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 Wireless EEG system self-powered by body heat and lightIn the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC has developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG (electroencephalography or monitoring of brain waves) system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ... |
 IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrateIMEC 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, ... |
 IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHzAt 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 ... |
 Copper's not coping: new chips call on light speedThe tiny copper wires that connect different areas of an integrated circuit may soon limit microchip-processing speeds. So European researchers have developed technologies to produce and combine semiconductor ... |
 IMEC increases performance of high-k metal gate planar CMOS and FinFETsAt today’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC reports significant progress in improving the performance of planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-carbide metal gates ... |
 Cooking up new MEMSMicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny components etched from silicon. Production is extremely complex, sometimes with hundreds of steps, each with dozens of parameters. One European project has developed ... |
 Remembering the futureAs electronics designers cram more and more components onto each chip, current technologies for making random-access memory (RAM) are running out of room. European researchers have a strong position in a new ... |
 IMEC reports 40 microwatt from micromachined piezoelectric energy harvesterIMEC 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 ... |
 IMEC advancing state-of-the-art in FinFETsAt 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 ... |
Hynix joins IMEC's (sub-)32nm CMOS research platformHynix 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 applicationsIMEC, 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 demonstrates viability of laser anneal for the 32nm nodeAt today’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC reports that laser anneal is a promising option for further transistor scaling to the 32nm node. By device demonstration, IMEC shows that laser anneal allows to ... |
ASM, IMEC Demonstrate Tree Generations of Aurora Low-K MaterialsASM 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. |
 Researchers shine light on atomic transistorResearchers from TU Delft and the FOM Foundation (Netherlands) have successfully measured transport through a single atom in a transistor. This research offers new insights into the behaviour of so-called dopant ... |
IMEC demonstrates multimedia decoding on reconfigurable processor with record power efficiencyIMEC developed a reconfigurable processor for video decoding achieving power efficiencies 6 to 12 times higher than state-of-the-art C-programmed processors. The processor was derived from IMEC’s C-programmable ADRES (Architecture ... |
