Integrated circuit
hideIn electronics, an integrated circuit (also known as IC, microcircuit, microchip, silicon chip, or chip) is a miniaturized electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well as passive components) that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material. Integrated circuits are used in almost all electronic equipment in use today and have revolutionized the world of electronics.
A hybrid integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit constructed of individual semiconductor devices, as well as passive components, bonded to a substrate or circuit board.
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News tagged with integrated circuits
Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality
Sep 27, 2009 |
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Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called "excitons" that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely ...
From graphene to graphane, now the possibilities are endless
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Ever since graphene was discovered in 2004, this one-atom thick, super strong, carbon-based electrical conductor has been billed as a "wonder material" that some physicists think could one day replace silicon ...
Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary Properties
May 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have directly measured the unusual energy ...
Researchers Create Microscope With 100 Million Times Finer Resolution Than Current MRI
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million ...
Memristor chip could lead to faster, cheaper computers
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The memristor is a computer component that offers both memory and logic functions in one simple package. It has the potential to transform the semiconductor industry, enabling smaller, faster, cheaper chips ...
New, Unusual Semiconductor is a Switch-Hitter
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group in Germany has discovered a semiconducting material that can switch its semiconducting properties -- turning from one type of semiconductor to another -- via a simple change in temperature. ...
Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...
Scientists build world's first nanofluidic device with complex 3-D surfaces
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at ...
Silicon with afterburners: New process could be boon to electronics manufacturer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's ...
Carbon nanotubes are superior to metals for electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2009 |
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In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration ...
Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects at the nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 04, 2009 |
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The unique properties of thin layers of graphite - known as graphene - make the material attractive for a wide range of potential electronic devices. Researchers have now experimentally demonstrated the potential ...
Michigan Tech Team Models Molecular Transistor
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic gadgetry gets tinier and more powerful all the time, but at some point, the transistors and myriad other component parts will get so little they won't work. That's because when ...
45-nanometer chips for ultra-fast WiFi
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers’ cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips.
Researchers develop new technique for fabricating nanowire circuits
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating ...
Fusion of Nanocircuits, Bio-membranes Creates New Hybrid Technology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A hybrid of silicon nanocircuits and biological components that mimics some of the processes that control the passage of molecules into and out of cells has been created by a team of scientists ...
