Following two years of shortages, strong unit demand, and higher prices, the power transistor market will ease back from double-digit increases to more-normal growth in 2019, says new O-S-D Report.
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Flexible Generators Turn Movement Into Energy
Rice University’s laser-induced graphene nanogenerators could power future wearables.
Remaining Switched On To Silicon-Based Electronics
The difficulty of further increasing the power conversion efficiency of silicon-based components in power electronics seems to indicate that we are reaching the limits of potential advances to this technology. However, a research group headed by The University of Tokyo recently challenged that view by developing a power switching device that surpasses previous performance limits, illustrating that silicon technology can still be further optimized. The researchers developed an improved insulated…
New Mechanism Allows Lower Energy Requirement for OLED Displays
Scientists from RIKEN and the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with international partners have found a way to significantly reduce the amount of energy required by organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Ultra-Clean Fabrication Platform Produces Nearly Ideal 2D Transistors
Columbia engineers develop a clean, damage-free fabrication process that creates pristine transistors made from 2D material stacks. Testing additional content. Testing additional content. Testing additional content.
Octopus-Inspired Wearable Sensor
A team of researchers reports the development of a graphene-based adhesive biosensor inspired by octopus “suckers.”
TSI Introduces New AeroTrak-Plus Remote Airborne Particle Counters
TSI (Shoreview, MN) has introduced a new range of AeroTrak®+ Remote Airborne Particle Counters (APCs) for monitoring manufacturing cleanrooms. TSI is so confident about the performance of the new laser technology inside, that all models are covered by an industry-exclusive standard 5 year laser warranty. AeroTrak+ Remote APCs supply uninterrupted, reliable particle counting data during the cleanroom manufacturing process. Flexible installation options reduce system complexity and cost of ownership…
CEA-Leti and Silvaco Team Up on Yield-Prediction Project For Ultra-Low-Power Static Memories
Leti, a research institute of CEA-Tech, and Silvaco Inc., a global provider of software, IP and services for designing chips and electronic systems for semiconductor companies, today announced, during the 56th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Las Vegas, a project to estimate and model the yield of ultra-low-voltage (ULV), ultra-low-leakage (ULL) static random access memory (SRAM) used in computing applications. Accurate yield prediction in the early stage of the IC design…
Big Energy Savings For Tiny Machines
Inside all of us are trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines that perform a variety of tasks necessary to keep us alive. In a ground-breaking study, a team led by SFU physics professor David Sivak demonstrated for the first time a strategy for manipulating these machines to maximize efficiency and conserve energy. The breakthrough could have ramifications across a number of fields, including creating more efficient computer chips and solar cells…
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Create Soft, Flexible Materials With Enhanced Properties
A team of polymer chemists and engineers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties.
