Top 10 Most Popular ICs in Today’s Electronics
https://www.electronics-lab.com/top-10-most-popular-ics-in-todays-electronics/
ICs or Integrated Chips are the fundamental building blocks of all modern-day electronic devices. They’re made of lots of tiny parts like resistors, capacitors, and transistors printed into a small piece of material known as silicon. These chips are in almost everything electronic we use in our day-to-day lives – from our phones and smartwatches to […]
SkyWater and Google will use $15m Funding to expand an open source chip design project
https://www.electronics-lab.com/skywater-and-google-will-use-15m-funding-to-expand-an-open-source-chip-design-project/
SkyWater Technology has announced that it will be extending its partnership with Alphabet’s Google, releasing an open source Process Design Kit., for its commercial 90nm, fully depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI), CMOS process technology. This announcement came shortly after the US chip manufacturer received $15 million in funding from the US Department of Defense (DOD). […]
Google and SkyWater Technology collaborate to launch an Open-Silicon developer portal
https://www.electronics-lab.com/google-and-skywater-technology-collaborate-to-launch-an-open-silicon-developer-portal/
With the exponential increase in the demand and requirement of silicon-based chips, Google, in partnership with SkyWater Technology, has launched a new platform to encourage and help the developer community to get started with its Open MPW shuttle program. Leveraging SkyWater’s open-source process design kit (PDK), the platform allows developers to submit open-source integrated circuit […]
Nanograf hits 800Wh/l milestone with silicon battery
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanograf-hits-800wh-l-milestone-with-silicon-battery/
Nanograf in the US has developed a cylindrical lithium-ion cell with an energy density of 800Wh/l using a silicon battery anode. The 18650 format cylindrical lithium-ion cell with a silicon anode developed by Nanograf provides 3.8Ah, 28 percent more power that graphite-based anode technologies. “This is a breakthrough for the battery industry,” said Dr. Kurt […]
Semiconductor Theory
https://www.electronics-lab.com/article/semiconductor-theory/
Semiconductor Theory As it is obvious from the name, semiconductors are those materials having conductivity in between conductors and insulators. Conductors are those materials that impose minimum resistance in the flow of electrons or current. Whereas, insulator materials impose high resistivity and, thus, no current flows in them. As we know, for an atom, there […]
Vishay Intertechnology High Speed PIN Photodiode Enables Improved Bio Sensor Performance
https://www.electronics-lab.com/vishay-intertechnology-high-speed-pin-photodiode-enables-improved-bio-sensor-performance/
Device Offers Increased Photocurrent of 33 µA in 4.8 mm by 2.5 mm SMD Package With Industry-Low 0.48 mm Profile. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today broadens its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of a new high-speed silicon PIN photodiode with enhanced sensitivity to visible and infrared light. Featuring a rectangular 4.8 mm by 2.5 mm top-view, […]
Aledia – Pioneering nanowire microLED’s on 300 mm Wafers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/aledia-pioneering-nanowire-microleds-on-300-mm-wafers/
We talk a lot about downsizing. It is, and always will be on the top priority list of the world of electronics. Without smaller sizes, we would never have gotten to this state, where our projects can be housed in a small PCB and ran on an ATTiny mcu. It is one of the most […]
PomaBrush : A Less is More Approach
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pomabrush-a-less-is-more-approach/
PomaBrush is a new innovative, minimalist design electric toothbrush that uses silicone bristles. As claimed by the company, the brush only needs to be charged once every four months. It comes with a charging case that can make it charge wirelessly. The case has a USB-C port for charging. It has a soft all-silicone body […]
DIY Silicon Photodiode Particle Detector directly from CERN
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-silicon-photodiode-particle-detector-directly-cern/
Silicon detectors are widely used in particle and nuclear physics for measuring ionizing radiation. This Do-It-Yourself project allows making a low-cost particle detector from scratch using silicon photodiodes. It can distinguish different particle types (alpha particles and electrons) and measures their energy between 33 keV and 8 MeV. The detector must be shielded from light […]
Researchers expand microchip capability with new 3D inductor technology
https://www.electronics-lab.com/researchers-expand-microchip-capability-new-3d-inductor-technology/
Smaller is better when it comes to microchips, researchers said, and by using 3D components on a standardized 2D microchip manufacturing platform, developers can use up to 100 times less chip space. A team of engineers has boosted the performance of its previously developed 3D inductor technology by adding as much as three orders of […]