Phil-v: I don't want to speak for Rainer, but I took it as meaning it is STILL being optimized. Job still on-going.
No, I don't think so. Under "Accomplishment" we can find:
- Thyristor Detectors
- Thyristor VCSELs
- HFETs
- All on similar epi stack
Under "Milestones" those task are listed that are not yet accomplished. I understand that a subsequent steps that have to be gone one by one:
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Performance optimization of BICFET-based devices is what they are doing now. Once this is accomplished, they can work on a
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Prototype for AOCs, i.e. integrate the above into the same epi stack. With a working prototype they can
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Engage strategic partner(s) and later give them a
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Beta prototype. This will solicit feedback from the partner(s), which will be helpful in order to
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Target commercialization in late 2018.
At least that's my understanding. However, I might be wrong, of course.
