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Electronic Components

Browse the innovative developments in electronic components that are enabling advancements in passives, semiconductors, electromechanical, power and circuit protection. Access technical briefs and articles that provide essential applications for cellphones, laptops, tablets, and other electronics.

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Products: Test & Measurement
Smart contactors, an industrial edge platform, tiny engines, and more.
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Q&A: Photonics/Optics
Dr. Israel Owens and his team at Sandia National Laboratories have used a crystal smaller than a dime and a laser smaller than a shoebox to safely measure 20 million volts without making physical contact to the electrode.
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INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs
The trade-off between carrier mobility and stability in amorphous oxide semiconductor-based thin film transistors (TFTs) has been finally overcome by...
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INSIDER: Data Acquisition
Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Demand for sensitive and selective electronic biosensors — analytical devices that monitor a target of interest in real time — is growing for a wide range of applications....
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Articles: Energy
As light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) catch on, better, faster, and smarter battery recharging is on the way.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Liquid-cooled workstations, universal amplifiers, hydrogen sensors, and more.
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Facility Focus: Unmanned Systems
Learn about the aviation, space, cybersecurity, and engineering achievements happening at Embry-Riddle.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.
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Briefs: Motion Control
A new fabrication technique helps improve the performance of flying micro-robots.
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5 Ws: Imaging
Imagine a tablet or Kindle that can display braille on command for the visually impaired.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new fabrication methodology addresses the need for a thin, double-sided circuitry board.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Briefs: Wearables
Textiles and items of clothing can be converted into e-textiles without affecting their original properties.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Applications include aircraft-mounted and space-based interferometers, electronics fabrication, and military optics.
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Briefs: Energy
The biofuel cells can power wearable electronics purely by using human sweat.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device is stretchy enough to wear like a ring, a bracelet, or any other accessory that touches the skin.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Flexible electrodes, NASA sensors, and anti-corrosion compounds.
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Products: Software
COMSOL announces version 6.0 of its Multiphysics® software.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
To ensure the availability of a UPS system, proper consideration must be taken of each application and its requirements.
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Blog: Power
What's so tough about developing a car? A Tech Briefs reader wants to know the most challenging subsystem of the vehicle to build.
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Briefs: Materials
These elastomers have a wide range of uses for the building, automotive, and electronics industries.
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5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
About the size of a grain of sand, the flying microchip (or microflier) does not have a motor or engine.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Breath-regulating garments, humidity sensors, thin-film antennas, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultra-small actuator has nanometer-scale precision.
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Articles: Software
Supply chains run best when all the stakeholders involved stay keenly focused on their core competencies, says Tom Vanderheyden from TTI Americas.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Engineers have developed a sensor system and manufacturing process for smart contact lenses. The sensor system contains a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for...
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
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Products: Test & Measurement
The PM-50 graphical panel meter is available as a 3.5" or 4.3" graphical touchscreen display.
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