Under the theme, “The 75th anniversary of the Transistor and the Next Transformative Devices to Address Global Challenges,” the 68th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world’s best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development. The 2022 IEDM is being planned as an […]
Semiconductors
How big is the band gap? A heated discussion
There’s a trick with a soldering iron can be used to determine whether an unidentified semiconductor is n-type or p-type. In essence, it determines whether the majority carriers are holes (p-type) or electrons (n-type). Just as heat makes a gas expand (PV=nRT), the hot tip of a soldering iron makes carriers expand away from the […]
Biodegradable electronics: Help for the waste problem
The fast pace of technology results in tremendous amounts of waste. New research into biodegradable electronics could reduce waste, both at manufacturing processes and in end-of-life trash
Power FET/driver/logic-input ICs operate at 700 V
Navitas Semiconductor announced that its GaNFast power ICs with GaNSense technology has been upgraded to increase efficiency, power density, and access to additional fast-charger markets. GaN is a next-generation semiconductor technology that runs up to 20x faster than legacy silicon and enables up to 3x more power, 40% energy savings, and 3x faster charging in […]
Catalog update covers passive components, optoelectronics and power modules
With “Electronic Components 2020/2021” Würth Elektronik publishes an updated supplement to its general catalog. Besides a series of innovative new products, there is background and basic knowledge about EMC for high-frequency applications, gate driver circuits, single pair Ethernet, laser and infrared LEDs, as well as additional information. Practical application examples support the use of the […]
MIM/MOM capacitor extraction boosts analog and RF designs
Metal-insulator-metal and metal-oxide-metal capacitors popular in analog/RF designs because of their desirable characteristics. By extracting parasitics from your models that are important in your design, you’ll get a robust circuit.
Study: GaN and SiC Power Semiconductor Market to Hit $3 Billion by 2025
The GaN and SiC power semiconductor market is poised to rise from USD 400 million in 2018 to over USD 3000 million by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report. The power semiconductor devices are witnessing high adoption for different power applications, fueling the growth of the market. As conventional silicon-based devices are approaching their material limits, silicon […]
Probing Semiconductor Crystals with a Sphere of Light
Tohoku University researchers have developed a technique using a hollow sphere to measure the electronic and optical properties of large semiconducting crystals. The approach, published in the journal Applied Physics Express, improves on current photoluminescence spectroscopy techniques and could lead to energy savings for mass producers, and thus consumers, of power devices. Semiconducting crystals are used […]
Organic Electronics: A New Semiconductor in the Carbon-Nitride Family
Some organic materials might be able to be utilised similarly to silicon semiconductors in optoelectronics. Whether in solar cells, light-emitting diodes, or in transistors – what is important is the band gap, i.e. the difference in energy level between electrons in the valence band (bound state) and the conduction band (mobile state). Charge carriers can […]
UV Light May Illuminate Improvements for Next Generation Electronic Devices
By adding one more layer of atoms to already infinitesimally small semiconductors, a next-level generation of electrical devices becomes possible. This work to build better and faster electronics is well underway, but little was known about how to test the ingredients of these devices to ensure performance. Now, researchers from the Nagoya Institute of Technology […]
