Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for the augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) display market, announced today at Photonics West its’ partnership with WaveOptics, the leading designer and manufacturer of diffractive waveguides.
Designing and Fabricating Fully-Customized Chips
Silicon chip technology has surprising and largely untapped possibilities for product innovation. But reliably fabricating these specialty chips requires a multidisciplinary team and a robust plan.
A New Wave of Fan-Out Packaging Growth
Key players from different business models are fueling new growth.
Update: TSMC’s 5nm CMOS Technology Platform
At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco December 7-11, Geoffrey Yeap presented the talk “5nm CMOS Production Technology Platform Featuring Full-Fledged EUV and High-Mobility Channel FinFETs with Densest 0.021µm2 SRAM Cells for Mobile SoC and High-Performance Computing Applications”. Contributing Editor Dick James provides an update on his original pre-IEDM blog.
The History and Future of DRAM Architecture in Different Application Domains: An Analysis
Common trends and bottlenecks in DRAM architecture are identified.
Swagelok Introduces New ALD20 UHP Valve
The ALD20’s patent-pending design maximizes production process efficiency and deposition consistency by providing flow coefficients two to three times what can be achieved using today’s standard ALD valve technology.
Nanoscale Features through Atomic Layer Processing
Atomic layer etching and deposition processes offer atomic scale control through the use of self-limiting reactions.
SLO Cables for Vacuum Application
A new solution that combines ‘super’ low outgassing (SLO) cables with flexibility and integration of multiple cables is designed for applications with moving parts in vacuum chamber environments ranging from motors to encoders.
2019 Global Silicon Shipments Dip From 2018 Record High But Revenue Remained Stable Above $11 Billion
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2019 declined 7 percent from the 2018 record high while revenue remained above the $11 billion mark despite a global silicon revenue slip of 2 percent over the same period, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. Silicon wafer area shipments in 2019 totaled 11,810 million square inches (MSI), while the industry logged shipments of 12,732 million square inches in 2018. Revenues in 2019 totaled $11.15 billion, edging down from the $11.38 billion posted in 2018.
CEA-Leti Develops Tiny Photoacoustic-Spectroscopy System For Detecting Chemicals & Gases
Leti, an institute of CEA-Tech, has developed a photoacoustic spectroscopy technology for monitoring dangerous chemical emissions and traces of gas that could reduce the cost and the size these systems by a factor of 10 or more compared to existing tools. To be presented in an invited paper at Photonics West 2020 titled “Micro PA detector: pushing the limits of mid-IR photoacoustic spectroscopy integrated on silicon”, the detector also provides high immunity to external noise and high sensitivity and selectivity.
