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Semiconductors & ICs

Review the latest advances and technical briefs in Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Systems (ICS) technologies essential to Design Engineers. Find new products and applications in semiconductors, electronics, electronic components, electronic circuits, integrated circuits, and ICS.

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INSIDER: Medical
A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously without...
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INSIDER: Wearables
A new material holds promise for the next generation of organic electronics.
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INSIDER: Wearables
Professor Mohammad Reza Abidian of the Cullen College of Engineering — foresees the future production of micro-scale organic electronics via multiphoton 3D printers.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Imagine a more sustainable future, where cellphones, smartwatches, and other wearable devices don’t have to be shelved or discarded for a newer model. Instead, they could be upgraded with the latest...
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Rugged Computing & Electronics - June 2022
From the battlefield to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. Keep pace with the latest developments in this compendium of recent...

Articles: Internet of Things
This article is a marked departure from my annual reporting on the past year’s performance of the health of the MEMS industry vis-à-vis my MEMS Industry Commercialization Report Card. [1] Here, I have...
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Briefs: Materials
Computer processors have shrunk to nanometer scales over the years, with billions of transistors sitting on a single computer chip. While the increased number of transistors helps make...
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Products: Semiconductors & ICs
STMicroelectronics’, Geneva, Switzerland, new fully integrated Power-Management IC (PMIC) for AMOLED displays combines a low quiescent current and enhanced flexibility to extend the battery runtime of portable devices.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Everyone is talking about quantum computers. By interconnecting as many qubits (two-state quantum systems) as possible, massive amounts of data can be processed more easily, quickly and securely in...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Micro-supercapacitors could revolutionize the way we use batteries by increasing their lifespan and enabling extremely fast charging. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have...
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Q&A: RF & Microwave Electronics
Professor Kenneth K. O. and his colleagues at The University of Texas at Dallas and Oklahoma State University have developed an innovative and affordable terahertz imager microchip that can enable...
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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RF & Microwave Electronics - May 2022
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 avionics systems,...

INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
The information age created over nearly 60 years has given the world the internet, smart phones, and lightning-fast computers. Making this possible has been the doubling of the number...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) research team has improved the performance of a p-type semiconductor transistor using inorganic metal halide perovskite. One of...
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Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Increasingly powerful integrated circuit and system-on-chip devices are growing in importance to vehicle design.
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Briefs: Energy
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The mobile, wearable device could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
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Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
Self-healing materials, quick disconnects, and eco-friendly micro-supercapacitors.
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Technology Leaders: Imaging
InGaAs is interesting, but is it useful?
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Application Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
An expert compares Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR systems with Time of Flight tech.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy input, much like a...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The material could potentially provide a platform for error-free quantum computing.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This process could improve large touchscreens, LED light panels, and window-mounted infrared solar cells.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Columbia researchers are reducing both the size and the power consumption of a visible-spectrum phase modulator, from one millimeter to 10 microns.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Battery monitoring, flow meters, torque sensors, and more.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
The method could support the semiconductor industry and facilitate development of next-gen devices.
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Briefs: Energy
Applications include power and energy, communications, and sensors.
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Briefs: Imaging
The test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
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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