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With new design, bulk semiconductor proves it can take the heat

The intense interest in harvesting energy from heat sources has led to a renewed push to discover materials that can more efficiently convert heat into electricity. Some researchers are finding those gains ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NXP to offer 50 RF/Microwave products based on SiGe:C BiCMOS process technology

Targeting high frequency radio applications, NXP Semiconductors today announced the launch of a series of new products developed in the latest SiGe (silicon-germanium) process technology.

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SiGe Semiconductor’s GPS Radio Enables the Industry’s Best Combination of Performance, Integration and Power Efficiency

SiGe Semiconductor today announced that the award winning SE4100 GPS radio IC has been integrated into a series of cost-effective, high-performance modules by Tyco Electronics. The modules leverage the industry-leading combinati ...

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created Aug 19, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

National Semiconductor demonstrates 28 gbps data center technology

National Semiconductor Corp. today announced it has achieved a breakthrough in high-speed signal conditioning by becoming the first company to successfully demonstrate 28 Gbps discrete quad-channel retimer technology with ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Imec reports progress in deep sub-micron scaling for logic and memory

At the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco Imec's advanced CMOS research program reports promising advances in scaling logic, DRAM and non-volatile memory.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

European Union aims to increase electronic efficiency and eliminate power consumption

Today, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and IBM announced a major research initiative, with several leading academic and corporate research organizations across Europe, to address the alarming growth of energy consumption ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

National Semiconductor Introduces Lowest Noise, Ultra-High-Speed Amplifier

A new ultra-high-speed operational amplifier (op amp) from National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) delivers the industry’s lowest noise (0.69 nV/sqrt Hz) with -3 dB bandwidth of 900 MHz at a gain of 10.

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Modelling nano-worlds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Modelling the fabrication processes for integrated circuits can slash production development time and costs by up to 40%. But as transistors, already at nano-scales, become ever smaller, researchers are modelling ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

45-nanometer chips for ultra-fast WiFi

(PhysOrg.com) -- Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers’ cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

National Semiconductor today announced the industry’s lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at 2.1 ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two-Antenna Quad-Beam 11-15 GHz Phased Array RFIC Targeted at Satellite Systems and Advanced Radars

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Jazz Semiconductor, a Tower Group Company, today announced that they have collaborated to develop a two-antenna quad-beam RFIC phased array ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Life Expectancy on the Rise -- Even for Quantum States

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have succeeded in measuring and controlling the lifetime of quantum states with potential use in optoelectronic chips. This achievement is highly significant ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New High Frequency Amplifier Harnesses Millimeter Waves in Silicon for Fast Wireless

(PhysOrg.com) -- New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality, thanks to a millimeter wave amplifier invented at the University of California, San Diego and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Stress Management: X-Rays Reveal Si Thin-Film Defects

Pile-ups, bad on the freeway, also are a hazard for the makers of high-performance strained-silicon semiconductor devices. A sensitive X-ray diffraction imaging technique developed by researchers at the National Institute ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 06, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0