KODENSHI of the 1980s
1980
1980
- Acquired third plant land (1,868m2) in March
- Incorporated as Korea KODENSHI Co., Ltd.
- Relase of silicon single crystal solar cell wafer with electro less nickel plated electrode formation
1981
- Release of silicon single crystal solar cell for calculators produced by solar cell silk screen method
- Development of diffusion wafer type phototransistor
- Production of photodiodes for remote control
1982
- The building of third factory completed in November
- Capital increased to 72 million yen in December
- Transferred solar cell wafer process to Korea KODENSHI Corporation (KKC)
- Development of optical encoder
- Development of 0.55 mm thick solar cell module
1983
- In-house production of transfer mold (resin molding) products
- Development of hybrid IC
- Development of planar type photo Darlington transistor device
- Development of diffusion wafer type phototransistor
- Development of BN diffusion process
1984
- Capital increased to 138 million yen in April
- Capital increased to 156 million yen in August
- Capital increased to 569 million yen in October
- 4 inch silicon wafer process, compound wafer process line installed in the third factory
- Release of gallium・aluminum・arsenic (GaAlAs) infrared light-emitting diode
- Release of high-speed・high-power light-emitting diode for optical communication
- Started OEM production of bipolar ICs
- Started OEM production of solar cell battery charger
1985
- Capital increased to 870 million yen in January
- Development of optical remote control receiver unit (shield remote control)
- Development of photo IC sensor
- Development of 16-split photo diode for CD
- Introduced CVD equipment to anti-reflection film process by SiN film
1986
- Release of photo IC sensor (PICS)
- Development of encoder for HDD
1987
- Release of paper sensor
- Establishment implant-less high resistance process
- Development of position sensor
1988
- Development of negative resistance transistor BAMBIT
1989
- Capital increased to 888.75 million yen in April
- Release of parallel-light LED
- Development of thermal print head
- Development of logic phototransistor
- Establishment of photo IC process