storage devices, illumination, signaling and lighting, as well as a range of other leading edge technologies like III/V based high efficiency solar cells. Especially the recently developed Solid State Lighting (SSL) applications of white LED pushed the development of the company towards a market leader position. AIXTRON's customized MOVPE systems are the key technology enabling development and manufacture of compound semiconductors and many other multi-component materials. The many advantages of the AIXTRON MOCVD Reactors include user- friendly operation, excellent process stability as well as very high precursor efficiencies and world best uniformities. Together with excellent reliability and high throughput, all these properties lead to a valuable device yield and a high uptime. AIXTRON brings in its competence in the development and adaptation of CVD equipment based on customer requirements as well as its extensive experiences in the hetero epitaxy of III-Nitrides to develop new CVD applications. Recently organic materials for organic LED (OLED), organic photovoltaic (OPV) and organic transistors deposited from the vapour phase by using Organic Vapor Phase Deposition (OVPD) technology support the success of the company.

AIXTRON was founded in 1983 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University and is today a public company listed at the stock market in Frankfurt. From the headquarter and main production site in Germany the offices in China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan were enabled to serve the Asian market which accounts for about 80% of the total revenue. For details about the company see www.AIXTRON.com. Since the start up of the company until today the cooperation with leading universities is a key success factor. However, the management skills of the employees shift from a scientific researcher focus to more business related topics. The growth of the company and the key product developments will be discussed with regard to R&D activities and following market introduction. Success stories as well as challenges will be reviewed, discussed and explained.