Articles tagged with Circuit Design
A new stretchable lithium-ion battery has been developed by Northwestern University researchers, enabling true integration of electronics and power into a small, stretchable package. The battery can be stretched up to 300 percent of its original size without losing functionality.
A team of Stanford engineers has made breakthroughs in carbon nanotube circuits, providing a ten-times improvement in energy efficiency over silicon. They have overcome major barriers, including alignment and metallic contamination, using a unique imperfection-immune design paradigm.
Engineers at Case Western Reserve University have developed integrated amplifier circuits that can operate under extreme temperatures, revolutionizing data collection in nuclear reactors and rocket engines. The silicon carbide amplifiers can improve signal strength and produce more reliable information.
Researchers at Columbia Engineering and the University of Pennsylvania have created a new integrated circuit design that enables faster single-molecule measurements, including DNA sequencing. This breakthrough could lead to cheaper and more accurate diagnostic tests for diseases, as well as insights into inherited traits.
The ELIAS project has developed common agreed test methods and quantitative ageing models for semiconductor devices, improving product reliability and reducing failures. The project's simulation-based methodologies have also enabled the rapid introduction of new smart-power technologies with proven reliability.
Researchers at Rice University have developed a new pruning technique to trim away unnecessary circuits in computer chips, resulting in faster and more energy-efficient devices. The method uses probabilistic computing to boost performance while reducing power demands.
The new center, OpSIS, will provide access to high-end semiconductor manufacturing for researchers worldwide. It aims to create a system that enables non-specialists to design and build functioning chips combining photonics and electronics.
Chinese scientists have developed a new cell design that uses an electric field to flip magnetization, resulting in faster and more energy-efficient magnetic memories. The design offers great potential for data storage and logic gates with ultra-low power consumption.
Researchers are developing tools to tackle complex problems in logistics planning, resource allocation and circuit design. By combining techniques from mathematics, statistics and computer science, they aim to create more efficient delivery systems for the Air Force.
A new integrated circuit, designed by Southern Methodist University physicists, can transmit data at 5.8 billion-bits per second in the Large Hadron Collider, the largest particle accelerator in Europe. The 'link-on-chip' serializer circuit is critical for the upgrade of the collider and plans to increase data speed and number of lanes.
The VIRTUS centre aims to be a world-class IC design house, focusing on ultra-low power green microchips and circuits. It will collaborate with top universities and companies to develop key technologies for medical technology, clean technology, and consumer electronics.
Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, creating a potentially very dense, stable nonvolatile memory for digital devices. The graphite-based approach uses industry-standard lithographic techniques to deposit amorphous graphite onto silicon, facilitating the creation of reliable memory bits.
Researchers developed a computer game prototype called FunSAT to harness humans' abilities in strategizing, visualizing, and understanding complex systems. The game helps integrate circuit designers select and arrange transistors and their connections on silicon microchips.
The AsAP chip, designed by the University of California - Davis team, offers breakthrough speeds with low power consumption. It can perform half a trillion operations per second at slower speeds than common digital signal processing chips.
Scientists have created a microchip that uses 30 times less electricity while running seven times faster than today's technology, thanks to probabilistic logic. This technology has significant implications for the IT industry's carbon footprint, potentially reducing energy consumption in devices such as cell phones and medical implants.
The new mechanical design accommodates extreme bending and straining without reduction in electronic performance, enabling applications such as smart surgical gloves and eye cameras. The design uses semiconductor nanomaterials to offer high stretchability and twistability, making it suitable for various complex shapes.
Researchers created molecular tubes composed of wound-up DNA strands with controlled circumferences, enabling diverse nanotechnology applications. The breakthrough utilizes single-stranded DNA tiles to form tubes with varying diameters, promising to design complex self-assembling molecular systems.
Researchers design integrated circuits that can assume multiple identities, providing a powerful security mechanism for digital rights management tasks. The technology enables diverse applications, including device optimization and content metering, with low overhead costs.
Researchers at Stanford University have created nanoscale drums that can resonate in the same way, despite having different shapes. This discovery has implications for spectroscopy and may lead to new designs for computer chip circuits.
The new chip design can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology, leading to longer-lasting cell phones, implantable medical devices, and sensors.
Researchers at Penn State successfully transmitted data at a rate of 100 gigabits per second over 100 meters using Category-7 copper cables. This breakthrough offers a less expensive and easier-to-build solution for high-speed data transfer, paving the way for future advancements in chip circuitry.
The UCSD team created a 16-element phased array chip that can transmit at 30-50 GHz, reducing size, weight, and cost. The innovation enables breakthroughs in military sensor and communication systems, as well as commercial terrestrial communications.
Researchers at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms have created a microfluidic device that uses bubble logic to control chemical reactions and perform process control information like a computer. The technology has the potential to revolutionize large-scale chemical analysis, synthesis, testing, and industrial production processes.
Dr. Éva Tardos received the George B. Dantzig Prize for her groundbreaking work on network-flow algorithms, approximation algorithms, and combinatorial auctions. Her research focuses on efficient methods for solving optimization problems in graphs and networks.
Researchers at the Public University of Navarra have designed a new radiofrequency device using the Babinet Principle and meta-surfaces, enabling efficient mobile communications. The device also offers improved shielding capabilities for wireless communications, reducing interferences in buildings or rooms.
Researchers at Newcastle University are developing asynchronous systems that work well in labs and have potential for commercial use. These designs could overcome limitations imposed by traditional clocks on computer performance.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a novel low-power circuit that can dynamically adjust memory usage to minimize energy consumption. The new design reduces the amount of energy needed to run a computer's memory by up to 62% while maintaining performance levels.
Researchers propose a novel design strategy to reduce interference in compact electronic circuits, enabling engineers to predict performance before building prototypes. The method takes into account two key factors: overlapping wires and current direction.
Researchers at Ohio State University developed a more efficient cooling system for microelectronics by doubling the number of tiny tubes in a two-layered design. This new heat sink can cool devices like computers and lasers with reduced power consumption and bulkier packaging.