Research Bits: September 19


Measuring lithography plasma sources Researchers from the University of Twente developed a tool that can measure the size of a plasma source and the color of the light it emits simultaneously, which they say could be used to improve lithography machines. “Traditionally, we could only look at the amount of light produced, but to further improve the chipmaking process, we also want to study... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 19


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=141 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

Research Bits: September 11


Combining digital and analog Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) propose integrating 2D semiconductors with ferroelectric materials for joint digital and analog information processing, which could improve energy efficiency and support new functionality. The device uses a 2D negative-capacitance tungsten diselenide/tin diselenide tunnel FET (TFET), which consu... » read more

Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 11


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=136 /] (more…) » read more

Research Bits: September 5


Layered TMD semiconductors Scientists from Tsinghua University investigated fabrication techniques for fabricating and engineering transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). By modulating TMDs with various methods, including phase engineering, defect engineering, doping, and alloying, the material class could provide a wide range of alternatives for high-quality layered semiconductors with st... » read more

Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 5


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=132 /] (more…) » read more

Security Research: Technical Paper Round-up


A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at the August 2023 USENIX Security Symposium. Here are some highlights with associated links. [table id=130 /] A complete listing of all papers presented at this summer's USENIX conference can be found here and here. The organization provides open access research, and the presentation slides and papers are free to the p... » read more

Research Bits: August 29


Resistive switching with hafnium oxide Researchers from the University of Cambridge, Purdue University, University College London, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and University at Buffalo used hafnium oxide to build a resistive switching memory device that processes data in a similar way as the synapses in the human brain. At the atomic level, hafnium oxide has no structure, with the hafni... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: August 22


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=129 /]   More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

Research Bits: August 22


Photonic memory Researchers from Zhejiang University, Westlake University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a 5-bit photonic memory capable of fast volatile modulation and proposed a solution for a nonvolatile photonic network supporting rapid training. This was made possible by integrating the low-loss phase-change material (PCM) antimonite (Sb2S3) into a silicon photonic plat... » read more

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