semiconductors

Researchers discover sought property in magnetic semiconductor

harminka — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:50:52 -0600

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic—as opposed to electronic—property of specially built semiconductor devices.

New method to measure how strain affects semiconductors

harminka — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:37:55 -0600

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics.

New nanocluster to boost thin films for semiconductors

harminka — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:21:32 -0500

Oregon researchers have synthesized an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications.

Better organic semiconductors for printable electronics

harminka — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:11:41 -0500

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend.

Racetrack for fast electrons in semiconductor structures

harminka — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:56:21 -0500

In order to realize the electrical units of voltage, resistance and current with highest accuracy quantum effects in nano-circuits are nowadays used. Important prerequisites are extremely pure semiconductor layers where high-mobile electrons move through the crystal without collision with residual impurities.

Scientists demonstrate highly directional semiconductor lasers

harminka — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:50:46 -0500

Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, highly directional semiconductor lasers with a much smaller beam divergence than conventional ones.

Researchers enhance lithography light sources

harminka — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:37:07 -0500

A breakthrough discovery at UC San Diego may help aid the semiconductor industry’s quest to squeeze more information on chips to accelerate the performance of electronic devices. So far, the semiconductor industry has been successful in its consistent efforts to reduce feature size on a chip.

Quantum computing breakthrough arises from unknown molecule

harminka — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:37:33 -0500

The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.

Microchip Named to Forbes 2000 List of World's Largest Companies

harminka — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:50:11 -0500

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, announced that it has been recognized by the following national business and electronics organizations for product and workplace leadership.

First room-temperature semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz radiation

harminka — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:09:36 -0500

Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz (THz) radiation, also known as T-rays. The breakthrough in laser technology, based upon commercially available nanotechnology, has the potential to become a standard Terahertz source to support applications ranging from security screening to chemical sensing.

TI unveils prize for top analog designs by engineering undergraduates

harminka — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:42:09 -0500

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced establishment of the Engibous Prize, $150,000 in annual awards to the engineering students who design the most innovative electronics systems using analog semiconductors. The prize is the largest of its kind and will be awarded in three regions of the world -- Asia, Europe and North America.

NIST micro sensor and micro fridge make cool pair

harminka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:42:38 -0500

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined two tiny but powerful NIST inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic sensor and a microrefrigerator. The combination offers the possibility of cheaper, simpler and faster precision analysis of materials such as semiconductors and stardust.