Semiconductor Processing & Production News
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Molecular Additives Enhance Mechanical Properties Of Organic Solar Cell Material
8/12/2020
Organic solar cells are ideal for use in flexible electronics because of the inherently malleable nature of semiconducting polymers. Recent research on the interplay between processing, thermodynamics and mechanical stability of typical photoactive layers in organic cells is providing a deeper understanding of these high-potential materials.
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Painting With Crystals
8/10/2020
Semiconductors made of organic materials, e.g. for light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells, could replace or supplement silicon-based electronics in the future. The efficiency of such devices depends crucially on the quality of thin layers of such organic semiconductors.
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Where Is Autonomous Mobility Going In Such A Hurry?
2/26/2018
Autonomous mobility’s progress has been achieved in fits and starts, though the past few years have seen accelerated development in its enabling technologies.
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Siemens And BRIDG Partner To Develop Digital Twin Solutions For Semiconductor Manufacturing
1/25/2018
Siemens announces recently a partnership with BRIDG to drive the development of Digital Twin technologies for the semiconductor industry by providing Siemens’ PLM software portfolio to enable BRIDG’s research and development activities.
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Slow 'Hot Electrons' Could Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
1/16/2018
Photons with energy higher than the 'band gap' of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons.
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Apple Awards Finisar $390M From Its Advanced Manufacturing Fund
12/13/2017
Apple recently announced the latest award from its $1B Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Finisar, a leading manufacturer of optical communications components, will receive $390M as part of Apple’s commitment to support innovation and job creation by American manufacturers.
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Israeli Researchers Successfully Hide Optical Chip Under 'Cloak Of Invisibility'
11/16/2017
Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) are proposing a new method to obscure an optical chip by bending light around the object. This could be achieved by manipulating waves in the near field region (such as surface plasmons) of a metamaterial surface (a metasurface) on an integrated photonic structure.
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Ultra-Thin Diselenides Could Supplant Silicon In Next-Generation Electronics
8/16/2017
Layered two-dimensional materials that are as efficient, but thinner than, silicon semiconductors, could power future electronic circuits and devices, according to Stanford researchers.
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Flexible Hybrid Electronics Advancing, Spurred By Dual-Use Technology Development
7/17/2017
Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) is a category of microelectronics using novel materials with stretchable, conformable, and flexible form factors. FHE enables wearables, medical Internet of Things (IoT) applications, defense applications, and more by shifting from electronics based on rigid and fragile circuit boards to flexible electronics components mounted on substrates, such as plastics and textiles.
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Stackable Metamaterials Using Computer Chip Technology Make For Novel Retroreflector
7/17/2017
Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have designed and fabricated a unique type of retroreflector built from stackable metamaterials using computer-chip manufacturing technologies, allowing them to be integrated into optoelectronic devices.