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Could this material enable autonomous vehicles to come to market sooner?

06/19/2018  New material has optical properties that could enable better infrared detection for autonomous vehicles and assist firefighters.

pSemi GaN FET driver delivers fast switching to solid-state LiDAR systems

06/14/2018  pSemi Corporation (formerly known as Peregrine Semiconductor), a Murata company focused on semiconductor integration, announces the availability of the PE29101 gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistor (FET) driver for solid-state light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems.

WIN Semiconductors releases new platform integrating high performance 0.1um GaAs pHEMT with monolithic PIN and vertical Schottky diodes

06/13/2018  WIN Semiconductors Corp, the world's largest pure-play compound semiconductor foundry, has expanded its portfolio of highly integrated GaAs technologies with the release of a new pHEMT technology.

NXP introduces new high power RF products for 5G networks

06/12/2018  Company expands its Gallium Nitride (GaN) and LDMOS technology portfolios to offer a full range of high power products.

Entegris announces agreement to acquire SAES Pure Gas business

06/07/2018  Entegris, Inc., a distributor of specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the SAES Pure Gas business.

Fungi-produced pigment shows promise as semiconductor material

06/06/2018  Researchers at Oregon State University are looking at a highly durable organic pigment, used by humans in artwork for hundreds of years, as a promising possibility as a semiconductor material.

Applied Materials breakthrough accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era

06/05/2018  Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a breakthrough in materials engineering that accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era.

Physicists devise method to reveal how light affects materials

06/05/2018  The new method adds to the understanding of the fundamental laws governing the interaction of electrons and light.

Exagan introduces unique intelligent GaN power solution

06/05/2018  Company showcases G-FET and G-DRIVE products for easy-to-design electrical converters and a small, highly efficient 65-watt USB PD 3.0 charger demonstration.

MIT researchers devise new way to make light interact with matter

06/04/2018  Reducing the wavelength of light could allow it to be absorbed or emitted by a semiconductor, study suggests.

Imec extends damascene metallization towards the 3nm technology node

06/04/2018  At this week’s 2018 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC 2018), imec will present 11 papers on advanced interconnects, ranging from extending Cu and Co damascene metallization, all the way to evaluating new alternatives such as Ru and graphene.

Graphene layered with magnetic materials could drive ultrathin spintronics

05/30/2018  Measurements at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry reveal exotic spin properties that could drive new form of data storage.

Building nanomaterials for next-generation computing

05/30/2018  Scientists recently developed a blueprint to fabricate new nanoheterostructures using 2-D materials.

Polymer crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport

05/25/2018  Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge have found a way to create polymeric semiconductor nanostructures that absorb light and transport its energy further than previously observed.

Rare element to provide better material for high-speed electronics

05/25/2018  Purdue researchers have discovered a new two-dimensional material, derived from the rare element tellurium, to make transistors that carry a current better throughout a computer chip.

Next generation dopant gas delivery system for ion implant applications

05/24/2018  A new class of adsorbent materials offer high capacity storage and safe delivery of dopant gases.

Gases: Essential materials for display manufacturing

05/21/2018  Technology trends in backplane technology are driving higher gas demand in display manufacturing. Specific gas requirements of process blocks are discussed, and various supply modes are reviewed.

Global semiconductor glass wafer market to witness growth through 2022 owing to the proliferation of IoT

05/18/2018  Technavio projects the global semiconductor glass wafer market to post a CAGR of more than 6% during the forecast period. The emergence of advanced and compact consumer electronic devices is a key driver, which is expected to impact market growth.

Researchers control the properties of graphene transistors using pressure

05/16/2018  A Columbia University-led international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one step closer to being a viable semiconductor for use in today's electronic devices.

Analysis of causality principle for the conductivity of graphene

05/15/2018  A paper by Kazan University and Russian Academy of Sciences appeared in Physical Review D.




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