NASA Tech Briefs’ Semiconductors & ICs Web page spotlights innovative designs of electronic components for applications in aerospace, defense, communications, automotive, bio-med, consumer products, and other major industries. Subject areas include power ICs, logic ICs, microprocessors, digital signal processors, FPGAs, and ASICs. Many of the Tech Briefs below are correlated to a Technical Support Package (TSP) or White Paper that can be downloaded free of charge.

Split-Block Waveguide Polarization Twist for 220 to 325 GHz
Error-Detecting Counters for FPGA and ASIC State Machines
Efficient G⁴FET-Based Logic Circuits
Circuit and Method for Communication Over DC Power Line
Advanced Ultra-Thin Integrated Electronics on Membranes
MMIC Amplifiers for 90 to 130 GHz
Microrectenna: A Terahertz Antenna and Rectifier on a Chip
Cumulative Timers for Microprocessors
G⁴-FETs as Universal and Programmable Logic Gates
Improved On-Chip Measurement of Delay in an FPGA or ASIC
Integrated Radial Probe Transition From MMIC to Waveguide
MMIC Amplifier Produces Gain of 10 dB at 235 GHz
Circuit for Full Charging of Series Lithium-Ion Cells
Analog Nonvolatile Computer Memory Circuits
Imaging Spectrometer on a Chip
SiC Multi-Chip Power Modules as Power-System Building Blocks
Microstrip Antenna Arrays on Multilayer LCP Substrates
Four-Quadrant Analog Multipliers Using G4-FETs
Cryogenic Pound Circuits for Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillators
Semiconductor Bolometers Give Background-Limited Performance
Multichannel X-Band Dielectric-Resonator Oscillator
Silicon-Based Optical Modulator With Ferroelectric Layer
Multiplexing Transducers Based on Tunnel-Diode Oscillators
MMIC Power Amplifier Puts Out >40 mW From 75 to 110 GHz
Dual Common Planes for Time Multiplexing of Dual-Color QWIPs
Carbon-Nanotube Schottky Diodes
FETs Based on Doped Polyaniline/Polyethylene Oxide Fibers
Waveguide Power-Amplifier Module for 80 to 150 GHz
Single-Chip T/R Module for 1.2 GHz
Three-Function Logic Gate Controlled by Analog Voltage
Submicrosecond Power-Switching Test Circuit
MMIC DHBT Common-Base Amplifier for 172 GHz
Equipment for On-Wafer Testing From 220 to 325 GHz
PVM Enhancement for Beowulf Multiple-Processor Nodes
Programs for Testing Processor-in-Memory Computing Systems
Multiple Embedded Processors for Fault-Tolerant Computing
Apparatus for Precise Indium-Bump Bonding of Microchips
Flexible, Carbon-Based Ohmic Contacts for Organic Transistors
Faster Evolution of More Multifunctional Logic Circuits
N-Type d Doping of High-Purity Silicon Imaging Arrays
Making AlNx Tunnel Barriers Using a Low-Energy Nitrogen-Ion Beam
Making Wide-IF SIS Mixers With Suspended Metal-Beam Leads
Mathematical Modeling of a Copper-Deposition System for Integrated Circuits
Stripline/Microstrip Transition in Multilayer Circuit Board
Multifunctional Logic Gate Controlled by Supply Voltage
Multifunctional Logic Gate Controlled by Temperature
Improved Method of Manufacturing SiC Devices
LC Circuits for Diagnosing Embedded Piezoelectric Devices
HEMT Frequency Doubler With Output at 300 GHz
Single-Chip FPGA Azimuth Pre-Filter for SAR
Alumina or Semiconductor Ribbon Waveguides at 30 to 1,000 GHz