03/06/2025 / Last updated : 03/06/2025 gaspedia semiconductor

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Accelerates Sustainable Gas Technology Development for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Tokyo, Japan – May 30, 2025 – Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), the Japanese industrial gas company within the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group, has announced a significant focus on accelerating the development of gas technologies aimed at reducing environmental impact in semiconductor manufacturing processes. This initiative is part of the group’s strategy to achieve sustainable semiconductor manufacturing. The decision aligns with the key strategies outlined in the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group’s mid-term management plan, which include “promoting sustainability management,” “exploring new businesses aimed at achieving a carbon-neutral society,” and “expanding the electronics business”. The group intends to contribute to the reduction of global greenhouse gases (GHG) through its products and […]

Realization of Controlled n-Type Doping of β-Ga₂O₃ Homoepitaxial Layers via a Proprietary MOVPE

Key Technology for Mass-Production of Next-Generation Power Devices Tokyo, Japan – May 20, 2025 –A research group led by Prof. Yoshinao Kumagai of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, in collaboration with Mr. Junya Yoshinaga of TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION, Assistant Prof. Shogo Sasaki of Nara Women’s University, Prof. Takeyoshi Onuma of Kogakuin University, Prof. Masataka Higashiwaki of Osaka Metropolitan University / National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Dr. Yuzaburo Ban of TAIYO NIPPON SANSO ATI CORPORATION, has successfully developed a technique for precise control of n-type conductivity in high-speed growth of β-Ga₂O₃ homoepitaxial layers using their proprietary low-pressure hot-wall MOVPE method. β-Ga₂O₃ has been attracting attention as a […]

SDK to Raise Prices of High-Purity Gases for Electronics

　Showa Denko (SDK) (Tokyo: 4004) has decided to raise prices of its high-purity gases for electronics which are used for production of semiconductor integrated circuits and other electronic materials. Specifically, SDK will raise prices of high-purity gases for electronics by 20% or more as from delivery on January 1, 2022. 　High-purity gases for electronics are used in the production of semiconductor integrated circuits, LCD panels, and GaN LEDs, as etching gases to produce electronic circuits by creating fine ditches and holes in thin films on silicon substrates, and as cleaning gases to remove unwanted chemical substances that adhere to chamber walls after deposition of thin films on silicon substrates. 　As […]

TNSC MOCVD equipment division receiving the Industry Award

GaN and AlN devices has received the 2020 Industry Award from The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) (President:Kenji Nagata) announces that its MOCVD equipment division for advanced GaN and AlN devices has received the 2020 Industry Award from The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science. This award is presented annually by The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science to recognize significant contributions to the advancement and development of the surface and vacuum science-related industries. ＜Taiyo Nippon Sanso MOCVD Equipment Division> TNSC has been developing MOCVD (Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition) compound semiconductor production equipment since 1983, and has delivered more than […]

Showa Denko’s Subsidiary Establishes a Branch in Xi’an, China and Starts to Sell and Distribute High-purity Gases for Electronics

Shanghai Showa Chemicals Co., Ltd. (SSC), a Chinese subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004), established a branch in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, and started operation of the branch in December 2020, aiming to strengthen its business to sell and distribute high-purity gases for electronics in China. The new branch is SSC’s third business base in China to sell and distribute high-purity gases for electronics, following those in Shanghai and Wuhan. The demand for semiconductors has been increasing due to the spread of the 5th generation mobile communication systems (5G) and cloud computing services, and increase in the amount of communicated data resulting from the rise in distribution of […]

AIR WATER Development of new GaN (gallium nitride) layered structure

Establishing technology contributing to the spread of 5th-generation mobilecommunications systems The Air Water Group is promoting a “New Functional Materials Development Project” aimed at creating new value through close collaboration that it has underscored with a “realignment and integration” strategy for pooling technologies, products and ideas from both inside and outside of the Group. Under this project, the Air Water Group position electronics, the environment and renewable energy as strategic markets and understand that success in the electronics market will hinge on developing and supplying electronic materials for 5th-generation mobile communications systems (5G). From the extensive research in this project, Air Water Inc. has successfully developed a new GaN layered […]

TNST Presented with EPISTAR’s Supplier Excellence Award

　Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) announces that its Taiwanese subsidiary Taiyo Nippon Sanso Taiwan, Inc. (TNST) has been presented with a Supplier Excellence Award by EPISTAR Corporation. 　EPISTAR Corporation, a global LED development and production company, holds an annual Strategic Partners Technology Forum, and this year about 300 suppliers were invited to the event held at the Ambassador Hotel in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 18, 2019. 　EPISTAR bestowed the award on five outstanding partner companies for the first time this year. TNST was one of the five companies awarded and was rated highly for its stable supply of high purity electronics specialty gases over many years. President Fan Chin-Yung of […]

Air Liquide and STMicroelectronics to collaborate on digital transformation

Air Liquide and STMicroelectronics intend to engage in a collaborative initiative to accelerate the development of digital solutions for industrial applications. Through this initiative, ST anticipates supporting Air Liquide in its digital transformation, providing guidance and solutions while Air Liquide anticipates working with ST in developing technologies and solutions for industrial applications. This cooperation will extend the long-standing business relationship established over the past decades between both companies. The parties anticipate collaborating to identify cases where ST’s technologies would best fit industrial and logistics needs, and then prototype the selected digital solutions and test them in Air Liquide’s operating environments. By creating a fertile ground of exchange among experts and […]

Showa Denko Starts Service to Measure Performance of Noxious-GHG Removal Equipment

Showa Denko (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) will soon start a service to measure and analyze performance of noxious-GHG removal equipment, which is used in manufacturing processes for electronic parts including semiconductor chips and LCD panels, as an option for the maintenance work of SDK’s noxious-GHG removal equipment. In processes to manufacture semiconductor chips or LCD panels, various GHGs, such as PFCs*1, are used by manufacturers. These manufacturers are required by the government to treat noxious GHGs emitted from their production lines to make those GHGs’ densities lower than certain levels, calculate the emitted amount of GHGs after treatment, and report that amount to the government. Methods to calculate the amount of […]