Cree Inc.

Cree Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina based, American corporation which manufactures semiconductor materials and devices. It was formed in 1987 by researchers from North Carolina State University. Materials products include silicon, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride. Device products include UV and blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) made from their materials. The wide band gap semiconductors are suitable for high voltage or high power or high temperature operation. SiC is used for high power electronics, largely due to having a very high thermal conductivity.

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The company's silicon fabrication line in Sunnyvale, California is to be closed by the end of 2005, with the company focusing on wide band-gap technologies.

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Semiconductor: A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductance that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor. A semiconductor behaves as an insulator at very low temperature, and has an appreciable electrical conductance at room temperature although much lower conductance than a co...

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