Electrical gating visualised in microelectronic devices
24 July, 2019Physicists have developed a new technique to measure the energy and momentum of electrons in operating microelectronic devices made of atomically thin, two-dimensional materials.
Renesas Electronics RV1S9x60A photocouplers
24 July, 2019Renesas Electronics has announced the RV1S9x60A family of 15 Mbps photocouplers, designed to withstand the harsh operating environments of industrial and factory automation equipment.
Ultrafast semiconductor devices exploit photoelectric effect
22 July, 2019Researchers have created an ultrafast and highly sensitive 'avalanche photodiode' (APD) that generates less electronic noise than its silicon rivals.
High-frequency transmission line based on graphene
14 May, 2019South Korean researchers have developed a graphene-based high-performance transmission line with a faster operating speed than those using existing metals.
Australian researchers create artificial graphene
16 April, 2019A combination of nanofabrication techniques and conventional semiconductor materials has been used to engineer an artificial version of graphene — one which can be manufactured on an industrial scale.
Stacking 2D materials changes their properties
20 March, 2019When two atomically thin materials like graphene are stacked on top of each other, their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges.
New material to replace silicon-based power electronics
30 January, 2019In the foreseeable future, electronic components based on silicon will no longer be able to meet industrial requirements.
Doubling the efficiency of organic electronics
17 January, 2019Researchers have made a breakthrough in efficiency that has the potential to benefit technologies including OLED displays, plastic-based solar cells and bioelectronics.
Part-organic semiconductor could enable bendable phones
08 October, 2018A new semiconductor can convert electricity into light very efficiently — and is thin and flexible enough to help make mobile phones bendable.
GaN-on-Si collaboration for power conversion applications
05 October, 2018STMicroelectronics and Leti have announced their cooperation to industrialise gallium nitride-on-silicon technologies for power switching devices.
3D-printing a bionic eye
03 September, 2018US researchers have fully 3D-printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface, marking a significant step towards creating a 'bionic eye'.
Toshiba TLX9309 analog output IC photocoupler
16 July, 2018The TLX9309 analog output IC photocoupler enables high-speed communications in automotive applications — especially electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV).
Q&A on the next generation of power electronics
01 June, 2018Will everything be GaNtastic or are you just SiC of the hype?
Doping simulated in organic semiconductors
14 March, 2018German and Japanese researchers have successfully demonstrated how the doping of organic semiconductors can be simulated and experimentally verified.
New catalytic effect discovered during gallium oxide production
04 December, 2017German physicists have drastically increased the yield of gallium oxide — a class of semiconducting oxide — with a catalytic effect observed for the first time during crystal growth.
