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IMEC's mechanically stacked GaAs/Ge cell

IMEC unveils promising mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell. This is the first promising demonstrator of IMEC’s novel technology ...


IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts

IMEC presents large area solar cells with 18.4% conversion efficiency, featuring Cu-plated contacts

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a large-area solar with a conversion efficiency of 18.4%.


IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%. The efficiency was measured and confirmed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ...


Low-power 60GHz solution in digital 45nm CMOS

IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...


IMEC shows optimizations for next-generation transistors

IMEC shows optimizations for next-generation transistors

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate ...


IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz

IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

At today’s IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers ...


IMEC reports method to integrate plasmonic technology with state-of-the-art ICs

IMEC reports method to integrate plasmonic technology with state-of-the-art ICs

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

IMEC reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that ...


IMEC reports major progress in EUV

IMEC reports major progress in EUV

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

IMEC reports functional 0.186µm2 32nm SRAM cells made with FinFETs from which the contact layer was successfully printed using ASML’s full field extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Alpha Demo Tool (ADT). Applied Materials, ...


Hynix joins IMEC's (sub-)32nm CMOS research platform

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hynix Semiconductor has entered into a strategic partnership with IMEC, Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research center, to perform research and development for the (sub)-32nm memory process generations.


IMEC reports robust technology to functionalize nanoparticles for biomedical applications

IMEC reports robust technology to functionalize nanoparticles for biomedical applications

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 21, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

IMEC, an independent Belgian research center, developed a generic and versatile method to synthesize stable, biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles. By tuning the endgroups, the functionalized nanoparticles can ...


IMEC reports 40 microwatt from micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester

IMEC reports 40 microwatt from micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

IMEC has fabricated an energy harvester to generate energy from mechanical vibrations by using micromachining technology. The harvester comes together with a model which can be used to optimize the device ...


ASM, IMEC Demonstrate Tree Generations of Aurora Low-K Materials

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 06, 2006 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

ASM International and IMEC announce that they have demonstrated three generations of ASM’s Aurora® low-k and SiC dielectric barrier materials for IMEC’s 300mm pilot line.


Wireless sensor systems enable a better sleep

Wireless sensor systems enable a better sleep

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Today, at IEEE EMB Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), IMEC and its research affiliate Holst Centre present the clinical validation of a wireless sleep staging system.


IMEC advancing state-of-the-art in FinFETs

IMEC advancing state-of-the-art in FinFETs

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 13, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

At this week’s VLSI Symposium, IMEC presents significant progress in the manufacturability, circuit performance and reliability of FinFETs. The results advance FinFET process technology towards being a candidate ...


IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices

IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth ...