Tag: Silicon

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 fascinating...

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...

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)...