electronics – TechConnect Briefs

Micro-Sized Power Controllers for Space

Frohling K., Iris Technology, US

The explosion in SmallSat and CubeSat deployments has led to a need for miniaturized cooling solutions for sensors that require cooling. Since there are limited opportunities for miniaturization in the thermal mechanical unit (TMU) portion [...]

The Electrochemical Printing Technique (EPT) for Flexible Electronics

Kadija I., ECSI Fibrotools, US

Contact Electroplating Technology (CET), a novel direct contact electroplating technology, enables electrochemical deposition of desired metals or alloys on patterned flexible substrates by direct uniform contact with the substrates. The capability to electroplate metals is [...]

Direct imprinting of liquid silicon

Masuda T., Shimoda T., Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JP

Silicon is one of the most important materials for electronics. The most widespread process for microfabrication technology of silicon is photolithography including etching process. However, huge capital outlay and large-scale equipment has been recognized as [...]

High Sensitivity MEMS Pressure Sensor

Juetten M., Iowa State University Research Foundation, US

Summary: ISU researchers have developed a high-sensitivity microelectromechanical system (MEMS), graphene-based pressure sensor that outperforms any existing MEMS-based small footprint pressure sensor. Description: ISU researchers have developed a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) graphene-based pressure sensor realized [...]

Real-time bacterial capture and sorting using dielectrophoresis and electroosmosis

Simon S.X., Markewich H., Mallick E., Weber M., Fluid-Screen, Inc., US

Fluid-Screen, Inc. presents a bacterial capture and sorting method based on dielectrophoresis (DEP) and electroosmosis (EO). These electronic phenomena have been known to influence particle motion and capture since the 1960’s, however, technology based on [...]

Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Energy Harvester

Jeutten M., Iowa State University Research Foundation, US

A potential means of extending battery life is the use of miniature renewable self-contained power supply units, which can convert ambient vibrations from existing sources in their environment into electrical form, and use this harvested [...]

MTS Model Theory in Small Volume Electronic Materials

Saptono R., Kim C-U., Universitas Indonesia, ID

Efforts have been made to study and model the temperature-dependence of flow stress. Mechanical Threshold Stress (MTS) model is one of the most admired physical mechanistic models. The model was developed on the basis of [...]

Nanotechnology Enabled Photovoltaics and Electronics for High-Power-Density Energy Systems

Smith T.C., Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

This paper examines nanotechnology-enabled high-power and high-energy density microelectronics, power electronics, energy sources, energy storage solutions. Proof-of-concept self-sustainable power systems are designed with applications in autonomous and portable aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, medical, security and other [...]

Nanotechnology Enabled Photovoltaics and Electronics for High-Power-Density Energy Systems

Smith T.C., Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

This paper examines nanotechnology-enabled high-power and high-energy density microelectronics, power electronics, energy sources, energy storage solutions. Proof-of-concept self-sustainable power systems are designed with applications in autonomous and portable aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, medical, security and other [...]

Technologies for Deep Reductions in Military Operational Energy Use

Brown R., Sharp T., Lindsey M., Kiser S., Andrews K., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US

The U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) has begun a research program for Transformative Reductions in Operational Energy Consumption (TROPEC), which will identify, refine and validate technologies for reducing energy use in expeditionary military outposts. The primary [...]