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US and China in Gallium Oxide Semiconductor Race
The US, China and Japan are working on research and development in gallium oxide crystal growth and productionizing gallium ...
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How to Grow a Laser on Silicon
T oday, silicon photonic circuits connect server racks and play key roles in chemical sensors, biosensors, and LIDAR for self-driving cars. But making these devices work requires ...
Magnetic semiconductor preserves 2D quantum properties in 3D material
There is a big problem with quantum technology—it's tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale ...
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ANSTO Silicon Boosts Supply of World's Purest Material
On most operating days, utitlisation operators carefully lower mirror-like cylindrical silicon ingots into the OPAL ...
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Mechanical Stress In Semiconductor Development
Using 3D process models to predict the impact of mechanical stress on yield and performance. With the semiconductor industry ...
Scalable way to generate and control sound in silicon photonic chips
Researchers at the University of Twente have solved a long-standing problem: trapping optically-generated sound waves in a ...
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What Are Semiconductors, and What Are They Made Of?
which are themselves semiconductors) interspersed throughout the silicon crystal lattice in a process called "doping." The choice of dopant determines what properties the finished ...
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Growing A Gallium-Arsenide Laser Directly On Silicon
As great as silicon is for semiconductor applications, it has one weakness in that using it for lasers isn’t very practical. Never say never though, as it turns out that you can now grow ...
Silicon Creations Expands Clocking IP Portfolio on TSMC N2P Technology including Novel Temperature Sensor Design
Silicon Creations, a leading provider of high-performance analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), today announced the successful tape-out of a chip on the TSMC N2P process including a ...
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Silicon beyond the valley
the high-purity silicon used in a variety of electronic devices, ranging from computer microchips and power transistors to solar cells, liquid-crystal displays, and semiconductor-based detectors ...