Company profile
AIXTRON UK
UK subsidiary of AIXTRON supplying MOCVD and compound-semiconductor deposition equipment from Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.
Company overview
AIXTRON Ltd is the UK subsidiary of AIXTRON SE, the deposition-equipment manufacturer, and is based at Buckingway Business Park in Swavesey, near Cambridge. The UK company's certified scope covers the supply of MOCVD and compound-semiconductor deposition equipment, together with monitoring and control instruments for compound-semiconductor processes. AIXTRON's systems are used worldwide to deposit the epitaxial layers behind compound-semiconductor devices, including lasers, LEDs, RF and power electronics built on gallium nitride, gallium arsenide and related materials. The Swavesey operation connects UK customers and research organisations to that equipment portfolio, providing sales, service and process support. Its presence places a specialist deposition-equipment capability within the Cambridge cluster, close to several of the UK's compound-semiconductor and photonics organisations.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment.
Technologies and capabilities
- MOCVD
- Compound-semiconductor deposition
- Process monitoring and control
MOCVD systems; Deposition equipment; Monitoring and control instruments; Process support
Markets served
- Compound semiconductors
- Photonics
- Power electronics
- RF devices
UK presence
Swavesey, East of England. Part of the Cambridge / East of England cluster.