Hogg to Lead MOCVD CST Global Project

Semiconductor foundry CST Global Ltd. has announced that Professor Richard Hogg at the University of Glasgow will lead a project to commission and operate a new metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) machine.

The MOCVD machine results from an academic and commercial collaboration between the University of Glasgow and CST Global. The machine is owned by the university, supporting a range of research programs, and jointly operated as part of CST Global’s foundry facility. Hogg is active in researching device physics and engineering, epitaxial processes, fabrication technologies and developing diverse applications for semiconductor devices.

“This unique MOCVD collaboration ensures that electronic and photonic research projects in advanced semiconductor materials and devices can be taken seamlessly from the laboratory to commercial volume production,” Hogg said. “Furthermore, our partnership will enhance student academic development in a commercial environment. Operating the MOCVD machine with CST Global allows research projects to utilize adjacent foundry services, if required, and work within an ISO 9001:2015 quality and safety environment.”

Professor Hogg has more than 20 years of post-doctoral experience in both industrial and university research. He has worked at NTT Basic Research Laboratories and in the Arakawa Laboratory at the University of Tokyo as an European Union-Japan Fellow. He held a research position at Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.’s research lab in Cambridge, England, and a foundry management role at Agilent Technologies in Ipswich, England, which was the highest volume III-V facility in Europe at that time.

CST Global is a developer, manufacturer and seller of cutting-edge chips, components, modules and subsystems based on proprietary advanced semiconductor technology in microwave, millimeter wave and optical semiconductors.