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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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5 Ws: Electronics & Computers
Users can take paper sheets from a notebook and turn them into a music player interface or make food packaging interactive.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material can be used in power electronics and power converters for solar energy power systems.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This technology enables robots, electronic devices, and prosthetic devices to feel pain through sense of touch.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The technology detects the presence of one or more specific chemical components in a liquid.
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Briefs: Medical
Tests show magnetoelectric power is a viable option for clinical-grade implants.
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Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Will Self-Erasing Chips Catch On?
University of Michigan engineers reported that their new self-erasing chips could help stop counterfeit electronics or provide alerts if sensitive shipments are tampered with. The chips use a new material that temporarily stores energy, changing the color of the light it emits. The self-erase period takes seven...
Products: Software
Tubing plugs, displacement measurements, CAM software, and more.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method could benefit next-generation electronics.
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Briefs: Materials
These non-reciprocal devices on a compact chip pave the way for applications from two-way wireless to quantum computing.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Fully integrated flexible electronics made of magnetic sensors and organic circuits open the path towards the development of electronic skin.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
People could monitor their own health conditions by picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This approach could engineer quantum materials atom-by-atom for new electronic, magnetic, and sensing applications.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The response time of kinetic inductance bolometers can be greatly enhanced by electrothermal feedback for devices that are both sensitive and speedy.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The algorithm provides an extra layer of safety and security against hackers of electronic devices.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredient.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The tiny unit is significant for the miniaturization of optoelectronic systems.
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Briefs: Imaging
A metal-organic framework does not contain cost-intensive raw materials and can be produced in bulk.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
“EasyPass” would enable smart warehouses, automated factories, and more to operate without delays.
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Briefs: Materials
To make electronic components smaller, semiconductor 2D materials are combined with new types of insulator materials.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Neuromorphic computing uses memristors that could function and operate like real brain synapses.
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Special Reports: Defense
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RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2020
In this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Aerospace & Defense Technology and Tech Briefs, read about how advances in RF electronics are enabling new applications in space and ground...

Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Electronics Innovations - October 2020
In this compendium of articles from the editors of Tech Briefs magazine, discover how advances in electronic components are enabling game-changing applications in mobile healthcare/wearables, autonomous...

INSIDER: Communications
For a long time, something important has been regularly neglected in electronics. If you want to make electronic components smaller and smaller, you also need the right insulator materials. This is...
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INSIDER: Medical
Researchers at the University of Houston report that they have designed and produced a smart electronic skin and a medical robotic hand capable of assessing vital diagnostic data...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
MIT startup Realtime Robotics invented a solution that gives robots the ability to quickly adjust their path to avoid objects as they move to a target. The Realtime controller can be connected to a...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Foam gasket tapes, data analytics software, ceramic tape, and more.
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Application Briefs: Energy
Smart sensors for hazardous areas monitor essential assets, such as motors and pumps.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
Choosing the right battery will save trouble and expense in the long run.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Safety-critical MEMS, absolute pressure sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and more.
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