Seven0double....this NR from june 14 may help
OPEL Heralds Independent Validation of a Critical Component of the POET Semiconductor Platform by BAE Systems
6/14/2011 10:14:16 AM - Market Wire
ODISInc, the U.S. Affiliate of OPEL Solar International Inc., AnnouncesThat BAE Systems, Using OPEL's Proprietary Planar OptoelectronicTechnology (POET), has Independently Produced Operational Transistors,Validating a Critical Component of Its Breakthrough SemiconductorPlatform
SHELTON, CONNECTICUT AND TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- OPELSolar International Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OPL) ("OPEL") and ODIS Inc.(OPEL Defense Integrated Systems), announced today that a key element ofthe Planar Optoelectronic Technology ("POET") semiconductor platformdeveloped by ODIS Inc., its wholly-owned U.S. affiliate company, hasbeen successfully validated by a third party, BAE Systems ElectronicSolutions ("BAE Systems"), culminating in successful fabrication ofoperational transistor devices.
POET enables monolithicfabrication of integrated circuit ("IC") gallium arsenide devicescontaining both electronic and optical elements on a single wafer.Perfected over 18 years by Chief Scientist Dr. Geoff Taylor and his ODISteam, POET is protected by numerous patents and patents pending.Offering devices with dramatically lower costs, increased speed,density, and reliability, POET could potentially impact a broad range ofmobile and server applications.
BAE Systems entered into acontract with ODIS in 2008, with the intent of replicating specific POETdevices in a third-party environment at BAE Systems ReedMicroelectronics Center. Over this period, with indirect overview byODIS staff, BAE Systems engineers methodically tested and confirmedcritical electrical elements of POET sub-process steps for thetransistors. In the near future, it is intended that these electricalstructures will be integrated with the required optical structures.
"Weare thrilled that a company with the technical stature of BAE Systemshas validated key elements of the outstanding work done by Dr. Taylorand his team," noted Leon M. Pierhal, CEO of OPEL. "With this firstindependently-manufactured transistor, we have achieved a milestone tothe industry's long-held vision of monolithically fusing photonics andelectronics."
With an accelerated technical and commercializationroadmap, OPEL is actively addressing future arrangements with devicemanufacturers, where its platform could be optimized to address deviceapplications based on POET's unique disruptive technology. Today'sannouncement of a key electronic process validation by BAE Systemsbrings OPEL a step closer to fully realizing the value of the POETprocess.