# SPTech wins order from Chengdu HiWafer for GaN etch system

SPTS Technologies, an Orbotech company, has won an order from Chengdu HiWafer Semiconductor for an Omega plasma etch system to establish a new 6-inch GaN on SiC production line. The system will be used to manufacture high power RF devices.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-11-27
- Where: Chengdu, China
- Status: announced
- Products: Omega plasma etch system, GaN on SiC production line, high power RF devices
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [SPTS Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/16862.md) (supplier)
- [Orbotech](https://endata.com/companies/16863.md) (partner)
- [Chengdu HiWafer Semiconductor](https://endata.com/companies/28386.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [compoundsemiconductor.net](https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/102945/Chengdu_HiWafer_chooses_SPTS_platform_for_GaN_Line), 2017-11-27: "SPTS Technologies, an Orbotech company and supplier of wafer processing solutions, has won an order for its Omega plasma etch system from Chengdu HiWafer Semiconductor Co., Ltd (HiWafer), China's first pure-wafer foundry, to establish their new 6 inch GaN on SiC production line."

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