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Analog and digital - hand in hand
Digital and high-frequency analog integrated circuits are manufactured using their own specific processes, leading `separate lives` in the past. Using standard CMOS, both types of component can now be integrated on a single chip - like a wireless transmitter device.   view more (2002-02-01)

OSGi Communication Platform now in Automation
OSGi solutions (Open Gateway Services Initiative) are known as intelligent gateways within the areas of telecommunication, home networking and the automotive industry. Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS now offers this standardized platform technology for control tasks in the field of automation technology.   view more (2004-03-05)

Noise measurement may boost cell phone performance
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and industry collaborators have developed improved methods for accurately measuring very faint thermal "noise"—caused by random motion of electrons—in electronic circuits.   view more (2006-06-28)

Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes
Scientists have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts and aircraft wings, and can operate during stretching, compressing, folding and other types of extreme mechanical deformations, without a reduction in electrical performance.   view more (2008-03-28)

Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon
Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.   view more (2008-05-09)

Liquid cooling with microfluidic channels helps computer processors beat the heat
A new technique for fabricating liquid cooling channels onto the backs of high-performance integrated circuits could allow denser packaging of chips while providing better temperature control and improved reliability.   view more (2005-06-21)

Circuit board materials may like it hot (or not)
Electrical circuits may act differently in Arizona than they do in Alaska—potentially affecting the performance of computers and other electronics. A new technique identifies and quantifies an important cause of this temperature sensitivity.   view more (2006-06-09)

Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body
Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging.   view more (2009-06-09)

Smaller microchips that consume less energy
To develop ever-smaller chips that consume less. These are the indispensable requirements of the current market for portable applications such as mobile telephone technology and biomedical systems, obtaining correct and trouble-free operation of the devices over the maximum possible duration of time. One of the techniques which, in fact, can be... view more... (2004-09-10)

Chips for future multimedia radio systems
Millions of people surf the Internet, and their number is constantly increasing. But users regularly have to contend with bottlenecks when trying to access the net, or long periods of waiting while downloading sophisticated multimedia applications, such as video sequences for home learning. Radio systems provide a way to avoid the "traffic jam".... view more... (1999-09-03)

Designing microchips that contain multiple selves
Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple selves.   view more (2008-06-12)

OSU Creates World's First Transparent Integrated Circuit
Researchers at Oregon State University have created the world's first completely transparent integrated circuit from inorganic compounds, another major step forward for the rapidly evolving field of transparent electronics.   view more (2006-03-20)

UCLA scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits
Integrated circuits are the "brain" in computers, cell phones, DVD players, iPhones, personal digital assistants, automobiles' navigation systems and anti-lock brakes, and many other electronic devices.   view more (2007-12-20)

Low-cost magnetic field sensors
People who can claim possession of the latest generation of outdoor wristwatch may rightly assume that the conventional compass with its magnetic needle has served its time. Thanks to modern, space-saving chip technology, new features are constantly being integrated: altimeters, cameras, or even electronic compasses can be conveniently worn on the... view more... (2002-06-26)

Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer
Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's Law as they make microprocessors both smaller and more powerful.   view more (2009-07-24)

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing
In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market.   view more (2007-02-06)

Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor
Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide.   view more (2008-04-18)

Georgia Tech/IBM team demonstrates first 500 GHz silicon-germanium transistors
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz.   view more (2006-06-20)

University of Miami engineer designs stretchable electronics with a twist
Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and Professor Yonggang Huang, at Northwestern University have developed a new design for stretchable electronics that can be wrapped around complex shapes, without a reduction in electronic function.   view more (2009-01-22)

Cycling more intelligently
Cycling is fun - if you can find the right tread. But those who tire themselves out quickly lose the desire to conquer the world on two wheels.   view more (2008-04-14)
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