Ann: IQE to acquire Translucent's technology, page-13

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ENABLING NOVEL COMPOUND MATERIALS ON SILICON​

In September 2015 IQE announced that it had signed an agreement for the exclusive licence of Translucent's unique and innovative crystalline Rare Earth Oxide (cREO™) technology along with an option to subsequently acquire the technology.
Translucent's cREO™ technology offers a unique approach to the manufacture of a wide range of innovative CS on Silicon products, including GaN on Si for the burgeoning Power Switching and RF markets.
The technology is protected by a wide ranging IP portfolio consisting of 74 granted patents, and 13 additional patent applications.

The cREO™ technology provides a unique buffer or interface layer to integrate GaAs, InP, GaN and other Compound Semiconductors with Silicon, allowing the potential of producing compound semiconductor epitaxial layers on lower cost Si wafers up to 300mm diameter and opening up the possibility of integrating CS performance and functionality with existing CMOS processing capabilities for true next-generation system-on-chip devices.

Links:
IQE signs an Exclusive Licence and Option Agreement to acquire Translucent Inc.’s Unique ‘cREO™’ Technology
IQE transfers cREO™ growth capability to its North Carolina facility and demonstrates interface charge tuning using cREO™ for GaN products