Perovskite solar cells have been gaining a lot of interest in recent years and are seen as one of the front-running technologies that could displace traditional silicon-based solar cell architectures. Perovskite solar cells are being developed in many forms, f...

By Liam Critchley | 21-03-2023

Analogies between thermal and electrical devices have been useful in the past for developing switchable and non-linear thermal devices―using the electrical counterpart as a guide. Using electrical device function and architecture as an inspiration for thermal...

By Liam Critchley | 21-02-2023

There’s been a lot of talk over the years around how new renewable energy generation devices are going to fit in with existing grid architecture around the world―as many of the world’s electrical grids were built decades ago and have not been designed to work...

By Liam Critchley | 13-02-2023

The terahertz (THz) region (0.1-10 THz) of the electromagnetic spectrum is crucial for a number of modern-day technologies, including in communications, sensing, medical imaging and quantum technologies. THz radiation waves are used throughout the sciences and...

By Liam Critchley | 31-01-2023

Materials that are thermally robust and exhibit high thermal conductivity and stability are crucial in power electronics and electronic systems where a lot of heat is generated as a by-product. The inability to dissipate this heat can cause device failure, and...

By Liam Critchley | 13-12-2022

There are many natural processes and systems that exist today and perform highly specialised and highly optimised functions that scientists could only dream of emulating on a synthetic level. Natural selection and evolution have resulted in nature being the be...

By Liam Critchley | 05-12-2022

Wearable devices are becoming ever more popular, especially in health and medical monitoring applications, and the list of wearable technology that can provide accurate sensing capabilities continues to grow. One subset of wearable devices that are showing gre...

By Liam Critchley | 08-11-2022

Solar hydrogen production is seen as one of the key technologies that could unlock a carbon-neutral, sustainable society, and it is often referred to as the ‘holy grail’ green technology when it comes to harvesting unlimited but intermittent solar energy. Sola...

By Liam Critchley | 01-11-2022

Transistors have become one of the most used electronic components in technology today, so there is always an interest in creating newer and smaller transistors that outperform their predecessors, allowing more efficient computing operations. However, it’s not...

By Liam Critchley | 28-09-2022

Everspin’s Duncan Bennett and Anglia’s Andrew Pockson compare the power consumption of Flash, EEPROM and MRAM.    For many wireless and portable applications, especially in the growing Internet of Things, there is a critical energy budget (total power consume...

By Electropages | 16-02-2016

FPGAs and SoC devices are evolving to add mixed signal functionality to the programmable fabric and unleashing system-level performance that was previously unattainable. However, in order to reap the performance rewards from these complex devices, the designer...

By Bob Blake | 27-10-2015

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an increasing concern in modern electronic designs as the demand for higher operating frequencies and lower voltages continues to grow. In this article, Mathias Goebel, an experienced product manager at Avnet Abacus, sheds...

By Mathias Goebel | 09-09-2015

Electrical safety for medical devices is governed by IEC/EN 60601-1, which details measures to guard against electric shock. Since the introduction of the 3rd edition of the standard, this situation has become a lot more complicated. Here’s a quick guide which...

By Philip Lechner | 02-06-2015