AIXTRON SE: AIXTRON recognized for excellence by Texas Instruments (TI) / TI honored AIXTRON with 2022 Supplier Excellence Award for their all-new G10-GaN MOCVD system

Herzogenrath, April 21, 2023 – AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) has received the esteemed 2022 Supplier Excellence Award from Texas Instruments (TI). With this annual award, the global semiconductor company honors suppliers whose dedication and commitment in supplying products and services meet TI’s high standards for excellence.

“For us, it is a great achievement to be honored with this prestigious award from a true global semiconductor player, recognizing our innovative technology, production capabilities and our excellence in customer service. AIXTRON has grown out of its roots in niche markets and with this award, TI acknowledges our position as a major semiconductor equipment supplier capable of supporting their high-volume manufacturing ramp in Gallium Nitride power electronics. This award also honors our long-term engagement with Texas Instruments and the high aspirations our joint teams have for the Gallium Nitride material system,” said Dr. Felix Grawert, CEO, and president of AIXTRON SE.

“TI looks to AIXTRON to help us serve our customers, achieve our priorities, and ultimately become a company that we are personally proud to be a part of and one we would want as our neighbor,” said Rob Simpson, Vice President of Worldwide Procurement and Logistics at Texas Instruments.

AIXTRON received the TI award for their new G10-GaN system, a MOCVD (Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition) system to produce Gallium Nitride (GaN) based power devices. Besides best in class in class yield, uniformity, productivity and wafer cost, the new system also offers an all-new design with significantly reduced clean-room footprint requirements. The official market launch of the G10-GaN is scheduled for later this year.

Recipients of the TI Supplier Excellence Award are an elite group of suppliers chosen for their exemplary performance in the areas of cost, environmental and social responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality.

 
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About AIXTRON

AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany, with subsidiaries and sales offices in Asia, United States and in Europe. AIXTRON´s technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and optoelectronic applications based on compound or organic semiconductor materials. Such components are used in a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include Laser and LED applications, display technologies, data transmission, SiC and GaN power management and conversion, communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading-edge applications.

Our registered trademarks: AIXACT®, AIXTRON®, Atomic Level SolutionS®, Close Coupled Showerhead®, CRIUS®, Gas Foil Rotation®, OVPD®, Planetary Reactor®, PVPD®, TriJet®

For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) please visit our website at: www.aixtron.com

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