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Electronics & Semiconductors
A design to improve the resilience and electrical performance thin metal film based electrodes
Flexible electrodes, electronic components that conduct electricity, are of key importance for the development of numerous wearable technologies, including smartwatches, fitness trackers and health monitoring devices. Ideally, ...
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Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair's-width cable
Researchers have developed a data transfer system that can transmit information 10 times faster than a USB. The new link pairs high-frequency silicon chips with a polymer cable as thin a strand of hair. The system may one ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Imec demonstrates 20-nm pitch line/space resist imaging with high-NA EUV interference lithography
Imec reports for the first time the use of a 13.5-nm, high-harmonic-generation source for the printing of 20-nm pitch line/spaces using interference lithographic imaging of an Inpria metal-oxide resist under high-numerical-aperture ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Pushing the single-exposure patterning capability of 0.33NA EUVL to its extreme limits
This week, at the 2021 SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and ASML, the world's leading manufacturer of semiconductor lithography ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Engineering
Attachable skin monitors that wick the sweat away
A new preparation technique fabricates thin, silicone-based patches that rapidly wick water away from the skin. The technique could reduce the redness and itching caused by wearable biosensors that trap sweat beneath them. ...
Feb 22, 2021
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Winter weather closes Texas chip plants, worsening shortages
The winter storm ravaging the United States has forced the shutdown of computer chip manufacturing in Texas, threatening to worsen a global semiconductor shortage.
Feb 19, 2021
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Hardware
Samsung announces high bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory architecture
Samsung Electronics has announced on its Newsroom webpage the development of a new kind of memory chip architecture called high-bandwidth memory, processing-in-memory—HBM-PIM. The architecture adds artificial intelligence ...
Feb 18, 2021 report
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Wearable microfluidic sensor to measure lactate concentration in real time
With the seemingly unstoppable advancement in the fields of miniaturization and materials science, all sorts of electronic devices have emerged to help us lead easier and healthier lives. Wearable sensors fall in this category, ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Imec showcases world's first sub-5mw, IEEE 802.15.4z ultra-wideband transmitter chip
At this week's International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), imec—a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies—showcases the first IEEE 802.15.4z impulse-radio ultra-wideband ...
Feb 17, 2021
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A performance leap for graphene modulators in next generation datacom and telecom
Over the past years, global data traffic has experienced a boom, with over 12.5 billion connected devices all over the world. The current world-wide deployment of the 5G telecommunications standard is triggering the need ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Novel flexible terahertz camera can inspect objects with diverse shapes
In today's digital age, the use of "Internet-of-things" (devices embedded with softwares and sensors) has become widespread. These devices include wireless equipment, autonomous machinery, wearable sensors, and security systems. ...
Feb 16, 2021
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Engineering
New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, stretchy skin patch that can be worn on the neck to continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer's levels of glucose ...
Feb 15, 2021
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Exploring unknown environments with ultrasound
Many underground liquid-filled environments are difficult to access for humans—think of deep underground oil wells or water distribution systems. Even with modern cutting-edge technologies, it is difficult to map these ...
Feb 12, 2021
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