tag: University of British Columbia

Research Bits: October 31
By Susan Rambo - 31 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

Skinlike sensor for robots University of British Columbia engineers with help from researchers from Frontier Robotics, Honda research institute, created a soft sensor that approximates skin. Mostly made of silicone rubber, the sensor uses weak electric fields to sense objects, even at a distance, and can detect forces into and along its surface. The sensor could provide touch sensitivity and d... » read more

Technical Paper Round-Up: July 18
By Linda Christensen - 18 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=33 /] Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers. Please send suggestions (via comments section below) for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit fo... » read more

New Way To Control Spin Currents At Room Temperature
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "Spin manipulation by giant valley-Zeeman spin-orbit field in atom-thick WSe2." from researchers at Beihang University (China) and University of British Columbia. Abstract: "The phenomenon originating from spin–orbit coupling provides energy-efficient strategies for spin manipulation and device applications. The broken inversion symmetry interface and the result... » read more

Technical Paper Round-up: April 26
By Linda Christensen - 26 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Find all technical papers in Semiconductor Engineering’s library. [table id=23 /]   Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers.  Please send suggestions for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit for our global audience. At a ... » read more

Neuromorphic photonic circuit modeling in Verilog-A
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Abstract "One of the significant challenges in neuromorphic photonic architectures is the lack of good tools to simulate large-scale photonic integrated circuits. It is crucial to perform simulations on a single platform to capture the circuit’s behavior in the presence of both optical and electrical components. Here, we adopted a Verilog-A based approach to model neuromorphic photonic cir... » read more

Research Bits: April 13
By Jesse Allen - 13 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Washable battery Researchers from the University of British Columbia developed a washable, flexible, and stretchable battery. “Wearable electronics are a big market and stretchable batteries are essential to their development,” said Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s faculty of applied science. “However, up until now, stretchable batteries have not been washable. Th... » read more

Research Bits: March 7
By Jesse Allen - 07 Mar, 2022 - Comments: 0

Optical signal processing with acoustic waves Researchers from Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) demonstrated an optical-wave signal that can be amplified or canceled using optically driven acoustic waves on a silicon chip. Optical signal processing using Brillouin scattering, in which acoustic waves scatter light, has been demonstrated in nanophotonic structures. But ... » read more

Attaching Fibers To Photonic Chips
By Paul McLellan - 10 Dec, 2020 - Comments: 0

Recently, Cadence held its fifth photonics summit, CadenceCONNECT: Photonics Contribution to High-Performance Computing. You can read my earlier posts: Photonic Integration—From Switching to Computing How to Design Photonics If You Don't Have a PhD: iPronics and Ayar Labs The third day was all about how to connect the incoming and outgoing fibers to the photonics chips. I will cov... » read more

System Bits: Sept. 3
By Jeff Dorsch - 03 Sep, 2019 - Comments: 0

Microprocessor built with carbon nanotubes Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were able to design a microprocessor with carbon nanotubes and fabricate the chip with traditional processes, an advance that could be used in next-generation computers. Work on producing carbon nanotube field-effect transistors has gone on for some time. Fabricated at scale, those CNFETs oft... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: July 16
By Jesse Allen - 16 Jul, 2018 - Comments: 0

Bacterial solar Researchers at the University of British Columbia developed a solar cell that uses bacteria to convert light to energy. The cell worked as efficiently in dim light as in bright light, making solar a potential option in areas of the world that frequently have overcast skies. Called biogenic cells, they work by utilizing the natural dye that bacteria use for photosynthesis. Pr... » read more

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