Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 25


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library. [table id=236 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Power Electronic Packaging for Discrete Dies


A technical paper titled “Substrate Embedded Power Electronics Packaging for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs” was published by researchers at University of Cambridge, University of Warwick, Chongqing University, and SpaceX. Abstract: "This paper proposes a new power electronic packaging for discrete dies, namely Standard Cell which consists of a step-etched active metal brazed (AMB) substrate and... » read more

Technical Paper Roundup: November 28


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=169 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

Free Space Optical Quantum Key Distribution (FSO-QKD) System Within a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Application


A new technical paper titled "A Practical Implementation of Quantum-Derived Keys for Secure Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications" was published by University of Warwick. Abstract "We provide a practical implementation of a free space optical quantum key distribution (FSO-QKD) system within a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) application developed under the Innovate UK AirQKD project. The ... » read more

Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 5


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

Contacting Individual On-Surface Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons In A Multigate Transistor Geometry 


A technical paper titled “Contacting individual graphene nanoribbons using carbon nanotube electrodes” was published by researchers at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Peking University, University of Warwick, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (China), Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, University of Bern, University of Basel, and ETH Zur... » read more

Research Bits: Oct. 10


Disposable water-activated battery Researchers at Empa developed a water-activated disposable paper battery that could be used in low-power, single-use disposable electronics such as smart labels for tracking objects, environmental sensors, and medical diagnostic devices. The battery is made of at least one cell measuring one centimeter squared and consisting of three inks printed onto a re... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power


Nvidia again made its case for acquiring Arm to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). “Arm is a private for-profit business at a crossroads. After acquiring Arm several years ago, SoftBank increased Arm’s headcount, hoping to spur long-term growth in several markets, including data center and personal computer, long dominated by Intel and x86. SoftBank’s investment phase has c... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: Dec. 21


Tiny electronic fountain pens Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Taiyuan University of Technology have developed what resembles a tiny electronic fountain pen, a technology that can pattern and deposit small structures on surfaces. The system from KIT and Taiyuan University is actually a high-precision tabletop microplotter, which is used to print or deposit materials for printed e... » read more

Batteries Have Moving Parts


The race is on to make lithium-ion batteries safer, to increase the amount of energy that can be drawn out of these devices, and to reduce the time it takes to charge them up again. Transistors and other electronic components depend on the movement of electrons, which are effectively massless and dimensionless relative to the semiconductor, metal, and dopant atoms that surround them. A batte... » read more

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