The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created new opportunities for industrial automation, material analysis and synthesis, energy production, AI, machine intelligence, edge computing, logistics and transportation, and robotics.

IQE’s innovative product portfolio enables our customers to create more productive manufacturing environments with improved data acquisition and processing capabilities.

Our epitaxial wafer and substrate materials are produced to the highest quality and reliability standards while offering the most advanced performance for radio frequency, microwave, optical and infrared technologies which are driving innovations in:

  • Laser sensors for monitoring and actuating automated machinery and robotics for improved safety and productivity in manufacturing and logistics
  • RFID, GPS, radar, LiDAR, and 3D Sensing biometrics for location, identification, security, navigation, and/or guidance of materials, finished goods, robotics and human resources in and around factories, warehouses and stock yards
  • Laser interferometry and spectroscopy and optical imaging technologies that deliver fast and accurate material analysis and synthesis for improved design cycles, cost reduction, and failure investigation
  • Remote data acquisition and processing and machine control enabled by 5G and fiber optic communications networks, 3D passive & robotic sensors (3Ds), AI and cloud computing
  • Radio Frequency heating, microwave plasma generators, and lasers for cleaning, curing, welding and cutting materials quickly with high precision

The matrix below demonstrates how IQE’s broad range of wireless, photonic, and infrared epitaxial wafer and substrate products address applications across industrial and scientific markets.

Industrial ApplicationsRF & Power Electronics Epitaxial Wafers
GaAsGaN InPSiliconSiGe
HBT
pHEMT
BiHEMT
Schottky & PIN DiodeHEMT & PIN DiodeHBT & HEMTMOSFET BiCMOS DiodeHBT
Connectivity5G / 4G / WiFi 6 / BluetoothIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
Optical CommunicationsIQEIQEIQEIQE
SATCOMIQEIQEIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
CBRSIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
SensingLiDAR & Radar ImagingIQEIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
GPS Navigation & LocationIQEIQEIQE
Millimeterwave ImagingIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
UltrasoundIQEIQE
EnergyRF HeatingIQEIQEIQEIQE
RF SterilisationIQEIQEIQEIQE
UV SterilisationIQEIQE
Electrical Power ConversionIQEIQEIQE

Industrial ApplicationsPhotonics & IR Epitaxial Wafers
GaAsGaAsInPInPGaSbGaSb/InSbGaN
VCSELLED/LDDFB/FPPiN/APDLaserDetectorLD/LED
ConnectivityOptical CommunicationsIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
Sensing3D Sensing / BiometricsIQEIQEIQEIQE
Laser SensorsIQEIQEIQEIQE
InfraredIQEIQEIQE
LiDAR & RadarIQE
Laser Interferometry / SpectroscopyIQEIQEIQEIQEIQE
Optical Imaging ProbesIQEIQEIQEIQE
Energy

Laser Welding / CuttingIQE
UV SterilisationIQE

* SATCOM - Satellite Communications for Voice, Data, and Internet
* CBRS - Citizens Broadband Radio Service (3550 -3700 MHz) for private IoT networks