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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: Energy
As we trend toward more renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs), the design of the electric distribution system itself imposes physical...
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See top suppliers and manufacturers in over 20 categories, including high-speed cameras, sensors, and optical components.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
Silicon Carbide (SiC) optics are becoming more and more prevalent in high-energy laser (HEL) designs, and manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks
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Briefs: Energy
This paves the way for innovative and more energy-efficient printed electronics.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Dinkle International offers universal interface modules for connecting equipment signals to I/O modules.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
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Articles: Materials
Freetouch turns a smartphone into a touchscreen remote control.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed an optical amplifier that they expect will revolutionize both space and fiber communication.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Scientists are working to improve the image resolution of X-ray techniques.
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Special Reports: Test & Measurement
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Rugged Computing & Electronics - November 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we...

INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Stacking extremely thin films of material on top of each other can create new materials with exciting new properties. But the most successful processes for building those...
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
UCLA engineers have demonstrated successful integration of a novel semiconductor material into high-power computer chips.
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Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
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RF & Microwave Electronics - October 2021
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 satellite and...

Products: Materials
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
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Articles: Motion Control
Drive and control platforms provide the vital protection of people and machines in automated manufacturing efforts.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.
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Briefs: Imaging
Applications include planetary exploration and imaging systems used in surveillance, navigation, and target recognition.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This component takes up ten times less space on computer chips.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The protective coating works like body armor for the atomically thin materials.
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Briefs: Materials
With this advance, so-called “flextronics” move closer to reality.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The approach achieves near 100% light emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
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Briefs: Communications
Applications include telecommunications, optical switching, and quantum computing.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The ultrathin magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronics.
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Briefs: Wearables
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Briefs: Wearables
Implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.
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Question of the Week: Wearables
Will Stretchable Smartphones Catch On?
Our “5 Ws” feature this month highlighted skin-like electronic circuits being developed at Virginia Tech.

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