transistors

Researchers at North Carolina State University have unveiled a revolutionary technique for self-assembling electronic devices. This innovation, called Directed Metal-Ligand (D-Met) reactions, enables the creation of nanoscale and microscale…

Before the transistor revolutionized the electronics industry, amplifying signals relied on bulky, inefficient technologies like vacuum tubes, transformers, and mechanical amplifiers. These solutions seemed groundbreaking in their time but…

Adam Zewe | MIT News November 4, 2024 Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semiconductor technology…

SAN JOSE, CALIF. – May 7, 2024 Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today announced an agreement to acquire the assets of Odyssey Semiconductor…

TSMC just announced its 1.6nm-class process technology today, an A16 manufacturing process that is the company's first Angstrom-class production node. Expectations are that it will outperform its predecessor, N2P, significantly.  The…

Substrate materials play an essential role in information processing. Using advanced imaging, a research team led by Penn State found that substrate material (also known as wafers) responds to changes in electricity, like the semiconductor…

EPC is launching a 100 V, 1 mOhm EPC2361, the lowest on-resistance GaN FET on the market. The FET doubles the power density of its previous products. The EPC2361 has a typical RDS(on) of just 1 mOhm in a thermally enhanced QFN package…

Coal, although abundant in the U.S., has a bad reputation based on its use as a fossil fuel. However, joint research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,…

Researchers from NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science claim that they have developed the fastest electric double-layer transistor using a highly ion conductive ceramic thin film and a diamond thin film. The transistor could be used to…

Two new papers published by the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Chandra Family of Electrical and Computer Engineering provide blueprints for improvements in semiconductor technology and building blocks for the next generation of computers…