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More electronic materials opened up with new metal-organic framework

12/15/2017  More materials for electronic applications could be identified, thanks to the discovery of a new metal-organic framework (MOF) that displays electrical semiconduction with a record high photoresponsivity, by a global research collaboration.

North American semiconductor equipment industry posts November 2017 billings

12/15/2017  North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.05 billion in billings worldwide in November 2017 (three-month average basis), according to the November Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI.

Toshiba and Western Digital reach global settlement and agree to strengthen flash memory collaboration

12/14/2017  As part of this agreement, TMC and Western Digital will participate jointly in future rounds of investment in Fab 6, the memory fabrication facility now under construction at Yokkaichi, including the upcoming investment round announced by Toshiba in October 2017.

IXYS announces 200V power MOSFETs with fast body diodes and lowest on-resistances

12/14/2017  Fabricated using a charge compensation principle and IXYS' own process technology, these new MOSFETs exhibit the lowest on-state resistances in the industry.

Detecting sleep apnea: Leti embeds sensors in wristband to measure heart rate and three other indicators

12/14/2017  Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, will demonstrate at CES 2018 its new wristband that measures physical indicators of a range of conditions, including sleep apnea, dehydration and dialysis-treatment response.

New insight into battery charging supports development of improved electric vehicles

12/14/2017  First technique capable of determining lithium metal plating during lithium ion battery charging reported in Materials Today.

QuickLogic collaborates with Mentor to provide seamless design environment for eFPGA technology

12/14/2017  QuickLogic Corporation, a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, display bridge and programmable logic solutions, announced that it has collaborated with Mentor, a Siemens business, to provide a seamless design and development environment for its embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology.

The world's 1st "7-axis" motion tracking devices: tiner package & better response time

12/13/2017  Accelerometers and gyroscopes are fueling the robotic revolution, especially the dronesÂ’ market segment. However, these MEMS devices are not the only ones on the market place anymore, with environmental sensors penetrating this industry too.

Plasmonic biosensors enable development of new easy-to-use health tests

12/13/2017  Researchers at Aalto University have developed a biosensor that enables creating a range of new easy-to-use health tests similar to home pregnancy tests. The plasmonic biosensor can detect diseased exosomes even by the naked eye. A rapid analysis by biosensors helps recognize inflammatory bowel diseases, cancer and other diseases rapidly and start relevant treatments in time. In addition to using discovery in biomedicine, industry may use advanced applications in energy.

USC Viterbi faculty design thermal 'skin' to maintain temperature of satellites

12/13/2017  VO2 coated silicon material designed in collaboration with Northrop Grumman performs 20 times better than current semiconductors.

aveni extends copper interconnects to 5nm and below for BEOL integration

12/12/2017  aveni S.A., developer and manufacturer of market-disrupting wet deposition technologies and chemistries for 2D interconnects and 3D through silicon via packaging, today announced it has obtained results that strongly support the continued use of copper in the back end of line (BEOL) for advanced interconnects, at and beyond the 5nm technology node.

New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

12/12/2017  In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between two electrons with extremely high precision.

ProPlus and MPI Corporation establish strategic partnership

12/12/2017  ProPlus Design Solutions Inc. and MPI Corporation today announced a strategic partnership agreement and immediate availability of a characterization and modeling solution that integrates ProPlus' SPICE modeling and noise characterization solution with MPI's advanced probing technologies.

National Academy of Inventors announces SUNY Poly professor Dr. Bin Yu selected as 2017 NAI Fellow

12/12/2017  Dr. Yu selected for significant contributions to semiconductor-based devices, nanotechnology research after being awarded more than 300 U.S. patents.

EVG installs low-temp plasma activation system at the University of Tokyo

12/12/2017  EVG 810LT system enables low-temperature direct wafer bonding of III-V compound semiconductor materials and germanium-on-silicon wafers with field-proven high-quality plasma surface preparation.

Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators

12/11/2017  Researchers discover new way to power electrical devices.

A diamond as the steppingstone to new materials, using plasma physics technology

12/11/2017  Heating a mixture of gases to furnace temperatures is one way to make a diamond film, nature's hardest substance. Adding boron to the gas mixture may create new materials.

KLA-Tencor Evolves Inspection and Review Portfolio for 3D Future

07/10/2014  Systems detect and categorize defects that limit yield in advanced IC manufacturing.

How to Drive and Motivate Modern-Day Innovation

07/10/2014  Technology innovation isnÂ’t slowing down. But its steady acceleration isnÂ’t happening spontaneously, and TuesdayÂ’s Silicon Innovation Forum keynote from Professor of Innovation Dr. Bob Metcalfe outline how he believes to effectively drive the complex cycle that is modern-day innovation.

Vacuum Technologies Needed for 3D Device Processing

07/10/2014  Complex effluent management of ALD and CVD processes using novel precursors