While everyone loves a good mystery, keeping engineers guessing as to which breakthroughs will shape future electronic component design can only benefit the makers of antacids.
And while it’s hard to predict that a given research program will pan out and become workable new parts, it is worthwhile to track industrial and academic laboratory efforts, much as a fan of a major league sports team follows up-and- coming players in lesser “minor” or developmental leagues.
For example, the discovery of grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. in 2004 created buzz among researchers because this material, just one atom thick, possesses exceptional strength and unusual electronic properties, including high electron mobility: electrons travel through grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. more than 100 times as easily as they do through silicon. Its electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties make it well-suited for wireless RF communications. GrapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice.-based circuits could allow mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets or wearable electronics to transmit data much faster. Integrating grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. RF devices into silicon circuits could also potentially enable pervasive wireless communications (the “Internet of Things”). GrapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. may further permit RFID tags and so-called “smart” sensors to send data at much greater distances than currently possible.
We’veVolumetric Efficiency kept an eye on this technology, last reporting on grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. happenings on these pages almost two years ago and recently there have been enough new developments to warrant another visit.
For starters, IBM researchers last month reported building the best grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. circuit yet, sending a radio signal containing the letters “I, B and M”, to a device which received the text, making it the first working radio chip to be made from grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice.. The experimental circuit built for wireless receivers also consumed less than 20 mW power during operation while demonstrating the highest conversion gain of any grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. RF circuit at multiple GHz frequencyThe number of complete cycles or vibrations per unit of time. Rate of alternation in an AC current. Expressed in cycles per second or hertz (Hz). – successfully receiving and restoring the digital text message carried on a 4.3 GHz signal without any distortion.
