PORTLAND, Ore. — Semiconductor researchers have known since the 1950s that the quantum-confinement effects of tunnel diodes boost circuit speed and current handling while reducing component count and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Engineers have designed a new diode that transmits more electricity than any other device of its kind, and the inspiration for it came from technology that is 40 years old. Unlike ...

Australian semiconductor developer BluGlass has successfully demonstrated working tunnel junction laser diodes in a world-first proof-of-concept using its proprietary remote plasma chemical vapour ...

Assistant Professor Shigehisa Shibayama (right) and first author Shota Torimoto (left), along with the rest of the team, have developed a resonant tunneling diode using only non-toxic Group IV ...