Silicon chips have had a decades-long run as the foundation for modern electronics. But a new kind of chip, based on the compound material gallium nitride (GaN), promises to unseat silicon because it ...

UC Davis engineers develop a new technique to enhance the ability of silicon to absorb infrared light. Photon-trapping micro- and nano-sized holes in silicon make normally incident light bend by ...

The two research institutes said the multijunction solar cell is based on silicon, gallium indium phosphide (GaInP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs). The device utilizes a specially designed metal/polymer ...

The paper represents the electrical behaviour of a new Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) power Schottky Diode compared to the bipolar silicon diodes. The paper also introduces its electrical measurements ...

When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are still too heavy to be feasibly transported by rocket. To ...

I have never liked to hear the colloquial word “chips” as a shorthand term for integrated circuits, except when it is used between engineers who actually know what an IC really is. When it is used by ...

Win Semiconductors forecasts a larger role for compound semiconductors in wireless and optical communications as well as silicon photonics, driven by advancements in AI. The company is moving beyond ...

A study from the University of Michigan found that carbon-based solar cells, referred to as organic solar cells, may outperform conventional silicon solar cells and gallium-arsenide solar cells in ...

CHRIS SCHODT: Silicon is over, or is it? Probably not. But there is some exciting tech out there that may change your devices all the way from laptops to electric cars. Welcome to "Upscaled," our ...

AMONG the 1,000 workers at the Baddow Research Centre of Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company is a group working on semiconductor research. So, 64 years ago started a story in Electronics Weekly’s ...

What Is A Compound Semiconductor? A compound semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity that falls between conductors and insulators. Unlike the well-known silicon in most computer chips ...